Halloween 2016

My three guys on Halloween this year.  From Right to Left...sigh this "fading phantom" needs to stop growing up!  Because ya know "All the 4th graders are going as something scary, Mom.  It's what we do."  Well, ok then.  I did my very best to lure him away from the dark corners of Party City where creatures of the night loomed over us, assuring me that my child would be doomed should I not convince him to turn back and pick a pokemon character, or Star Wars, or even the dang poop emoji for goodness sake!  But, he would not be swayed, and because I wanted to be the cool mom, we compromised.  I put my foot down on "soul snatcher" but conceded to the "fading phantom."  His buddy was a bloody sock monkey, so I still feel like I won. ;)

Onto that man in the middle...is he not the cutest little Mickey Mouse you've ever seen?  He's every bit as huggable as he looks!  He put on his brave face for the sake of candy and did a good job keeping up with the big kids going around the neighborhood with Daddy.

And, in my opinion, our star of the show...The Haunted Train Crossing!  Haunted because Daddy accidentally got a strobe light that made spooky sounds as well.  When we started asking the kids what they wanted to be for Halloween, he was unwavering in his desire to be a train crossing.  Well, buddy I don't really think they make train crossing costumes.  "We can just make one ourselves."  Google images provided some inspiration, dug up some black clothes, found that great metal sign at hobby lobby and I put Daddy in charge of figuring out the rest.  You've never seen a kid more excited than he was when he saw the finished product. 

Love them all and their very different little personalities!

Lil' Engineer

This blog has become a little bit like the usual state of the laundry in my home.  I'm so far behind and I feel like I'll never get all the way caught up...so what do I do?  Avoid it! Haha, here's my attempt to get back at it....this little guy's 6th birthday!  We celebrated with a train ride to St. Louis and a day at the transportation museum.

 

In his happy place...

Riding the train was fun.  It took us longer than if we had driven ourselves, but all of us enjoyed it.  The hubs especially since he was finally able to watch shows and hang out instead of worry about driving. :)  The kids thought it was especially cool on our return trip when the conductor whipped a set of seats around so we had 4 facing each other.

 

The transportation museum was what we did in lue of a party for peanut's birthday this year.  Biggest brother was very skeptical going in, but if that kid didn't have a good time in spite of himself. ;)  The little pedal train was his favorite part.

My boys!

Sigh. Pre-teens.

Surrounded by train books inside the library car.

It's technically a transportation museum, but it's a train lover's paradise.  And our little train lover had the best time!