CJ's Corner of the World: Happy Halloween!

My little monsters spent a little time with me Saturday. Kaitlyn only had about an hour after basketball practice, which was just enough time to get a craft done.

We used a treat bag she'd gotten last year as our inspiration.

I cut out the hair, but the rest of the handiwork is hers.

When I told her we could sew the mouth, she said, "I call the pedal!"

And you're not going to believe this, but I couldn't find my camera. Ryan already had Nolan in the car seat, ready to get home and get K ready for a 1:00 birthday party. But I kept looking, because I'm stubborn that way. I sometimes hide my camera when I leave the house. (Robbers: Steal my computer, tv, whatever, but please don't find my camera!) And it would be a little counter-productive to leave myself a Post-it saying where I'd hidden it, so I often find myself looking for it. Ironically, it was where I usually put it, I just didn't see it the first time I looked.

I got Kaitlyn to stop for a quick picture while her daddy was waiting for her to leave. I reeeeally wanted a picture of K and Nolan together, too, but I didn't think Ryan would go for that...

Look at that sweet smile. Right. She could care less about the camera at this point. She's wanting to fish a pumpkin out of that jar of mixed candy you see there.
And she knows her daddy is waiting . . .
and Mommo is wasting her pumpkin digging time.
I've got her number.

Here's the back of her "card." Even though we're always telling each other "It doesn't have to be perfect!" ... and that usually works ... she wasn't pleased with her commas. She thought they looked too much like 1's. So we made a small, last-minute "repair" and we were good to go!

I don't have any pictures of Nolan from yesterday, but here's a couple from last week. He's growing like crazy! And smiling like crazy. And I promise you he was singing "Your are my Sunshine" with me! Such a shame there were no witnesses. ;)