Happy Halloween!

We had a fabulous Halloween this year with our little Leprechaun! It was nice that Colin was old enough to participate and have fun, but still young enough that we didn't have to go to all 400 houses in the neighborhood. Hurray!

We kicked off Halloween this year on Saturday with a costume contest at Publix. Colin came in first place for his age group! He won a piano toy, some bath toys, and lots of tasty treats. Then we headed to the Painted Pony for the church party. The kids got to see farmyard animals (chickens, goats, cows, pigs), have a cookout, make smores around a fire, AND ride a pony!! What fun! Colin was one of the littlest ones there, but he wasn't scared a bit to get up on that horse. He rode twice and loved every minute. He was even waving to his Daddy, Nanny, and Grandma as the horse took him around the field.

Sunday, we all got dressed in costume and went door to door trick-or-treating! Grandma and Papa came over to hand out candy while we walked around the neighborhood with Aunt Erin and Elijah and Aunt Amber and Josiah! Ok, now what you've all been waiting for....PICTURES!!

Early Morning at Publix

Not-Quite-Awake Leprechaun

Winner With His Prize!

Riding the Pony! (Not scared at all!)

Painting the Pony

Wood Nymph, Leprechaun, and Wizard

Gardner and Bumble Bee

Cousins in Costumes!

Crazy Lady

Old Irish Man

Cousins Off to Trick-or-Treat!

Hope everyone else had a fabulous Halloween too!

Yummy Dinner

OK - time for another dinner post! Tonight's dinner was especially scrumptious!! We had lightly-breaded, Italian-seasoned chicken breasts that were sauteed in olive oil accompanied by salads. But, if you check out the pictures, you will see that Keith and I each had different variations to our meals. My chicken and salad was also paired with sauteed red onions and yellow and red tomatoes, where Keith went with craisins and croutons.

There was also some Tuscan garlic sourdough bread, sauteed in olive oil on the side but, again, we ate our bread differently. I topped mine with some of the tomato and onion mixture and Keith dipped his bread in an olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Tuscan Parmesan herb mixture. Both equally yummilicious!! (Oh, and Lucy and Leo's cupcakes were BOGO today, so....dessert!!)

Here are the pictures:

My delicious dinner

Keith's delicious dinner

Here's what else is going on, besides great food:

Colin was sick last night. He had a temperature of 102 and was making all sorts of whimpery sounds from his room, so we decided to let him sleep with us. Maybe that would make him feel better. Man, was that a stupid decision! It was like he was on sugar crack. Instead of being all comforted and sleepy, he got WILD. He was jumping all over the bed, getting really close to our faces with his face and then laughing, climbing all over us, and just being insane. Stupid, stupid, stupid. No wonder we never let him sleep with us. It took about a half an hour to wear me down, but finally, I couldn't take it anymore and took him back to his own room and his own bed, where he promptly fell fast asleep and didn't make a peep till morning. Whew.

I am watching my 3 month old nephew tomorrow! It will be interesting to balance two kiddos, especially since my own is so clingy. I am hoping for a smooth and easy day.

PLUS, tomorrow is my 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! I cannot believe it has been that long! I guess time just flies when you are married to your best friend! Keith is taking me to dinner at Shula's 347 Grill tomorrow night and then we are going to travel to Orlando for a weekend of theme parks! Harry Potter World - here we come! We'll make sure and say hi to Shamu for everyone too! I love you, Keith and can't wait for ten more years of adventures!!