A Jedi Knight and a Giraffe

So we were a little worried about Halloween this year.

Cheyenne's been hit by a few bad storms that have set snowfall records for Cheyenne in October.

This last one came on Wednesday last week and pretty much everything was shut down (including schools and the med clinic). We did a lot of hanging out at home.

It was even too awful to play outside (these pictures were taken a few weeks ago.)

But on Friday we at least had an indoor activity to look forward to.

Trick or Treating at the Med Clinic ("Daddy's work")

Karter with his 2 Rockstar buddies

My Laughy Giraffy

And on Halloween, the weather was actually pretty good!
Trick or Treating with friends was so much fun!

The 2 funniest words

So, you are probably wondering what the 2 funniest words are. If you've watched the Monster Mash video on our last post, or ever made your own sendible, you've seen the two guys that come on before the video and yell, "Jib Jab."
I really don't know why that's so funny, but ever since Karter and Ty made me replay that Monster Mash video about 15 times, Ty will ALWAYS laugh when Karter yells out "Jib Jab". I should have taken this home video sooner (at this point he was pretty laughed out). Karter takes advantage of these magical words and has Ty laughing out loud wherever we go. Who knew that 2 little words could be so funny!

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Ty's TV

I thought this was pretty cute.
Ty would probably watch TV all day long if I let him (which, by the way, I don't). Here he is watching one of his favorites- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

I snuck a little closer to see if he would notice me at all.

He noticed me enough for a smile, but not enough for eye contact (maybe on a commercial)

"Oh that Mickey is just so funny"

"Oh, hi Mom. You're in here too?"

Oh, Ty, you're just too cute! What a happy guy- we love him!

Kindergarten!

The day started with an excited boy eating a nutritious bowl of Cinnamon Life.

Doesn't he look so grown up?

Don't be fooled, although he looks nervous and terrified- this is his excited face.

After missing the bus (yes, on the first day of school- I know that's a bad start) we drove over and I had to get this shot of Ty following (and sometimes leading) Karter down the sidewalk.

Look at him! When did he grow up?
I'm just still getting used to this school idea., especially full day.

This is Ms. Ledin- his teacher

Karter, in line with friend, River.
We didn't go inside, they line up by class and then go inside together.

And then there was one.
Wow, was it a much quieter day at our house.
But I loved my quality time with Ty.

Karter was VERY excited to ride the bus, and Ty was VERY excited just to see a bus.
Here we are at the bus stop, waiting...

....and waiting.....

Yea!!

He made it!

And he had the BEST day! I think we might just send him back tommorrow.

Idaho fun!

We loved our 2 week vacation to Idaho so much! We started off at the cabin in Island Park. Karter loved spending time with great Grandpa Arritt- polishing rocks, washing the car, driving the boat and driving the golf cart.
The rest of our time was spent at Papa and Namnam's, where we got to see a lot of family and friends. We went to the mountains and had a picnic. Karter loved wading the stream with Brooke and Aunt Kelsie, and Ty loved throwing pepples into the water. We also did some golfing, shopping and watch making!
At the end of our trip we went to Utah for the wedding of Aunt Diane. It was beautiful!
We had such a great time and were so glad to see everyone we got a chance to see! I love when my kids get to spend time with grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins! Hopefully someday we'll be able to live even closer!

"The Best Day Ever!"

I still can't believe it, but today Karter turned 5!! Be prepared for a lot of pictures because we had a lot of fun! On Saturday, he had a water party with his friends (the water balloons and water rocket were the favorites of the day). We were also lucky to have Papa and Nam nam and Grandma Bell with us! After the party we drove to Denver to see the Braves play the Rockies! We had great seats and the weather was awesome all day.
For Karter's actual birthday, we went with Gma Bell to Chuck-E-Cheese! (Ty enjoyed all of the birthday fun too!)