Halloween Goodies

We had the cutest Transformer, Alice, Hulk, and Snow Leopard we've ever seen! We loved our ward's Halloween party.

• The Hulk was so strong he was busting out of Claire's old pants. His feet must have grown too, because his feet were hanging out of his shoes. The green paint, oh the green paint. It was such a good idea that got the best of me. His wig got a haircut from Preston's Esqueleto costume. 
• I found Preston's costume at Goodwill and thought he would be so excited. Nope, he wanted to be a Glowing Wolverine. He had a clever idea to put glow sticks in between his knuckles. He is very creative. Next year I will help him come up with something.
• Claire was a really sweet Alice. She was very excited to for the chance to dress up.
• I quickly made Tessa's leopard ears out of felt and a old hairband that night. It was hard to paint her little nose. I couldn't get enough of her.

On Halloween Preston and Rhett decided to wear old costumes. I was okay skipping the face paint. Rhett was a sweaty mess in the sweat suit disguised as a Buzz Lightyear costume. The kids ran door to door this year. I think they would have ran away from us if we hadn't kept calling them back. We have to get more candy!

Pre-Christmas

Before we headed up to Idaho, we decided to have part of our Christmas at home.

• We enjoyed cookies and Santa Clause at the Frost Fest. 
• We went to Lowes and picked out the best tree we could find. This year our goal was to get a tree with a stronger pine scent. When we got it home we realized it was a little droopy.
• It was Claire's turn to put the star on the tree. She rocked it.
• We enjoyed our tradition of putting up ornaments and sipping hot chocolate. 
• Grandma King made pajamas again. They all love them.  Claire cherishes her new nightgown. 
• David gave me a Texas Longhorn pajama set. 
• David loved to keep the kids in suspense on our stairs. He had them close their eyes before they walked into the living room.
• David stayed up late assembling a homemade tetherball stand. We put their first initial in the wet cement. We also put together a basketball hoop. We decided to skip out on all the little gifts and got them big group gifts they could share. 
• Preston was thrilled about his Harry Potter book.
• Claire got the Pogo Stick she wanted.
• Rhett got a Toy Story action figure playset.
• We loved our first Christmas with Tessa.
• We decided this would be our last pre-Christmas.