Halloween Festivities

Halloween 2011 was our best yet! AJ is mobile enough to navigate trick-or-treating and Cienna is at the point where she can run house to house. It is fun for all! The highlight of Halloween was seeing Tony and Cienna on the 10 o'clock news. They filmed Tony passing out candy at our house with his big chubby cheeks beaming at the little ones as he tossed stuff into their bags. Then they showed Cienna trick-or-treating with our neighbor Amelia down the street. I am still trying to get my hands on a copy of the broadcast but for now, my DVR plays it at least once a day. It was too cute!


Buzz and Jessie

From pumpkin carving play dates, decorating ghoulish cookies, the Harvest Festival and pumpkin patch hay-ride, Halloween was absolutely amazing! I have to admit I got just a little teary eyed when it was all over. Cienna will never be a 4-year-old Jessie again and AJ will never be a 2-year-old Buzz Lightyear. Nothing like a holiday to make you stop and realize how fast your kids are growing up and how important these memories will be to them one day. I wish I could freeze time!


My Super Scary Feel-Boxes at the Harvest Festival!


Pumpkin Carving


Decorating Cookies

Ever notice how everything Cienna does she does it in a princess costume? Childhood is the best....

Insy

My friend Lindsay aka "Insy" came to visit a few weeks ago. Insy and I have known each other since I was in 7th grade and she was in 6th grade. Wait...maybe I was in 6th grade and she was in 5th. That sounds right. Anyway, we "met" playing softball at JOBL fields. Apparently, I ran into her dugout and tagged out one of her teammates per my coach's request. I don't remember this. Insy does because she said that she didn't like me because of it. But the next year we ended up on the same team and at the same middle school...so the rest as they say is history!

Insy came to visit during the balloon fiesta. We didn't actually make it down to the event, but we did make it out the day before it started to watch a friend of ours get their balloon up. You don't realize how big hot air balloons are until you are up close to them. They are HUGE!

The rest of the trip was spent catching up over cocktails and running the kids around town. Insy is such a trooper. She just rolls with it. No need to entertain her or make sure she is having a good time. She just blends right in with the Mazotti family craziness. Scary.


Watching The Balloons Go Up


Insy and I


Besties


Hopscotch

Insy's visits are always amazing. I miss her already! Come back soon!