Festivities

Not this weekend, but the one before that we celebrated my birthday. Since my birthday was on a Sunday the celebration spanned both Saturday and Sunday. I was ok with that. After all, I got two back rubs out of it! Funny how when I was a little kid 30 seemed so old and far away. No I'm not 30 (that's still three years off), but now it doesn't seem that bad. :)

Making a wish (such an exaggerated face for Cayden's sake)! Let's hope it comes true. :)

On Saturday we went to the Halloween party that the Little Gym Cayden goes to threw. It was pretty cute and Cayden was so excited to show daddy where his gym class is and point out his teacher. He also showed Chad some of the things he has learned how to do. Cayden was so proud of himself - it was too cute!

Cayden getting his face painted.

Laura enjoying some of Cayden's treats. This girl loves fruit snacks! Actually, this girl just loves food.

After my birthday on Sunday we carved a pumpkin. This is the first year that Cayden actually got involved and I think that overall he enjoyed it. We didn't prep him as to what to expect, but just told him to stick his hand in and pull the guts out. His face was priceless and I wish we would have taken a video.

Sticking his hand in...

...and out come the guts! This picture doesn't show it, but he is smiling through the grossness. This kid did not want to pull anymore guts out. He hates his hands getting dirty and just couldn't stand it.

Cute half dressed boy helping carve the pumpkin.

This is how Laura helps carve pumpkins. She would have gladly gotten her hands in the pumpkin, but we wouldn't let her.

TA DA! The finished product. Cayden picked what we carved (obviously). I've never carved an actual stencil before and I'll probably never do one again. It took way too long, my hand ended up way too cramped, and it was way too imperfect for the perfectionist in me. But, Cayden loved it and I guess that's what counts. P.S. 10 points to whoever knows who this is.

To cap off all the celebrations, we went to our ward Halloween chili dinner this past week. I was one of the people in charge of it and though it turned out great I am so glad it is over. Here is a video of Cayden playing the doughnut eating game. Turns out the string they tied was just a little too short for him. Cayden wanted to use his hands so bad. I love the part near the end where his hands are up by his face and he is fighting with himself over whether to grab the doughnut or not. Cute kid.

Halloween Sneak Peek

For your enjoyment, a sneak peek at Halloween costumes.

Minnie Mouse

Train Engineer

Cute kids playing together.

And now for the best picture ever. Seriously. (You might even want to be sitting down when you see it.)

I die laughing every time I look at this picture. My daughter is a goof.

Something You Will Only See Once

Uncle Steven, this is just for you. Laura may be sporting UofU attire, but her heart will ALWAYS belong to BYU.

"Mom, what are you doing to me?"

Smiling only because of big brother. (Not because she likes her clothes.)

Pretending to be a cougar. :)

And to finish it off, Laura's feelings regarding the UofU...

'Nuff said.

♪♫ I'm a big kid now! ♫♪

At great risk of jinxing myself (goodness, I really hope not!), I am officially announcing that Cayden is potty trained! He still wears pull-ups at nap and night; though honestly he is almost always dry during his nap, I'm just too chicken to give up the pull-up right now. In the past two weeks we have only had one accident and I don't even have to remind him during the day to go. He just tells me when he needs to. So great. We had a few rough days in the beginning, but Cayden really took to it and was ready. Potty training isn't as scary as I thought it would be.

Cayden with his latest (and last) potty prize. Those trains seriously break the bank! (Oh, and sorry for the horrible phone pic. It was all we could get before he opened the train and even then he was anxious as heck.)

Way to go little bud! We are so proud of you! :)

We Scream for Ice Cream!

True to the Higgins name, both of my children LOVE ice cream. And Laura, she is totally a mooch. You can't eat anything anywhere near her without her diving to get the food and trying to wrestle it out of your hand.

He was covered by the time the ice cream cone was gone.

See? A mooch. Good thing she's cute.

Love that chocolate face!