Trunk or Treat

This past Saturday, the kids and I went to our church's annual Trunk or Treat + chili and cornbread dinner.  We had fun though we miss Daddy (he was at work)

PREPARATIONS AT HOME:

WARMING UP FOR THE T or T:

 Someone (lil David) put Steven in the car without shoes (and I didn't check) so I had to sit him in a stroller

THERE THEY GO!:

COSTUME PARADE TIME:

~I know, I need a much better camera!  Oh well.

Halloween fun

It was an eventful Halloween this year. Halloween eve the kids and I (Dave was at work) went to "trunk-or-treat" at church afterwhich chili, corn bread, and dessert were served for dinner. Then on Halloween, the kids and I went to a birthday party. After a couple of hours there we went back home to meet Dave and off we all went to my brother Jo's for all the little cousins to trick-or-treat together. As you can imagine, there were lots of candy but I got lucky and the kids are pretty picky with what they'll eat so they didn't get too wild with sugar high. They were just thrilled to see so much candy in their bags!

David's tough ninja warrior eyes

Lil Miss Snow White

TRUNK-OR-TREAT AT CHURCH:

Meet Craig... saw the camera and had to pose. Sooo cute!

How adorable are these two?!

My Lil Sunflower

At Peter's bday party

AT UNCLE JOEY'S:

Craig, Ryan, Kaelyn, and Calvin

My Lil pumpkin!

Wii time!

Tia (Ghostbuster) and Leno (band leader) were here but I didn't get a picture of them ... didn't get a group picture as hoped for ... crazy kids!!

Trick-Or-Treating

David's been counting down the days to this day. He loves candy and dressing up. Sophia now likes this day too. She now understands that she gets candy from people and how cool is that!? As far as Steven, well ... he's at our mercy so he's tagging along.

Happy Halloween everyone!

David's ninja moves

Where's my little red riding hood, Mom?

Bee..utiful ... I mean, handsome!

Let's go trick-or-treating now!

Out of candy already! Let's go to Olive Street ...

Live Oak Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin season is here! So it's time for a visit to a pumpkin patch. Today, the kids and I went to Live Oak Pumpkin Patch. We were initially gungho about our adventure until David couldn't go in the giant inflatable pumpkin play center. It was only accepting those on a tour. It will then open for the public at 3pm. I wasn't going to wait 5 hrs! So he was bummed!! So back to the giant haystack that he liked. "Did that, done that" attitude is what I got. Well, I tried to move things along and see if he'd go to the petting zoo. Not his cup of tea! So off we went to the gift store and there he started to perk up. In the meanwhile Sophia was busy picking up pebbles and barks from the ground. She was happy. I, on the other hand was starting to itch from the dust and atmosphere, not so happy! And Steven wide awake and cool as a cucumber. My sweet boy! Then we went to check out the pumpkins. We ended up with 3 small ones ... one for each of the kids. David was now happy! Oh, we were glad to bump into Stephanie and her daughter from our old ward. Her daughter's pre-school was there on a tour. Anyway, we called our pumpkin patch adventure over shortly thereafter and met Dave for lunch at El Polo Loco.

Pictures to follow. Forgot my camera. But took pictures from my cell phone ... unfortunately, it's not sending it to my e-mail successfully right now.

We've Been Spooked and Today's Adventures

Early Tuesday morning Dave discovered a surprise on our porch. "We've Been Spooked". An anonymous person left us Halloween treats (Joe-Joe's creme filled cookies ...yum!) and an invitation to do the same for someone else. I'm game! It certainly made me feel good that someone thought of us and so I wanted to return the favor. This is surely my kind of Halloween. I don't like the monster, scary, ghostly, ... inviting the bad spirit kind of Halloween! I scare easily so you can imagine how this holiday is not my cup of tea. But it all depends on how you celebrate it and how far you take it. I remember enjoying going to the Halloween Singles dances during my single years. I like seeing the interesting costumes people come up with and the happiness people get from being someone else for the night. That I can handle.

Thank you Eerie Dark Phantom.

TODAY'S ADVENTURES:

My sister and her boys came over this afternoon so I thought I'd make halloween cupcakes for the kids. They loved it! The kids had a ball playing together and my sister and I had a good visit. We shared each other's potluck dishes ... mmmmmm!

Later this evening we went to Women of Faith (an interfaith service community hosted by the Redlands Stake Relief Society that meet regularly every 2nd & 4th Thursdays) for a special service project for the victims of the fires. The goal of making 50 large fleece blankets were already completed by the time we got there so I ended up doing other projects, like the pinning part of the making of cloth diapers and quilts. After only 1 1/2hrs, Sophia was difficult to chase around and getting into things so we headed home. Then the kids had their baths, had snacks, and went to bed ... sigh ...

Oak Tree Village Instead

We were ready to go to Legoland today. We had been postponing it for a long while now. Last week, my husband was sick; before that one thing or another. This time we discovered that the park was closed for the day out of respect for the firefighters and victims of the fires going on at San Diego county. David was bummed of course but after explaining the situation and letting him see the TV reports of the fires in the news, he accepted that we'd try again next week. Although, he asked a couple hours later if the fire was over and if Legoland was opened yet. Aaaahhhh! Anyways, we ended up going to Oak Tree Village in Oak Glen instead. I don't know if we went on a wrong day or if it's really "dead" during the weekdays. Much of the activities, shops, and eatery were closed! No crowd either. Probably many stayed home because of the fires going on around Southern California. But we made the best of it. Had brunch at one of the country restaurants, fed the deers, ... walked around looking for apple picking adventure. No luck. Maybe next time we'll try the Riley Farm section. Then David wanted to go to a pumpkin patch. I told Dave that there was one in Yuicapa but I couldn't remember how to get there. I think we went the opposite way and missed it, so Dave headed for the one fairly near our place instead. I guess I'll just have to take the kids to the Yuicapa one next week.

The restaurant we had brunch in. I tried their special of the day, BBQ pork tri-tip with watermelon and potato salad. It was OK ... wouldn't say to rush over and try it!

Where did everybody go?

Look Mama, the deer is smiling at me.

Feeding the deer. -- This poor little thing didn't look so good. He might have been tired, sad, or bored.

"This one for Sophia, Dad." ... Sophia was asleep so she and I stayed in the car while the Davids picked a couple of pumpkins.