Monday, November 9, 2009

Look Who's Eleven!











My baby boy turned 11 on Saturday. How can that be?! He opted for a small party that included a sleep-ver this year. The boys ate pizza and cake and ice cream, went to the arcade, and then played Wii and made farting noises with their armpits all night. Let me tell you what, they are a lot less work than a house full of girls!




Cardon wanted a fishing cake this year, so here it is. Elwoods and Griffins--I hope you can see my tribute to "the log" at Tony Grove!

Halloween







I've found Halloween to be a little anticlimactic this year. Em dressed up for our ward Trunk or Treat, dancing, Music Maker's, Tolland's city office trick or treat, and preschool before the 31st ever arrived! Halloween this year was strangely warm, humid and windy--no jackets needed! This year Em was an angel with purple wings and a black eye--we called her the Avenging Angel! Cardon was some kind of creature whose eyes glowed pink intermittently(cant spell this word!), and Chiara and her friend Elyse were Thriller zombies. We always go to the Victorino's neighborhood, and let me tell you what, that neighborhood knows how to do Halloween! One family gave out an 8-pack of Reese's peanut butter cups AND a juice pouch (along with some religious tracts--quite a combo, if you ask me!) Another family, who lives at the end of a long driveway, gives out a huge bag of candy to their tenth visitor for the night, and Emmy happened to be the lucky winner! She got enough candy just from those two homes to call it quits! It was a fun night!

Preschool Fun












Yes, I knew when I started out on this blogging venture I'd never stay on top of it, so here are a few posts to catch all of you up on what's been going on at our house. Em's preschool is a lot of fun. She's been on a field trip to an apple orchard (forgot my camera), a pumpkin farm, and she's had a Halloween party.