Insta-update!

I had never seen them so happy...

Admiring his hero...

I mean come on, its Dole Whip! Fav part of Disneyland!

A certain little one is starting to run out of energy.

Parade watching. Couldn't quite get Linc on my shoulders.

I mean we were driving right by Swig...what was I supposed to do?

Schoolboys. Back at it.

Got ready. Drake came in the room. Shouted "you got a hat" "you weird". Um okay. And he has continued to tell me that all day.

Every now and then, when I'm in a certain kind of mood. I look at the three little piles of laundry I just folded and I think of the three little boys that created it. And I feel super grateful to be the mom folding that laundry.

Ooh there's a chill out there today! Pulled out my boots and all. And look at this cute girl standing next to me. She's a picture perfect picture of fall!

My lil' sweeties! Couldn't love them more.

I'm cleaning the boys' mirror and secretly watching his reflection. He's reading his Iron Man book and making a million sound effects. Spit flying everywhere. Quite the kid.

First time for second grade. Happy day.

It's the quietest of coziest mornings. Days like this I miss my biggest boy. Wish he was home with his brothers in front of the fireplace.

It's a great to be a second grader! Sportin' his new Clinton Cougar hoodie, school carnival tonight AND he entered his pumpkin in the pumpkin walk contest. He's a little hyped up this morning.

My mother in law asked if she could take the kids to a birthday party for the night. Uh heck yeah, take em...Date Night!

Happy Sunday!

It's Monday. And brothers are at school. And he smells like syrup. And his little hands are sticky. And we're washing sheets. But we stopped to play on the bed first. Have a good one friends.

My boy.

Emergency Walmart run. We needed apple pie filling. Pj's and Spiderman slippers. We fit right in.

My volunteer time today was during the readathon. How could I not take his picture?? Too freakin cute!

I sit right here in this blue chair and talk to my boy everyday when he gets home from work. He tells me about his day. I tell him about mine. With three little boys interrupting us the entire time. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Big night for my Cano boys. IronMan 3!! And a sleepover downstairs with their dad!

King of the monkey bars. Hands full of blisters to prove it!

Finally got our book order! Yay! Pretty sure I'm more excited than Linc.

Front flips in the golden sunlight.

October 24th. Its about time we made some of these.

I couldn't resist this tree. I just couldn't.

First bee sting for my sweet boy. Lots of tears.

Look what arrived yesterday. Targets big toy ad. Toys R Us will be right behind it.

Waiting on his popcorn. Watching "Hocus Pocus" one last time.

Remember how I said I make all kinds of parenting "whoops". Made one. Carson was supposed to take a mini pumpkin today, in the excitement of getting Linc out the door for his party I totally spaced it. I got it there in time, little late, but fine. Carson said he was worried all day.

Look at him. When he sleeps he reminds me of the baby he used to be. Not the great big almost 3 year old he really is. Why does it have to hurt?

I love this boy. And I love the spider pumpkin he made. And love that he had a good day. His happy is my happy.

"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, voices whisper in the trees, Tonight is Halloween."

And there ya have it....

Hall-O-Ween!!!

I love it, I absolutely love it! I have decided I love the month of October, almost more so than December. Which for this Christmas loving girl is really saying something. Nothing beats the magic of December but lets be honest it can get a little chaotic, busy and stressful. October seems like it has all the fun, with less stress. Ya know. And then November. Bless November. Calm before the storm.

We had such a fun night...with my Ninja, Mikey the Ninja Turtle and Spiderman!!

Oh this boy! Have I mentioned he is obsessed with all things superhero. Yeah, true obsession!! Carson and Linc have both liked superheroes but nothing like this kid. I've never seen anything like it. He eats, sleeps and breathes it. Constantly in superhero mode, blowing things up, fighting, wrestling...you name it. SpiderMan and IronMan are his two faves. I really thought he would pick IronMan as a costume, and trust me it was a HUGE decision for him, but in the end he chose Spidey. And it was pretty much the greatest night of his life!

Lincoln boy chose Mikey. He really likes Raf the best, but he wanted Mikey's weapon. So that made his decision for him. Mikey it was. As Lincoln calls them, "his nimchucks". Not numchucks, nimchucks. Sounds bizarre. And don't worry that he had already broke them before the big night. Broke them and then we fixed them. I knew that was going to happen. My fault I guess for letting him play with them.

