Halloween The Movie

Halloween - Part I
(Oct. 30)

Pirate Cole and Seaman Crew follow Captain Dad over turbulent seas in search of treasure...
(We headed over to the Chesnik's for one great family Halloween party)

Pirate Cole tries to overthrow Captain Dad in a battle...
(Before we left, we taught Cole some essential moves)

Pirate Maiden Mom comes to rescue Seaman Crew from the fighting...
(And posed for some photo ops in character)


Halloween - Part II
(afternoon Oct. 31)

A once happy pirate...
(With a new do, thanks to Dad)


Fears he will never find the treasure...and threatens to behead himself...
(was quite pleased with his new cut and attiTUDE)


And falls to his untimely death...
(loves hamming it up for the camera)


Slowly...

And dramatically...DEAD

Halloween Part III
(Evening Oct. 31)

The next day, he is reunited with his pirate family...
(At the ward trunk-or-treat)


And finds again his zeal for life...
(and all his costumed friends)


And vows to continue his search for the hidden treasure...
(in the parking lot of the chapel)


until next year!
(candy bag full and whew, we're done for another year!)

Who Says...

Boys aren't fun to dress up!



Cole really likes dressing up like his brother (at least right now) and I'm having fun with it too.

Another milk post

Losing my milk is the inevitable admission that I can't do everything. And for this I must forgive myself, for so it must be.

Post edit: Wow, that was dramatic.
Post Post edit: Well yes, it has been.

Milk Mom

At 5:30 a.m. yesterday I scribbled out this fine piece of art for our fridge.
I'd just finished feeding the baby and I laid back down for a sec. to closed my eyes and in comes Cole whining "Mama, I want some milk."

Seriously? I just groaned.

This kid can down some milk and I fear that most of his calories come from this white bevvy. I can't believe he's almost 4 and we are still here.

I'd thought of creating a cute little chart with pictures of fruit and veggies and meat...all food groups and having him count what he eats every day to see if we could move toward a more balanced diet. But at 5:30 a.m. this would have to do... One day we'll get to the cute laminated food chart (and I can channel my inner school teacher).

Update: One day down and I've got to say it worked. Only 3 glasses of milk yesterday.

I added lights

Makes it more SPOOOKY, don't ya think?

Octoberfest

We're ready...

Are YOU?


Post edit: If you want to make your own halloween apothecary, download labels on Johnny Love's flickr page. Also check out the Idea Room for more ideas.

We're So Related

Cabin Getaway

Thanks to my iphone (cause you know I forgot the camera yet again) we captured some pics from our weekend trip to the Stewart cabin in Brian Head. We had a great time hanging out with good people in the great outdoors. The Phillips clan were great hosts. We slept comfortably and eat way too much good food.


Cole loved being able to roam free. You would've thought we kept him caged in the city. On our Sat. morning hike he happily sang and gave commentary to anyone who'd listen..."I'm hiking in the mountains" ...."Hey Mom, I'm hiking in the mountains"..."Hey everybody, don't worry I have snacks for everyone" and on and on and on...'



He also (much to my annoyance) took claim to a orange whistle that never left his pocket. Greg's rule of no blowing inside or in someone's face didn't hold. Nor did the no biting rule. Gee, I thought we were past that, but he sunk his teeth into two kids and I had the "use your words instead of your mouth" chat...again...


Crew was a happy hiker. I loaded him into the baby pack and he soon fell asleep. However, I did take one fall (gracefully executed, I must say) and heroically saved my babe from injury (whilst skinning my own shin).



We rode ATVs...Cate got a start up lesson from Earnest and she was on her way...and Cole finally, with some trepidation, mounted the "motorcycle" but only when sandwiched between Greg and I. I held his chest with two hands and after he dismounted he was off to boast to the other "cousins" (really they were just new friends, but he thinks any large quantity of kids must be cousins) about his brave ride.

We took archery lessons and learned about Cate's (and now Collin's) hidden talent with the bow and arrow...and Collin spent most of the day perfecting his skill.


Saturday afternoon we headed to Panguitch lake to do what all boys do...throw rocks in the water...And see the most amazing 6-point elk. He was beautiful. We held our breath and he gave us a look that said "That's right, I'm big." and went on his way (with his two women in tow).


Cate, Barb & Annette taking pictures at the lake while the boys threw rocks.

What a great getaway.