Halloween Night

October 31st-I started off the night by making some fun mummy hot dogs and spider cupcakes. I thought I ought to try to be festive. The kids loved it! So Lexi had decided to be Santa before and then Halloween morning woke up wanting to be a fairy princess. I worked so hard on that costume! I didn't want to be a Halloween grinch so Jer dove into the dress up box (thanks Maegan) and found some great wings, skirt, etc. Lexi loved giving out candy, but was super excited when grandma showed up to help take her trick or treating. Our neighborhood was a bust, lots of no candy houses (more then those giving out candy) We put Lily down to bed and then Lexi and I went to MaryMegan's house for her party. It was super fun with the best caramel apples I have ever had! After the party Lexi was sad that she didn't get to go trick or treating much so we went around MaryMegan's neighborhood. It was awesome. Lots of people, almost every house, and everyone telling Lexi how cute she was. So Halloween turned out pretty amazing!

Club Mingle

October 29th- Tom and Heidi had a costume mingle at their house to say good-bye to Andrew. He has been over in Japan and was on leave and is leaving again. Jer stayed home with the girls (Lily was sleeping) so I went alone, but there were so many people to see. Jarom and Kayo brought their kids, Ken and Elizabeth came with their kids, Tabitha and Ian, other Andrew, etc.

Andrew in his awesome medieval outfit.

Kayo and I with Joshua

Kristjiana (totally spelled wrong) in her rapunzel costume. It was amazingly done. The hair looked like it came right out of the movie. WOW!

I tried getting a picture of the back of it.

The Miracle of the Magic Eraser/Pumpkin Decorating with Grandma

Ahhh, Lily has discovered Crayons and won't stop drawing on the walls, well she has done it four times. Now we hide the crayons. Lexi seriously had to be told twice and she stopped. Lily just loves to display her artwork all over.

Lexi and Lily went up to grandma's so we could go to the Mahoney annual bash and they decorated pumpkins while there. They had a blast and were so proud of their pumpkins! This is Lily's pumpkin.

Lexi's pumpkin

Costume Dance class

October 29th- We showed up at Dance class and Lexi ran in first. She came out nearly in tears because she was all ballerined up and they were all in costume. Luckily I had the Santa outfit (unfinished, no collar or belt) in the car. Phew, sometimes you just get lucky!

Later Lexi changed her mind to be a princess fairy so I was glad she at least wore her Santa outfit once.

Mahoney Annual Halloween Party of Awesomeness

October 28th- Believe me when I say this is only a third of the pictures that I took. This party was so fun! Food contest, Karaoki, Costume contest, amazing food, lots of crazy people. So much fun.

Matt, Jer, and Zack.

Jer and I went as Ryan and Danielle the day they got engaged. Ryan had dressed up as Santa Clause. Danielle had been working as a caterer. Jer got on the mic and proposed to me as Danielle so people would know what we were.

The winning costume.

Second place was Moroni.

Fear factor

Danielle and I

Trent getting a little overzealous on the mic

Girls Just wanna have fun

Fieldtrip to the Fire Station

October 28th- Lexi's preschool went on a fieldtrip to see a fire station. I took off a few hours of work so I could go. My boss is supportive of me going on fieldtrips and to little singing performances so I am lucky. First all the kids lined up for pictures.

They were asking questions and Lexi always had an answer.

Swinging her hair and laughing at the fire men.

One fireman showed them how fast he could get into his uniform. 36 seconds as I recall.

Then they showed them all the equipment they use.
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The ladder truck had all sorts of cool knobs.

At the end they all got little bracelets and stickers.

Skating practice

October 27th- So I told a few of my co-workers about me wanting to join derby and they were kind of excited. Rand, who used to be a huge skater, offered to come with me and help me learn a few things. It was awesome. I took Lexi. She was really unsteady on her skated until Jer got there and could help her just skate on carpet. After that Rand taught me a bunch of stuff about skating, did I mention this was about the 4th time in my life on skates and I am super uncoordinated. It went great. Well later that night was my first derby practice and thank goodness Rand had taken me out because everyone else was much better skaters then me. They had training for the newbies. I learned to fall, stop, cross over. I am super good at falling (the correct way) I was surprised when I was not sore the next day. I will be doing my basic skills assessment in the end of November/beginning of December and then I will post when the games are. The Happy Valley Derby Darlings also have a page on facebook for those who want to follow them.