Boo at the Zoo

So last night we went to Boo at the Zoo. This is our 3rd year of going. I think Rylee has a good time and I like it because I feel like I am getting my money's worth out of her Halloween costume. You spend so much money on these things it is a waste to only wear them once. It was the 1st night out of 3 that they have it. Originally we were going to go on Thursday but I think the weather was supposed to be nicer Wednesday than Thursday so that is why we went last night. It did end up being pretty nice and really wasn't too cold outside. Justin and Rylee never even put their jackets on and me being the lizard had my jacket on and my hands were the coldest out of the 3 of us but as long as Rylee was ok I was ok. It didn't seem like there were as many candy posts set up this year or maybe it was just my imagination. The lights and decorations are always what I enjoy but Rylee kept saying "I need more candy, my bag isn't filled yet" to which I kept replying "your bag is too big to fill up-there aren't enough tables. You will get more candy on Friday!" I swear that kid could live on candy. She never eats what I make for dinner and she hardly ever touches her breakfast. She doesn't even like homemade cookies but if candy is involved she is all about that. I guess she is just a kid and every kid loves candy. Anyway enough of my blabbering and back to the zoo. I tried to take as many pictures of the animals as I could but it was getting dark and they didn't turn out so well. Better luck next year or maybe not. I think Justin and I have decided to skip next year but I am sure when that time rolls around we will have changed our minds (more like my mind).

Halloween Party

Last night Rylee had dance and they were supposed to wear their costumes. All the little girls looked so cute. The teacher gave those that had their cameras a chance to come in to take a class picture (can you believe I was one of those that had their cameras). On Halloween I will have her hair down as it goes better with being a pirate but for dance the kids have to wear their hair up so it's not as cute as it will be.The kids had fun though because they got to play games and do the limbo. At one point they turned all the lights off and turned a black light on and had the parents come in and dance with the kids all silly. It really was kind of fun. Then at the end they passed out treat bags and then whoever wanted to bring a treat they could pass it out at that time too. Usually I participate in this but I figure she will be getting enough candy in the days to come so I did not bring anything extra-I know I am horrible! I think last night was the funnest she has had at dance-wish they could all be like that.

Halloween House

Just a warning-these are only decorations. They are not real and will not come to get you. Just kidding. Finally had to post some pictures of my halloween house which I should have done earlier but didn't I have no excuses-decorations were put up I just never got this part done.

I hope I haven't caused any nightmares or heartattacks. I love Halloween!

The Forgotten "Do"

Forgot to show another hair-do that I tried on Rylee. It turned out really cute I think. She is starting to get better too about keeping still. I am still a learner and it takes me a really long time to get my parts right and figure everything out so I have to give her a little shout out! :)

Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful? I also did another hairstyle this last Saturday but because this is new to me I did not take a picture. Hopefully one day I will learn to pack my camera around everywhere I go just like my sister.

SNOW DAY

Well we had our 1st snow fall this year on Sunday. Rylee loves snow. 1st thing she wanted to do that morning was go outside in the snow. Justin got all her gear on (I was conveniently getting ready for the day)-snowpants, boots, coat, mittens (can't be gloves) and hat-all of this takes about an hour to get on for 20 minutes of fun outside! But Rylee loves it-she especially loves to eat the snow. It gets her so excited. She always tells me she's going to eat it all gone. So she ate some snow, made some snow angels and had a snowball fight with dad. She had a blast.

Justin is already getting excited to go snowboarding this year. He hasn't gone for a couple of years but he ordered some new things for his board so he can go again and Rylee saw his snowboard adn now she wants to go snowboarding. We tell her maybe next year when she is a little bit bigger adn she says "I will just ride with you on your snowboard so I don't fall". Ya right-they'd never get off the ground!

So everybody is excited about the snow but my hope is that it gets warmer so that we will have a nice Halloween and we won't freeze to death. It has already melted which made Rylee cry (just a little) and I told her we can't go trick-or-treating in the snow. Then I asked her what she would rather have "snow or trick-or-treating?" Her answer...........SNOW!!

After coming in from the snow I did Rylee's hair. I have been reading some blogs about doing girl hair and I love them. They show step by step how to do some really cute hairdos. I have looked everywhere for ways to do Rylee's hair and I happened upon these blogs by accident but I am so excited. I even tried one of the hairstyles on Sunday and did another one on Monday and everybody at her daycare loved her hair. The one where she is sleeping is from Sunday-this was taken after church and she was exhausted and the other is Monday. I think she could care less about her hair as she always wants to leave it down but I am so excited for these fun hairstyles. I can't forget the exciting news that Rylee got a haircut. Well sortof-she cut a little chunk out of the back of her hair. I freaked out at 1st because it looked like a ton of hair and she was crying but in the end it could have been worse-it could have been a huge chunk in the front and then I would have to cut her hair. But once her hair was brushed it ended up being small enough that it blends in. I have been told all little girls do that but I know I never did that. I am going to continue to experiment with her hair. I am going to try a new one each weekend and hopefully remember to take a picture so I can show what I've done.

INCREDIBLE RYLEE

Saturday it rained and it was cold. It is defintley looking a lot more like fall. Everytime Rylee sees the a tree she says "the leaves are changing color-it's fall today". So because of the weather nothing exciting just our normal thing of going to the grocery store. I always enjoy going to the grocery store especially when Rylee is with me. We always have fun and most of the time she behaves herself. This Saturday grocery trip brought us a little bit of excitement. I have to tell this story before I say what it was we found. There is a cartoon channel that plays old (at least I think they are old) cartoons of superman, spiderman, incredible hulk etc. One day I had turned the cartoons on for her and Incredible Hulk was on and I went ahead and changed it to Scooby Doo. She was so upset at me. She wanted to watch Incredible Hulk so I think eventually her Dad changed it for her. She likes watching those cartoons - and this way even Justin watches them. Anyway it just amazes me that this very girly princess girl likes Incredible Hulk. She even wanted to go see the movie with Justin when he went to see it. So this is what we got so excited about.

I know-it's really not that exciting but we really have been enjoying our Hulk cakes. And just to clarify I don't normally buy these types of things but it was too fun to pass up.

Other than our normal weekend chores we really didn't do too much. It was kind of lazy day because of the rain. I did get some of the Halloween decorations up but that I will save for another day.