Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from the Brakefield's!  I love giving my children presents.  Halloween is just another excuse for me to do that.  I filled each child's (monogrammed) spider basket with new dvd's, spider spoons and forks, silly treats and lots of candy!  I also sent little treat bags to all of the students in Noah's class.  I can't wait to take them to church tonight.  Scott and I have to work one of the inflatables for the first hour at the Fall Festival so we will have to switch out duty with the kids.  Noah hopes to get more candy this year than last year.  He hates the "Only Take One Piece" rule.  That's why this year I bought more for them.  We don't get to hand out candy at our house because we don't live in a neighborhood.  I'm glad our church has the festival so we always have a place to go.  Also, it's one-stop shopping.  Different area restaurants have booths set up with their food to sell.  All we have to do is show up, eat, get candy, play games and have fun!  So...if you're close to Westwood tonight, come on by!  We would love to have you!

That's Loud

I have to share a conversation Wynn and I had this weekend. We were all in the Yukon on our way to Tannehill.  Wynn asked me a question and I answered him.  He asked me the same question again and I answered him again, a little louder.  He asked me the same question again and I answered him again, even louder.  Then it went like this:

Wynn: "That's loud."

Me:  "What?"

Wynn:  "Your mouth!"

Well, wow!  Scott immediately began laughing and all I could do was pick up my magazine and resume reading.  I completely ignored him.  As my sister has pointed out, we are doing a bible study around the book Boundaries With Kids.  Clearly I need all the help I can get.  Wynn calls himself Bully Bear. 

Fun pics from Tannehill

Noah is Star Wars Clone Wars Storm Trooper Rex and the twins are Handy Manny. Can you tell Shep didn't feel great?  Aren't they cute!  Is it wrong that I still make Noah carry his spider trick-or-treat bag with his name monogrammed on it?  After the twins were born I got them one just like it.   

Starting Over

It has been a long time since I was a blogger.  But for some reason I feel the need to jump backinto this world.  This blog will be devoted to my family and friends who I love so much.  I absolutely do not have time for this. But I feel like I should make a little time to capture the moments my boys capture me...in their every moment (awake or asleep).

Friday night I had the great idea to cook chili and make Halloween crafts.  Jen and the girls came over.  All five kids made Halloween foam craft pictures.  There were Halloween stickers everywhere!  Then we baked pumpkin cookies.  After baking cookies, all five kids painted.  Then we cleaned up and ate dinner.  I was exhausted by 6:30.  Finally, Jen, Scott and I were able to sit down and relax.  Marsha and Karen came over about 8:30 and entertained us.  Karen couldn't get over the fact that the kids were still crafting at 9:30 and noone was ready for bed but the adults.

On Saturday we went to the Halloween Extravaganza at Tannehill State Park.  Scott's mom and step-dad took their camper for the weekend and invited us to partake in all the festivities.  We arrived about 2:30 and we were off to the inflatables and pony rides.  The twins have had a sinus infection and Shep still didn't feel super.  He would not leave my arms.  Wynn and Noah, however, had a ball.

About 4:30 we started getting them dressed in their costumes.  The trick-or-treating didn't begin until 5:00 sharp.  Everyone at Tannehill had to choose from 3 different lines to get in. Then they said start and we walked from camper to camper getting candy.  There were thousands of people there.  It took us about 45 minutes to get into the park that day and when we started trick-or-treating there was still a line of cars coming into the park.  WOW!  Who would have thought!  There were many campers with tv's outside surrounded by men watching football.  The twins didn't care as much for the candy as they did for looking at all the people in costumes and seeing all the Halloween decorations.  We left about 6:30 and the twins were asleep by 6:32.  Noah stayed with his grandparents and got to cook marshmallows and hot dogs over a camp fire.  He was in heaven and didn't come home until 5:30 Sunday night.

Just another weekend in the life of the Brakefield Bunch!