HALLOWEEN -- finally.

So here it is. Halloween! Jonathan was a big fat purple dinosaur with wings..lol.. everyone said he was like the kid in A Christmas Story all bundled up with his arms way out because of all the fluff. It was hilarious watching my chubby little dinosaur run around. Hehe.. Alissa of course was Batman. She was a little under the weather still so we went TOTing in our neighborhood, a bit at my mom's, and by the time we got to Grandma Davis' she was pooped. It was good times. Oh.. the scary guy with the mask? That would be Grandpa George in his fire suit (for drag racing). Jonathan wasn't too sure about that whole thing.

Today was fun. We went to AC Gilbert house for Alissa's science class. We missed last week because she was sick :( This week was all about animal habitat. Alissa's favorite project was experimenting with bird beaks and how they pick up food. They had tweezers, tongs, what Ali called "monster claws" (the plastic thingy works kind of like a syringe but when you depress the top a four pronged metal claw comes out), and they got to pick up little rubber worms, fish, seeds, and other bird food with these items. They also got to use stamps of different animal feet on a paper with different habitat to put the right feet in the right place (swamps, trees, woods, etc). Oh yes! Another favorite - she made a bird feeder with a large dog milk bone with a string tied to it.. painted with lard (peanut butter works too but allergic kids) and rolled in bird seed. Lastly they made bird masks with paper plates glue sticks and feathers. It was a great class.

When we got home I put Jonathan to sleep and Alissa and I made lunch.. hehe.. I love allowing her to pick the menu -- some interesting things. We made spaghetti sauce with rainbow swirly noodles for our main course... our sides were apples (from the neighbors tree hehe) and then we made from scratch biscuits -- bear shaped!! Hehe.. Alissa used bear cookie cutters to make them and they turned out great. I hope it doesn't mess her up psychologically though.. when she says, "Mommy, can I bite his head off?" Umm... "Sure, why not". Oh boy. She thought it was pretty funny.. hope that's not a bad sign. :)

Tomorrow we pick up GG to bring her in to town one final time. She flies out to Arizona Saturday to stay warm for the winter. We are going to miss her :(

TAH TAH