The Greatest Show

Tai's favorite show is The Greatest Showman so while we were brainstorming costume ideas surrounding Kolt's lion, we landed on the circus freaks from one of our favorite movies!

Tai is Anne Wheeler, the trapeze artist.

The World's Strongest Man

The Circus Lion

BANANA!

I love Halloween so much! Look how much fun happiness it brings. Like how does anyone hate Halloween?!

All my babies have now worn this lion costume. We did Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My, Wizard of Oz and the Circus so we about exhausted it. Loved doing it every time too.

When Kasen said he wanted to be a banana, I found Kolt a chicken costume because he is OBSESSED with the Chicken Banana song! They danced all night in these costumes, I loved watching them! It was hilarious.

By the end of the night Kasen told me that he should have put a green sign on him that said, "Pretend I'm a pickle" haha That would have been so funny!

We went to watch the kids Costume Parade at the school with Grandma Annette, my favorite part of Halloween! And this is how Kolt watched it with us.

I helped with both Kasen and Kohen's class parties. My group played Don't Eat Pete!

Then when we got home we had soup, sweet cornbread and Witches Brew Root Beer for dinner before going out to Trick-or-Treat.

I don't think I have seen so many full size candy bars in all of my years trick or treating combined as I did tonight! My kids got like 10 each. They got ramen noodles and a hot wheel car too. And Kolt even made it walking with us the whole night! 

Kyle finally carried him home after the last house and he said, "sleep dad hat." 

Such a great day!

Happy Halloween!

October

This month I took Kasen on a date to a John Williams laser light show at the Central Elementary Space Center and he LOVED it! We also stopped at Purple Turtle on the way home.

I also tried a new soup recipe per Kyle's request, Broccoli Cheese with homemade breadsticks too! Happy to eat leftovers every day too.

Kasen, Bentley and I ran the Haunted 5K together again this year! And we all did better than last year too. Kasen was out ahead of me well past the half way mark.

Bentley 24:55

Amber 34:25

Kasen 38:21

At the finish line I asked him if he wanted a banana and he said, "No, I'm not a cannibal!" Haha He's my favorite BANANA! When he asked if I was a minion I told him, "Heck Yes! Cause Minions LOVE Bananas!"

It was a crazy weekend that Kyle and I tag teamed. We were late everywhere we went, one thing starting before the last ended, but we did it! Thursday we had dentist appointments, piano and school pick up all happening at the same time. Friday I had to be to Lego League then Kohen's field trip, then drop the kids off at Lyndseys before my photo session. Saturday we all went to the 5K race, hurried back to the primary program practice, picked Kohen up early for Parkers birthday party, then Collins birthday party, another photo session and back to Krista's for a girls night! Sunday Kolt and I got to watch everyone in the primary program, missed Ashton's Homecoming talk, but we still went to welcome him back home right after. 

And the kids did great in their Primary Program minus Kohen apparently swinging his leg up over the front rostrum during it and Kasen being nervous about his accidentally too short hair cut. ALWAYS double check your clipper length, especially when you're getting ready for picture retakes the next day! Oops

I'm not trying to glamorize being busy, but I am proud of us for being there to support everyone and show up when it matters.

We got Booed!

And Kyle cleaned out the garden. The gazebo shades it too much for most of what Kyle planted to grow, but we got our Halloween pumpkins and sunflower seeds from our giant sunflowers (not really sure what to do with them)!

All I really want are a ton of strawberries so I can make homemade strawberry jam someday. Besides that I don't feel like the price of planting a garden is worth it. I don't enjoy tending to it either. Weeding gardens or flower beds is not my thing. I have too many chores inside my house to worry about, to want to spend any more time weeding outside. The only landscaping I want is lush, soft grass. Which is good because I actually do like mowing the lawn!

Monday, The kids had fun carving their pumpkins. We had to convince Kasen that the side of his pumpkin that the potato bugs ate looked like zombie brains and then he was willing to carve it.

He carved it without putting his hands inside it too. He won't put his hands in to touch the guts. Kyle told him if he ever gets a deer on the hunt that he'd have to gut it though... Kasen says he'll just miss then!

Tuesday our ward had a Trunk-or-Treat again! Our family dressed up as Greatest Showman circus freaks, with Banana Kasen. I guess I wasn't very easily recognized as the Bearded Lady though cause a couple kids thought I was Jesus... Haha

Kolt loves candy and Kyle loves Kolt's blue eyeballs!

I love our Circus. It's crazy, it's fun and it's full of laughs.

THIS is the Greatest Show to have a front row seat for.