The stuffed shell was my favorite part..haha, cracks me up!

And of course my little ninja. This costume is so Carson. Fits him perfectly! He is so tiny, and slight and flexible. He darted around in this costume like a true ninja. All stealth like. He loved it.

We did the usual. Trick or treating around our neighborhood and then off to see the grandparents.

Thiago always takes the kids around our neighborhood while I stay home, light our pumpkins and hand out candy to the trick or treaters. I absolutely love it. My neighbor across the street lights a fire in his fire pit in the front yard and blares "Monster Mash" and other fun songs through the neighborhood. We got tons of trick or treaters. I love looking out onto the streets, they are just alive with people and activity. All the cute costumes and parents huddled in their jackets, smiling and waving.

My house was warm and cozy and smelling like a pumpkin smile candle. Fireplace was lit. I had on Hocus Pocus in between trick or treaters. It was so pleasant....oh and I keep sneaking candy, that was pretty great too!

We then went and made a quick stop at my dads, then the Cano's where the kids hit a few more houses. Finally ending the night at my moms. Taco soup with all the toppings, scones and honey butter, wassail, doughnuts and cupcakes. Perfect ending to a fun night!

Halloween Prep...

Remember me saying I was sad I hadn't taken pictures of my porch. Ya know with the blue bench. My beloved blue bench. Everyone questioned my choice of blue. Told me to go with red or orange. I insisted on the blue. Haven't been sorry. Love that blue bench. Anywho, got it all jazzed up for fall...with pumpkins, orange and my personal favorite white! And my mums. So I ran out there one day, right after I had sweeped it all off and it was looking pretty and snapped some pictures for you all. Cause I know you're dying to see!

Doesn't it just make ya happy!

Makes me happy! Super happy!

Tis the season to bake with pumpkin. Made some yummy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies the other day to take to work. With cream cheese frosting. Forgot to take a picture of those. However I did take a picture of this yummy pumpkin cake. Cake mix, pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, caramel, cool whip and heath bits. With ingredients like that I knew it was going to be heaven. And it was. I have made it twice now. Once for a family party and again just for us.

I visited the pumpkin patch one too many times this fall. My porch was exploding with pumpkins. Went again to gather some bigger ones. Ones worth carving.

Every year we carve with Ash, Souli and kids. One of my favorite traditions. Ash makes her chicken dill soup. I buy parmesan breadsticks from Harmons. Cause they're super good there. And we start with a yummy dinner

And we finish it off with doughnuts and apple cider. Cause doesn't doughnuts and apple cider just scream fall. Why yes, yes it does. (I don't know how I stay thin friends, I know...I love my sweets. Good thing I exersise.)

And then we carved.....

Carson did his very own this year. Came up with the design and carved it. Thiago helped a little with the top of it and the mouth but other than that he did it by himself.

I did Drakey-bugs. He was so cute. Sat right next to me smiling and laughing. Cheering everytime I would carve another chunk out. He completely appreciated my efforts and loved the end result. Kept pulling off the top and saying "its hes hat". Haha. Love that baby.

Lincoln boy was cracking me up. Saw Carson drawing a face on his, ya know like an outline to cut around. Well he thought that meant he should grab a pen and scribble all over the face of his. Then when we told him to stop cause that pen wasn't going to come off, he started bawling cause he was sad he had ruined it. Thiago thought quick and said no, we can just give your pumpkin a huge mouth. So thats just what they did. A giant mouth. Funny, that fits him perfectly. Giant mouthed pumpkin for my giant mouthed boy!

And Carson's finished product...he was pretty dang proud. Love this goofball!

TA-DA!!

Few more little bits...annual watching of "Hocus Pocus". Wouldn't be Halloween without it. Fun little tidbit for ya, was watching the Today show the other morning and they had Bette Midler on. Did you all know "Hocus Pocus" just celebrated its 20 year anniversary. Now that makes me feel old.

Lincoln boy had his preschool party the day before Halloween. They do a quick little costume parade with all the kids and moms. Moms hand out candy, see all the cute costumes. Fun stuff. He came home with a packed bucket. Happy boy.

And a giant sucker, not a happy mom! Hate those things!

And last but not least our ward Halloween party where they did the Pinewood Derby. Carson's first year in scouts so he got to participate. Didn't win. But they had a blast building it. Him and his dad.

Stayed tuned for Halloween night!