A little taste of our photo session last week

Some of the final product
Not too shabby

Amelia's Quote

This morning while Phil was getting ready for work and playing with Amelia, she lifted up her shirt and said, " raisins please". It took a few times for us to realize that what she really wanted was Phil to blow raspberries on her stomach. We both had a good laugh. Hope you do too.

Collages Galore

Yes there are an abundance of collages on this issue of blogging, but there were so many good ones it was hard to choose so I just used them all. Ben is grabbing his toes now and it is so adorable.


















We attempted to get the kids pictures taken last week and it was a disaster. At least Amelia's portion. So this is our half-hearted attempt to make it right at home and that was just as disastrous, but these were a few fun ones.

Tricks, Treats and Snakes

On Saturday, the zoo had a Halloween party. You got to go trick or treating in different areas for candy, toys and stickers. Since it has been in the 90's, Amelia had to shed some of her costume and after the first station of trick or treating, we shed everything but the hat and bag. She really loved walking up and down these stairs clutching her bag. Stairs are her new obsession ever since we went to the cabin. Much to her disappointment, our apartment has no stairs.


Amelia touched an albino rattlesnake. She actually asked to touch it, but by the look on her face, she was second guessing her decision once she got near it.




This was the last trick or treat station and the volunteer had a crow puppet that squeaked. I hope you can see in this picture that she was more freaked out by that squeaky toy than a rattlesnake. If this picture had audio, you would hear, NO! NO! NO!.

Trick or Treat Preview

On Friday we went to our ward's annual Trunk or Treat. Amelia was a witch and Ben was a pumpkin. (I didn't get any pics of Ben there so you'll have to wait until the real Halloween, but if any of you remember, it was what Amelia was 2 years ago) Amelia had fun walking around saying trick or treat and collecting some "Amelia friendly" goodies. I made her costume so that she can use it for dress up later and I am so happy that she loves it. It makes all my efforts worthwhile. And I love this pic because you can see her red socks which was a cute touch.

Pow!!

I got these shirts for fun for $1 at Target and I didn't read the tag that said they are 3-6 months. Too big for Ben and too small for Amelia but still cute because they fit their personalities. A Mommy's boy and a little monster (at least right now) Whenever Ben wears his, Amelia can't get enough of saying "I love Mommy" so I like to put him in it when I need to hear her say she loves me.



I like this pic because it looks like Ben is socking Amelia right in the cheek and she is laughing about it.

Halloween Fun

We went to a pumpkin carving party tonight. I made soft pretzels shaped like fingers and toes. (Thank you Martha Stewart) They turned out pretty yummy and totally gross looking which was perfect. We carved a cute little pumpkin and Amelia enjoyed running around holding hands with her little buddy Kalia. We had a really great time (thank you Everitt's) and are so excited for Halloween to come now.