Halloween Festivities

We pretended to have a picnic together. 

Any time these two play nicely together, it's required to take a picture.

video - Who knew that Maxwell had such skills?  He's either going to be a master swordsman or a guy who goes clubbing quite frequently... (maybe also a fire dancer??)

Emmalyn had her 18 month check up.  I can't believe she's this old!

Here is her questionnaire

The visit with the doctor went fine.  He thinks shes gaining weight too fast so suggested that I move to 1% milk instead of whole milk now.

Here's Emmalyn's Stats:

Weight: 21 lbs 11 oz (37th percentile)

Height: 30.3 inches (8th percentile) - still going up!

Head: 18.3 in (54th percentile)

After her appointment, I took her out to chik-fil-a for breakfast.  I can't remember ever taking her out to eat, just the two of us, before.

All ready for Halloween!

We were able to catch up with my dear friend (and old boss) Colleen, who was in town for meetings at corporate).  We went to cheesecake factory and enjoyed our visit!

Max's Halloween shirt

Me, as a pirate, and Donna as a witch at work

The kids came up and trick-or-treated again this year.  Maxwell wanted to be a cowboy at Momma's work (he is going to be a pirate for Halloween along with Emmalyn and I).

We ran into our new CEO who enjoyed engaging with my kids

She quickly caught on to the gig

Group shot

That night we had the carnival at Max's school.  He was again a cowboy. - - Here he is going to go through the ring of "fire".

Miss Cynthia helping Emmalyn play a game

Photo booth

They had a henna artist there so Max and I both got our first henna tattoo.  It was really cool!

What it look liked while it dried

What it looked like after.  Max's tattoo said his name.

Maxwell performs on stage!

Maxwell had a performance at school where his class sang two songs.  It wasn't a big thing and the parents only watched their kids perform and then we were rushing out of the gym.  I was glad it was something though.  I guess Montessori (or maybe it's just this one) doesn't do the big programs like I've seen from the kids in other preschools in the area.

Maxwell in front of his "star student" poster which was posted in the hall outside his classroom.  He was very proud.

For their program they were supposed to dress up "like where they were from".  Well, he's American and he's a Texan.  (That is super weird for me - to think that both my kids were born in Texas and are Texans!)  We borrowed the cowboy hat from Landen so it was a little big.  We tried Landen's boots but those were WAY too big.

His class did two songs - One was "Leaving on a jet plane" and the other was "It's a small world".  I was so proud of him for getting up on stage...after he refused to go on stage during our cruise I was a little worried but this was different because his class prepared for a long time and this was not the big huge stage on the ship.

Video - Maxwell's program

I want to remember these cute kids' names...

Back row from L to R:

Emma, Alex, Liam, Nora, Connor

Middle Row:

Jacek, Malia, Joshua V, Joshua K, Preston

Front Row:

Maxwell, Trent, Ida, Ryan, Opal, Harper, Noya

After the program we went out for frozen yogurt - not a typical celebration type thing we do.  I really don't want to have a habit of "celebrating" always with unhealthy food but man, what other option is there that's cheap and quick?  Anyone have ideas?  

3 of the 4 of us looking, that's a win

Ha!  Emmalyn trying to get more and Maxwell looking adoringly (?) at his dad