Trunk-or-Treat

After we got home from soccer we went over to my friend Risa's house. She had asked me to help roll the hot dogs and buns in foil for the ward party tonight. When I got there she was about to leave to pick up her mom from the airport, so I left the kids there with her hubby and went over to the church to help with party set up for a little bit. Then I ran home, grabbed everyone's costumes, then went back to Risa's to begin the hot dog wrapping! it took a decent amount of time and organization, but it was SO worth it. It made serving a lot more stream-lined, and there were a lot of great comments about it. So, when it was time we got ready for the party at Risa's, then headed over to the church for the party.

Michael was excited to see his friend Bradley. He always likes to give his friends hugs. It is so sweet.

All three. 

Katelynn, the clown.

Emma, the Watermelon Fairy 

Michael, the pirate. 

Some close-ups. 

Arrgh, mateys! 

Enjoying their spoils after trunk-or-treating with Shea. 

It was such a great party. Everything looked so cute and was well organized. There was a flash-mob dance to Thriller, carnival games for the kids, yummy food, and a huge trunk-or-treat. It was nice to visit with friends, and know that my kids could go play with their friends and not have to worry too much about them. The Halloween Bash is one we look forward to every year. A great time was had by all!

Head in the Game

This morning the kids had their third soccer game of the season. On the way to the game they wanted to listen to "Getcha Head in the Game" (from High School Musical), and were talking about how they needed to get their heads in the game for today's game. Ha ha!

 The other team was creaming us! But, it's all  for fun and skill-building, so that's okay. Emma was excited for a chance to play goalie during this game. I felt so bad, because it was her first time paying goalie and the other team got three goals while she was goalie! But, the fourth ball that came her way she stopped. She looked over at me beaming and gave me the thumbs up! :D Here she is going after the ball during another part of the game. 

Both Emma & Katelynn running down the field.

Hi, Michael! What a handsome young man!

After the game we stopped at QT and got ICEEs/Slushies/Frostees...whatever they call 'em. Katelynn insists on making crazy faces! On one hand I think it's funny, and on the other hand it drives me nuts!

A nice pic with all three looking and smiling!

Nursery Fun

For a little over a month we have been attending a parenting class through the stake. It's been really awesome, and they have a nursery for the kids while Scott & I (or just me for the last month, I guess) go to class. The kids love going to the nursery and always have a blast. The people who ran the nursery last night did face painting with the kids! Katelynn's is a tiger face. Michael's is a skunk, and he kept turning around and "spraying" people. Ha ha! Emma's face was a butterfly, but she was already washing it off by the time I started taking pictures.

Rainbow

The other day the kids were playing outside and they spotted a rainbow. Katelynn ran into the house yelling, "Mom! Mom! Come quick! There's a rainbow outside. Let's go! We've gottta go find the pot of gold at the end. Come on! Come on!" Ha ha ha!

Cookies

Monday night I had my friend, Cassi, and her kids come over to decorate Halloween sugar cookies with us. The kids had a great time covering their cookies with ridiculous amounts of frosting and sprinkles, and drinking spooky red punch. 

Random

After school on Friday we met with some friends at the park to celebrate their friend Kaden's birthday. I had to snap a shot of Katelynn's chocolate cupcake covered face.

Emma really likes to do her own hair. On Sunday she had changed it three times before we were halfway through sacrament meeting! Oh, speaking of which...we had the Primary Program on Sunday. The kids did great! Michael read his whole part all by himself, and Emma did most of hers by herself, too. Katelynn said, "My name is Katelynn Robertson." before she said her line. Lol! I am one of the Primary choristers (my friend just got called to be the second chorister with me. Yay!). We've been preparing the music for the program all year, so it's a relief to have it over and be able to focus on teaching some of the other "classic" children's songs. We had a practice for the program on Saturday with the kids, and it was a bit rough because I had NO VOICE! I woke up Friday morning without a voice, and didn't start to get my voice back until Monday! Yikes! It's still a little hoarse, but at least I can vocalize more than a whisper! Anyway...that was a long tangent. The pictures below are of one of the hair-dos that Emma did all by herself and was especially proud of. Not too shabby! I'd probably do without the crown clip in the front, but other than that I think it's pretty good for a six year old!

Pumpkins

After the kids' soccer game on Saturday we went to Trader Joe's to pick out pumpkins to carve. They love the little, child-sized shopping carts, and were excited to pick out their own pumpkin. Then we went home and worked on carving them. Emma's is a cat. Katelynn's is Minnie Mouse. Michael's is a bat. Emma did NOT want to put her hand inside the gooey pumpkin at all! Katelynn volunteered to clean Emma's pumpkin for her. We had a Harry Potter movie on while we carved to add to the Halloween spirit. 

First Soccer Game

The kids had their first soccer game last Saturday. It was dang hot, but the kids had fun.

Go Michael!

Emma, contemplating her next move.

Smiling for the camera during a break. 

Katelynn playing goalie.

Their friend London posing for the camera.

Relaxin' during a break.

Go Piranhas!

Good game, good game.

Bananagram

At the beginning of the school year I was packing the kids' lunch everyday. Sometimes I would include a banana, and use a toothpick to write them a message on the peel. Well, the other day I came into the kitchen to find that Emma had written a message on a banana for me! She used a pen, though. Ha ha! They sure are sweet kids! Oh, and Katelynn wrote the part that is circled. It's supposed to say "school", I guess.

More Halloween Decor

This post is mostly for Scott so he can see some pics of our Halloween decorations. Some of the decorations should look familiar to a few of my friends who used to craft together every month. Miss you guys!! Like how we incorporated a couple of Scott's bone models for school in our decorations? Ha ha! 

Decorating for Halloween

Today I let the kids do some decorating for Halloween. They did a great job setting up our little graveyard in the front yard.

Then, they directed me to the perfect spot to hang the skeleton.

While playing outside with the neighbor kids they made 'the longest hopscotch board in the world'. 

It went down the sidewalk all the way past that group of kids.