Trunk or Treat

It's always so much fun to go trunk or treating with our friends from Mom to Mom and this year was no diffrent! I hope I can get a chance to come back and write more about it later...Barrett hugged the box of walkie talkies that he won for best boy costume the whole way home.

Here's the crazy bunch:

Jack-in-the-box

Lightning Bug-his backside actually flashed but it was too light outside to see it.

Princess Peanut-her in the womb name!

Peter Pan--baby sister was tinkerbell

Emma as a Puppy

who needs toys?

Long time no post-super busy with photography stuff. Woke up at 5:00am and couldn't sleep-HAD to blog.

As we begin our ritual of yearly Christmas shopping during this difficult financial time for many, I am reminded of the beautiful, boundless imaginations children have and the unforeseen entertainment that can come from the simplest things.

These so-called raisin boxes were matchbox cars, choo-choo trains, and 5 minutes of quality giggle time with Gigi sliding them across the table.

Below: The boys played for at least 45 Oh-thank-you-Jesus minutes without fighting or getting into anything they weren't supposed to. There were no flashing light-up, noise-making toys. Just dirt (Kyle's personal favorite) and some spoons and one bucket which they shared beautifully (even though it looks as if Kyle is hogging in these 2 particular snaps).

Puntins!

Barrett and Kyle's first hayride

a very rare photo of me and my two boys. Okay, so it's a photo of my head and my two boys but I'll take it--Like I said these shots are rare!

Took the lil punkins to the pumpkin patch today. The weather was great for picking out pumpkins and going on a hayride! The weather was so great it didn't make for the best photos, but I suppose that's not why we go. We all had a great time! When we asked the boys afterward "What was your favorite part of the pumpkin patch?" Barrett said the hayride and Kyle said the pumpkin patch! I guess Kyle liked the whole thing.

Locks of Love...follow-up

Frinj Salon (formerly Seventeen Salon) where I got my haircut for the donation is really doing a great thing with their Locks of Love program giving the discount and encouraging people to give of themselves in this way. They called me today to inform me that they put my Before and After pictures up on their website along with my story. CLICK HERE to see--just scroll down to the link where you see my name "Jessica Starr" under September 28.

BTW, it says that the discount is 50% off with a donation, but according to my math it was more than that. I don't know why--I try not to ask too many questions when being given big unexpected discounts.