Halloween

We had a great Halloween! Gavin had been anticipating it for over a month and was so excited when it finally arrived. For the past 2 years he has known exactly what he wanted to dress up as... Last year it was Buzz Lightyear and this year it was Lightning McQueen, the race car from the Disney movie Cars. Arabella was a white kitty and I was a bumblebee. First, Gavin celebrated Halloween with his preschool class on Thursday, complete with a parade and trick or treating around the school. Then, on Saturday, we went to Tony's parents house and celebrated with the Allred cousins (Hayden, Corbin & Libby). They had a treasure hunt for the kids around the yard and house. Then we trick or treated around our neighborhood and there were a ton of kids/families trick or treating which made it really fun. In the last picture Gavin is counting his candy. He counted 47 candies (yes, he can count to 47).

Halloween Meal

I found these cute recipes on http://thefoodnetwork.com/. I made them for dinner a couple nights before Halloween. Gavin did a great job helping me make the chocolate spider bites and they were yummers (chocolate, peanut butter and pretzels)! The Snake shaped baked sandwich was so good. I made it with ham, turkey, provolone & cheddar cheese, Spanish olives, roasted red peppers and Dijon mustard. You just roll them up in crescent roll dough and bake it. I served the sandwich with tomato bisque soup (A.K.A Dragon's Blood) and chips. We had the spider bites for dessert. Get the snake bite sandwich recipe here and the chocolate spider bite recipe here. Give it a try next Halloween.

Arabella at 6 Months

Arabella is 6 months old this week! Here are some of my favorite recent photos. She has started eating some solid foods (rice cereal & squash). She can roll over both ways. She can put her feet in her mouth. She's close to sitting up on her own, but not quite there yet. She smiles and laughs a lot, especially whenever big bro Gavin is around. And she still loves to stick her tongue out.