Halloween Party & Festival

10/29/2010 11:43:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
Today was a big day for Ms Lexie Lou. We started out with her Halloween party at school and of course she got to wear her costume.
Pretty cute hue!??
 And she LOVED her tights as you can see. She thought they were sooo cool!!

Then we were off to school where she literally skip the whole way into class.
I had time to stay for a few minutes while the kids got ready to go trick-or-treating to the other offices in the building. But first they made them change into their slippers which didn't make sense but I talked her into going with the flow.
Here they are lined up ready to go. The little girl behind Lexie told me her mommy forgot to dress her up so she's just plain Bennett today. I told her no that she's anything but plain she's a butterfly like on her shirt. She's so sweet!! And don't you love pooh too!
And they're off!
 How adorable are they? Strawberry Short Cake was one of my favorites.
There was a whole flock, bunch, gaggle of princesses (what do you call a group of princesses?), 2 Buz Lightyears, a policeman (he is NOT a cop) and even Avatar. All this in pre-school.
After trick-or-treating around the building they returned for snacks and then they broke open a witch pinata (Lexie's favorite part) and were read some scary Halloween stories. Sadly I had to miss all that and go to work but Lexie said it was a great day at school.
I was surprised when I picked her up that the wig was still on even if the make up was pretty smeared.
Then we were off to piano lessons.
The braids keep getting in the way so off came the wig. Then it was home for a quick dinner and off to the fall festival at one of the local elementary schools.
 It seemed to be very crowed this year but Lexie still enjoyed all the games and candy..
The cupCake Walk was a big hit
and her gaming skills have improved.
She was very disappointed though that she wasn't big enough to "Be a Candy Corn." Even when I was putting her down to sleep tonight she mentioned that 4 year olds just aren't big candy corns. Poor baby!
But riding this bike powered windmill seemed to make up for her lack of Candy Corn height.
She still had a smile on her face even when we came home, had a quick snack and she hit the hay.
This was 2 days before Halloween. I don't know if the real day will live up to today.
Hope everyone enjoys thier spooky weekend!

Made with Love

10/27/2010 11:10:00 PM Edit This 6 Comments »
So I'm getting dinner ready and I hear Lexie yell "mommy, come quick. My poopy, my poopy has a shape in it!!" Being an experienced parent now I'm thinking "what shape could she have eaten?"
She jumps up and proudly points in the toilet
"See mommy it's a heart shape....(wait for it)....and I made it just for you!"
If that isn't love I don't know what is.



(Picture of heart shaped poop removed per Uncle Jim's request. This from the man with 5 children - two of them 2 month old twins. Like he hasn't seen a LOT of poop in his day!!)

Check!

10/26/2010 09:53:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
Outside decorations & witch - CHECK!
(And yes that is a rather sad broom she's holding between her legs!)
Painted pumpkins?
 If you remember a few posts ago Lexie telling me that the pumpkins might be afraid to be painted, well you can see she was very gentle and no pumpkins where harmed during their painting. Lexie told me they like it because it tickles. So these are happy painted pumpkins!
So painted pumpkins - CHECK!
Cleaned out pumpkin for carving.....
 CHECK (only because Mommy did it. This was the only time Lexie had her hand in the pumpkins!)
Happy with the carving - CHECK!
 Pumpkin has the bigger head - CHECK! (even though Lexie said she did - not!)
Second pumpkin carved & drawn on & bejeweled - CHECK!
So can you guess what they are? This should help. Here they are with their creator.
 And here is the whole royal family - CHECK, CHECK & CHECK!!!
Now for a few little teasers as to what Lexie will be for the big holiday.
 Footwear that we made ourselves.
 Now what could these be?
Can you guess what she'll be?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN - CHECK!!!!!

Soup or Stew?

10/24/2010 09:50:00 PM Edit This 1 Comment »
Tonight I gave Lexie 5 minutes to play in the bathtub then it was wash up time. So I come back to find my baker girl asking me the question "which do I want - blueberry soup or chocolate pickle stew?"
There are just so many tough choices we have to make in life.....I went with the soap.

Way More Than a Pumpkin Patch

10/23/2010 12:54:00 AM Edit This 1 Comment »
I'm happy to say that Maris Farms has become a tradition for us - if you can call doing something two years in a row a tradition. Whatever you call it, this is way more than a pumpkin patch and lots of fun!
Lexie's first stop was the corn room. Nothing like the gentle massage of walking on corn kernels or the not so gentle feel of someone tossing them at your head.
 Making Corn Angels is the best according to Lexie.
Here's a short video to get a better feel of the craziness of the corn room.

Did I mention crazy! And yes that is a live band on the other side of the barn.
Then we were off to the conveyor belt slide which was new this year....

Next stop, the cow train where a girl can really expect a wild fast ride..
 not...I mean how fast can a tractor pull a dozen barrel cows?
But she still loves it.
Then a little jump house action...
and a very serious tractor race....
and a visit to the barnyard animals complete with a team of racing pigs. Of course Lexie just knew the pink team would win. But she was too impatient to wait for the race so we were off to a different kind of race.
A peddle race. This gave me nightmares of Lexie behind a different kind of wheel.
We did actually stop at the pumpkin patch - just barely.
All this was on our way to one of Lexie's favorite places at Maris Farms - the tunnel slide as she calls it.
This was her PLEEEEASE may I go again look. And yes it work.
After I could drag her away from there we went in search of some food. But Lexie found goat food (not exactly what I had in mind.)
It's the silliest thing. These goats are waiting on the goat walk 15 feet above your head.
You buy the food, put it in the tin cup,
pull the rope VERY hard...
until the cup gets up to the very happy goat. Pull the cup down and repeat. See I told you Maris Farm was more than a pumpkin patch!
After feeding the goat who do we run into but Cinderella. I know...more than a pumpkin patch. I'm thinking the connection (which is really stretching it here) is the fact that Cinderella drove to the ball in a PUMPKIN coach. See you just had the aw haw moment didn't you?
 So Lexie & Cinderella had a serious discussion about mice, fairy Godmothers and the prince then we were off.
To the pillow jump!!!
It's a hoot how much air her hair got.
 Here she is when her turn was up. She was just so excited.
Here's a video so you can get an idea of how big this thing is. I've never seen one before and I think it's great that it's buried in sand so even if you slide off you don't get hurt.
Cool hue?
Finally we found the people food. Lexie informed me that she had NEVER eaten a carmal apple (poor deprived child that she is) and she must have one. I'm not sure if she really liked it all the much or she just saw it as a challenge.
We had to run to get in line for the face painting. Running was silly since it was a half an hour wait. Of course I waited in line while Lexie
played around in the kids courtyard.
 A big hit was the hanging tunnel.
Along with more sliding, climbing & racing.

Until finally it was her turn. What does she pick....
A cat just like last year. I guess that's another tradition.
Now the sun was starting to go down so the race was on.
One more ride on the cow train (Don't you love the big kid with the pig nose riding the little cow train?)
A quick pony ride.
A jump on the pillow (yes that is the moon in the sky behind her.)
A half a dozen trips down the tunnel slide
And as the sun set behind Mt Rainier...
I somehow got it in my head that we should be on the last trip of the Monster Truck.
Clearly I lost my mind.

But it was entertaining if a little uncomfortable (notice no padding of any kind on those seats!)

Finally we had to call it a night - literally.
The ghosts & goblins were starting to come out so my little kitty and I headed on home. I can hardly wait for next year when we can start the tradition all over again.

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