Happy Halloween!

Charlotte's school had a fall festival along with open house the Sunday before Halloween. They were also doing Trunk or Treat at the festival and needed volunteers to sign up. One of the moms whose daughter is in Charlotte's class (and they just love each other) is really involved in all of the events at the school and asked me to be one of the trunks. So I did, although I wasn't too excited about it. I had never done a Trunk or Treat before and really didn't want to go to a lot of trouble or spend any money on it. On the other hand, I didn't want to have a boring car when everyone else had something great. So I decided to make my car a "Sleepover" theme. I pretty much just put Charlotte's room in my trunk. I had her quilt, lamp, basket of books, pillow, teddy bear, hair/makeup/nail kit, sleeping bag, slippers, and I used her sheet to make it look like curtains. And then Charlotte and I dressed up in our pajamas. It actually turned out really cute! 

We had fun but it ended up being a LONG night! Nathan had a make up soccer game at the exact same time so Wayne took him to that (lucky guy!) What I didn't think about was that we had to be at the school at 3:30 to set up our trunks, then go to the open house from 4-5, then have the fall festival from 5-7, so towards the end, Charlotte and I were exhausted and ready to go home, but we couldn't just leave because our car was where all the people were walking around! There were a few people who were starting to leave, but they had their spouses with them to help pull out and stop people from walking behind the car. Finally at 6:30, I had enough and found a friend to help me pull out. Charlotte and I were starving because we only had candy and cotton candy at the festival so we drove through McDonalds :) 

This is of Charlotte at her class party, which was also pajama day. She got to wear her pajamas twice in one week! The moms who set up the party went all out. Everything was so cute! But now the bar is set high for the rest of us who have to plan parties! They had cupcakes, orange juice in little mason jars with gummy worms on the bottom, fruit kabobs, and a clear plastic glove filled with popcorn and candy corns on the end of each finger to look like nails and a ring on the outside! That was my favorite. They also got to decorate and paint their own pumpkins. 

On Halloween night, which was a Friday, Nathan and Charlotte were so excited! Charlotte was so excited that she ended up falling asleep in Daddy's chair. I was glad she was taking a nap before Alison, Shawn, Lauren and Trevor, came over...but she would not wake up! We were supposed to go to the neighborhood party at 5:30 and our friends were coming over at 5, so I wanted to get her up and dressed a little before 5. It took me 15 minutes to get her up, and while I was doing her makeup, she kept falling asleep again! She is such a PEARCE! But once Lauren and Trevor got here, she perked up. So Charlotte was Anna from FROZEN this year and Nathan was a red ninja from a show NINJAGO. Charlotte's wig completely made her costume! It was so cute on her! We ate pizza here first and then headed to the neighborhood party. The kids did bounce houses, a petting zoo, pony ride, got balloon animals, and just had fun being together. Then we went trick or treating. The boys stayed together and so did the girls. It was so cute to see how much they all love being together and that they really do look out for each other. Trevor thinks that Nathan is the coolest thing in the world and Charlotte thinks the same about Lauren! We were out for about an hour and a half and then headed back to the house to eat it all. I think I almost made myself sick from eating so much candy. And Nathan had fun handing out our candy to all of the trick or treaters. He also loved playing with Charlotte's wig the next day!

Random Pics

This first picture is from Alison's surprise 40th birthday party. Her husband Shawn planned the whole thing! Erin and I took Alison out for a manicure and pedicure that night and made her think that we were meeting up with our other friends for dinner. Instead, we drove back to her house...when Alison saw all of the cars, she was shocked! I felt a little bad for her because she was looking so forward to a girl's night out! We told her just to put some lipstick on, take the foam toe separators out of her toes, and have fun. It ended up being a really great night!

The next pictures are of my sweet Charlotte wanting to organize my shoes. They used to be organized but a little someone likes to try them on constantly. So I told her she could do whatever she wants to them. Just make sure two of the same shoe are together. Those were the only instructions I gave. Charlotte pulled every single shoe out and put them in a huge pile. I was thinking that this would be a mess I'd have to clean up, but oh well. Charlotte worked and worked for about 45 minutes. I'd walk in to check on her and ask if she needed help, but she told me not to come into the closet! Finally, she came and found me, had me close my eyes, and led me into my closet. VOILA! I was so impressed! And she was so proud of herself. There were only a few random shoes.

And the last pictures are from Daddy's office. Poor Daddy had a bad week of work, work, work. He had to work late pretty much every night. We took him dinner a few times but just dropped it off. Towards the end of the week, Nathan and Charlotte were REALLY missing him so we decided to take him dinner AND eat with him. Nathan was especially excited. It has been a while since they've gone to Wayne's office, and I don't think they've ever been there at night. When we pulled up, Nathan and Charlotte couldn't believe how big his office building was, and it was all lit up so Nathan kept saying it looked like we were in New York City. It was so sweet to see them so happy, and I know it made Wayne happy too. We ate dinner, took a tour of the office, and had fun visiting and keeping Daddy from working. Nathan and Charlotte thought it was fun to see everyone's office and decide who had a nice and organized office and who had a messy one. Daddy won the prize for most organized :)

Pearce

We had a visit from Pearce and Auntie Carrie last weekend. Nathan and Charlotte were SO excited to see their cousin. I think they asked me every day for a week if this was the day Pearce was coming. They also kept asking me if Pearce was still little...so funny. When Pearce first got to our house, he was so cute! He was just as excited to see Nay Nay and Charlotte! He ran up to us and gave us all big hugs. 

As always, we packed lots of fun things into our visit. They got here Thursday afternoon and on Friday, we surprised Nathan at school with lunch from McDonald's. He had no idea we were coming and was so happy to see us! Whenever Nathan and Charlotte are with Pearce, they take him over and act all grown up by holding his hand, telling him what he can and can't do, but they also act silly and love to make him laugh. Nathan was so proud of his cousin at lunch. After eating, he took him around to introduce him to his friends and his teacher. It was so cute to see them together. Nathan's teacher, Mrs. Hucks came over and told us that Nathan had been telling her about his cousin coming for a whole week. She has a two year old little boy also, and she told us that Nathan said her little boy and Pearce would have fun playing together. 

After lunch, we went to visit Grandma with Pearce and Charlotte. Pearce kept saying that he couldn't wait to see Grandma and he wanted her to hold him. When we got there, she was eating lunch with her friends. Pearce and Charlotte were so sweet to her and kept giving her hugs and talking to her. Grandma was so happy to see us and you could tell she was so proud of Pearce and Charlotte and loved having her friends see how sweet they were to her. When her lunch was over, we went to her room and they continued the pampering. Pearce and Charlotte took turns brushing her hair, putting lotion on her hands, and giving her hugs. Carrie and I were so proud of them for being so loving. 

On Saturday, we went to Nathan's soccer game and then to the Arboretum to see the new children's section. Mama and taken us there the week before and Nathan and Charlotte loved it. They knew Pearce would have fun too. There was a water area that Pearce couldn't get enough of! We saved that until the end and just let them go crazy in it. After the Arboretum, we watched the Arkansas game while Pearce napped. When he woke up and the game was over, Uncle Wayne loaded them all up in my car and took them to Five Below to pick out a toy...brave Wayne! Pearce got light up bubble gun that he just loved, and Carrie said that even though the bubbles ran out, he still uses the gun to walk around his neighborhood and shoot all the spooky Halloween decorations! 

Carrie and I always have fun together but it's even more fun to see our children together. We love that they love each other!!!