Fall Festival Fun

Tuesday evening Joe and I took the boys to a local church's fall festival. We went to the same fall festival last year and had such a good time. There was quit a line to get in but the boys kept us entertained...

As usual Westin was chewing on something...

Seriously, how cute is he?!!

Devin was so excited!

Corbin can't stand to wait in lines. (I wonder where he gets that from?) He kept telling us "GO! GO! GO!"

"CANDY!"

"CHEESE!" I have no idea what he is doing, he is such a goof!

My mom decided to come out, she was on "Westin Duty" so Joe and I could do all the activities with Devin and Corbin. Do you see that SWEET smile on Westin's face? He loves me!

Here is Devin and Evan, they are BFFs!

My Mario was sooooo cute!

Luigi, eating more candy...

Devin is such a good big brother! (and Corbin loves how much his brother dotes on him!)

My girlfriend, Missy, and her son, Evan, met us there. Corbin was fascinated with his costume.

They had a ton of carnival games for the kids to play

Corbin had a mini meltdown...all of the sugar he consumed may have had something to do with that... He has the cutest pouty lip when he cries!

(do you see how thrilled Joe looks)

Go Devin!

Go Corbin!

Snow White was handing out candy

So was Cinderella

Westin PASSED out. Such a sweet baby.

Evan is such a cutie!

Missy and Evan, we are so glad they were able to come with us!

GG insisted on stopping for a picture

Joe is such an amazing father. It is so HOT that he is a good dad!

Baby boy woke up and was ready to go!

The boys rode the swings, you can't really tell from this pic but Devin was holding Corbin's hand so he wouldn't be scared. So sweet!

They had a blast!

Corbin just slouched down in the corner and giggled the entire ride.

Time to go home...

We had such a good time and look forward to next year's festival!

Wordless Wednesday

Super Mario Bros. Halloween

Costumes are done! When I set out to make costumes this year I fully intended to "make" every part of them. I came across a picture online of some kids in jean overalls as part of their costume and I loved it! I think that it looks more modern and much more put together this way. The ONLY place I could find long sleeve shirts in red and green was Land's End website. The shirts were $8.50 a piece and I plan on doing some sort of Christmas applique on them after Halloween. The overalls were a pain to find! Corbin's were easy, you can find size 2T anywhere but 4T, for Devin, were another story! I finally found them on Ebay, I like that they are a different color than Corbin's just like the real Mario and Luigi.

I didn't have a pattern for a hat so I had to make one. They took me about an hour a piece to make.

They look adorable on them!

To cover up the button hooks, and to add a cartoon feel, I cut out circles of stiff felt and attached them with large safety pins. After Halloween I am going to sell the overalls to a kids secondhand store so I didn't want to permanently attach anything them.

And here is little Westin's Toadstool costume. I bought him a white long sleeve onsie and white pants. Again, I am going to decorate them somehow for Christmas or Thanksgiving to get use out of them.

The jacket is made out of Fleece, I didn't even finish off the edges. The yellow trim is double fold bias tape that I sewed on.

This hat is PRECIOUS on him!!!!!! I didn't have a pattern for this hat either. I cut a large circle of white fleece and hand sewed 5 smaller red circles onto it. To make the band I measured his head and cut that length from the edge of the fleece so that there is the factory edge. This way I didn't have to use elastic to "synch" it. (Kids never leave on hats that have elastic in them!) Super simple!

I love their goody boxes! For these I got cardboard shipping boxes, taped the bottom like I would normally and cut off the top folds.

I think the pictures are pretty self explanatory on what I did. Foam sheets are awesome!!!!!

I didn't take a picture of it but I covered the very bottom of them with yellow duct tape to help protect them in case the kids set them down on something sticky or wet.

I wanted the boys to be able to tell whose was whose, because we all know how the "That's mine" game works. I covered the bottom of the inside with green and red, to match their costumes. (I also attached a piece of ribbon for a handle to match their costumes) Around the sides I covered it in black fleece, again to try and protect the cardboard. They are going to be using these on three different evenings so they can't fall apart on them the first night.

I am so pleased with how they turned out and can't wait to post pictures of them wearing them tomorrow evening!

Can you guess?

Halloween costumes are almost done! Can you guess what the boys are going to be????????

I remember when Super Mario Bros came out! Does that make me old? My parents got it for me and my sister for Christmas and we played it so much that we got blisters on our thumbs.

Devin is going to be Mario, Corbin will be Luigi and Westin the Toadstool. The boys are going to be ssssssoooooooooo cute in their costumes!!!

I Cheated!

The boys have been asking to make cupcakes and I felt a little lazy...so I cheated and pulled out the Pillsbury. Don't judge, you know you do it too.

I couldn't resist the cute cupcake wrappers from Target!

they get a kick out of watching the mixer

they love to help


or just to watch : )

time to bake

After dinner I let them decorate their own cupcakes

Mr. Serious took his time

while big brother was chowin down!

he loved every bite!

yum!

My love, aka my 4th child, even decorated his own.

(I'm sure he will love me so much for posting this picture. Jeremy, don't give him too hard of a time!)

I am starting to feel better...I hope this "yuck" doesn't last much longer, I am ready to get back to life! I don't know how I would have gotten thru these past few days with out all of Joe's help with the boys and chores around the house! I have the best husband EVER!!!!!!!!!!!