A tale of a witch and two skeletons

Lots of changes at our house in the month of October. But somewhere, in the midst of it all, we found the time to enjoy a few fall activities.

We ventured out to Wheeler Farm for their hay/corn maze and tractor ride. Which was highly over-priced but made the kids happy.

I took my camera with, ready to take some amazing fall pictures....and then discovered I had left my memory card at home in the computer. I believe it may be time to invest in whole slew of memory cards so that I always have one handy.

Luckily cell phones these days are also equipped with cameras. Perhaps not the amazing shots I was hoping for, but I still managed to at least preserve the memory.

The elusive rooster.





The hay/corm maze literally took 3 minutes. And it only took that long because I kept making them stop to take pictures. Wanted to get my money's worth, you know.







I think this was "mom, why do you take so many picture? This hay is making my butt itch!"



At least I have 1 child who is always willing to pose for a picture.





Later on in the month we met up with some friends at Gardner Village



It is an eclectic little shopping area that decorates for the season with witches. Lots and lots of witches.



My own little witch fit right in.



These are her favorite shoes ever! I have lost count of the number of times I have filled in the toes with a black sharpie.





We have a little tradition at our house. In the morning I ask the kids what kind of cereal they want to eat that day. My oldest will make a choice and I can ALWAYS count on the youngest to pick whatever it is his brother is having. Every single morning. So I was not the least bit surprised when he also wanted to dress exactly like his older brother for Halloween.









In their black stocking caps when you were walking behind them they just looked like thugs.



And then because I am all sorts of crazy we took the kids up to Ogden to their Haunted Dinosaur Park. Unlike Wheeler Farm it was worth every single penny.

I did have my camera this time but I suck at night time photography and didn't get any great shots. Just snap shots.



The dancing skeletons beneath the black light.



With the triceratops, in case you couldn't tell.





And just for fun, this is how little they were LAST time we came to the dinosaur park.



Need a closer look?



Can you even stand the cuteness?

Okay, back to the present



And that was all the fun this mom could stand for one month!



Grandma trying to get "the shot"

Prima Ballerina

Zoey recently completed a community ed dance class. She has been BEGGING to take dance lessons for months. For awhile I got out of it by saying she could only be in preschool OR dance, but not both. (because with 3 kids who has that kind of time and money? Really?)

So she patiently waited until preschool was over...


(Zoey with her cousin Moira at preschool graduation)

...and then started right back in with the questions. Usually it went something like this "mom, don't you think it's time for me to start ballet?"

I debated about a dance studio. But they can be expensive. And on top of the expensive class cost there is another charge for costumes. And they usually do a recital in December, and we're going to Disneyland for Christmas and will be out of town.

I also considered the possibility that even though she's been begging for dance lessons she'd lose interest in a month or two.

So-we went with community ed.

I did spring for ballet shoes, though. Because they were BOGO at Payless.


Getting Ready for the First day of dance class





She LOVED it!!! She looked forward to Tuesday. She talked ALL day about going to dance class. She would come home and practice. She was smitten.

At the end of the 6 weeks they did a little recital. The dance were all short because they'd only been in class for 6 weeks. But it was just right.

This movie was actually the practice in the dance room BEFORE the recital. Because during the actual recital she got put on the back row so the video isn't as good. This one was just taken with my iphone, the real camcorder in my bag still.



All my pictures from the day of the recital are from my iphone, too. I had decided to leave my good camera home, opting instead to take the camcorder (I can't work them both simultaneously. Go figure!) And then the good video I got was from my iphone anyway so I really should've left the camcorder home. But, you know. This is life as a mother.





A Prima Ballerina is born!

Little Sweety

My kids don't play house. At our house when one pretends to be the dad and one pretends to be the mom they say they are playing Little Sweety. I have NO idea where they came up with that because I don't call them that. But, that's what it.

So the other day they were playing Little Sweety and I heard Adam say, "Let's pretend that the dad snores, because all dads snore."

And now a random picture of Adam because there aren't nearly enough of those on this blog.

Glnslost

The other day Zoey was making up nonsense words. Adam told her "That's not a real word."

She said, "Oh yes it is. Every word needs a vowel and it has an "o" on it. So it's a word."

Isn't it obvious?

Parts came home for the annual primary(children's Sunday School) program a couple weeks ago.

Zoey's part is "God is the Father of my spirit and I know I am special to him." It then asked that she name 1 way she knows she is special to Heavenly Father.

So I asked her, "Zoey, do you know that you are special to Heavenly Father?"

"Yes." she replied.

"How do you know you are special?" I asked her.

"Because He loves me."

"But how do you KNOW he loves you?"

"Because everybody does."

What do you want to BE?

At the risk of being completely obnoxious I am going to write again about something my child said that made me, as a partial mother, think I have the world's smartest kid. Because, well, it's my blog so I can. :)

Yesterday Zoey (who is 4) said "Mom, HE rhymes with BE."

Adam said, "Yea, like He got stung by a bee."

To which Zoey replied, "No Adam, I mean be spelled B-E like to be something. Not bee
B-E-E which is what can sting you."

And I wish I could take credit for teaching her that. But really I have no idea where she learned the difference between the two.

And now a random picture of Zoey because hey, people like pictures.

Point, Shoot, admire

I have started something new. I have decided it's okay to blog out of order. Crazy, I know. I may even start even eating breakfast for dinner! Oh wait, we already do that...

So-since I'm blogging out of order these days on my other blog I wrote about the Ogden Union Station Photo walk. I mentioned that I took Adam and it being his first photowalk thought it only fair to share some of his pictures, too. Because I find it fascinating to see the world through his eyes.

Locked Door




Railroad Crossing



Pacific



Now I have to mention-I LOVE the vivid colors in this photo-and this (and all his photos) are SOOC. I swear I didn't bump the saturation or the vibrancy. Just downloaded the memory card straight to flickr!



Christmas lights in tree



And-a picture (or two) I took of him taking pictures.





Is he cute, or what?
Although in another year or two he is going to start rolling his eyes at me when I try to call him cute. :)