Halloween 2012

The kids dressed up as the Sesame Street gang tonight for Halloween.  They have been wearing their costumes on and off for at least a week now.  They were very excited to get dressed up and go trick or treating.  They did really good walking from house to house and saying their "trick or treats" and "thank you's".  When we got home we dumped everything out (I should have taken a picture of it all) but we quickly sorted out all the items with peanut butter and peanuts before they tried to eat anything.  We let them all pick two and put the rest away but of course they kept asking for more.  Candy makes my kids act crazy.....we are going to try taking the candy to the dentist for their "buy back program" tomorrow.   They will give kids cash for the candy and then we can take them to Target to pick out a toy (even if I have to chip in a few more $$).  It will be much easier then arguing with the kids every day about why they can't have candy for breakfast, snack, lunch, and everything in between :)

When the kids got back home Ben liked handing out candy to the kids that came to the door.  He was really good about handing out two pieces of candy to each trick or treater.  They all had a blast this year, and it was so fun to watch them :)

Adult time

We have made some time for a little adult time recently.  A fun double date with the neighbors on a minneapolis rooftop on the last beautiful night of the year (I am guessing).  Didn't even need a coat!  Mommy also got away for a girls spa weekend in September with some good girlfriends.  AMAZING adults only spa.  We had some pampering time, yummy dinners, relaxed with our current books, caught up on girl talk, enjoyed some cocktails in the outdoor hot tub and played a little pfeffer each day (our favorite card game!).  Loved getting away and spending some good quality time with wonderful friends.  Now I want to go back to the spa with Chris.....just need to figure out when and who can babysit :)  Any takers for 3 kids for 2 nights? 

The card gals

Sundara Spa

A little bubbly to start off the weekend.  It was purchased in Napa on our girls trip last year!

One of the gals is a big Badger fan, so we had lunch in our room....some wisconsin snacks cheese, sausage, pickles, and guac, and of course some drinks.

Dusk and the moon over the trees

Beautiful view out our screened in porch

Sundara at night

Out and about photos

Sorry for the delay again in blog posts.  We have been busy getting ready for our 1/2 marathon and busy with school and activities.  Here are some pictures from the last few weeks. 

Snow cones at the Preschool family open house night

Riding trikes at Preschool night

Mommy got the winter shopping done, the girls are ready for the snow!

We went to Petco with of our school classes.  The kids loved it!  Allison liked the turtles.

Fish tanks....the kids saw lots of "nemo's"

While daddy was traveling I took the kids out for dinner at Macy's.  The kids had their first popovers.  They didn't like them as much as mommy does so I got some extras :)