All Hallows' Eve

We celebrated Halloween on Saturday, the 30th. A majority of kids in Utah trick-or-treated then, too. Even though the weather was less than ideal, we had a great holiday. The kids only lasted for about 8 or 9 houses. Hazel loved every minute and Cannon got whiny and wet.

We started the evening with our traditional meal of "monster brains". I started that a year or two ago when I saw it on a blog. (If it was yours, let me know because I've forgotten and would like to give credit!). Cannon has called spaghetti "monster brains" for the last year. He prefers his without meatballs aka "witch eyeballs". Hazel likes hers plain. I like mine with yummy red sauce aka "ogre blood". Jarom likes "the works".



Cannon was Buzz Lightyear. He's been planning his costume since July when we were looking at pictures from last year. He loves Toy Story and especially Buzz. He was thrilled when we put on his costume and wanted to sleep in it. Hazel was a pig. She was a pretty darn cute pig. We tried to get her to oink for us. The closest she came was a bark. Close enough, I say.



We started out trick-or-treating in a wagon with 3 umbrellas. We made it to about 4 houses when we decided to turn back and finish in the car. That was a novel idea and we made it to one whole street before coming back home. The weather let up for the last part and made it slightly more enjoyable. When we got home, Cannon and Hazel both handed out candy. I'm pretty sure that was their favorite part.

The highlight of my night was a little girl dressed as a witch who came to our door. She had black and orange stripes all over her hat and dress. Cannon said "Oh, she's a darling Halloween carrot!" Jarom and I tried to apologize but busted up laughing when he shut the door. We'll work on some Halloween costume etiquette for next year.

Jarom ended the night by dumping our entire bucket of candy into some teenager's bag. Score! Some kid lucked out with a solid $8 worth of candy. Looks like we'll be raiding our kids pumpkins for any Sunday trick-or-treaters.

I hope you all had a happy and safe Halloween!

One great thing about not blogging for months is that I find out that people really read this thing. I see old friends at the store and they say something like "where have you been?" or "you need to blog". It makes me feel needed. Even if most of the stuff I post is about my kids. People, the wait is over. I have a list of things that I want to post about. Mostly it's updates from the time I wasn't blogging. A few trips, and a few exciting things about Hazel.

So, let's get to that part.

(Hazel with my mom aka "Gramma") taken 10/28/10

Hazel is doing great! She's eating regular foods like wheat crackers (yes, wheat!) and fruits, vegetables, breads, rice and beans. She's chunky and healthy and incredibly feisty. She's saying little words like hat, hot, bath, bye bye, uh oh, no no, ball, baby and duck. She loves balls and balloons and bubbles. But, we're working on her aggressiveness tendencies. She tackles and bites kids twice her size and is generally a tiny bully. I know she has a high pain tolerance and confuses being loving with being mean. She's come a long way and I'm thrilled with her progress. And she's got hair. Lots and lots of hair! Like piggy tail doin' hair! Yay!

(Taken 10/28/10)

Cannon is doing great too. He's growing up fast. He started preschool with me and has been doing well. He loves his friends and is learning quick. He loves letters and numbers and is mourning the loss of Summer. He's definitely an outside boy. He says the funniest things and is totally excited for Halloween.

(taken 10/12/10)

We went to California in the middle of October to visit our Becar family. We got to go to Knott's Berry Farm. Looking at this picture makes me want to go back. It was warm and nice there meanwhile, it's freezing and snowy here.

Anway, I have the best of blogging intentions. Especially since this blog serves as my scrapbook, journal and family timeline. I'll be back soon.