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This is Nathan, my brother-in-law, and the host of a great costume party we attended Saturday night...kinda creepy ain't he!! It was loads of fun, we did all the typical Halloween costume party/kid's birthday party things. We did a mummy wrap, stuffed marshmallows in our mouth while repeatedly saying "chubby bunny", and carved pumpkins! It was my niece Lilah's 10th birthday, and she FINALLY did a Halloween themed party. There were great costumes, everything from Nathan here, to my kids...who came as an Angel and a Badman.

They are so cute aren't they?!?! This picture would lead one to believe that they get along SO WELL...NOT!!! Jordan is TOTALLY in costume as an Angel...and Jackson is going as "Cad Bane"...he is a bad bounty hunter on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Uh Huh...Star Wars is STILL alive and making billions my friends. Of course Mike and I were our usual party pooper selves...we didn't dress up. I was kinda sad when I got there and saw that EVERYONE but us was in costume. Oh well. My soon to be nephew Chris actually came dressed as a hot-dog. What makes this EVEN FUNNIER is that I had JUST read an article in the Houston Chronicle that was talking about the worst costumes ever. Topping off the list was a man dressed a baby...followed up by a man dressed as a hot dog!!! I thought he was cute...you decide!!

Then you have the Angel dressed as a hot dog...
After that picture, I decided this party had headed south...it was time to go!!

I Know, I Know...It's Been A While...

My biggest (and possibly only) fan has been giving me grief about not updating my blog...but sometimes you are too busy...or just DON'T have anything worth sharing.
One of my favorite holidays is rapidly approaching. We put out all of our indoor Halloween decorations last weekend...but don't have anything out for the yard yet. I THINK I threw most of it away last year because it was getting pretty old...sigh...it is the same story every year with the lights for the Christmas tree!!
I LOVE Halloween...it signals Fall to me. The air is cooler, the kids are good and embedded in their new school year, and you see really cool decorations!!




Now don't get me wrong, I am no Martha Stewart...as I am sure AT LEAST one person reading this is (yes I mean you Stacy)...but we have some cool stuff that the kids LOVE. Take, for example, the Wolfman head that is hanging on the wall. It is motion sensitive, and when you walk by he howls, his eyes light up, his jaw starts moving, and he starts singing, "I'm your boogeyman, that's what I am..." Cheesy, yes I know, but the kids love him!! I also have an interesting assortment of pumpkins that light up and you put them in your windows.

I think I might try this mouse thing on the side here. Wonder where you can get a bunch of little fake mice? My cats will probably end up tearing them to shreds!! But it is totally cool looking. Ahhh the things I could do if I had a leeeeetle bit of time and a lot of money!