Red Hat Halloween Party
Tonight was the annual Red Hat family Halloween party! Brandon brought the kids to the tower and we got them ready to head inside. They look pretty fantastic, don’t they? Brian makes a fierce Viking, and Kendall makes the most beautiful buttercup fairy! Once we were ready, we headed in for the main event, and a wild time was had by all. It’s fairly chaotic and crowded, but the kids had fun playing silly carnival games, getting candy and prizes, and taking a tour through the...
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It’s decorative gourd season, y’all! We don’t do things halfway around here, so we have gobs of gourds, and piles of pumpkins. Kendall was looking festive in her Hello Kitty Halloween outfit! Brian had a teacher workday today, and he did some artful decoration with the gourds on the stairs, and had a happy-face hot dog & mac and cheese lunch, thanks to Brandon! We made our Darth Vader and Kitty pumpkins, surprising Kendall with them when she got home. I started the...
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Here’s Kendall looking cute in a Halloween-themed outfit, and the kids getting into the OgoSport toys at Goddard School for the toy test! These were probably their favorite item there (and I’ve added them to Brian’s wishlist on Amazon). 🙂 Supposedly they are fun pool toys as well as lawn...
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It’s my birthday, and Steve and Sue took us all out for dinner at Kanki, as has become our tradition. The kids were super happy to get paper umbrellas in their drinks, and were generally well-behaved, but kept us pretty busy nonetheless. Kendall really liked her soup this time. One of the other families at our table included one of our well-known helpers from the Lego Store, and Brandon had a good time chatting with him and getting the scoop on some Lego things from an...
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Family Picture Day
Today was our family picture day, which is always sort of stressful. 😉 We’re hoping something will turn out well enough for a Christmas card, especially since we found out when reviewing the shots that Kendall made weird faces in every single picture except the first! The kids were pretty crazy, especially Kendall. Not even the gigantic Olaf could amuse her enough to smile while standing still! While I picked out shots to purchase, Brandon and the kids went ahead to...
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