Halloween 2014

Halloween was a lot of fun! Luke and Halle both loved their costumes and fit their characters very well :). As you can see Halle does very princess-like poses when she is all dressed up as Elsa, and Luke turns into a Master Jedi when he's dressed up as Yoda! The kids went trick or treating with their friends next door, Brennan and Elise. Cory took the boys and Elise's mom Brittany took the girls. They both got big loots of candy! Luke loves all kinds of candy, so his bucket had lots of variety. But we had to laugh when we saw Halle's bucket full of Reeses peanut butter cups. Those are her very favorite and lucky for her a lot of people must have been passing them out! She's not much of a candy/sweets girl but she does love her Reeses.

Milly's birthday

According to my kids today is a double holiday because it's Halloween AND Milly's birthday. Oops, I had completely forgotten about the Milly's birthday part until the kids reminded me yesterday! Luke and Halle and their friends next door Brennan and Elise spent many hours decorating and getting ready for Milly's "1st birthday party." They drew pictures for her, gave her two new squeaky toys, showed her Halle's room all decorated with streamers and a lovely display of books, and we sang happy birthday to her. As you can see, this birthday dog is very patient and very loved! 

Elsa and Yoda

Luke and Halle were invited to their friends Colton and Saige's Halloween party last night so they got all dressed up in their costumes for the first time this year. 

Halle has been talking about being Elsa for months. I knew Elsa would be a very popular costume this year because every girl loves Frozen, so I found this cute costume back in September and bought it right away. It has a long sparkly train which she loves. We sprayed her hair white and out glitter in it. 

Luke decided he wanted to be "Master Yoda" as he calls him, and wanted to look as realistic as possible. A Yoda costume wasn't as easy to find. We searched high and low and finally I found the costume online on Amazon, the hat online at the Disney Store, and we painted his face green. I think it turned out really great! 

What a cute Elsa and Yoda we have :). 

Pierced ears!

This big girl turns five on Monday and wanted to get her ears pierced for her birthday. She has been talking about how she would get her ears pierced for her 5 year old birthday for months! She was brave and is so proud of her pretty earrings. 

Cuddle time

While the boys watch the game the girls are cuddled up in my bed watching Pride and Prejudice :). Love that Halle is starting to like to watch all my favorite "girl movies" with me!

Bedrest helper

Halle has been showing me some of her dance and tumbling moves. I told her I wish I was as good at dancing as she is. She answered back, "You may not be a very good dancer or very flexible, but your the best at being my mom." She's such a sweetheart. Just what I needed to hear today!

I found out today I'm going to need to be on bedrest. I'm barely 28 weeks along with the twins and we found out through an ultrasound that my cervix is thinning out more than they want it to at this point. So my Doctor gave me a steroid shot today that is supposed to help the babies lungs develop more quickly and also help stop preterm labor. Luke came with me to the appt because he was home sick today and he was so cute, he was worried about me and worried that they needed to give me a shot. But I assured him I would be fine. Then they told me I need to be on bedrest to take pressure off my cervix. What a bummer. The good news is the babies are looking great. Hopefully I can just keep them in a lot longer! I'd like to at least make it to 34 weeks. I go back in tomorrow for another steroid shot and to talk to the Doctor about it some more. 

Anyway, it hasn't been long but the kids have been super cute and understanding so far. When I have to get up to go to the bathroom or something Halle even holds my hand and walks me there because she wants to help, then holds my hand to walk me back. And she sits by me and asks me if I'm doing ok. Such a sweet girl. Luke has been helping out with cleaning up and listening, and gets me water and things and reminds me not to get up because I'm on bedrest. What a cute boy. I don't want this to be hard on my kids and am just thankful I'm able to stay at home and don't have to be away from home and them at the hospital. Hopefully it stays that way!

Sweet girl

Halle was coloring a picture on a coloring board on my lap and the board and the paper fell off on the ground and made a loud noise. She said "mom, are you okay?" 

I answered that I was fine. 

She said, "Okay, good. You're always there for me, so I'm always going to be there for you." 

Awe, so sweet! Love my sweet girl.