HALLOWEEN!

Halloween! It's full of traditions! We did our Jensen Halloween sugar cookie decorating, the kiddos made monsters out of rice krispy treats (I might have attempted to make them 3 times and after the third batch failed I ran to the store and bought them!), trick-or-treating with the Parrys, Intel work party (we didn't have enough time to put together the fat suits the boys wanted to wear - so I grabbed other costumes and Tyler ended up a bank robber in Emma's black shirt and Eli was Where's Waldo - also in Emma's shirt - I had the best laugh and they didn't care cause they got candy) and pumpkin carving! Next year the kids have to go back to traditional pumpkin faces - this elaborate thing doesn't work out very good for us - we ended up going through 6 pumpkins to get 4 usable ones! Jared gagged having to clean out the guts - so I manned up and did it - and he washed dishes - what a pansy. We might have held pumpkin guts in our hands up to Jared's face to tease him! The best was watching Jared watch Emma do her rice krispy monsters - he stood back and had a slight smile on his face and he watched her create her master piece. Then he had to take a pic of it - I tried to get a pic of him being proud, but I didn't get it in time. When the twins were little we should coordinate our costumes with the Parrys, but then the kids all had their own ideas of what they wanted to be, some how this year, we pulled off couples outfits again! Tyson and Payton were Harry Potter and Hermione! Eli was Pat Tillman. Emma was Rosie the Riveter. And my favorite - Tyler and Chiara went as Squints and Wendy Peffercorn from the movie Sandlot! We think Tyler really loved being Squints cause he got away with being nerdy and it took so much pressure off of him. Good times had by all! Happy Halloween!