The finished product :)

Well, I thought I was adventurous last year with the big bad wolf and little red, but this year I think we have reached a whole new level :) Ever since Kailer watched the movie 'How to train your dragon', he has been obsessed with dragons and in particular the blue and yellow dragon, aptly named 'the deadly nadder' (don't ask me what that means...) So, when asked what he wanted to be for Halloween of course it had to be the blue and yellow dragon from the movie. Good luck finding that on the internet, no such thing! So, thanks to an awesome friend with and awesome body suit pattern, we managed just fine. In fact, it only took me about 5 evenings total. Since he had the stuffed animal, he was very particular about every detail. For instance, 'Mom, see this brown belly here, (pointing to his finished brown belly) it needs to go all the way up to my neck' Me: 'Sorry sweetheart, Mommy's ran out of brown (aka: that would just look funny and I don't have the energy...)' So, here's the finished product, needless to say he is so thrilled and tells me every day that it is the coolest thing he has ever seen, so much cooler than any other dragon costume. He puts it on most every morning until we leave the house and is literally giggling to himself while he wriggles into it. And that my friends is what Halloween is all about! Love it, and can't wait to make Meili into the dragon's princess. She will hate wearing it, but I shall bribe her with candy :) Here are the pics enjoy :)

Lake Mojave

We went twice this week to Lake Mojave. It's about an hour away, but so worth the drive! The water is literally crystal clear and it is so beautiful! It has beautiful sandy beaches and is nothing like dumpy lake mead. It was so much fun. We went with some friends over the weekend and had a great time. Meili loves loves loves the dirt and could play in it for hours! She also really loves to swim with her floaties on, which is nice that she can do that now. Kai loved building and destroying castles, but more than that, he chased the minows around with a bucket almost the entire time. There is fisherman blood that runs through him and he cannot help himself! He walked around with a stick with a piece of bread on the end of it for bait and literally tried for 3 hours to catch a fish! To no avail I might add, in case you were wondering, which was pretty hard for him to handle! It was so much fun we can't believe it took us this long to discover this place!

Just though this one was a cute picture and a sneak preview of Kai's how to train a dragon costume for halloween, which is not finished, but he is still wearing it everywhere!

Happy Birthday Meili

Our little lady has turned 2. She is a diva through and through. She's a naughty little thing, but we love her to pieces. She wanted an elmo cake so that is what she got :) We had family over for cake and opened a few presents with her. Her Grandpa Holt took her shopping and he held up a dress to her and said 'how do you like this?' she said, 'yes, buy this'. Oh man, she is such a little stinker. She carried her bag out all the way to the car. Her favorite gift was probably the baby from Nate and Sarah, she actually squealed and said 'ooo baby!' I have it on video and will definitely be rewatching it! She is starting to play rather nicely with Kailer, depending on her varient mood swings. It is so nice to see them becoming little buddies. She still is a face pincher, but we are all trying to bring out the gentle side of Meili :) She loves tigers and dogs and is always one or the other. She loves to be dirty and messy, but still likes to have 3 bracelets on at a time :) We love our little Mei! Here are some pics from the weekend.