Levi's First Haircut + Goings On + Halloween

Poor Levi has been growing a nice little curly mullet that I finally found time to chop off. I just brought the clippers into the hallway while he was playing, and he didn't even know what was going on. Here are the before and after pictures:

BEFORE


AFTER

Much better!

I guess I have still not recovered from the hours I was keeping during the Olympics. I have been up almost every night until 2 am doing something. I guess I'm just not tired. I was up until 3 last night reupholstering an ottoman I got at DI (pictures to come). I am forcing myself to go to bed by 10:30 tonight!

This is the time of year when I wish we had satellite TV. BYU (and most college) football is a love of mine that I haven't been able to be a part of for about 7 years now! I am dying to go to a game this year, especially since I won't be watching any on TV.

What did we do this last week? I can't even remember. Oh yeah! We had some crazy thunderstorms going on. I was driving home from Enrichment one night, and I thought I was going to get struck by lightening. There was lightning all around me, and I could see huge bolts going all the way to the ground! Yikes! We had a few days of that; it actually lasted longer than usual. Storms come and go really quickly here. I usually am not a huge fan of rain, but it's really awesome in Arizona. It's either raining while the sun shines, or it's bringing down trees and the thunder is shaking the ground. I guess that's only fun when it's over and you know you survived! You've gotta love monsoon season.

The kids have been pretty good lately. They play well together, but still get into mischief. One day Levi woke up from his nap to a bunch of pillows and balls in his crib. Thank goodness he's big enough now to move around if he can't breathe!
Like I mentioned before, we went to DI to look around. Peter always wants to go look at thrift stores for junk, and I finally caught the spirit. We made out like bandits, with tons of books and a few toys for the kids. We even got a working Buzz Lightyear toy that I had been eyeing at Target ($20) for $2 there. Fun for all ages.

We also had Lexie and her kids over for 2 days. We went to our cousin's wedding open house, and just hung out and let the kids play (and fight). A crazy but fun weekend.

Halloween is coming, and I am so excited! I absolutely love Halloween. I have no idea why. I don't like being scared or watching scary movies, but I just love this holiday! I think part of it is the whole season starting. It's the beginning of all of the best holidays, right in the middle of my favorite season, right next to my birthday, and you've gotta love being able to dress up as anything you want without people thinking you're weird!

I have already started getting the kids' costumes ready. I start planning it out a few months in advance every year. I just can't help myself. Jonah is going to be Buzz Lightyear (he doesn't know yet, but will be stoked). Eden will be Snow White. She doesn't even know who Snow White is (thank you, Disney Vault), but she'll just be happy to wear something "pitty". Levi will be donning the first of many hand-me-down costumes, I'm sure. He will be wearing Jonah's old tiger costume. Poor kid. But it's a cute costume. I'm not about to let it go to waste. So I just have to decide what to be (yes, I am dressing up). Peter can if he wants to, but he will probably wait until the day before to tell me what elaborate costume he wants (me) to put together.

I am thinking of being Cruella Deville, but I'll have to figure out how much I'll have to make vs. buy. I think I can use a lot of what I have, but I'll need a wig and something to resemble fur. Other ideas include a ballerina with one of my longer homemade tutus, which would be a fairly easy costume, and a witch- kind of generic, but it would be fun. Also, I could be Tinkerbell- I have fabric I could use to make a dress, and the rest would be easy. I have also been playing with the idea of Rainbow Bright, which would be fun, but might be the most expensive to create. Vote on my poll and tell me what you think, although I might not go with the popular vote, depending on budget and time...

Anyway, that's what we've been up to/I've been thinking about lately. In other great news, the Office should be starting up again soon, and season 4 goes on sale this month. Yeah!