Happy Halloween 2011!

We loved the Halloween season this year! We decorated the whole house with fun pumpkins and skeltons! Then we got to chow down on pumpkin shaped bubble gum. We had a great time playing with the guts of carving pumpkins and we enjoyed the last time we will get to carve pumpkins at school.

Here is Ethan playing with the carved pieces of his school pumpkin. 1st grade is the last year that they carve pumpkins. Julia did get to paint a pumpkin in her class for which she thoroughly enjoyed.



Here are our finished creations glowing on Halloween night. Julia chose to carve a castle with a ghost frightening everyone away, it was hard to capture the effect by camera, but it was there.



Ethan chose a vampire pumpkin, in his words, "of course" We liked the simplistic nature. ;)



Finally the long awaited night has come and Julia and Ethan get to dress up completely and go collect as much candy as humanly possible. We had fun dressing up two other times this season, first for our church Trunk or Treat, secondly for a fun birthday party and then tonight for "real."

Ethan is Bumble Bee the Transformer, he loves Transformers and fast cars, this was a good fit for him! Julia is rockin' pink Bat Girl. She has pink hair too, but it didn't show up on camera. She loves the glitter and glitz of this fabulously bright costume and I am sure it will be worn many times before it wears out! Both kids had the local police dept come and talk to them about safety tonight and they listened very well and were very safe, if you get a chance to ask them about it they will share all their facts.



We now have mounds of candy to rot teeth and electrify energy levels! Actually most of the candy will go to the local dentist for money and then be sent to the military serving over seas. Everyone wins! It has been a fabulous Halloween and we look forward to a whole year of deciding what we will be dressed as next year! :)

7th Grade School Picture

Here it is. J.C.'s school picture. He looks pretty good, despite the cheesy grin. I love that his eyes are bright. He is growing so fast! He is 5'5" now and in recent months filled out in his hips and chest. We just bought him pants that are 32 x 32's - real man pants.... Of course they are a little big, but only a little and since he grows so quickly, we be lucky if they still fit in the new year.


Check out this cute post about JC and his cousin Tori.
http://thececilclan.blogspot.com/2011/10/tori-and-jc.html