Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pre-Halloween Excitement!



I am so excited about tomorrow! Halloween is definitly my favorite holiday. I love getting dressed up with Jack and going out with him. I love seeing how excited he gets when he's with his cousins and when he receives candy! This year he is going to be Buzz Lightyear, and I am going as Rex the dinosaur. Second-half cousin, Stefanie (Rich's grand-daughter for all you Reese's), made my costume from scratch and it is gorgeous! She is beyond talented and I can't wait to show all of you our costumes tomorrow. Kevin decided not to get dressed up this year. It's very hard to find a costume for someone who is 6'5". I may make him wear funny glasses or kitty ears though. Poor guy.

The Passion Party business is booming in Oregon... FINALLY! No more trips to Reno for parties!! I had a great party in Madras which is about an hour away. The girl found me on craigslist.com and contacted me. From her party I booked two more parties, and from there it's just spread. All the parties are in Madras, however, a one hour drive is much more doable than an eight hour drive. To get some new customers, I made these fabulous goodie bags for selected moms that come to the door. I'll explain to them I'm a consultant for Passion Parties and would like to offer them a goodie bag with perfume samples, candy, and catalogs. That way I'm not pushing it on people who aren't interested and I don't waste money on giving women something they will just throw away.

GrAuntie Michele has been the Halloween hook up this year! She got Jack the most adorable Halloween pajamas. Getting him to pose for a picture in them has not been very successful though. He loves being naked lately so getting him to keep anything on is quite the task. She also got him cute skeleton glow-in-the-dark gloves for tomorrow night so his lil' paws don't freeze. The weather here has been quite cold and even snowed last week.




Jack has been quite busy with soccer. He is now in his 4th season and has been moved up to a bigger kid's class since he tends to be a little bit more... competitive. He's doing an amazing job and has truly come a long way. Soccer really has helped him focus and listen to instructions. I plan to have him continue with soccer for as long as possible. When he is 4 though, he can do karate and football! I have quite a sports career planned out for him!


I hope all of you have a wonderful Halloween. I'll be sure to post photos for all of you!


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The "Rules"


So my mom informed me tonight that my last blog entry does not count. She says anything that has already been posted on my facebook does not count towards a blog entry if I put it on here. To that I say to her, "Mother, here's a picture of the cat."



Enjoy.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Big Fluffy Pillow

This morning I woke up to MacGyver asleep on me. Then this evening Jack decides I look like a big pillow and crashes on me. Needless to say, I am one comfortable woman.





Saturday, October 9, 2010

Awwww!


The other night Kevin scored free tickets to a play called Love Letters. They were $75/piece but because he designed the program, they gave him two tickets for free. It was a lovely surprise to be able to go on a real date with him.

We both got dressed up and Nick came over to watch Jack for us. Originally I had asked Nick to take a photo of Kevin and I, but as soon as Jack saw the camera come out, he jumped in the picture. He's just like his mother... loves the camera!

The play was amazing. I laughed and cried. Afterwards, Kev took me out for ice cream. It was just so nice to get out of the house and have a real date-night. Kevin also scored free tickets to the movie theater so we're planning on going next month on another date-night.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Finger Painting



Last night we decided to have some art time with Jack. What started out with water coloring on paper turned into all of us being painted by sweet Jack! We had a blast!

Below I'm with Pippa and William. Nick and Laura let me babysit the kids the other night so we had a sparkle party which included tons of body glitter, Lady Gaga music, and dresses. Oliver was too tired to join us though.




2nd half-cousin Stefanie bought Jack a new Buzz Lightyear backpack! He likes to wear it in the front so he can store toys in it easily.