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Dress Up

Miles and Mae had a fun and busy Halloween!

I got Miles' costume for $11 on Amazon and I made Mae's (she is supposed to be a dalmatian but sort of looked like a mouse or a rabbit). All night people kept saying, "Your son is such a cute....mouse?" Next year I will try a little harder.

Miles got to wear his costume to school and all the kids walked in a trick-or-treat parade

Miles is already embarrassed by us. The SWAT costume was too funny!!!

Miles got bubbles, fangs, and other toys from his school party. He really just wanted candy, and lots of it.

I tried really hard to get at least one good picture of the fire fighter with his dalmatian.....no luck

Miles was pumped up

Mae was not a fan of her headband and would take it off about 2 seconds after I put it on

we took the kids to my parent's to show them off and go to the church Halloween party

after the party we trick-or-treated at a few more houses around our house

We let Miles choose "One more" piece of candy when we got home...I was unaware that one of the houses gave full sized candy bars. Guess what he chose for his last candy? We cut off a chunk and ate the rest after he went to bed

Mae seemed to have fun. She stayed in the stroller, while Miles went up to the houses, and quietly sucked a Mounds through a hole she bit in the wrapper.

Since Halloween Mae has continued to dress up in my clothes....she is a funny one

Play

Over the past few weeks, Miles and Mae have been busy playing and making lots of messes.

Mae has a new friend!

rice play is fun but very, very messy

the only person who actually looks at the paper ;)

who can resist slimy leafy water?

light fun in the bath (I love how the M covered Miles in just the right place)

dumping and pouring and more dumping and pouring

I tried...

I tried to get some cute pictures of the Miles and Mae while they were sitting on/fighting over the bike. As you can see, I failed. Getting a good photo of 2 kids is so hard and the cars in the background don't help. Maybe next time....

Play

this is a super boring post about Mae's first ponytail (if I may be so bold) and my kids playing with the 50lb bag of rice I bought...both things have brought me lots of enjoyment. Although Mae's ponytail looks like one of an old hippie, I can feel the real ones getting closer (ponytails not hippies). I have been watching youtube videos to learn how to do all kids of braids for Mae's hair but I get the feeling it might be awhile
Now that Miles and Mae want to play together/bother each other ALL THE TIME, I have had to come up with some new ideas that will keep them both busy and happy. A trip to Smart and Final and The Dollar Store made all our dreams come true.

Miles also enjoys cutting any and everything I will allow. He spent about 30 minutes stabbing holes in this box with his scissors....let's hope my next post is not about a trip to the emergency room