Halloween

Halloween 2013 was warm and we had a house full of friends and family that came over to celebrate and go Trick-or-Treating. Benji has asked to be an alligator for two years now, but it is hard to find an alligator costume. So last year he decided to be a little Monster with Matthew. This year we found a dragon costume that I was calling an alligator costume until Edmund ruined it by saying alligators do not have wings :) Benji was fine with being a dragon anyway, he said they were cooler because they breathed fire and could fly. Matthew wanted to be ooh-ooh-eee-eee and I ordered a Curious George Costume that he refused to wear on Halloween day, so he walked the neighborhood in his dragon rain coat that Grandma bought him. So technically, the boys dressed alike again this year, neither time of my doing. Our Gabriel was the cutest little pirate you have ever seen, and bears a strong resemblance to Johnny Depp (my favorite) -take a look

Matthew's 2nd Birthday

Matthew wanted a ooh-ooh-eee-eee birthday party (Curious George Monkey) I didn't want anything too much, but I did want to make his day special and fun. So we kept it small and simple. A bounce house and a banana split bar and pizza. They had so much fun, stayed in the bounce house for hours. There was only one bump head incident at the very end, which was pretty good considering our crew. Matthew was a little sad when he woke up from his nap and the bounce house had been taken away :) He loved all of his gifts. A new bike from PaPa, bath toys from Grandma, a pirate ship tent from TaTa and crew, a build a car mechanic set from Benji.