Halloween and Dollar Store Fun

 

We had a Trunk or Treat with our ward for Halloween. Dallin loved it once he figured out how it worked. It was a pretty cold night, but we survived it.  Dallin made a haul (well, at least compared to the last couple of years. He gets the concept this year.)

Most kids walked around the parking lot near the cars. Not Super Why. He loved to run through the middle.

 After he went around once, he decided he was ready to go home. We bundled him up, opened some candy for him, and let him sit in the front seat of the car while we finished passing out candy. The problem was that for some reason he got it into his head that he would get to sit in the front when we drove home. He wasn't happy when he had to get into his car seat. Luckily it didn't last long.

 That is because two minutes into the drive He was out cold. So Russ and I went to the drive through at Taco Bell and Twisters (ice cream). :)

Unrelated, but here is my $2 apron I made Dallin. I bought a tea towel and some ribbon from the dollar store. And with my mad sewing skills, I cut the towel to size, hemmed it up, added pockets, sewed a casing for the ribbon, and I was done. It's not that great considering I kind of making it up as I went (I had two different ideas from online and I kind of combined them), but Dallin likes it. He's been wanting one

Birthday pictures will come shortly. I'm actually post this while Russ and I wait for Dallin to wake up. I guess in the Richins' home they always opened presents first thing in the morning, so Russ wants to do the same thing with Dallin. Fine with me. He can watch Toy Story 3 while I finish his cake. ...Oh I think I can hear him. Bye bye!

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Dallin and I really need to find a more productive use of our time...But boy do we laugh!

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Happy Halloween

Presenting Dallin, Mom, Dad, Lew, and Super Fly...er...Why

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Not as good as this one, but still fun. Have a happy Halloween!

Look Grandma! I Can Cook!

Dallin helps me cook every chance he can get. He's getting pretty good at cracking eggs.

It's Raining, It's Pouring

Dallin and I didn't let a little rain stop us from playing outside. OK, so mostly it was Dallin's idea, but I went along. I basically played lookout so I could tell him when to get out of the road when a car was coming. He had the most fun in the gutter. He would try and move all the leaves so that it wouldn't dam up the water. He was soaked. He only agreed to come inside because Lansing's warning sirens went off. We are suppose to have 60 mph winds today and tomorrow, so the sirens are to let everything know to get inside. I, however, was not aware we had any warning sirens. I was confused and when they were still sounding after a minute or two I decided we should go in. After looking online, I guess they sound it for winds over 60 mph and for tornadoes. No tornadoes, but we have a weather warning for high winds. I just have to say that is was weird to me. I don't think I have ever lived anywhere with a city warning siren. It makes for a strange experience. It's like on Twister, but no flying cows :)

On another note, Dallin thinks Michigan is so different from Utah. He always says things like "Michigan has a lot more animals" or "Michigan has a lot more puddles." I would agree that Michigan is different, but we might disagree on why :)

So Excited To Fold Laundry (Twice!)

Could this day get any better???

Bald!

So I was trying to trim Dallin's hair today.  I've done it before. Everything was going OK (as OK as it can be when hair and scissors are involved), then Dallin had a little freak out about the clippers and I was trying to cut and reassure him. This all lead to a bald spot, which lead to having to cut it all off. The whole time I'm cursing that fact that Brandi lives all the way in Utah! To make a long story short, here are the results...

Don't let that smile fool you. When he first saw it, he cried. Then I cried (Luckily not in front of him. That came later when I was talking on the phone with Russ. I know, pathetic.) He's happy becuase of the candy Aunt Becca sent him. He did tell me later he liked his hair cut because it felt "fuzzy" and "it's likes Dad's hair." I think I'm OK with it too, but because he was fighting me so much when I was cutting it, it needs some serious help. He's not going to be happy when I need to touch up some spots I missed.

 I made this hat for Dallin. I was going to give it to him on his B-day next month. I decided to pull it out today. He needs something to keep that bald head warm. It just barely fit (He has a HUGE head for his age.)

This is him making a dinosaur face for me. Can you tell he finished the candy Becca sent him? We finished off this hair cutting episode by letting him watch a movie. Usually he just gets to watch TV in the morning while I'm getting ready, but I think he needed a little relaxing, and so do I.