We celebrated Halloween with a fun few days in Las Vegas first. We had a couple of free hotel nights that had to be used by November so we took the boys and had a fun vacation with just the four of us. Unfortunately our camera broke the first day we were there so I don't have any pictures to document the occasion, but we had fun going to the M&M factory (have you tried the new coconut M&M's? They are SO good!), Coke factory, Hard Rock Cafe, Shark Reef, saw the movie "Where the Wild Things Are," amongst seeing a few of the hotels and eating yummy food! The highlight was actually the night we went out to see the volcano at the Mirage and the fountains at the Bellagio. The boys just loved that- except Ethan was scared of the volcano. We went down last Tuesday and came back Friday night, just in time to escape the crazy's arriving for Halloween weekend!
For Halloween this year, the boys dressed up as matching vampires. I have a really cute monkey costume, that was Aidan's, for Ethan to wear but couldn't pass up him being a vampire with his long hair. My parents and Anson and Julia came over before for chili and then we all went out trick or treating. The boys had a great time- it was especially fun to see Ethan get into the spirit of it. Between the vacation and Halloween they've been tired and cranky for a few days but we're starting to come down from all of it and get back on a normal schedule again.
We're looking forward to a visit from Brett's mom for Thanksgiving, so we're busy working on the house to finish up some projects before she gets here. We're painting and decorating the boy's rooms, possibly building a new shoe shelf/bench to go under the coats, and trying to get the yard/garage/shed cleaned up and ready for winter. Lots to do! I'll post pictures as we finish things.
