Halloween 2011

We had such a fun Halloween this year filled with lots of fun activities. It took a long time to decide on Halloween costumes. I wanted to be that family with cute coordinating costumes, but it was not meant to be. Tucker doesn't like to wear hats and I just wanted him to be excited about his costume, so I let him pick out his costume at the store. He picked out Elmo and was pretty excited about it, he wore it around the house every day for a week. Halle was Jessie from Toy Story, although some people thought she was wonder woman, which I can understand. I like her little onesie because it shows off her chubby legs. The Wednesday before Halloween we went to our ward party which was a little Halloween Carnival. Tucker really just wanted to trick-or-treat, so he didn't love the activities. 

We carved pumpkins while we watched Charlie Brown. Watching Charlie Brown with Tucker makes me wonder why these movies are such classics. They are not very nice to each other in the movies and it is kind of depressing. Anyway, Tucker did a great job painting his pumpkin and putting on stickers. Sheldon went all fancy on his pumpkin and it turned out great

We went with a TV theme this year for our pumpkins. Sheldon's is from The Mentalist and it is a face a serial killer leaves behind. Creepy, huh?

My pumpkin is a pineapple if you can't tell, it does kind of look like a strawberry. It's from the TV show Psych and they have a pineapple in every episode.

Tucker's awesome pumpkin. There are only two colors on his pumpkin because they were the only paints I had that weren't dried out. Definitely need to stock up on some art supplies.

Random picture of Halle. She likes to sit on the counter while we do dishes.

We also went to a pumpkin walk at Central Utah Gardens. It was fun with cute little games for Tucker to play. FYI if you ever want your kid to be a really popular character, Elmo is definitely the one. Kids would get so excited when they would see Tucker. He should have been signing autographs or something.

Tucker and Avery, best buds. Avery was a cute little garden gnome. Trick-or-treating was so fun this year except for the fact that Sheldon became super sick and wasn't able to come with us. Tucker loved it, although after about 5 houses he was tired and just wanted to go home after visiting one of his friends houses. Which I was a little disappointed about because I really wanted to eat some of his candy :) We had perfect weather this year, which never happens in Utah! It always snowed by Halloween when I was growing up in Logan.

And if you need some laughter in your day you need to watch this funny video about parents who told their kids they ate all of their Halloween candy. The very last 2 kids in the video are my favorite. Many thanks to my sister for sharing this with me :)

Halle's Funny Faces

Halle is a very expressive little girl. She is always making the funniest faces at us, already she is such a little comedian. Here are a few of her funny faces and just some cute pictures.

Her squinty face. She's looking at me like, "I know exactly what you're doing Mom, you can't fool me."

I just love this pink hat, it makes her cheeks look extra chubby.

Scrunchy face with tongue sticking out!

This is a video of her doing her scrunchy face.

A cute video of Halle just sitting in a rocking chair at a store.

Tucker 3 years!

Sometimes I still can't believe Tucker is 3 years old! That means he will be going to kindergarten in 2 years, whaaat?? He had his 3 year check-up last month and it went really well except for the fact that he cried almost the whole time. I'm hoping that when he turns 4 it will be a lot easier. He doesn't like anything it doesn't matter if I tell him it won't hurt. Getting his height checked is the only good part because I tell him it's just like they check your height at Disneyland. At least he always calms down fast after everything is over.

Height: 37 in  39%

Weight: 30.6 lbs  39%

Tucker is such a great older brother and brings so much energy and life into our family. He loves puzzles, cars, books, going to the park, movies (or dvdv's as he likes to call them.) and playing with his friends. I think it is challenging now that he realizes he has his agency and he doesn't always have to do what you say. It's tough showing him that there are consequences to his actions. This is such a great age though, I love watching all his pretend play. 

Halle 7 months

So Halle is actually now 8 months, but I was late scheduling her 6 month doctor appointment, so she was actually 7 months when I got her in to see the doctor. It was not a very happy doctor's appointment, she had an ear infection that I had no idea she had. She wasn't fussy or anything, she had just gotten over a cold, but I felt bad that I didn't know she had an ear infection. Halle also really had a hard time with the immunization that was a liquid. She gagged, choked, screamed, and it took like 5 minutes to get this little amount of liquid down. I guess she's a pretty stubborn girl, but then the regular shots were a piece of cake compared to that. Her stats at 7 months:

Weight: 16.5 lbs  32%

Height: 27.1 in  66%

Head: 17.8 in  91%

Love my big headed kids :)

She also has 2 teeth coming in on the bottom, but I had no idea because she is not drooly or fussy. Other updates, she also eats food now without gagging and eats quite a bit. I did try to feed her some chicken baby food and she gagged on that, but I don't really blame her because it was kind of weird. She rolls over both ways now and scoots backwards on her tummy until she runs into something and then she gets stuck.

Idaho Falls Trip

Towards the end of August we made a really quick trip up to Idaho Falls for a cousins wedding. And by quick I mean, we drove up Friday afternoon and drove back home Saturday night. It was so fun to see family that I hadn't seen in a long time and I liked seeing a little bit of Idaho. I don't think I've been to Idaho since I went to EFY at BYU Idaho. My cousin was married in the Rexburg Temple, which was so fun to go in for the first time.

 I love Tucker's grumpy face in this picture, he was definitely refusing to smile. This was at the family dinner the night before the wedding with my cousin Jewel. 

All the rest of the pictures are from my dad, thanks! I really didn't take very many pictures, too busy having fun and taking care of kids.

 The Idaho Falls temple right behind our hotel. Best view I have ever had at hotel.

 Tucker went on a fun walk outside with my Dad. He is always happiest outside. First things he says to me in the morning, "I am sooo hungry can we have breakfast? Can we go outside?" His top two priorities food and playing outside.

Tucker's 3rd Birthday

It's so hard to believe Tucker is 3! It is amazing what a little person he has become, he is definitely coming out of the toddler stage and becoming a preschooler. He is now quick to tell me if I start doing something wrong, for example today he told me, "No, mama, No. Don't be angry. No, mama." He loves to pretend play and I love to hear what things he comes up with. He frequently pretends to go to Disneyland or Lake Tahoe (gets that one from Avery) and his cars he pretends are people.

We had his first friend birthday party this year. I kept it really small and simple, but I thought it was really fun for Tucker and his friends. We just blew up the kiddie pool and let the kids play in the water and then have snacks.

I made Turtle cupcakes because Tucker loves Squirt the turtle from Finding Nemo.

They were really easy, but I thought they turned out cute.

Balloons, for decorations and they doubled as party favors. Everyone took a balloon home with them.

 Lots of pics of the kids playing in the pool. Tucker started running and then diving into the pool, we may have to get him a slip 'n slide next summer. 

There was also some time spent doing laps running around the deck.

Halle being her happy self.

What a cute birthday boy!

Cupcakes! Of course Tucker always eats the frosting first and then doesn't love the cake part as much.

We opened presents later that night with Sheldon's family. Tucker loved the treats he got and his very own soccer ball.

It was a very smart idea to put candles on cupcakes, because Tucker tends to spit quite a bit when he blows :)

It was such a fun day, thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us!