Halloween, and 'darn it....'

Paige knew she wanted to be a pumpkin as soon as she saw this costume, but Cam was a little more difficult. He really wanted to be a ninja, but I'm not into fighting and swords and stuff, so I said no. I had said okay to a skeleton and then we found the best feather boa I have ever seen in my life and Cam said he wanted to use it to make a Mikey the Bird costume. I haven't finished it yet, but here is a good idea of what it will look like. Mom is going to make his hood with a beak and proper Mikey parrot colors.

Here is Paigie in her pumpkin. It's very cute! Notice Genevieve in the background, full of class. :)


The other day, Paige had a stuffed shark and was running around the house singing the Jaws theme song, but saying "Darn it... Darn it... Darn it" She insists that sharks say "Darn it".

Yesterday, their grandma came and picked them up and kept them until dinner time. I didn't know what to do with myself when I first came home! They went to two cemeteries to take pictures of a couple of headstones she needed pictures of and then they went to the movie store and had lunch with great grandma and played and played and then they came home. They sure slept well last night!

A few Alaska photos..

Back from vacation and Paige is THREE!!

Paige turned three yesterday! Happy birthday, Paigie. Cameron picked out a cute little bear that sits in a boat that Paige can pull around, Grandma Patty gave her the Ariel bike, her daddy and I gave her some arts and crafts and coloring books, Gramma and Papa gave her a cute little doll named Lili and she also got some penguin books, a beautiful dress with a kerchief for her hair that matches and a My Little Pony that changes colors when ice is applied. We had a party on the beach in Mukilteo and she loved it. I'm glad because she sure does hate the Edmonds beach even though it has the best crabs and sea life. Gramma also made cupcakes with marshmallow penguins on top. Paige had a pretty great day.

Vacations were really good. We spent the first week on the Sun Princess cruise ship to Alaska. We went with my parents and the kiddos. The ship stopped in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria. It also sailed into a fjord with a magnificent glacier at the end of it. I have some awesome pictures to share!

The second week, the kids stayed in Wenatchee with their grandparents and played with their neighbor kids. Jeff and I stayed at the Ritz-Carlton on Grand Cayman and went diving in some of the most beautiful water ever. We saw some really cool things - a shark, lobster, huge angelfish, giant tarpin, stingrays, conch and a seahorse. The Ritz was amazing. I suppose you'd expect that from the Ritz, but WOW. I was not disappointed. They just happened to have a Tiffany's in the hotel (how convenient is that?) and I got a beautiful silver necklace there. (Thanks, Jeffy!)

We came home and Mom stayed with us for another week because she had a training over here and now everything is back to normal. It was a great three weeks and I wish I could do it again next month.

Pictures later.