Happy Halloween 2011

I guess better late than never.
This year we didn't do a theme Halloween. I was a little bummed I didn't do it - I'll have to really make up for it next year - all I did this year was make Clare's dress. It did turn out adorable and she's worn it at least 4 or 5 days a week since Halloween. Here's pics of my cute Harry Potter, my darling Rapunzel and our sweetest cheeky monkey.

Carving Pumpkins
(How they really feel about gross pumpkin guts)
(And when I made them smile)


His first pumpkin!
Annual Halloween stew
Annual Halloween jammies
Our Vampire Pumpkins! How cute are these??!!
Harry Potter, Rapunzel, Cheeky Monkey!

My favorite thing Shea said today:

Shea: "That play they made us watch at school today was so boring. Seriously! So boring!"
Dad: "What was it?"
Shea: "It was like A Muppet Christmas Carol but with people."

11 months!

My sweetness

Hospital Trip 2011

We haven't been to the hospital yet this year. And here I was thinking we'd make it through this year without a trip!! Alas...

It's cold here and my kids are bored, so I promised them yesterday we'd go to this awesome indoor play place this afternoon. They have tons of trampolines and foam pits. A huge rock wall, etc. etc. We were having a great time when Shea fell off a platform while climbing up to trapeze into one of the pits.
He didn't loose consciousness, but I knew he was really hurt. I mean he's a pretty big wimp, but he was being even wimpier than normal and thankfully mom's know when things just aren't right! I was pretty sure he had a concussion so we headed up to the doctor's. So glad we did, he threw up right when we got there and a few more times after that - definite sign of a concussion. The Dr. confirmed it and sent us to the ER for a CT scan. (Anybody know how much one of those is going to cost?? - Yikes!!!) Thankfully the scan came out good. Concussion, but no serious brain injury.

Things Shea learned today: A liquid diet for 12 hrs rocks - milkshakes, milkshakes, milkshakes! A concussion is called a brain shake in German and Dutch (this is now his preferred term) and a concussion gets you out of school the next day (awesome) and out of PE for 2 weeks (not awesome).

Poor kid at home afterward clutching his hospital vomit bag and waiting for the Tylenol to kick in: