Happy Halloween!!!!

It's not a big secret that I'm not a fan of Halloween but the Hubs loves it and so does the kids.  But there's nothing cuter than little kids in costumes.  So in honor of the Hubs's favorite holiday, here's a quick look at my Halloween cuties through the year.

Noah's first Halloween....probably not the most flattering costume for a fat baby (2007)

My lil Dinosaur (2008)

Thomas (2009)

My lil Pumpkin...Emmy's first Halloween (2009)

Pretty Tinkerbell (2010)

Brave Fireman (2010)

Jessie and Optimus Prime (2011)

Spiderman (2012)

Merida (2012)

Happy Halloween!!!!  Stay Safe!!!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!  I hope everyone gets the candy they want!!!

Here's a quick glimpse of one of my Halloween Cuties

******OK I had to come back and edit this post.  I can't get enough of this face!!!! ******

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!  I know I've said it here before but I'm not a huge Halloween fan.  But that doesn't keep me from participating in festivities or preventing my kids from doing the same.  Today we've already enjoyed Trick or Treating at Noah's school (we ended up with enough candy that we don't even need to go out tonight) and we're looking forward to tonight!  I even took part in some Halloween fun at work!

Working with the Kiddos...Bald is Beautiful!!!

Me and Nicole

Bald is Beautiful!!!  And a Clown!!!  Out patients loved it!  Our bald heads aren't as cute as theirs!!!

Halloween Parade at school

Optimus Prime led the parade!

Em refused to wear her Little Mermaid dress but still went Trick or Treating

His bag is that heavy!

The flash fired but I love this pic of me and my Mom (except for the few extra chins I have)!  The teachers were 101 Dalmations and the principal was Cruella DeVille!

Looking forward to more fun tonight!!!

Fabulous Fall Challenge #4

Post #2 of the day....It's Fabulous Fall Challenge Day 4 which is all about Fall Decorating.  Amber and Neely have really come up with some great topics for this challenge!!!!

My fall decor is really kinda boring.  I know I said yesterday that I don't like Halloween, and I know that Halloween isn't the only way to decorate for Fall but the Hubs just loves it!  I'll put out a few pumpkins here and there.  My owls come out in full force {If I haven't mentioned it, I collect owls.  The owl is Chi Omega's mascot and since I'm a Chi O, of course I love owls!!!)  My owl collection is usually on display but I have some fun Halloween themed owls that come out around this time.  If it were up to me, this is what our house would look like for Fall/Halloween:

source: http://www.centsationalgirl.com/ via Jessica on Pinterest

source: http://sweetsomethingdesign.blogspot.com/ via Jessica on Pinterest

But sadly, this is the only holiday that the Hubs actually likes so I tend to let him make some of the decisions when it comes to outdoor decor.  He does not think cutesy fits with Halloween.  He's about zombies, tombstones, spiderwebs, and fog.  No cute ghosts or witches allowed.  This is what the house looked like for our first Halloween as homeowners.  Now imagine it with fog, more cobwebs, and a few other items.

The one about Halloween

Day 3 of Amber and Neely's blog challenge is all about Halloween (What do you do for Halloween/a Halloween memory).  Halloween is a holiday I honestly could live without (although it is the Hubs's favorite holiday ever).  And before you ask, no, I'm not one of those people who never dressed up or went Trick or Treating.  I just don't get that into it.  I think it's great to dress up my kiddos though!

So what do I do for Halloween?

Growing up, we lived on an orange grove.  We didn't have any neighbors (which I always wanted) so there were no houses to walk to.  My parents used to dress us up, throw us in the car, and they'd drive us to our grandparents, aunt/uncles, and friends houses.  I didn't know until I was in about 4th grade that not everyone Trick or Treated like we did.  Once this realization occured, we started going out in my bff's neighborhood (and made a KILLING!)  Now we live in a neighborhood and wouldn't you know....there's no kids on our street so no one celebrates.  Our next door neighbor brings some stuff over for the kids and then they go out to dinner.  We had more trick or treaters show up at our apartment than we do in our neighborhood.  So we head over to my parents and hit up their neighborhood....think block parties, people sitting in their driveways waiting for kids, the works!

Now I look forward to Noah's school Halloween party/parade.  All the younger kids (PreK-2nd or 3rd grade) all dress up and go on a parade around the school.  The 4th-8th graders all line up and hand out candy.  It's really cute and we've made out like bandits on the candy front for years (my mom works at the school so Noah's been going almost every year he's been alive).  I can't wait for this years party!!!

Man....I'm kinda boring now that I think about it.  I hope everyone else has more fun Halloween memories/plans!!!

   

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge #1

Well let me tell you how exhausted I am.  I went back to work today (finally) after a long 3 weeks of being useless.  I thought going back for a 10 hour shift wouldn't be too hard but boy am I beat!  My feet hurt, my body hurts, oh and I got kicked right in the stomach.  Yep.  Right at the belly button where my fabulous surgeon so nicely pulled my gallbladder out.  It's one of the few times I hate working with kids....their flailing extremities hitting and kicking you.  But those instances are few and far between.  But I survived and I'm so happy that I have tomorrow off to recover.  Hopefully my next 3 days will be a little easier.

But on a more fun note....I'm linking up with Amber and Neely for the Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge! 



I think these girls are geniuses for coming up with this!  I'm more of a spring/summer girl (I think living in FL all my life contributes to this) but as I get older, I'm starting to appreciate fall more and more.  So this 2 week blog challenge is going to be so much fun!!!  I love the idea of a different fall topic each day.  So for the first day, our topic is Fall Traditions.

1.  College Football! 

I'm a sports girl.  Always have been.  It's one of the reasons the Hubs fell madly in love with me ;)  College football is huge in our house.  I'm a big supporter of my USF Bulls....yay for being ranked #18 this week!!!  I'm so proud of how far the team has come from the first college game of my college career (way back in 2000....man I'm old!)  I love donning my green and gold!!!!  Every Saturday in the fall you can find me watching the Bulls (while the Hubs watches the Gators)

2. Baseball Playoffs

Again, I'm a huge sports fan.  I live for baseball season.  We're lucky to have a MLB team in our own backyard.  The Tampa Bay Rays have turned into quite the team.  The Hubs and I loved them when they were the Devil Rays and, for lack of a better word, sucked.  It's nice that they're playing well again.  And it's even better that they have made a miraculous turnaround and might actually make the playoffs this season!  If they get into the playoffs, maybe we'll go to one of the games.  We've been to at least one game in every playoff series the Rays have been to over the years.  We were even lucky enough to go to Game 1 of the World Series in 2008!  Hopefully going to a Rays playoff game this fall will be on our agenda this year too!!!

I've realized that I really don't have too many traditions that don't revolve around sports....some fall girl I am ;)

3.  Trick or Treating with the Kids
Having kids makes Halloween that much better!  There's something so adorable about little kids dressing up in costumes, looking so cute!  This year, I'm looking forward to having my very own Captain Hook and Little Mermaid walking around the neighborhood! Here's some of our pics from Halloween's past....

Noah's first Halloween as a Turtle. 2007



2nd Halloween. 2008....dinosaur



Halloween 2009.  Thomas the Train and a Pumpkin

Halloween 2010. A firefighter and Tinkerbelle

I hope everyone has better fall traditions than I do!  I guess since we don't exactly have a fall season in Florida, I don't have great fall traditions.  Oh well. Can't wait for the rest of this challenge!!!

Now it's off to get some much needed sleep after my first day back at work!!!