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There were a few days that I had trouble getting off the couch. I had zero energy and felt nauseous all day. The kids played with the easel a lot on those days, and it was a lifesaver for me.

Halloween Celebrations

The kids, especially Elena, had several opportunities to dress up in costumes. First we went to the local senior apartments for the kids to have a little costume parade for the residents. Elena was Snow White and Samuel was a pirate. I didn't even take a picture of Samuel in his costume because he had a long, screaming fit before going in so it was hectic.

Samuel didn't really care about dressing up so he was fine being the same thing every time. Elena, on the other hand, wanted to wear a different costume each time. She said, "I just want to be Snow White for the first day of Halloween, and I'll be something different on the other days." So for her school's fall carnival she was Izzie, from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. This was such an easy costume, I just cut some fabric to make a bandana and I made the pixie dust necklace. I didn't even bother with Samuel's costume because it was a hot day, and I wanted to make things as easy as possible. He's been throwing a lot of tantrums lately, so I pick my battles.

 Here's Elena with her teachers. She loves her school, and I do, too.

Then for our church's Halloween event, Elena was Ariel. Samuel was still a pirate.

And I didn't even take pictures when we went to the pumpkin patch with Elena's class and she was dressed as Rapunzel. Now I'm wondering how many costumes she's going to want to wear next year!

Two Birthdays

Obviously this post is overdue. I'm a little behind, mostly because I haven't been feeling well. I'm 9 weeks pregnant right now and it's been difficult to keep up with two toddlers.

Anyway, Samuel's birthday party was the same day as Sabrina's 18th birthday, so we had two special celebrations.

Here's the birthday girl

And me with my birthday boy. We had put his pajama shirt back on for his nap so he wouldn't get too hot, and when Jorge got him up he didn't change him back . . . so he was mismatched for the rest of the day. But that's okay, he's two years old and doesn't care.

My parents came, as well as my nieces, Amy, Philip, and the kids. Elena and Samuel had so much fun.

 

Samuel really likes Monsters, Inc. so I made some Mike and Sully cupcakes. He liked them.

 

 

We sang happy birthday to both of them at the same time. I made Sabrina her own colorful cake.

Samuel had no problem digging in!

It really was a fun, special day with family and I loved being able to celebrate Sabrina's birthday as well. The kids have so much fun visiting with family.