This is Halloween

We had a great Halloween, it was a CRAZY busy day but we definitely got our fill of Halloween festivities!  I literally didn't sit down from 7am on!  I decided that next year I want it to be a little more low key instead of scheduling way too much in one day.  The other problem was I was fighting a cold so by the end of the day I pretty much collapsed on to my bed.  It's all about the memories, right??

So here was the timeline of our day:

Up at 7am, got Isaac ready for pre-school (bus comes at 8am ON THE DOT, ugh, lol)

Isaac: Sheriff Woody :)

9am: After Isaac left for school, Malea and I headed out to Walmart to get stuff for our dinner that night and to find pumpkins.  Note to self: Don't wait until Halloween day to buy your pumpkins, there are none left!  Thankfully Jaker's pumpkin patch has some left but they weren't very big.  Oh well!

Isaac brought these cute crafts home from school :)

After we got home from running our errands I cleaned up the front room/kitchen and then Isaac came off the bus.  After cleaning up, I fed the kids lunch and then it was time to get Malea ready for her Halloween day at Kindergarten.

Malea: Clawdeen Wolf (Monster High character)

Both kiddos in their costumes :) 

12:40pm: Took Malea to school, they had a rehearsal for their Kindergarten program so Isaac and I stayed and watched that. Thankfully I recorded some of the rehearsal because Isaac was very difficult during the actual program and I didn't get much recording done at all (he doesn't do too well at things like that anyway, plus he hadn't had a nap).  She did such a good job and looked so cute!  She's been singing the songs at home for weeks so it was fun to see them perform.

I had to get a picture of the Kindergarten teacher's costumes, they dressed up like the three good fairies from Sleeping Beauty!  So cute and clever!

Malea with her class (she's sitting next to Mr. Incredible in the red on the right hand side by the flag)

1:15pm: The school Halloween parade, all the kids looked so cute!  Here's a picture with Isaac's teacher Ms. Marianne.

I didn't get a great picture of her because when she got closer to me another girl was in front of her but oh well (she's kind of by the lady in the light blue cardigan with the witch hat on)

Malea with her teacher Mrs. Thomas :)

2:30pm: Got home, laid Isaac down for a short nap and decided to make some cookies

Caught a cute picture of Malea with her BFF, they were dressed as the same Monster High character :)  so cute!

3:15pm: Keith got home from work and we got started on our pumpkin carving.  Next year I want to do this the day before because we ended up feeling rushed but it was still fun!

4:30pm: Had cheesy potato soup for dinner in pumpkin bread bowls (can you tell which one is Keith's? lol)

5:30pm: Trick-or-treating!  The kids were so excited!

 7:30pm: Stopped at Gma and Gpa's to trick-or-treat and visit for a little bit.  Kids were starting to burn out at this point and we still had to drive out to Lindon to see my Dad....again, next year I don't want to schedule so much in one day!

8pm: Drove out to see my Dad and step-mom, unfortunately I didn't get a picture with them but the kids had fun seeing their cousins there!

9:30pm: Headed home.....Malea didn't make it very long!

Here's a picture of our cute pumpkins.....I carved this one for Malea, she wanted a Monster High pumpkin :)

Keith's pumpkin with the knives poking out, lol

Mine is the smiley face pumpkin and Isaac's is the other one....he wanted a pumpkin like Daddy's :)

Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween Spooktacular

Since I love Halloween so much I decided to throw a party!  Here was the invite:

(Blurred address and phone # to protect privacy)

Malea was such a big helper getting ready for party, not only did she help me prepare some of the treats, she also helped me clean too!  I don't know what I would do without her!

We had baked potatoes and chili for the adults and hot dog "mummy's" for the kids :) as well as lots of other fun Halloween-themed treats!  Here are the treats I made:

Witch hats :)

Keith and I dressed up as jail birds :)

Here's some of the guests in their costumes:

More yummy food!

We turned on a movie downstairs for the kids and let them run wild!

Isaac holding cute baby Alex (he was dressed as a pilot :))

We had so much fun!

Happy Halloween!

Parent-Teacher Conference

Yesterday I went to my kids' first parent-teacher conference (can I just say it was kind of weird, it made me feel old!).  Both kids are doing awesome which is GREAT to hear! 

Malea's teacher says that she is doing great and really progressing.  I have already noticed a huge improvement in her writing, both letters and numbers.  She included this worksheet Malea did with numbers, I thought it was cute that the 7's were backwards :)  (Her teacher says that is very common and that usually almost every student does them backwards at some point).  It's interesting how different Kindergarten is now compared to when I was in school, it seems like the things they are having Kindergarteners do was what we did in 1st grade.  They expect A LOT!!  She has a homework folder that comes home every week with different activities, as well as a take-home book that we have to read every day and send back.

Its kind of hard to see, but this is Malea's progress report for Term 1.  She has all 1's which is the best you can get, and 3's for things that they haven't really covered yet.  I was happy to hear that she got 1's for all of the Personal Development section (like following directions, participating, staying on task, returning homework, etc).  I'm so proud of my big girl!

Here's some other things Malea has brought home from school or that I've found around the house (she's always doing crafts :)):

The picture below is of a bunch of ear wigs (?? lol)

I find papers like this all the time around the house, she practices writing letters and numbers all the time!  It's so cute

Isaac is also doing well, too....he got "Good Progress" on his Social goal at pre-school (yellow sheet), which according to his teacher is a good sign.  She said we need to be worried when there is "No Progress Showing", which doesn't seem to be the case with him.  She said he plays well with the other kids at school, which was great to hear.  I've also already noticed a difference in his speech, which is wonderful!

His daily scores fell in the normal range for everything as well (except for a couple of things like counting, which obviously won't happen until he's talking more).  I was mostly concerned about how he was doing socially so that was a relief to hear.  They send home a sheet every day that says whether they had a good day, an average day, or a bad day, and so far he has all all "good" days except for one day where he had an "average" day, which I think isn't too bad!

Here's some other things that Isaac has brought home:

So proud of my kids! :)

Soccer

Malea had her last soccer game!  She was so happy Grandpa Dave came to her last game :)

With her team :)

Holding her trophy :)

Her soccer pics came back, they turned out cute!

(Tried turning it right side up but it wouldn't stay, grrr)

Cute girl!