Our Graveyard!

Our lovely HOA, yelled at us because we had dead grass in the front yard.  So we used it to our advantage for this Halloween season.  We...Mr. E.....cleared out the grass.  We weren't sure when the new sod was coming, but found out today that it'll be here Tuesday.  We needed to find a way to keep the trick o treaters out of the dirt and spice it up a bit.  We took our bones and scattered them in the dirt.  Then we got caution tape to put around it.  I said we needed tombstones...My husband lies here;o)..... but Mr. E thought it should look like we excavated the bones out.  His idea was easier, but I thought we should add a shovel for the full effect.  Here is our scary graveyard.

Happy Mischief Night.....Don't get into too much trouble!

Babies, Babies, and a Lucky Mom ;)

Well what was three went to two went to one.  Remember my birthday party in August with the 3 pregnant ladies, and then R popped a beautiful baby boy.  Well my friend and blogger buddy T had her gorgeous daughter 3.5 weeks early!!!!!  Lucky girl!!!

Little Isa was so sweet and tiny, but healthy:)  Mom was looking great!  She was concerned she wouldn't look as good as we did when we had babies ;)  I think every Mom has a happy glow after giving birth.  The pure happiness does wonder to the skin!  Her Husband S was already a pro at getting Little Isa into a burrito and calming her down.  Look how proud he is ;)  You know what they say A Little Girl Always Loves her Daddy the Most ;)

My group of teacher friends, better known as the Yayas, were there.  So of course we needed a group shot.  And I definitely needed to hold Little Isa and all her sweetness!  
Do I have baby fever??????  Can I guarantee the baby to be a girl and deliver a healthy baby early????  If yes, then sign me up!!!

It's a Noggin Halloween!

Last night we continued one of our favorite holiday competitions...I mean traditions :)  Mr. E and I started carving pumpkins our first year dating and have been carving them ever since.  We have started to get a little bit competitive with our designs and they have gotten better and better each year.  Back in the early years we made the common jack o 'lantern with triangle eyes and nose and a goofy grin.  Then we started with easy patterns that were given in the pumpkin carving kit.  And then we moved onto more difficult patterns that we got off the internet (for free of course).  In order to do intricate designs you need pumpkin carving tools which we add to our collection every year after Halloween.  We have fancy knifes and a huge pumpkin scraper.  Well this year we decided to do carve designs that Little Lion would like and recognize.  That would be Dora the Explorer and Moose A. Moose.  Nickjr.com had patterns, but after looking at them, you'd have to have specific tools and be very careful to not break the pumpkin since it had such skinny cutouts.  We were up for the challenge.  I decided to make Dora.  I thought hmmmm I'm going to tweak the stencil by making the cutouts bigger to allow more light through and it'd be harder to break the pumpkin.  Mr. E said he had an idea and was going to try it the way it was given.  I thought to myself, "Yes My pumpkin will be better than his!!!"  Guess what Mr. E goes and gets??? His dremmel (sp) power tool!!!!!  I think he cheated ;)  Here are the final products.

Who made the better pumpkin???????

No I Don't Like Candy Corn

If you have a toddler then you know what I'm talking about!  Noggin the preschool channel has 2 characters that introduce shows and do little skits.  They are Moose A Moose and Zee.  Little Lion LOVES Moose and Zee.  He will stop whatever he is doing to STARE at the TV.  Yes we watch TV here....pass me the Mother of the Year Award ;)
Well for the month of October their little song is No, I don't like Candy Corn. Boy is it a catchy diddy! I've been singing it everyday...ALL DAY! Mr. E even knows the words. Here is the video...enjoy. I warn you it is addictive!

We LOVE Halloween!!

Yes 2 posts in a few days!  What can I say....we LOVE Halloween here.  It all started a few years ago when our neighbors went crazy with Christmas lights.  The neighbor even put in extra outlets to work with his *display*.  He had the entire house lit up with a blow up Santa and reindeer on the roof and xmas trees lining the driveway with light up presents under them.  It was like living next to the Griswalds!  Our one string of lights didn't even compare.  Now if you know my husband you know that he is competitive!  Of course we couldn't compete with Christmas, which started our Halloween decorating tradition :)  We add a little every year....after Halloween when it's 50% off.  Here is the inside of the house....we only do the front room since that's all the trick or treaters can see.  Mr. E thought I was demented hanging the bears, but hey it's supposed to be scary ;)

Here is the outside...the real head turner.  Whoooooooooo  SCARY!!!!!



As you can see we have pumpkin patch with bones and skulls scattered around.  Also we have blinking eyes looking at you in the bushes.  There is a huge spider in the window and skulls in the others staring at you.  And my favorite, Marcus the Carcass, buried in the stones trying to get out.  However, the scariest part is hovering above the garage....
Little Lion loves looking at him surprisingly and likes to give high fives to Marcus.  Halloween will sure be a favorite for the whole family...now if only LL would wear his costume ;)

More Halloween Fun

Yesterday we ventured over to SeaWorld for their Halloween activities.  It was cute!  They had lots and lots of candy to give away....good stuff too like Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids and some random stuff too like bananas and peanuts.  They had fish themed characters along the way that you could get your picture with and a DJ spinning Halloween hits.  Little Lion was not a fan of the characters, but we did get a picture with a fishy pumpkin.  Sorry for the bad quality since it's from Mr. E's phone.
Today I decided I should figure out what Little Lion should be for Halloween. Now you know that I'm a bargain shopper and yes I bought LL a costume after Halloween last year. However, I"m not sure what I was thinking cuz it's a 12-18 month size. I guess the bargain got the best of me :) I thought I'll try it on for fun and here's how cute he was.



