Aah-ha! We had our Halloween! It was fun. Brad and I dressed up as Jack and Jill. The picture is not that great, but at least you can see the shirts, black eyes, broken crown and general cute-ness of the ensemble.
The kids costumes turned out awesome! Tyler was a regular old Darth Vedar (which, by the way
, he absolutely loved and wouldn't have traded for any other costume in the world, except that his light saber was big, bulky, heavy and slightly in the way, and he couldn't see a thing through his mask in the dark...but he LOVED the idea of being a Star Wars character. He also liked the improved and elongated cape I made him :-)
, he absolutely loved and wouldn't have traded for any other costume in the world, except that his light saber was big, bulky, heavy and slightly in the way, and he couldn't see a thing through his mask in the dark...but he LOVED the idea of being a Star Wars character. He also liked the improved and elongated cape I made him :-)Although, I am the first to admit my adverse feelings for Disney Character costumes, clothing or other paraphernalia, I truly feel my kids were the cutest little Belle and Cinderell
a out there. The pictures do not do them justice (I'm actually going to clean up their costumes and take some more pictures later; we were rushed to get the candy and the girls didn't think taking time for a picture was entirely necessary). 
And yes, that is a slug Kaili found on the ground. It rained (the one night out of the year that we had to be outside) and all the slugs came out. It was her little pet and she carried it all the way to Auntie Toni's house, where is was misplaced, forgotten, and probably squashed!
We also carved 
pumpkins and Brad was a good sport to dig guts out while sniffling with his 
head cold...poor guy, 
but, somebody's gotta do the dirty work, and I was busy :-) 
I thought our reading for this week was interesting. I liked learning about the different ways to argue and the most affective things to do and say to make a change (begin softly!). I told Brad this and we worked on the conflict resolution paper together. I explained the steps to him and we both agreed it sounded like a good way to argue :-) We'll see if we can remember the steps the next time one of us begins to turn different shades of red!
a out there. The pictures do not do them justice (I'm actually going to clean up their costumes and take some more pictures later; we were rushed to get the candy and the girls didn't think taking time for a picture was entirely necessary). 
And yes, that is a slug Kaili found on the ground. It rained (the one night out of the year that we had to be outside) and all the slugs came out. It was her little pet and she carried it all the way to Auntie Toni's house, where is was misplaced, forgotten, and probably squashed!
We also carved 
pumpkins and Brad was a good sport to dig guts out while sniffling with his 
head cold...poor guy, 
but, somebody's gotta do the dirty work, and I was busy :-) 
I thought our reading for this week was interesting. I liked learning about the different ways to argue and the most affective things to do and say to make a change (begin softly!). I told Brad this and we worked on the conflict resolution paper together. I explained the steps to him and we both agreed it sounded like a good way to argue :-) We'll see if we can remember the steps the next time one of us begins to turn different shades of red!
