Sleeping Beauties

Bye Bye Binky!

We FINALLY got Kate to give up her pacifier! I was really worried about getting rid of it because she absolutely loved that thing...seriously, she would pet it with the back of her hand while she sucked on it.



To be quite honest, I was a little sad to get rid of it, it felt like the last part of her "babyhood" was gone! We just told her that her paci went bye bye and she was a big girl now, and that the paci went to the little babies who needed it. We got her a new stuffed pony to snuggle at night and named her Paci the Pony. She had a rough few days, but I was surprised at how well/quickly she adjusted! Here she is with her prize for going without it for a whole week.

Happy Baby

Blake and his favorite stuffed animal!

Tricky Treat

"Tricky Treat" soon became Kate's favorite phrase on Halloween night. We carved our pumpkins, and our cautious Kate surprisingly dug right in!



"Kate" went with the traditional look for her pumpkin, and Jason decided to try his hand at pumpkin sculpting again this year, and made an awesome spooky tree!



My attempt to make Blake a basketball costume (on halloween day) failed MISERABLY! I knew just by looking at my "finished" product that it wouldn't work, but decided to try it on him anyway just so I could feel like I had accomplished something...and then quickly regretted that decision as he almost DIED when the costume swallowed him up and we couldn't get it off of him! Luckily, my aunt had sent us a lion costume she had used previously and it fit Blake perfectly!



We capped off the night by gettin' down at our ward's Halloween Party/Trunk or Treat where:

~Blake scarfed down a whole hot dog bun~



~Kate thoroughly enjoyed her cotton candy~





~We played lots of fun games~
{Kate's favorite was the car races}



~And finally got to the best part, Trick or Treating!~
{Kate's score}