Yet Another "From the Mouth of Mikey"

So, as I was getting ready for school this morning, the whole family was in our bedroom. Kristy was trying to squeeze in a little bit more sleep, Luke was drinking a bottle and mostly watching a show, and Mikey was following me around, asking questions about everything in the world, as he tends to do. At one point, he asked if he would be able to go to my school when he gets bigger. I told him that that would be great (he already knows that Cougars are awesome and Utes are weak-sauce). I then told him that maybe he could follow in Daddy's and his Great-Grandpa's (Great-Grandpa Moss) footsteps and become a prosecutor (assuming I can get a job at some point). He then informed us that he would need his magnifying glass if he was going to be following Great-Grandpa's footprints. Elementary, my dear Watson. Why didn't I think of that?

Pumpkins and Trick-or-Treating!

The boys got to go Trick-or-Treating twice and they certainly had twice the fun. On Friday night we did Trunk-or-Treating where Luke was introduced to the activity for the first time. His cute little voice trying to say "trick or treat" and "thank you" was just the cutest thingThen they went out again on Saturday. Luke had not forgotten and again, loved it. I wish I had gotten a better picture of these two ready to go out, but I could barely get them both in the frame long enough to take it! Luke is actually starting to walk toward me in this picture.

Mikey and Luke were so excited about carving their pumpkins. (Note: "carving pumpkins" means daddy drawing the faces on paper until Mikey approved and then daddy carving the pumpkins according to said drawings.)

Though I didn't get the best pictures of Mikey and Luke just before they went out, I did get this video which more than makes up for the lack of pictures.

Halloween Party

To start off the serious Halloween celebrating, my mom had a party on Tuesday where costumes were (supposedly) required (though some got in without--you know who you are!!) The kids all loved it and we all had so much fun.

Mikey has known for two months that he wanted to be a Knight and we have the cutest shark costume that we got in Florida when Mikey was Luke's age.

So I was a princess to go with Mikey's Knight.

And Lance was a snorkeler to go with Luke's shark.

Mikey and Ben NEVER get enough of each other so they were glued at the hip all night and loving each others' costumes.

This is almost all of the grand kids: Princess Caroline, Shark Luke, Princess Amanda, Peacock Abigail, Knight Mikey, Cowboy Ben, Indian Kate and Indian Anna. We were only missing the two newest babies, William (one month) and Olivia (11 months).

Heather and Herb's family won with the best family themed costumes. How cute are these Cowboys and Indians! Seriously!

Peacock Abigail with her new baby brother William and Mama.

After dinner there were tons of fun games for the kids. I didn't take pictures of everything, but this was my favorite picture--Mikey getting ready to pounce on the doughnut!

Yet Another "From the Mouth of Mikey"

Quick Daddy Moment: So, we all went to our ward Trunk-or-Treat on Friday night, and both boys had a ton of fun. As soon as Luke saw that people were putting candy into his bucket, you could only have gotten it from him by prying it from his cold, dead fingers. As for Mikey, he knew what to expect, and loved every minute of it. Unfortunately, since we were only using the parking lot, the church building itself was all locked up. For those of you familiar with recently potty-trained three-year-olds, potty emergencies don't leave you with a lot of time to respond. So, after trying a few of the church doors and realizing that we were going to have a problem VERY soon, I tucked Mikey under my arm like a football and ran across the street to the vacant lot there. I told him we were going to sneak over and potty in the field, and he thought that was great. Then, as I was holding him in the superman position to prevent water damage to his pants or shoes, he turned to me and said, "Daddy, do you think the farmer will be mad?" I almost dropped him, I was laughing so hard. Priceless, that kid.