I had to show these off. We were invited to a couple's Halloween party and Matt and I had the hardest time coming up with a couple's costume that wasn't just trashy or lame. Anyways, we started with the idea of going as a priest and a nun, but I couldn't come up with good costumes, all of them were pretty cheap looking. So we went with this look, all based around the black wig that we borrowed from my Grandma. I am proud to say that I think we can totally pull this look off, so when that midlife crisis time comes around.....Cameron and Tucker may have this to look forward to when we sell everything we have and buy Harleys. Ha.
Those pants are pleather, which is basically lined plastic and they do not breathe. I was stretched so tight into those and they were getting hotter and hotter. I was so afraid to even sit down for fear of blowing out the butt, something I haven't done since a dance club my freshman year of college. I never thought I'd attempt pleather after two kids, but hey, in the spirit of the holiday, I had to give it hell.
Happy Halloween! I don't know what Tucker's deal was, but early in September, I grabbed one of the Taste of Home Halloween magazines at the checkstand and Tucker was obsessed with it. He would carry it around and stare at the food and make me sit and look too. Every time we got to the spider cake page, he'd say, "Make dat Mommy?" over and over again. OF course I couldn't say no, so here is Cameron and Tucker's version of the spider cake. Of course theirs was beautiful and black, but have you ever tried to make black frosting? It just doesn't look black. I guess I'll have to go to Michaels and get the real black frosting dye for next year. This year we went green. I baked the cake in the Pampered Chef mixing bowl and then frosted it with big globby spoonfuls of frosting. Then we stuck licorice in for the legs and oreos for eyes and nose and smarties for the mouth. I was thinking licorice for the mouth, but we couldn't get it to stay, and when you're baking with a two year old, it's all about speed rather than details. So here is Tucker's spider cake.
Here's my two monkeys enjoying our jack-o-lanterns. Cameron has seemed to have lost her pants somewhere in the process, but hey, somebody at every good party always seems to loose their pants. 
Halloween has come and gone, but here is the Halloween card I did for our monthly swap. I used a sketch off of a website but kind of toyed with it enough to make it my own. I love this line of paper. 
Here are the treat packs that Cameron and I made for her preschool class. It was different from what I originally invisioned, but still turned out pretty cute. I wanted the flap to fold over the top, but my dimensions were too short and Cameron was getting impatient to "help" so we just went with it. 
I have been stressing and stressing about the Swine Flu. I have been watching every little symptom that my kids are having in order to make sure we don't get it. I am the hand sanitizer natzi. And so far so good, but they have been coughing and coughing and coughing and I am about to go crazy. Halloween was a long day of missed naps and a late bed time and then, crash, on Sunday Cameron took a nap. That's how I know when she's sick because it is the absolute, ONLY time she will give in and rest is when she's completely exhausted and sick. She took a nap twice. Holy crap. Monday morning she was running a temperature and laying under the coffee table so off we went to the doctor. Low and behold, no swine flu, but two ear infections. Atleast these can be treated. So home with antibiotics and another all afternoon nap. Am I a bad Mom to admit that in the midst off my child's suffering and misery, I secretly LOVE it when she's sick because she sleeps and it's quiet in the house? For three and a half hours, I watched tv and balanced my check book and I didn't have to answer any incessant questioning or demands. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it when she takes naps and since she only takes them when she's sick, I secretly love it when she's sick (but not too sick).
Anyways, today Tucker was in the doctor for the same thing, running a temp last night and this morning and he also has an ear infection. They are both watching a movie on the couch and borderline taking a nap. If I didn't feel like crap, this would be a very productive afternoon, but instead, I think I may take one with them.
Enjoy your afternoon.
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