Halloween Party at School

Aidan and Emma had their Fall/Halloween Party at pre-school today and it was so cute! They got dressed up in their costumes and paraded through the sanctuary, well atleast Aidan did. Emma's class sat on the steps at the front of the church. It's so cute to watch them with their classmates.


Emma checking out the fall props at school, my attempt at getting her picture in front of it. Oh, well, I got the back of her costume!

This I took right as she spotted me in the crowd!
Aidan checking out his bag of goodies!

I just love this pic! Look at that sweet face!

It cracks me up seing pictures like this of Aidan, but he makes the same face I used to make when I was his age. How funny is that? and Emma definitely makes faces her Daddy still makes! She gets the "look" from him for sure! ha ha!

Emma ripping down the leaves they had hanging from the ceiling, oops!

Aidan at his classroom party

Showing me the pencil he got in his goodie bag.

Some of his art on the walls, this one is of his Hand, called: Aidan's Handy Candy Corn
His cute pumpkin painting


Cooper and Lori in his class - Cooper was dressed as a State Football player, but he also has a Lion costume he may wear on Halloween night.

Aidan sitting with his classmates

Giving me the okay Mom you can go now look.

Emma with her classmates eating their snacks

Emma and her best buddy Charlie, the teacher told me they sit around all day talking to each other in their own language. I let her pick out where she wanted to sit and she immediately wanted to sit next to Charlie, aww.

another picture of Charlie, he was dressed as a Nasa Astronaut.Here is the "look" she inherited from her Daddy.

Emma and her teacher Mrs. Bridget who is so sweet and Emma loves her!

I actually got Cooper in this picture with his football helmet on! You can see him in the far right.

Emma with her usual look!

A note about Emma: She is really starting to become more verbal lately, hopefully I can post new things each day if I attempt the 1 post a day in November that my sister challenged me to. Her latest word is "Outside" and "Bye-Bye". She attempts to say any word you tell her to but they don't always come out very clear, but she is definitely trying. She also says baba for her baby doll, which she cuddles and sleeps with now.

The first few videos are of the costume parade, I didn't get Aidan until the second video.

Fun making Appliques

I have recently had fun making appliques for Aidan and Cooper and for a few gifts. I made this for Aidan to wear to school this month to celebrate Halloween.

This is the first train applique I made to give to a friend's son for his 2nd birthday, I thought it turned out cute including the button's I sewed on for the wheels.
Then I started thinking how much Aidan, Cooper and really any toddler boy loves Thomas the train and decided to make some with Thomas material. The first one I made was Thomas and the second one I made with Percy material.

Here is one I made for Cooper b/c he loves Football!

Here is one I made to give to a friend who is getting ready to have a boy!

I also made one for Aidan and Emma that has an apple on it made out of red and white polka dot material with a green gingham leaf and brown stem. Now I'm going to try to make a few girly ones for Emma and her cousin Matti.

Getting Pumped and Ready for Halloween!

I am always disappointed by the lack of pictures I have around Halloween, so this year I decided to start taking them early. I also needed to make sure the outfits I got for them fit, so I let them try them on and play around one night and got some cute shots of them both. Aidan likes pretending to be a Dragon and making Dragon noises or what he thinks a dragon sounds like. I got a cute Fairy costume for Emma and didn't think she would wear the flower headband but was surprised that she actually wore it for a few minutes before pulling it off. I have another posting I put on today as well from our trip to the Razz and Tazz farm so you'll have to scroll down after this post to see it.

Aidan in his Dragon costume giving me his best "ROAR"!

View of the back, a lot of these pictures are blurry b/c they were both on the move having fun running around in their costumes.


Cheese!

Emma making her entrance in her Fairy Costume, Aidan says she's a fairy princess, a butterfly and a flower all in one!

Giving me her best ballerina pose!

Making her exit!

Here is a cute video of Emma saying Bye-Bye, her new favorite word next to Uh-Oh and having fun in Aidan's rocking chair. At the end of the video you can see how she reacts to her brother trying to take things away from her, in which I had to cut the video short to mediate. ha!

Here's another video of Aidan and Emma, I started this video trying to get them dancing. Every time I try this they stop, go figure! But, I did get them being a typical brother/sister and intentionally annoying each other! too funny!