NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!

I know I haven't updated for a couple of weeks and even though I don't have any pictures (no cameras allowed) to share, I have to post an update because I KNOW that many of you are anxiously awaiting the New Kids post! :) The concert was an absolute blast! I knew it was going to be great and that I would LOVE it, but not even I realized how much I would love it. I almost couldn't go because Haleigh and Ashton both had a touch of the stomach flu the morning of and I went back and forth about what a terrible mother I would be if I left them home with a babysitter while I went and rocked out with the New Kids, but fortunately by the time I had to leave they were both doing way better. The concert was a great mix of the old and new. They did all their old choreography (and if you were anything like me you had it all memorized:) ) with their old songs and the crowd was crazy. It was so fun to see all the fans that are now my age and still screaming like little girls. It was hilarious because most everyone had a New Kids shirt on (some even had buttons and dolls with them), but they also had a beer in their hand and a ring on their finger! Much different from the first time around when their parents were holding their hands! New Kids were my first concert when I was 12 or so, so it was a blast to see them again. Only this time around my dad wasn't there pacing around the arena trying to find a place where the screams weren't so loud it would make his ears bleed. It was a good thing he wasn't there this time because he probably would have had the same problem. There was a point (during Hangin' Tough) that my mom actually held on to me because the stands were rocking so much she felt like we were going to fall! To wrap it all up, I have one thing to say to Erika......Joey is still mine, so you will still have to choose another! :)

"YES WE CAN"

Yipee for Obama!!! Great to know that we aren't going to have to move out of the country! :) How great to witness history in the making! We let Haleigh stay up a little late to be with us even though she couldn't understand any of it! At least we can write it in her baby book. Ashton had to go to bed, but when it was over we tried to sneak into his room for a picture, but he woke up. Oh well, it was worth it! For some reason all through the night the song that was going through my head was "oh oh child, things are going to get easier", now I know why! GO OBAMA! :) :) :)

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treating was so much fun this year! Haleigh really got into it, saying "trick or treat", "thank you" and finishing it off with a "happy Halloween". Only sometimes she would get mixed up and when they would open the door she would say "happy Halloween" and when she was walking away she would turn and say "trick or treat". So cute.

Ashton was a cow for his first Halloween. He was basically along for the ride so his big sister could load up on candy. Studying the ways for next year!


Haleigh was a "princess riding a pony". This was her request and luckily enough there was the perfect costume at Target. She put her legs into the back so it looked like she was riding. She had a lot of compliments through out the night!

So much candy she could barely hold onto the bucket!

Pumpkin Carving/Painting

Haleigh had so much fun carving the pumpkin! As always we had her draw a face on it and Rigel cut it out. This year she drew "the hundred eyed pumpkin", although it only had 5 eyes!

Haleigh giving Daddy specific instruction on how the pumpkin needed to be cut (she gets this from Mommy :) )

Even though the top was off we still couldn't see into the pumpkin. The walls were super thick with very little goopy insides. We didn't even get to keep any of the seeds :(

The beginnings of the "hundred eyed pumpkin"

We couldn't leave Ashton out.....he was dying to get his hands in it!



The finished product
Phase 2 of pumpkin night is painting the "princess pumpkins" This was my trick to getting her to leave the pumpkin patch.....on the way out she could pick out a couple of "princess pumpkins". Slap the word princess in front of anything and suddenly it is a million times better and more exciting! :) Parenting a 4 year old girl 101!