Tutorial on how to make a Lame halloween costume

1.Procrastinate until the night the costume is needed.

2.No need for sewing, just use lots of hot glue.

3.Reuse or just adjust last years costume.

Yup, I suck. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays but I could not get it together this year. So poor Mia's first Halloween costume is just, well, Lame. Oh well. They had a blast at the trunk or treat!

Here are some shots of Mia in Sophie's costume (that I bought for 5 bucks last year). Sophie was terrified of it when I first tried to put it on her, so I put it on Mia to show her the gorilla wasn't going to eat her.

A visit from Grandma Jan

This month we were so lucky to have Grandma Jan come and stay a week with us! It was so fun for the girls to spend time with Grandma,

and sure nice for Griff and I too! We kept her busy the whole week with travels and eating and shopping and playing games. We sure miss you grandma Jan!

Checking out the Golden Gate at night.

Santa Cruz! It was so cold that day!

Griff leaning at the Mystery Spot..... it is very mysterious.

Rainforest Cafe... always a must.

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Grandma Jan was brave enough to touch a sting ray!

Sophie pulling the Cannery whistle.

Sophie wanted to take Grandma to her favorite place. It is so crazy here. Soph just can't get enough chuck e cheese. The building is located right next to the freeway and when we drive by it she can see the big purple mouse and screams "chuck e cheese! Hi chuck e cheese!" There should be laws against advertising directed towards children.

Down here they have these things called pumpkin patches where you go and pick out your pumpkins before Halloween. (I know, kinda weird). But they always have lots of fun stuff. We went to this one that had a little maze and a haunted hay bale house. The girls loved it.

Mia is seriously tough. Like future rugby player tough. It's not easy having Sophie as an older sibling.

Mia eating some hay.

Mean daddy taking Sophie into the haunted house. There is nothing in there, it's just a dark tunnel. When I went through with Mia though, some bratty kid was hiding in there and scared me. Little punk.

We were so sad to see Grandma Jan to the airport. We made some good memories: Jess FINALLY won settlers of catan for the first time in her life,

We discovered one star motels really aren't that bad,

You can gain five pounds in one week when you eat yourself sick every night,

Sophie had a blast at the park watching soccer with Grandma,

Jan saw finding nemo for the first time ever,

Life is wonderful when someone else doesn't mind changing dirty diapers,

I think the most important memory is that the girls got to know their grandma better. We love and miss you Grandma Jan!

I'm in Love

And I don't care who knows it. I love Sydney Bristow. Best. Show. Ever.

I guess I'll post about some of my other loves too...

Love this goof ball.

Love my Home and Native Land. (This was from our Canadian Booth at the International Heritage Festival)

Love our little mascot. (Shhhh, don't tell her she's really not Canadian).

Love this monkey jumping on my couch. (One fell down and bumped his head... So true to life song.)

Love messy faces. Mmmmmm bananas.

Love that I have 2 girls. (I'll be taking this back in approximately 13 years)

Love warm coat weather.

Love baby giggles. (Sorry for the jiggly camera. Hard to videotape when fighting off 2 year old).

Love baby bums.

All you need is love.