Our October celebrations

**This post is from 2016! We're all just going to pretend it got published correctly, okay?**

Because I keep neglecting this poor blog, and before another decade goes by without a documentation of our most favorite month, I figured I could put this little post together at the very least. 

So, this entire month we busted out our decorations, with just a couple of updates (you can see them here)

We made skeletons out of cookies that were delicious, we made sugar cookies with Halloween cookie cutters, we trick or treated and went to festivals for what seemed like an entire week! We carved our pumpkins and also went trick-or-treating for real...enjoy!  

Boys' Birthday Bash

Both my boys have a birthday in the summer and I normally make ONE party to celebrate both. I do this for 2 main reasons:
Mama is tired
Mama's wallet can't handle it

So without further excuse-making, I hope you enjoy the photos! If you came to the boys party--thank you!

We went for the easy ninja party. It's always so hard to please both of them on one common thing (if you're a mom of more than 1 kid, you will understand). So red, white and black it was and I actually did as least as possible and the boys still had a great time!

My mom and my aunt were freakin super stars always helping me in the kitchen! Thank you both, I love your beautiful faces!

If you notice, I made the boys take ninja pictures for some cool decorations and to dress up their piñata! Jonah makes the best faces...  

 After playing around and eating some hot dogs, we were ready to bust open the piñata. I bought a cheap one from the Mexican store and tore off the Paw Patrol front. I then printed a large picture (tiled it in the printer settings) of their ninja poses and stapled it on there. I could have dressed it up a bit more but ehhh... 
I thought it was pretty clever and simple...My kids are weird, though.

This kid...

As soon as the piñata was busted, everyone filled their goody bags and then we came inside to eat some cake! 

As if the boys could not total opposites, they requested vanilla & chocolate. 

And it never fails that Andrew is done with his food before I even get a chance to snap a pic or sit down to eat my own meal...

They enjoyed the company of their schoolmates for sure! They always get upset that their birthday party is never when school is in session so this was a treat! Thank you again to all who came. 

Our October celebrations

Because I keep neglecting this poor blog, and before a year goes by without a documentation of our most favorite month, I figured I could put this little post together at the very least. 

So, this entire month we busted out our decorations, with just a couple of updates (you can see them here)

We made skeletons out of cookies that were delicious, we made sugar cookies with Halloween cookie cutters, we trick or treated and went to festivals for what seemed like an entire week! We carved our pumpkins and also went trick-or-treating for real...enjoy!  

Her Ariel costume this year was such a win. Yeah, not just for her, but for me! It was a dream come true (like meeting Ana & Elsa at DisneyWorld this summer). She looked absolutely fabulous & loved her hair. She couldn't keep it on long, you know how itchy wigs get.

Our library trips begin again and I'm so excited! She loves the crafts part & as always, we take a picture with our most favorite librarian - Mrs. Megan! 

Our county's festival is always a must. They get loads of candy and kids go crazy with the bouncy houses & free rides. Elena has been such a die-hard horse lover that it's the first thing she requests. 

My little slugger always goes to the baseball one. 

And Andrew loves any climbing wall. He's a monkey, ya know? 

Earlier this month, the boys got to pick out pumpkins & they have been sitting on our porch until a few days before Halloween. Jonah, always trying to outdo everyone, grabbed the biggest pumpkin he could carry. He was told he had to carry it. So he did. 

Andrew has gotten more adjusted to handling gross things like bugs, mud, glue, etc. and now pumpkins! I only helped him a little bit this year. 

Jonah on the other hand, wanted to avoid the inside of the pumpkin no matter my threats...and instead of fighting him, I just did it for him. 

He thoroughly thanked me when it was all finished. I love that stinker. 

Elena woke up from her daily nap and joined us with her tiny little pumpkins. 

Baby girl was so very upset because she couldn't light up her pumpkin. The boys totally enjoyed lighting up the jack-o-lanterns. They looked pretty cool!

Happy Halloween! Hope you all had a safe & fun holiday. 

Now let's get ready for Thanksgiving & some Christmas shopping!