Halloween 2009

 

 

We carved the pumpkins earlier in the day on Halloween to get the kids excited

This is Katie’s little pumpkin just like her!

 

JJ didn’t really like the pumpkin carving thing. He was really  upset with us when we started cutting the pumpkins he started crying on the floor till we were done and he could see the result. Poor little guy thought we were killing them.

 

My little princess was a sweet Butterfly

My scary Dragon

getting ready

Grandma Cousins

JJ took some of the candy from our bowl first. I think it was a practice run

My Loverboy

 

Our family picture with the kids trying to get away so they could start the night

finally leaving our house

 

Look how cute they are!

Jordan did really well he walked the whole way around our little neighbourhood. At the first two houses he hid behind me till he realized what people were giving him. He also picked up on the trick or treat thing but would say it before people would come to the door. One lady who thought he was cute told him to wait while she left to get a special treat and you should have seen JJ he was saying where she go looking around the corner for her. Katie came the whole way too but we put her in the stroller after the first few houses she just walked all over the place and tried to just go in the houses. Our house got over 70 kids which we weren’t expecting. We actually gave out almost all our candy poor Sean wasn’t happy about that.

The finished pumpkins.

Port Alberni

We took a trip to Port Alberni to ride a real steam train. JJ loved it of course and Katie May enjoyed the ride too.

 

 

Purchasing the tickets

Waiting outside the station

Our little Princess

The kids looking at the trains

I had to hold her hand because she kept sitting down and playing with the ground for some reason

Family picture. Look how little Katie May is!

Here comes the train

I love how excited he was here. He keeps making us watch the pictures on the computer and getting just as excited over and over again.

The ride

Jordan chasing around some poor little bunnies

Playing in a tree

 

 

Jordan wearing the mans train hat, it was so nice of him to do that for Jordan.

The ride back

The Basement

We had a wonderful, very busy visit with Papa and Nana this weekend. They arrived Friday afternoon and the boys got straight to work on building a guest room and dog room. Cindy and I played with the kids the whole weekend and kept them away from the construction zone. It was so great to have her help me keep them entertained and happy. I am so impressed with Sean and his dad, they managed to get everything finished before noon on Sunday. They put up two doors, moved two light switches, put in a new light and switch where there wasn’t any before, built three walls, and insulated the dog room. The basement looks great. before it was just a huge open room now the family room is cozy and we have separate dog and guest rooms. Now I just have to finish the walls with the mud and sanding along with priming and painting. The main thing is that the walls are in place and it works. The dogs love the room. Before we had old dressers blocking them in that area, now they can go in and out all they want and can only dirty their tile floor. How great is that? The guest room is perfect, it’s quiet and away from animals and people. Very private. These were our main priorities when we were looking to purchase a new house. It had to have a fourth room for guest because we knew we will be having family staying over because of how far we moved away. And a dog room where the dogs could go in and out of the dog run as much as they wanted with out dirtying up the entire house. I'm just so happy with the way it turned out and can’t wait to have more people over. Sean loves his theater room now and JJ can finally play in the play room with out running over to play in the dog dishes.

Looking down the new hallway in the basement

Living room. Sean still has all his pictures to hang to complete the room.

Back of family room which is the playroom and bar.

Sean’s dream theater room!

The new rooms!

Dog room and the new light

The guest room

Nana enjoying some time with JJ

Helping put on his boots

The princess playing around her daddy's feet

Sean and the kids after a long weekend of renovations. JJ is learning early.