He's a stinky kid!!!!! It is pretty cute for the bargain bottom price of $3 ;)  But as you can tell LL was not fond of the costume especially the head piece.  So I'm not sure if that is what he'll be....I have a few other cheap ideas up my sleeve.

And for fun.  Here are my favorite Halloween costumes from 2 years ago.  Mr. E was the headless horseman and I was his pumpkin head....or should I say Little Lion was his pumpkin head ;)

Halloween is only 12 days away....Are you ready?????

Pumpkin Fun!

Well it's that time of year again...FALL.  Now fall in Florida is wonderful!  Granted we don't have changing leaves, but we do have gorgeous weather....low 80's and sunny!  So our fall pictures usually contain Little Lion in shorts and tshirts.  Today was no exception.  We had a beautiful day out.  The local MOM'S group met at the pumpkin patch for a story and pumpkin decorating.  I thought great, I'll get super pictures.  Somethings I learned....Little Lion doesn't want to sit next to pumpkins for a pictures and he doesn't like sitting in hay for a story.  All of these things combined make LL not happy :(  So I didn't get any super pictures, but here are a few.

And just for fun....here are some pictures at the same pumpkin patch last year. Notice he sits still here :) He's gotten sooooo big!!!!

Kauai Trip final update...better late than never :)

Sorry I've been a bad blogger!  We got home on Tuesday, but boy oh boy are we tired!!!  Combining a red eye flight with a 6 hour time change makes life difficult with Little Lion.  He still hasn't gotten on a normal daytime schedule yet!  Hopefully in a few days ;)  Ok onto the good stuff!!!!

WAIMEA CANYON "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific" 

 We drove 2 hours to the end of the highway which coincidently is only a few miles from where we stayed just the highway doesn't go completely around the island.  It was beautiful!  We were 4,000 feet up.  Along the drive there were various lookout points which we stopped at.  These pictures really do it no justice!  

Notice in the 3rd picture that you can't tell where the ocean ends and the sky begins!!  The last picture is of my Dad walking into the mountain which is covered by a cloud :)

QUEEN'S BATH **Mr. E's Favorite Spot***

Queen's bath is a pool of ocean water that was formed by lava rock.  It was a hike to get down there and then a hike over lava rock.  Little Lion didn't come with us since we wouldn't have made it (thanks to T for the tip).  However, the hike passed a beautiful waterfall that we took advantage of after swimming/jumping into the bath.  You first come across a large very scary lagoon.  The tide was high and the ocean was fierce making the waves coming in fast and strong.  When they did they created a waterfall in this lagoon.  Also when a wave came in the water level rose 5 feet.  

It looked awesome and we were in awe watching the waves come in.  Shortly after arriving a couple of  YOUNG teenagers came and started jumping into the lagoon.  If I was their mother, I would have had a heart attack!!!!

**All 3 of these pictures are of the same location**See the difference in water level between the 1st and 2nd picture.  See the kids standing under the waterfall.  When a wave comes in the water level is ABOVE their heads while standing in the same place.  They were jumping off the cliffs at least 30 feet into this pool!!  And of course Mr. E needed to show his manhood and *had* to jump in.  It didn't help that these tweens told him that the "OLD PEOPLE one is farther down."  I begged and pleaded him not too, but he didn't care.  So he jumped in at the safer (if that is even possible) end.

He survived....thankfully ;)  Then we headed over to the "older people one" ie the real queen's bath ;)  I guess I'm old people because I was brave enough to jump in.  This was only 10-15 feet up.

 



You felt like you were on the edge of the world :) What paradise!!!

HELICOPTER RIDE **with door OFF!!!***

Let me start out saying if I was in charge of taking pictures during the helicopter ride, we would have ZERO pictures!  It was SCARY!!!!!  I was holding on for dear life!  Yes I was wearing a seatbelt and I know that's not possible and the company is very safe, but I felt very unsecured!  It was the most breathtaking thing I've ever done as well!  I would recommend it highly...maybe with the doors on though ;)  We saw over a 100 waterfalls and fantastic scenery!

Do you see that you have to wear life preservers around your waist and my lovely hair blown hair :)

LYDGATE PARK

This was Little Lion's favorite beach because of the Keikei lagoon.  He also became a little daredevil like his father and cliff dived :)

SUNSETS

Our condo was the best place to watch sunsets on Bali Hai which was named from the movie shot there "South Pacific."

 

A GREAT FAMILY VACATION
On a end note......A FUN SHOT OF ME..... at lunch at Ziplining

Where should we go next??????