Halloween Photopalooza

Today we've been busily taking Halloween photos, and decorating for the holiday. Just wanted to share a few pictures of the kids! There will be trick-or-treating ones later of course too!

Reagan loving the Halloween puppets (courtesy of Oma.)
The pumpkins from left to right; Adam's that he picked at the festival, Reagan's she picked at the festival, Adam's that Reagan picked for him at the store when we went with daddy, Reagan's that she picked at the store.


Adam in one of his pairs of Halloween jammies getting some pumpkin time!




Our front walk by the door.^
The front porch. v

Reagan loved helping build the "ghost beds" and putting up the spider webs. She insisted that we had to include her tarantula toy spider so we hung it on the porch light. :-)

Porch from front walk. v

Happy Halloween Treat

Happy Halloween to everyone!

For Halloween I wanted to include a treat for all of my readers! I haven't figured out whether it's really a tutorial or a recipe, but since it's edible, I'm going with recipe.

Spooky Jello Worm Cups

4 small boxes of green gelatin
3 small boxes of gelatin of your choice- I recommend a light color like orange
12 cups of water, divided
gummi worms
clear plastic party cups

Boil 4 cups of water. Stir in all of green gelatin until completely dissolved. Add 3 cups cold water. Stir to combine. Ladle into cups and refrigerate until set. After green gelatin has set, boil 3 cups of water. Add remaining gelatin to hot water and stir until completely dissolved. Add 2 cups of very cold water. Remove cups from refrigerator and place gummi worms on top, reserving 1 per cup for topping. If you have smaller ones like we did they will be covered by your second layer, if they are large, you can dangle them over the edge of your cup etc. for a different look if you choose. Ladle second flavor of gelatin over worms. Refrigerate until firm. Top with worms just before serving. Keep leftovers refrigerated.

First Camping Trip

A little bit ago Rob had his first vacation from his job. We had a wonderful time! We took the kids on their first camping trip, and everyone loved it!! Adam was a little frustrated that we would just let him walk and crawl around everywhere and play in the dirt, but he had a good time anyway! We took tons and tons of pictures during the 3 day, 2 night trip, so of course I have to share a few of them! Oh and also during Rob's vacation we got most of the kids' swing set built! We're still not quite done, but it's playable, and the kids LOVE using the swings on it. :-)

The kids Tuesday morning before taking Reagan to her gymnastics class mid camping trip. Luckily we were camping between where we live and gymnastics, so it was actually a shorter trip than usual.
Adam having his "smore" - a grahm cracker.
Reagan having her first smore on Tuesday night. She roasted her first marshmallow on Monday night!
Adam in the backpack for a hike on Tuesday.
Reagan had a great time camping and we did a lot of schooling activities, including learning about Smokey the Bear!

We Have a Tooth!!!

Finally, one of Adam's teeth has popped through!! You won't really be able to see it for awhile yet, but it sure is there. Now he just needs a few more and he'll happily be eating everything we put on the table! lol (The picture is actually from yesterday.)

Mommy's Little Mummy's

Just some gratuitous pictures of the kids in their matching mummy jammies. I couldn't get a very good one of them together though. :-/