SNOW DAY!

:snow:

This morning we woke up to some serious SNOWy weather!

Mabel was glued to the sliding glass door. 

After I got her dressed I found her in the kitchen

reaching her hand through the cat door to get snow.

So of course we had to bundle up 

and head outside to play!

Woah. 

She liked trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue!

Winter Wonderland

How I love that little face.

Snow Angel

(I laid her in the snow and kept moving her arms and legs...

she thought it was pretty funny)

Putting the finishing touches on Mr. Snowman

Kisses, of course!

Halloween Festivities Part 4

(Last post about Halloween - I promise!)

  Painting her pumpkin.

 

Tragedy strikes: Paint got on her leg.

Still upset about it even though I wiped it off. 

 Waiting for her cleanliness approval...

 ...and we're good.

We carved the top off of Nate's pumpkin 

and found a sprouted seed!

Strange eh?
We ended up finding 7 more in the pumpkin.

I have no idea what design Nate was attempting on his pumpkin...I just 

know he didn't intend on the whole circle he was cutting falling out!

I had to laugh. Sorry babe!

My pumpkin cat.

Mabel's pumpkins.

~Trick or Treat~

First treat of the night with Aunt Kristy!


 

 

Trick or Treat Lucas!

 

 

Mabel's friend Owen was a monkey and she thought 
his costume was pretty cool.
She kept making monkey sounds - it was so cute!

 

One last door!

Yay! Candy from Daddy.

 Mabel had so much fun trick or treating.  I guess most kids do.  I loved watching the expressions on her face and seeing her take it all in.  She was intrigued by all the costumes, the strangeness of knocking on a door and someone giving you candy, and all the pumpkins everywhere. She LOVES pumpkins.

After we got home she was in charge of passing our candy out.  She would get so excited every time someone knocked on the door! We would open it up and she would actually give the kids a candy.  Then we would close the door sit for a few seconds before someone would knock again.  She absolutely loved it.  For days she has been pretending to knock on things, then she points to our front door, and tries to say trick or treat. That event will live on in her memory for a long time!
 

Halloween Festivities Part 3

Last week the Tew family met for dinner at Bryan 
and Jenna's new house in Highland.

Their house is beautiful and Mabel was ready to move in when she saw the swings AND slide in their yard.  We could barely get that girl in the house!

The Gang

(inlcluding the white cat that totally photobombed our picture)
(we missed The Calders who couldn't make it
and Nate's brother Brady and family)

 Nate's sister Kristy made this darling cupcakes.

 We got to Skype with Brady and Becky who moved to 
Alaska several months ago.

We sure do miss them and their kids!

While Becky was giving us a virtual tour of their house she 
spotted a moose out their kitchen window!

We got glimpses of it eating and hanging out in their backyard!

Oh Alaska, always showing off. :)

 Mabel was obsessed with this stuffed animal cat and she also loved looking at Aunt Jenna's doves.

She was a little confused because their cooing sounds like an owl, an animal sound that she just learned, but they don't look like owls.  I could see her little face trying to figure it out. 
She would just hooooooo at them anyway.

Rick and Georgia brought a Halloween Pinata for the kids.

Cutest cat up to bat or what?!

 

Having a snack with Great Grandma and Grandpa Tew.

                           Winding down with a sippy and Aunt Kristy.

Halloween Festivities Part 2

...Tew Haunted House Halloween Party...

Ghosts and Goblins Galore and an Insane Amount of Pictures

Nate put in some spooky lightbulbs:

 

The porch was complete with an eerie glow, fog machine, 

and strobe light (that made thunder sounds).

 

Nate made this clever little sign too.

 Come down to the dungeon if you dare!

I had to get a few pictures without the lights dimmed because
the basement looked so much better than I thought it would.

Thanks to Janai, Jocelyn, and Amanda for helping

me set it all up! We borrowed all the decor from Janai, Jocelyn and Kelly.

You ladies are awesome!

(and kind of creepy for having so much Halloween stuff)

(can you spot David Bowie? nice touch Nate.)

Nate put orange/red lights in the kitchen bulbs too.

The Party Animals:

                               Nate & Jess                                         Andy & Jocelyn

 

                Michelle & Doug                                 Heather & James

 

                                    Tyler & Megan                                      Tyler & Jamie

 

                                Ari & Amanda                                          Jonique & Jacob

                                    Mike & Janai                                        Michelle & Dave

 

                                    Natalie & Mark                                           Matt & Emily

 

                                             Julian & Jill

 

Costume contest winners with their trophies:

Thanks Megan for coming up with some fun games!

It's tough being a washing machine.

Natalie made these awesome costumes....one small problem:
They couldn't sit down all night!

We had a great time - thanks everyone!
(plus Mabel slept through it all, yay!)