Halloween Night

Blakeslie was a Wildcat Cheerleader from the movie High School Musical. She is obsessed with the movie and even Chip and I can sing every lyric to every song. The CD is on repeat in both cars. It is a little out of control, but it is fun. Mayzie was an ear of Corn. Chip and I had a great time creating her costume. For those of you who don’t know Blakeslie called Mayzie Corn the entire time she was in my tummy. The whole neighborhood knew about it and for several weeks after she was born people would ask about Baby Corn. Therefore, we had to make her an ear of corn for her first Halloween. She looked pretty ridiculous, but it made us laugh. Trick-or-Treating was awesome! We went around the circle with the Zolman kidos. They had a great time running between the houses. All the adults had a hard time keeping up. Afterward, we went over to the Harris’. Blakeslie invited everyone we saw on the streets over to her cousins. She would say, “Come over to my cousins, they are really nice.” It was a great Halloween- I was sad to have October over.

Halloween Count Down

The Bean had a good time counting down to Halloween. Everyday we would decorate a bat, pumpkin, or ghost and hang it on the haunted house. We painted, colored, sparkled and stickered (mostly High school Musical stickers) to decorate the pieces. She was very proud of her finished product.

Halloween Cookies

Blakeslie and I had a great time making Halloween cookies. Her favorite part is mixing the batter and rolling it out. She kept saying, “I‘m the rolling girl- that’s my job.” (I promise she has her own bowl and dough that she rolls out. She did not “help” with the cookies we took around to everyone.)

Jack-O-Lantern

Blakeslie and Dad carved pumpkins. She thought it was pretty slimy and didn’t love it at first.

Preschool Party

Blakeslie’s Preschool Halloween party was a hit. She decided to go as a witch. When I dropped her off all her little friends ran up to her. They were all so excited. The little boy named Trey who just adores Blakeslie ran up screaming, “I’m a monkey, I’m a monkey, you’re a witch, you’re a witch!” She just loves school and her little friends.

BarnYard Boooooooooooo

We went to Thanksgiving Point, Barnyard Boo, with Mike and Lynna. It was a great time. Blakeslie rode the ponies at least 5 times and loved her balloon sword.

Mayzie's 2 Month check-up

Mayzie’s 2 month appointment pictures. The Doctor said everything looked great and that she was in the 75% for height and weight. What a chunk- you grow girl!!!

Newport Oregon/ Crab Island

Our trip to Newport was amazing. Oregon was so beautiful and the weather was out of control great. It only rained on us one day out of eight- that is unheard of! We stayed in a little condo on the Yaquina Bay. It had a beautiful view of the bridge and was close to the historic waterfront road. It was a fun experience to be in such a unique place. The town and people were just like you would see in a movie of an old fishing town. We would have loved to just sit and people watch, but there was too much to do.

Crabbing was probably the best part of the trip. Chip bought a crab pot and joined the locals. It was amazing how easy it was. He would just throw the pot in and 10 minutes later he would pull it up with 5-10 crabs in it. Blakeslie absolutely loved the whole experience. It was like fishing, only gratifying- we actually caught stuff! The club house had a place to cook the crabs so we would take our butter and eat them hot and fresh. I thought Blakeslie would have trouble eating them since she named every one that we caught. (Sally, Lightning McQueen, Crunchy, Red, and Sonji- just to name a few) She liked the meat so I guess she didn’t mind. By the end of the week Blakeslie stopped calling it Oregon and instead called it Crab Island. She sang a song she knows called Pig Island and changed the words to “Crab Island, Crab Island- what a wonderful place to be.” She was right!

We were lucky to have such great weather so we hung out at the beach a lot. Blakeslie loved the tide pools, playing in the sand, and flying her new Ollie the Octopus kite.

On Wednesday we went north to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. It was so fun to watch the assembly line and taste all the cheese. The drives up and back were fun to see all the beautiful scenery and to check-out all the personalities of the little cities.

We stopped at all the lighthouses that were along the coast. They were fun to explore and because the weather was so clear we could see forever up the coast. The best part of visiting the Yaquina Head Lighthouse was the discovery of the Wholly Bears. They were fuzzy caterpillars that were all over the grounds. Blakeslie fell in love with them.

To all the Allreds and Benchs- recognize this:
We couldn’t believe this when we saw it on our drive up the coast. It was a little pancake restaurant. That book has been pulled off the shelves- but we weren’t really surprised to see this. Some parts of this strange place were very backwards.

If you would like to see the pictures please click on the album below

Little Black Sambo

One day we went to another little bay south of Newport where the crabbing was suppose to be even better. (I don’t know how it could get any better, but we tried it anyway.) Chip didn’t have much luck. Instead, he walked away with a new nickname. Blakeslie started calling him “Seaweed King,” because all he would pull up was gobs of seaweed. Chip blamed it on the changing tide, but we thought it was pretty funny!

On our adventure south we also found these random gigantic wood cutouts. We couldn’t pass up a picture.

We also explored the Newport Aquarium, the Waterfront Street with the seals, and the condo’s indoor pool.

We truly had a blast on our trip. We can’t wait to go back- we are already craving crab and Mo’s famous clam chowder. We highly recommend visiting this fun, beautiful, and unique place.

Halloween Party

We had a little Halloween Party with Blakeslie’s friends. They all looked so cute and had a great time. We tried to play some games and do a necklace craft, but most of them were more interested in playing on the castle bed. We had Mummy Hotdogs, spider Jello, and witch fingers for lunch. Blakeslie said it was a fun time and her favorite part was the witch cake. That made it all worth it.

Masks

Blakeslie loved these little junky masks. She had one on at least once a day. She even took a couple to show and tell at preschool. Mayzie didn’t mind having them on, so we kept playing around. I couldn’t stop laughing at the two of them.

My Little Pumpkins!

I tried Blakeslie’s first Halloween costume on Mayzie. She wasn’t too sure about it. Then we tried it on Blakeslie. It was hilarious!

Scarecrow Festival

We went to The Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point. We had a blast. There were all kinds of fun things for Blakeslie to do. She loved the blow-up toys and train the most. Mayzie loved her comfortable ride in the stroller.

Dad's Girls!

Chip and his girls! He is such a great Dad!!!

Camping Trip to Southern Utah

I took Blakeslie with the Harris Clan to Dead Horse Point in Southern Utah. We visited Arches National Park and Canyon Lands National Park just outside of Moab. Blakeslie loved getting dirty and “sleeping” in the tent with Dad. On the way down and back I got to listen to High School Musical over and over and over again to a point where I actually dreamt about the D*** songs! “We are all in this together!”

The Perfect Pumpkin!

Blakeslie went on a fieldtrip for preschool to Hee Haw Farms. They got a tour of the farm animals and the pumpkin patch. She got to pick out her own pumpkin. She thought her's was the most beautiful pumpkin ever. She would say, “It is so cute and it has a perfect stem.”

Halloween PJs

Blakeslie is so good with Mayzie. All she does is love on her. I was so nervous about how everything would work, but so far it has been nothing but fun!

October 7th Photo Album

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Halloween Gingerbread House

And I wonder why my child has so much energy!