Fall Craft

Recently the kids went with May to work on a fall craft. All pictures are courtesy of her! :)

Jayden disgusted with how the brown paint looked

 Using paintbrushes so their fingers wouldn't get dirty from the glue.

Trick or Treat!

A few days before Halloween Juan's job allowed the kids to come trick or treat for a few hours. We walked around and met some of his coworkers, got candy, got tattoos, decorated a cookie, and watched a movie.

Jayden was Leonardo and Caitlin decided she wanted to be a rockstar. She put together her ensemble herself!

 

Juan's setup for trick or treaters

We stopped about 3/4 of the way through because their baskets were too full and neither wanted to carry their bags anymore.

 The kids got henna tattoos. 

 They decorated a cookie with icing, sprinkles, and candy corn. (Diabetes anyone?!)

They were ECSTATIC! They have been asking to go to their dad's job for a year already and were so happy to get this opportunity. We had a lot of fun!

A few days later we went trick or treating with friends in their neighborhood and they nearly filled their baskets up again. Jayden is Leonardo again, and Caitlin is a Barbie.

 

 They accumulated a MASSIVE amount of candy!

Costume Party

We went to a costume party before Halloween. The kids were dressed as Leonardo, a knight, and Rapunzel.

Bean bag toss

Each child had a donut on a string and was SUPPOSED to eat it sans hands. Needless to say, everyone cheated! It was a hard game though!

 There was a TON of sugar at this party! So there was a lot of running...

 some crying...

and costume changes (thanks to Vanessa who brought over extra costumes from Vinny's birthday party!)

The kids had a wonderful time!

Things not pictured...

In the beginning of October we were outside playing baseball. I put my camera on the rail of the stairs so I wouldn't lose it. Jayden launched a ball that hit me right in the jaw. I came inside to ice it and forgot the camera. Of course it rained that night. So needless to say, I am currently camera-less. May lent me her camera when she wasn't using it, but there are several events I was unable to capture.

One event was Vinny's birthday party. Vinny is one of Jayden's favorite friends. He turned 5 and had an AWESOME costume party. The kids even got to take home costumes!

Recently we met a family who moved here from Florida. Larissa invited us to her son Tyler's birthday party. Tyler turned 7 and had an AWESOME party at Lazer Craze. Jayden played laser tag for the first time ever and did pretty damn good!

Here are some of the funny/interesting things the kids have said/done recently:

- Jayden: I wish daddy didn't have to go to work. 
Me: I know but if daddy didn't work we wouldn't have money to do anything. 
Jayden: Well women can work. You're not sick mom. Then you will get paid change so we will still have money. 

-Caitlin was watching Dora and Dora said to say unicornio. Cait screamed, "Uni- coño! I SAID uni- COÑO!! Can't you hear me Dora?!"

-Caitlin: Mom can we kill a bear and stretch his skin to make a house like the nomads did?
Jayden: Caitlin! That was long ago, right after dinosaurs died. You know, like in 1987! 

Proud homeschooling moments: 

-when Jayden laid on my bed- before I even had coffee and my eyes were still crusted over with sleep- to discuss the theory of evolution.

- when Caitlin said: Mom, I want to write you a surprise message. How do you spell 'I love you'? and gave me this little gem!

 ♥