Columbus Day Weekend

It's been a while--as it usually is in the fall.  I have 3 more letters to write from scratch and about 4-5 to edit.  Almost there.

Adi will be Darth Vader for Halloween.  He loves his mask.  I bought an extra one because he wanted to wear it so badly and I was afraid it would get lost or ruined before he needs to wear it for Halloween.  

Carlos and I have been enjoying regular fires.  Love this fireplace so damn much!  And the room is completely decked out for Halloween! ;-)

Last weekend we went to my dad's condo for dinner.  I have a ton of pictures of the boys with Baby James like this, but each time the heads get bigger... :-(  They are always watching Toy Story that Time Forgot in the picture.

The boys picked out a birthday cake for Mini.  In May, Grumpy got a purple cake with shooting stars...Mini got orange pumpkins with a Buzz Lightyear and Spiderman candle that the boys thought she would like.  Mini was thrilled...

 The boys have finally learned to pedal bikes...now, if they'd only stop with the tricycles and use their big boy bikes!!

I caught a rare moment of tenderness between the boys the other day...

 Saturday we went to Lowe's and they gave us the Build and Grow haunted bird house project without having to sit there and do it.  (We hadn't even signed up!)  We did it later that afternoon.  Just for the record, I was done about 10 minutes before Carlos.

 The boys rediscovered Ernest Scared Stupid and have been pretending they are the troll and Ernest.  Sebastian has never lost interest in his truck, but he has a renewed love for it because Ernest drives an old beater in the movie.

 We set up the old dining room table in the basement so the boys would have a craft space.

Over the long weekend, we didn't do anything really special, but we had a great time.  We did a lot of hanging out in the backyard and around the house.  

It was so gorgeous out today--almost 70 degrees and sunny.

The boys helped Papa mow the lawn.

We took a walk and a spontaneous dance session broke out.

We made Day of the Dead sugar cookies and decorated them with frosting and sprinkles.

I think long weekends should be the norm!