Urban Stelly

I took Stella downtown one morning in hopes of getting one good shot where she wasn't yelling no and/or running in the other direction. I think this one's my favorite :)

Halloween (Better late than never)

My favorite time of year...

I love Halloween and wish I could throw a party every weekend in October to celebrate, but this year we decided to do a little party for Eva's class.

Invitations to the party:

Pictures of the party will be posted next week, until then:

We visited the annual neighborhood halloween party this past weekend. We had to wake Stella up to get there in time. Poor baby was trying to sleep and we get her up and stuff her into a puppy costume.

This baby definitely has the biggest lips I have EVER seen. She is pretty darn cute though, and loves this puppy costume. She took first place tonight in the 0-4 costume contest and the University Club. Q-T-Pie!

Eva insisted on being a bat. Ever since we had bats in our house, she has been a big fan. Todd and I made this costume based off of a family fun magazine article. She's a happy little bat!

By the way, this is how bats curl up when they sleep...

This little mouse...
I noticed it out of the corner of my eye and knew Mickey was trying to scare me. I was in the kitchen cooking and the mouse was near the entrance to the dining room. I didn't say anything until the boy pulled it with a string that I couldn't see. Even though I KNEW it wasn't real, it definitely made me jump ;)

Eva and Mickey carved Jack-O-Lanterns

The babies had fun getting their faces painted at the festival:

Lastly, one of my favorites parts of Halloween - food! I have made a few things so far and will gather pictures eventually, but here's one that happened to be handy (and tasty!). The kids loved it!

I think after all the Halloween candy, my babies might need braces.

A little food fun...

I am backing up files on my computer to free up some space and I came upon this picture. Eva's teacher asked me to bring a snack for her class and said, you know, goldfish or something. Goldfish are so boring...so I brought these:

Dried apricots, pretzels, a dab of cream cheese and a mini - chocolate chip eye ;)

Spidergetti - since Eva isn't a huge fan of spaghetti, I thought I'd keep it fun and make it interesting. She loved it!

Spaghetti and Meatball Monster face - for Stella...just for fun.

I think the look on her face says it all :)