Spooky Dinner, Pumpkins, and Beach Sunsets

We had a great Halloween filled weekend. The boys had some fun at a little festival they had going on in our neighborhood.

Brayden, for some reason, told his whole kindergarten class that he was having a halloween party this year at his house.  Ya, he forgot to mention that to me before telling them...kids are so funny! Not really in my plans being soo pregnant, but we compromised and had a little family one. We had a spooky dinner with mummy hot dogs, bones and blood breadsticks, pumpkin applesauce (just dyed orange with food coloring), and frankenstein pudding. Not very fancy or filling, but the kids really liked it. I take no credit for these ideas...all from pintrest, gotta love it!

The boys made skeletons out of Q-tips for a craft. Tyler's is the top one and Brayden did the bottom one.

We carved our pumpkins for the year

Pumpkin guts...love Brayden's face in this one

Silly Brayden scooped his out one seed at a time...Guy eventually helped him out so we could finally start carving!

The boys had fun drawing on them first with markers

Here they are all done! We made a baby one for the new baby coming soon :)

And we decided to end our weekend by heading to the beach on Sunday night to watch the sunset. It was gorgeous, like always.  Super windy by the ocean so Tyler wouldn't get out from under the towel on my lap, but Brayden had fun running around with Guy.  We don't really get the changing colors of fall leaves here, but at least we get to see the colors in the sky, right? :) The perfect weather time of year in Florida is finally beginning and I love it!

And I figured I better post a picture from the weekend to prove I actually am pregnant and about to pop. I felt really dorky posing by myself so I made the kids join me. Hopefully this baby will be here soon (3 cm and 75% at 38 weeks, so I'm hoping!) But I want a November baby for the birthday since it's 11/11 this year...wouldn't 11/11/11 be such a cool birthday? Past my due date, but I could settle for the 1st. Just not Halloween please!!! :)

Beachy Weekend

We spent our last weekend before school at the beach. Tyler has been constantly begging us to go to the beach for weeks now (every time we get in the car) so we knew we needed to get a trip in.  Guy's friend that he works with let us stay in his condo again near Clearwater and it was wonderful.  Seriously it was the perfect trip because a) it was completely free, yet it felt like we were staying in a nice hotel b) it's only about 30 minutes from our house c) giant sandbox for kids= total relaxation for us d) private beach means no crazy crowds of people which is my favorite part.  His place is on the 17th floor and that equals some amazing views of the ocean. Honestly there is nothing better then waking up, going out to the balcony, and looking out over endless blue. It's breathtaking! Anyway, we had some fun and it was nice to feel like we got away for a night before the school schedule began.

I definitely think we have taken for granted having the ocean so close to us while we've been here.  I know we'll miss it if/when we move, but I'm ready for a change too.  Maybe a place that actually has seasons for once?? (my kids have never even owned a real winter coat!) We shall see :)

Kelly & Kyle Come to Play: Part 1

We had so much fun with my brother and sister here to hang out with us.  Kyle came out first and Kelly joined us once she was done with her finals at Ohio State.

 Mini Golf with Kyle

Brayden got a hole in one!

 Tyler was into the golf at first but then it was all about his bag of chips

 We got a groupon awhile ago for a movie theater by us and seriously it was the most ghetto movie theater I have EVER seen. Oh man, it was bad. But we had it all to ourself and both the boys thought it was great to run around like crazy through the whole movie since we were the only ones there.

 Florida is SO hot. I am dying. But the boys found a way to cool off and had a water balloon fight one evening.  I thought I was safe just taking pictures and by being pregnant and all, but Guy and Kyle showed me no mercy.

 A guy that Guy works with owns a condo just a few minutes from Clearwater beach at Sand Key and he let us stay there for free. Seriously it was SO nice and since their is no public access to that beach (all hotels and condos off of it) we practically had the beach all to ourselves. It was heaven! His condo faced the ocean and the view was just amazing.  It had a pool too so we had fun swimming in it when we got tired of the sand.

They had these big areas roped off so these birds could nest there.  They were pretty cool looking but SO noisy!

 Random pile of bones we found on our sunset walk

 Oh man, the sunset was gorgeous! I could get used to watching it off that balcony every night!

 Kelly and BB

 Views from the condo...it was on the 18th floor so you could see everything!

 Kelly was nice and helped the boys build a sandcastle

 Kyle discovered skim boarding and got pretty good at it by the end of the day

 Their sandcastle

 Cool seashell Guy found, but we threw it back since there was still a slimy thing inside.

 Ok coolest part of our beach trip was that 2 manatees swam so close to the shore by us. Guy, Kelly, and Kyle swam out to them and literally were swimming right next to them. Kyle even got to touch one of them because it got so close. It was pretty awesome to see them so close and see how friendly they are. They also saw a few little stingrays and a some pretty big fish.

 This little fountain at the pool plus a cup equaled pure entertainment for my boys! They loved it.