Getting Into the Halloween Spirit

This past week we've been gearing up for trick-or-treating and trying to decide which costume to wear on Halloween night. First we had a neighborhood/park group Halloween party complete with fingerling hot dogs, bubbling punch and other scary treats and activities. After searching Hell's half acre looking for orange tights (not to mention the web and mall) we donned the chicken costume equipped with new orange tights and bows. She makes a cute chicken.

After we got home she was modeling her new orange legs for us.

For our ward camp out/ tent-or-treat we were asked to bring costumes with a camp-like theme or something made out of recycled type goods. Boo took this to heart and has been working on Noelle's camping costume for the past week or so. Being that one of her newer obsessions is Wall-E the robot, Boo made a Wall-E costume from cardboard, duct tape, Gatorade bottles, paper cups, spray paint, and a few other crafting items found around the house.

This was the first real test before tent-or-treating and already she was tired of us taking pictures.

All week Noelle has been asking to "see" Wall-E, obviously wanting to see with her hands. However, Boo knows how destructive she can be and only let her check him out under strict supervision. It only took a few tries to secure his head, but the end result was awesome. We got a lot of Oohs and Ahhs and i can only imagine what the lit up eyes looked like as we traveled through the woods from tent to tent. The camp out wouldn't have been complete without tin foil dinners, campfire stories and some fun activities for the kids.

Destructo

Noelle came into the office about five minutes after I had just brush and flossed and said, "Look Mom, a flower."

It smelled good and the way she was holding did look similar to a bouquet of pretty blue and white flowers.

However, I do need to replace my container of floss. Nothing is safe anymore at our house. Nothing. (However, if my parents dressed me in Punky Brewster PJ's I might destroy stuff too!)

Practicing for Halloween

Noelle is practicing her Chicken Dance skills so that when she dons the entire chicken costume on Halloween, she'll be ready. (Don't mind the accompaniment)

Weekend Update

On Friday we went costume hunting. I think we narrowed it down and all we need is a pair of orange tights. Harder to find then you might think. Noelle is going to be a chicken. We bought the costume at a super discount last year in hopes that it might fit for this Halloween. The pants are too short and will cook her inside out anyway, hence the need for tights. (the top half of the costume will cook her inside out too, thanks Arizona.) While out on our tight hunting excursion we stopped to get some ice cream from Cold Stone (or Stone Cold as I usually refer to it for all you WWE fans.) On our way back to the car we were discussing the amount of crickets in the flower beds and the strange looking antennae sticking out of a hole in the cinder blocks. This was our exchange:

Boo: "I think they're cockroaches."
Rach: "It looks like there are two of them."
Boo: "Maybe they're mating. Are they mating?"
Rach: "I don't know what cockroaches mating looks like."
Boo: Spits into said flower bed - cockroaches scatter - very fast.
Rach: "Holy cow those are huge!"

Yes giant cockroaches, running for their mating lives. Dis-gust-ing.

On Saturday I got my crafting groove on and made some fun things at a church craft day. The last of said days ever. Stupid men don't know what women like, so let's cancel their craft day, forever. Lame.

I did learn some new stuff and, gee whiz, just what I need a new hobby, rub-on transfers. So cool.
Boo was the clean-up crew. No typo, he was literally the clean-up crew and so excited about it.

We watched the Red Sox lose in the 7th game of their series, which means that baseball season if officially over for me. Hooray! Time to concentrate on college football.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye...

We have finally endured what seemed like the longest drive home in the whole history of my life, to and from Utah in a whirlwind trip. We drove straight through and I (Rachel) nearly killed my family. Its just really hard to be the waitress of the steel cage, getting the fallen sippy cups, stuffed animals, dressing and undressing Barbie, as well as making sure all electronics are well and functioning. I'm pooped. I kept trying to convince Boo to let me do some driving, but I know he hates taking on the waiter role as much as I do. Its very hard to imagine doing this drive again for the holiday season.

While in "Zion" we took in some conference, tried to cure our colds, went to the zoo, a birthday party, played with our dog friends, and shoveled nearly four tons of rocks and dirt. That was a lot of shoveling. Luckily the weather was nice, the company fantastic, an overall eventful trip. Thanks to all the family that hosted us and entertained our baby. We love you all and will see you sooner rather than later.

Noelle and her dog friends, Jack and Eddie, the Merry-go-round at the zoo and a peacock who wanted to eat Goldfish crackers from her hand. (The turkeys at the zoo where trying to make their way over to the crackers but I think they got lost within the tables at the food court.)

Although the drive home consisted of certain movies being watched multiple times, a couple of stops for leg stretching and a few minor meltdowns, I'm sure we'll recover quickly.

Also, a side note...Boo passed the Arizona bar exam, hooray!!!