October Download

Where the devil has this month gone?  It just flew by!  I can't believe we are already into November.  Well, buckle down cuz here's the October low down.  It might take you a visit or two to get through this and that's just fine with me!

Pumpkins with the Roses
We went to the cabin to carve some pumpkins with Les' family.

Eden was so excited to carve pumpkins with her cousins.  She is always wanting to be with her cousins.  Brittan and Bronson are her favorite, she wants to be where ever they are and this day was no exception.  Brittan set up shop right next to Eden and we got to work.  

It took us a minute to decide what to carve but all the boys grabbed the power tools and we were off!  Let the carving begin!

Eden wasn't so sure about this whole pumpkin carving thing once the top came off.  She thought putting her hand inside to clean it out was..."YUCKY!"

She had a lot of fun watching "her boys" go to town.  

After about 5 minutes Eden was done and so off she went to play with Aunt Jody and left the pumpkin carving to Daddy. She came back for some pictures and LOVED what daddy had done.  She kept telling him "Good job Daddy.  That's beautiful!"

Then we headed home and displayed out masterpiece on the front porch.  After 3 or 4 times of re-lighting the candle (promptly followed by Eden blowing it out)  we had success.   Nicely done Les, nicely done.

Breakfast with the Witches at Gardner Village:

My mom came down just before Halloween and took the girls to have breakfast with the Witches at Gardner Village.  It was so much fun.  You go and sit in this room and they serve you breakfast, while you are eating witches walk around and chat and sign autographs, then put on a little show. 

Eden was IN LOVE!  She was stoked about all the silly witches. She used her cuteness and excellent waving skills (thank you 24th of July parade) to get the witches to our table. 

There was one witch that Eden decided was her favorite.  Her name was Tuloolua.  Eden followed her all around the room.  It was infatuation at first sight!

During the show they had kids come up on stage to help them sing songs and dance.  Eden kept waving her hand and saying "Pick me, I right here!"  Finally I just told her to go up on stage when they asked for all the October birthdays (Sept. 24th is close enough).  Well, that was a bad move on my part because following her arrival on stage she REFUSED to get off the stage.  I kept going to get her and she would SCREAM.  Finally, the witch Taloolua just picked her up and said "I found a baby, and she don't want her mama no more...so I'll keep her!" and she proceeded to sing and dance while my child was clinging to her....who knew my child wants to be a movie star.  

If you look you can see her giving me the death glare.  That's the "don't you dare try and get me cuz I am NOT letting go of this lady! Stay where you are!!"  Have I told you lately that sometimes she's such a joy?

After the breakfast we went outside and walked around and took some more pictures with the witches.  Eden and Ever had so much fun.  Eden told me that it was her favorite day.  I think this is a new Halloween tradition in our family.

Halloween Carnival:

This year Eden and I headed to Ogden to celebrate Halloween with my family.  Instead of the Annual Hutchison Halloween Hoopla we went to all the different carnivals.  So we packed 8 different looks (literally 8) and went to party it up!

First we went to Weber County Fair Grounds and walked around their pumpkin festival.  The kids got dressed up in their costumes to kick off our Halloween festivities

The kids didn't grasp the concept that Halloween is one day.  They thought it was a month long thing and we probably didn't help clear that up either.  We did something every weekend that month and it was a blast.  The pumpkins were an excellent start to it all.

 The pumpkins were cute and we were the ONLY ones there so the kids got to roam around.  We stayed there all of 10 minutes and then headed to Marcia's Ward for their Halloween Carnival. By that time my camera died and I don't have any pictures.  After Marcia's we went to my mom's ward for their Halloween Carnival.  We ate soup and played lots of games.  We had so much fun and Eden told me Halloween was her favorite (a lot of things are her favorite these days)

Treat-or-Treat:

For Halloween night we went to Chad and Julie's to go trick or treating with Bronson.  Bronson dressed up as Batman and told Eden that he needed a princess. So Eden told him she would be his princess Belle.  They both could not wait to get that candy...

It was a little cold out but that didn't phase them.  They were after that candy and a little cold weather was NOT going to stop these two.  Bronson was scared by some of the decorations and refused to go to the door but Eden would say "I not scared!  I want candy!"  It was hilarious and if Eden went to the door Bronson usually followed.

We went up Julie's cul-de-sac and then around the cul-de-sac across the street and we were DONE.  We had more than enough candy and Eden was happy as can be.  After we were done we went to Julies for some dinner.  Eden put on her warm jammies and got to pick 1 candy to eat after dinner.  Eden told me she had SOO much fun.

I absolutely LOVE this stage.  She is enjoying everything so much more than I remember.  I love to watch her get excited about holidays and visits to Pa's house.  She makes my life so sweet and I can't wait to soak it all in.  I love you, my little stinker butt!

Halloween Prep & the Binkie Fairy

We have been SUPER busy around the Rose house. As soon as the birthday decorations come down the Halloween prep started.  I have NO Halloween decorations and it makes me very sad, cuz dare I say, Halloween is my favorite!  I don't know what it is about this holiday but I just love it.  It may be just another reason to celebrate but I'm ALL over it!

We went to my mom's and had plans to go pumpkin shopping but it was pouring rain and so we decided to decorate cookies instead.  It was a huge hit!

We rolled, pressed and had ourselves a right nice time! Grandma Lola even came to soak in the fun!

I think the kids had just as much fun making cookies as they would have painting pumpkins...plus they got to eat in the process...always a plus.

I think our cookies turned out great.  We are a crafty bunch, ya know...It must run in our blood (along with the cheesier face grin too!)

Most of all, I just like spending time with my family and showing Eden what it means to always be surrounded by love!

On a completely different side note,  we had a visitor come to our house last night.  I've been delaying her arrival because I just couldn't bear the fact of taking away something Eden LOVES...hence the reason I called the Binkie Fairy to come and do my dirty work.

We have been talking and prepping for the arrival of the Binkie Fairy for months now.  Originally, she was suppose to come on Eden's birthday but there was so much change happening (like a new room make over, the daycare lady was on vacation so she was being passed around from person to person for 2 weeks and I just plain couldn't muster up the courage to OK her visit). Every time we talked about it Eden would cry and say "No My Binkie!" or she would hide them. So then it became a game of hunting them all down before the Binkie Fairy came.  I would try and take her binkie away while she was sleeping, but in the morning she would wake up with one in her mouth.  To this day I have no idea where they were stashed, but eventually all were accounted for.

Last night Eden and I sat down and had another talk.  I told her tonight the Binkie Fairy was coming...she even helped me call her on the phone.  After a short conversation, the Binkie Fairy said she was head our way.  I tucked my little girl into bed and she asked again if her binkies were going "all gone"  I told her yes, but reminded her that if she was a brave girl the Binkie Fairy would leave a present.  She smiled and said OK and went to bed.

Somewhere late in the night our visitor arrived and in one swoop the binkies were gone, but she left a really cool present.

She even left a little note for my brave little girl.

When Eden woke up this morning, she asked for her binkie.  I told her that the Binkie Fairy came and the binkies were all gone.  She started to cry but then I told her "She left you a present..."  and with that Eden JUMPED (literally jumped) out of her bed and rushed to turn the light one.  When she saw her little present waiting for her she said "It's Wonderful, I love it!"  It was immediately opened and liberally applied EVERYWHERE, but she was happy and that was a relief.

Now that's she SO big we are going to give this no binkie a go!  We'll have to see how tonight goes.  Wish me luck!