Merry Christmas!

 

The Sheen kids wanted to wish everyone a merry Christmas from their clubhouse! We hope you have a fantastic Christmas season!

 

Appropriate Attire

Check out Collin's pajamas!

 

Halloween Fun - Part 4

And the final post about Halloween (unless I get things to update the last post with). We used the Mr. Potato Head like things for decorating pumpkins this year, thinking that the kids would be happy with it. Well, as we started cutting up and cooking up the pumpkins for pies and whatnot (FYI, white pumpkin still makes good pumpkin pie), Collin made it very clear that we were not to cut up his pumpkin until after we had made it into a Jack-o-lantern. So this evening, a day after Halloween, we carved a "kitty cat" face into Collin's pumpkin.

The Kid's Jack-o-Lantern

Halloween Fun - Part 3

Before actually going trick or treating we also went to a work party at NI. It was a bit scaled back from what it has been in previous years, but the kids still enjoyed themselves. We didn't stay very long because the kids wanted to get to Gattiland (a pizza and games place, kind of like Chuck-E-Cheese's, if you're not familiar) for dinner.

On Friday, Abby had a parade at her school with the rest of Kindergarten. I took a video of her walking, but for some reason I'm having trouble getting the import to work. If I do, I'll hopefully post that here.

Later that day on Friday, I took the family to a friend from work's home for some good food and fun. Again, I don't have pictures of that...yet.

Finally, we went trick or treating last night. The kids had a good, safe time, with our only real scare coming from a weiner dog named "Abby". :)

Work Party

Trick or Treating

Halloween Fun - Part 2

The weekend before Halloween we took the kids to the Lowes buildng clinic for kids. We've done this pretty regularly throughout the summer and I am now a big fan of them. It's free and the kids really, really enjoy hammering things together and putting stickers on the things that they make.

Lowes

Halloween Fun - Part 1

Amidst the fanfare of learning we're having another girl we have been knee-deep in Halloween festivities. Here's a flurry of photos for your enjoyment!

Abby's School Trunk or Treak

Abby sported her cheerleading outfit for this night only, but I think it was for the best - it ended up being pretty chilly each following time we went out with the kids in their costumes.


In hind-sight, it's funny how much trouble we had convincing Collin to use the pirate custom we got him this year. He LOVED it.



Evan wasn't as happy with the costume this first night, so we tried to make up for it with a colored on mustache and burns. I'm not really sure if it ended up helping, but it was fun to try.