Happy Halloween!

Halloween is a very popular holiday with these boys.  I think the costumes rank higher than the candy!  Drew was, of course, Drew Brees….and staying with the first name thing, Luke was Luke Skywalker.  I think they got dressed at 10am.  

Of course Luke Skywalker needs a Darth Vader bucket

The crew of boys

Little Ruby was a pea pod….and not happy about the cold.

Drew would have worn the outfit to bed if he could have…..shoulder pads and all

 

 

Darth Vader aka Jett

Lila was a bit nervous…..at first.  Then girlfriend had no problem leading the pack.

 

 

Our little family

Rin Rin’s little family…

Love this sassy one

 

 

Last year Drew stopped at this house to check out the pumpkins and this year he did the same thing

A Pumpkin Carving Party

We were invited to our neighbors 19th annual pumpkin carving party.  I don’t think we knew what we were getting ourselves into…..

This next picture is a pretty good representation of what the night entailed….Drew randomly popping up everywhere :)

 

 

This is what Luke “wanted” John to carve…..doesn’t look difficult at all, right?!

Hard at work…

This (of course) was what Drew wanted.  Good job Daddy!

 

Drew didn’t help at all in the carving.  Homeboy spent the majority of his time doing this…

…..and this……

Goofy little boy.

 

The competition….

A couple of my favorites….

Loved the Pacman one!!!

 

The pumpkins ready for judging.  Look on the ground…..way in the back on the left.  Yep, that is John’s rendition of Yoda.  We didn’t win. :)  Oh well, there is always next year!

  Oh, and that little black head right there……that is Drew.  With all the men.  Watching football. 

 

I totally love this kid….

Luke is sooo my child.  I have been known to worry about stuff that doesn’t matter.  John is much more easygoing about things than I ever am.  Unfortunately, Luke didn’t get that easy going nature.  He is much more like me.  We have been dealing with some of his anxiety lately.  We got a book from Anne Marie that talks all about worries and how everyone has worries but for some people they get stuck.  The book has been FANTASTIC with Luke.  He is now able to recognize when he is worrying and when it has gone to far.  Part of the book is drawing what worries you.  Dude, I totally love this kid.  Here are his worries……

Now, let me explain….. :)  Worry #1 is directly related to worry #4.  The child does not like to be dirty.  At ALL.  So….he uses excessive amounts of toilet paper…hence worry #1.  I have not the slightest idea where worry #2 comes from.  We have never had mice.  #3 comes from Momo’s.  He thought he saw an ant on his plate.  Once.  Now he does daily checks for the little creatures in his mouth. 

I so hope that we are able to relieve these for him because I don’t want him to go through life worrying about the little things (that feel big to him).  We are doing everything we can to help him become the best he can ever be.  and I so know he is going to be amazing in life….

Daddy is more fun than Mommy

Last Saturday John decided he was going to paint Drew’s room.  I was downstairs and it was getting awfully quiet……I thought the boys were playing.  Um……..no.  Apparently, John thought they should help.  Seriously?

They thought it was the coolest.

And I am the one that is known as the fun spoiler.  Dude, I just wanted to take a picture!!

Lovely.

 

And they had to be in “character” with the white trash t-shirts and everything.  Just like Daddy. HA! :)

 

For the record, they didn’t spill any and it came out beautiful :)

The many faces of little Lila lou

The other night we went to Momo’s and Lulu let me take a few pictures of her. 

At first she was curious…

then wanted to pose….

then started to ask me (aka “santie”) for lipgloss…

which of course I whipped right out of my pocket.  but seriously, the girl knows no limits in make-up application

but it makes her happy and that is all that matters!

love, love, love her!!

Luke’s Small World

Our school had the Fall Showcase this past week.  The theme was “We are the World”.  The kinders performed “It’s a Small World”.  We asked the parents to dress their kiddo in clothing that represented their heritage.  Luke dressed up like a cowboy (hey, John’s family is from Oklahoma).  Here he is with his buddies Lowell and John.

He was so SO excited about this….until he saw the MPR was beyond packed.  This is his nervous face.

 

 

(and no, that is not Drew in the show, although someday it may be hard to convince him that his heritage does not include the Chargers) :)

Luke looking for his Daddy and Momo in the crowd.