We took the kids to Frightmares today. We actually went down last night but it was so crowded we just went back home. It wasn't really that bad today. We went early so we could ride all the rides before Frightmares started. We even went on the Merry Go Round. Blake went on everything. His faves were the Colossus and the Wicked. I was more scared for him to go on those rides than he was. Griff likes those rides the best, too. We went through one of the haunted houses. (The line was still pretty long. We probably waited for an hour.) They had a little haunted junkyard that the boys walked through about 100 times while we waited. Blake led the way. He was scared but thought it was fun. They liked being chased by the chainsaw guys. As we were leaving we ran into Kevin, Windy and Keaton in the parking lot and they had Griff stay later with them. It was a fun day.

Soccer season is winding down. The boys have done really well this season. Blake is getting better. He scored a goal in one of his games. Griff is really good and is getting more competitive. He scored at least 2 goals each game. They are fun to watch.

We were going somewhere and I told Blake to come up and get

his hair combed. He said he didn't need to because he was going to wear a hat.

Looks good, Bud!

Blake's top tooth has been a little loose for a while and he decided it was time for it to go. This might be weird but I love pulling those little suckers out. So, I would wiggle it for a while, then he would, then I would, then he would. This went on for about 3 hours. It was getting pretty loose and he said he didn't want my help anymore. I asked him why and he said, "Because this will be the first one I pulled out all by myself." Fine. A little while later I said, "So, want me to help ya?" and he goes. "No! It's my tooth. Pull out your own!"

We had a pre-Halloween party at our house. It was pretty fun. I was Wonder Woman (duh), Blake was Iron Man, Griff was a Ninja Rapper (but didn't stay dressed up for the party), Karyn was a Pirate Wench, Cassidy was an 80's chick mommy (see baby O), Gunnar was Hugh Hefner (for some reason he's not in any pictures), Cooper was a Werewolf, Jensen a Star Wars guy, and Wyatt was Indiana Jones. We had Halloween themed food, played Guitar Hero, and watched Ichabod Crane.

As I was just waking up this morning, I hear Blake say, "Griff shut up! If mom wakes up we'll have to go to church."

We Are SOOOO Good Lookin'!

I told the boys that if they had good reports at their parent/teacher conferences I would take them to PF Changs for dinner. We didn't really want to drive that far today, so we said we could try Takara instead if that would be ok with them, and it was. So we were off to let the kids try Sushi.


When we got there and sat down, Blake looked up at the bar (they make the rolls back there) and he goes, "Hey! Are those guys Mexicans?" and Ben goes, "No, they're Japanese." So Blake says, "I know! I've seen him before! He is in 'Wendy Wu, Homecoming Warrior"! I'm going to go get his autograph!"

They liked the edemame and the egg rolls the best. They also got teryaki chicken and beef. They were pretty good with the chop sticks though. They had the little helper things, so did Ben. But since they weren't huge fans, I told them we could still go to PF Changs. So if anyone else wants to join us let me know. We might as well fill a car up if we're going to go down there!

I let the boys decorate their rooms for Halloween again. I usually buy some cheapie stuff from Wal-mart or the dollar store and let them have at it. Believe it or not, it is hard for me to let them do that and give up the control, but they love it. FYI, Blake also picked the color of his room.

Dinosaur Park

On Wednesday, me and the boys, along with Brittni, Caleb, my mom, and Grandma Babe went to the Dinosaur Park. I haven't been there in 8 years or so and it has changed a lot. The boys loved it. Caleb, not so much, until we got outside. There was a stuffed buffalo thing that Blake would NOT get by because he thought it was real. There is a place upstairs that has BIG pupped dinosaur things and Blake thought they were real too. It could have been because some old man told him they were, so thanks, old guy! He took me up there and as we got to the doorway to go in and see them he pushed me (freakin hard) and said, "YOU GO!" It was so funny.
Outside Griff and Blake dug for dino bones. Griffen wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. But I can't convince him that he won't get to keep what he finds, so maybe when he comes to that realization, he will switch career paths. They had the outside decorated for Halloween. And they had headstones for me, my mom, Brittni, and Blake. Weird??

Party Animal

Griffen had a sleepover at a friends house last week and they stayed up ALL NIGHT. That morning he went to his cousins football game and just collapsed to the ground and slept under some chairs for the whole game. Then he had to go play a soccer game. (which he scored 2 goals in:)) After that they had a party to go to at the bowling alley. He was so tired. I've never seen him look like that. He has always wanted to stay up all night, but I don't think he'll do it again. At least not for a while.

SpongeBlakeBlueChin

After Blake got out of the shower the other day he was coloring in his room and I went in to tell him something and his chin was BLUE! I thought he must have got marker on it or something so I tried to wash it off, and it wouldn't come off. I asked him what happened and he didn't believe me so after he looked in the mirror, he said, "Some kid at school grabbed my chin with 2 fingers and slammed me into the ground." I'm all, "Ya, right. Blake what happened?" "I fell off the monkey bars and hit a teeny tiny rock." so I said, "Whatever, you need to go to bed, so you can get up for school." he goes, "I can't go to school like this, I look like a freak show." I had to agree with him. I wouldn't go anywhere if my chin was blue. So Wednesday he stayed home and by that night it was still pretty blue, and he didn't want to go back yet, so he stayed home Thursday also. He still wasn't ready to go back on Friday, but he had to because I had to go to work. I just sat down and asked him, "Ok, were you squeezing your chin?" , "No", "Was someone else squeezing your chin?", "No.", "Well was someone sucking on your chin?", "No, but a cup was." I'm all, "A cup?!?" And he says, "Ya, you know, those Chili's cups?" Finally the story comes out. I had given them some m&m's after school in those blue cups and they get to watch TV for an hour when they get home. So he must have eaten the candy and then sucked the cup to his chin for the whole time. What a dork. I guess that's what we get for taking those little cups!

Tonight at dinner Griff said, "Blake look at that huge spider behind you!" Blake slowly picked up every piece of steak he had and turned around only when all pieces were gripped in his chubby little hands. I was all, "What are you doing?" and he said, "Griff was just going to take my steak." Griff exclaimed, "Dang, you're getting smart!"