Halloween 2012

 Minnie!

 Notice the M&Ms as a distraction

 Spiderman...the mask didn't last very long

 CHEESE!!!

 Brody stood up when he realized the candy bowl was on the banister!

 Muscles!!

 Running away next door with Brody (which is where Brody spent most of his evening-handing out candy with the Wallaces and telling them that we put him in time out too much!)

 They DO love each other:)

 

More evidence of my bribery.

 

Since we had the power on, we were able to genuinely enjoy Halloween.  The kids were so excited to go Trick or Treating.  Brody had to be bribed with candy to put on his muscle Spiderman (HIS choice by the way) because he thought that the costume made him look "like a girl in the chest" (if you know what I mean!!).  Alison was a whole different story.  She liked the idea of Minnie mouse and she liked to hold the costume, but when it was time to get dressed...it was like trying to dress a wild chimpanzee!  The only part she didn't hate was putting her whiskers and nose on or "my mape-up" which I had to do in the mirror so she could admire herself.  I then had to bribe her with M&Ms to put on the rest.  No, I am not proud, but it got the job done.  Once she was completely dressed I took as many pictures as I could because who knew when she would decide to rip them off!  All in all, a fabulous night and we gave away all 550 pieces of candy!  Thank Goodness we don't have any leftovers!

Hurricane Sandy

 Getting cozy before the power went off...

 ...and enjoying the the power while we had it.  Go G.I. Joe!

 Apparently Jon thinks our house was going to turn into a boat.  Everything about this picture is horrible!

 POWER OUT!!  Brody and Dad starting a fire to keep us warm (day 1)

 Our shelter in place

Hooked up to the generator and destroying the family room

 

We were so fortunate to not have any damage to our house or property from Sandy.  We did however, lose power Monday into early Wednesday morning.  THANK GOODNESS we have a generator and a fireplace because it was VERY chilly out and the lack of heat, sleep, and entertainment for the kids was wearing very thing on my nerves!  As you can see we had to set up camp downstairs because 1. I thought that a tree was going to fall into the house, and 2. it was much warmer near the fire.  By Wednesday, the house looked and smelled like a shelter.  We are much happier now that we are clean and warm!  Now if only their school would get power so I can go back to work...

Nana's Visit

 Making brownie cupcakes (mostly eating the batter)

 Stir it up!

 Taking turns

 And now, shirts off...time to eat!

Yum!

Well, October has come and gone and I think it may be the first month in 4 years I haven't posted a picture!  We had soccer games, pumpkin patches, visitors, and survived Daddy being gone to Texas for a whole week!  I will attempt to "recapture" October in November!