More pumpkins and a little ladybug

Elsie's costume has a cute little hood with bug antenna on it, but she hates it and won't keep it on her head. So I had to settle for trying to make her hair look like little bug ears.

We met up with Parker and Brandon and went trick or treating at the office of Alan's summer job. Once Elsie figured out that everyone was giving her candy to put in her bucket, she had a good time. My favorite moment is when Elsie saw one guy in a scary skull mask. All the other kids were hanging back and shying away, but Elsie marched right up to him with a big "Hi!" and then stood there jabbering away to him.
Brandon is still a new walker, so Elsie loved holding his hand and helping him walk.

We finally gutted and carved our last pumpkins. Here's Alan's creation...

And this one is mine.

Is it sad how excited I am about this?

For the first time in our marriage we have a real vacuum. We've been making due with a little dust buster, which in our old apartment worked alright because the carpet was really really thin. Sadly, it hasn't worked so well at our new place. We've talked about getting a new vacuum for a while now, so yesterday while Elsie and I were taking a nap Alan snuck out and bought one. He had been reading reviews and watching for sales, and he was able to pick this baby up for a nice 75% off the original price. Yeah, my husband is awesome.
At least Elsie is excited about it as well. We gave her the old little vacuum and she followed behind me as we gave our apartment a thorough cleaning.

Sigh

I knew it would happen eventually, but I was kinda hoping we could at least make it through Halloween...

New Title

With the coming addition, I need a new title for my blog. Any suggestions?

The Temple Song

I said how Elsie loves the temple edition of the Ensign? Well, on the last page there is a primary song that we have dubbed the 'temple song'. It's not really the temple song, it doesn't even mention temples, but Elsie loves to sing it. Kyle and Shelina came over tonight and Elsie favored them with a rendition of her song. Most of the time she adds more real words in the mix like 'daddy, temple, Moroni' and such, but she was playing to her audience who got a kick out of her holding the long deep note at the end. What a kid.

What to do on a rainy Saturday...

Make scones! I had a new recipe to try out and they turned out pretty good. I got my recipe from here, and made a few modifications. I didn't have heavy whipping cream so I used some of Elsie's whole milk, used regular salted butter and just omitted the salt, and skipped brushing the tops with more egg and milk and just sprinkled them with a little more sugar. I also mixed in some white chocolate chips. Smudge on a little lemon curd and cool whip and they are so tasty!

I am SuperMom

I just got a kool-aid spill out of one of Elsie's cutest shirts. It was a shirt with a lot of white. And it was pink kool-aid. I rock.