Goodbye H-Ween

Audrey is taking down her Halloween decor...



And, getting ready for Thanksgiving! I'm teaching her to be festive while she's young.

Thompson Fest

Halloween came and went today. We had so much fun with family and friends. Everyone gathered at our house for dinner and trick or treating. Big thanks to everyone for coming and dressing up.


Here are WAY too many pics of our night...

Somebody (Grandma Bev) gave Audrey a WHOLE cupcake...she enjoyed it very much.

Grandma Natalie wins BEST COSTUME. NOBODY (and we are all immediate family) recognized her. HER OWN MOTHER INTRODUCED HERSELF TO HER!!!!!!

The boys watched the game

Rachel wins cutest makeup award...such a cute kitty.

We got to enjoy our neice AND nephew at the same time. I was in baby-land and it was the sweetest! It's so amazing how much you really love your siblings' children. It makes me so happy that Audrey has these little pals in her life now.

Here is my SIL Julia with baby Ryan (superman)...he had the CUTEST red cape.

And here I am with brand new baby Gwen. This was my first time holding her. She is SUCH a doll and was dressed as a ballerina. Kellie really outdid herself with this ADORABLE costume.

Here are Kasey (pregnant hippie) and JJ (gingerbread man).

My SIL's fam

The complete Larsen Family!

And this adorable UPS man joined us with his family too!

Aud with Grandma...once she figured out she was Grandma.

Our trick or treat crew

Audrey and Nickolas were our only trick or treaters at the party...

They would get so confused when someone wouldn't answer

It was a really cute and fun night. Goodbye Halloween 2009!


Now it's time to take down these decorations before someone gets hurt!

Hey Mickey!

We are so glad to finally be back...to Disneyland of course! AND, glad to be back with some fun friends! Mickey was looking extra adorable in his little Halloween get-up.


Audrey was super freaked out on monsters inc...she looked EXACTLY like this the entire time and she held my hand super tight but didn't cry.

us

Heather and Nickolas

Aud and Nickolas (don't call him Nick) enjoying the pumpkin display...

LOVEly day

Audrey LOVES her music class. She MAY struggle just a LITTLE in her art class, it requires more patience than she's got, but it's okay b/c she makes up for it in music class. So I enjoy one out of two.



During exploration time Audrey ALWAYS sticks with the drum...they have TONS of instruments to choose from but we never stray from the drum. It's a very reliable instrument b/c it is loud and easy to hit the mark.



Now, I hate to be braggy, but this girl is a pro ribbon twirler. I am going to have to say she's definitely the best in her class. She does her momma proud with the ribbon on a stick. The teacher even calls it "Audrey's event". Who needs math and reading skills when you have a great talent like ribbon twirling mastered.

Miss pushy always cuts everyone in the stamp line on the way out the door. She's just as serious about the stamps as she is with the ribbons.

Not only did Aud get to do her fav. gymboree activities, she got to meet up with some of our fav girls for cupcakes later. Grandma Natalie treated the entire Thompson clan to dessert.

Aud dug right in.

These curl are outta control lately...I'm thinking of changing her name to Shirley.
THEN...the next day...RIGHT after I had gotten Audrey dressed I heard her from the other room screaming, "SNACK...WOW...WOW...SNACK". I came to see what food item she'd gotten into and found this... she'd some how acquired the leftovers!!! She takes all food items to her towel and chair so that's where she took it and had already dug in!

She hurried and offered me a bite...

When she saw that her special "wow-snack" was coming to an end she quickly gathered her goodies and made a break for it screaming! It was cute and funny but didn't end well. I still can't remember where I had stored that box but it obviously wasn't a good spot.

Sleep Tight

I took this story off of my dear friend Erin's blog. I am assuming that some of you haven't had a chance to read Erin's blog lately b/c it is private. I get the BIGGEST kick out of her posts though and this particular post had me in tears. You might need to know her daughter Natalie to get the full picture but regardless, I thought it was so hilarious and I had to share.

Sorry Erin, I didn't even ask!

One of those nights

Did you ever have one of those nights were you felt restless and could not sleep?
You know the ones where you have to get up to go to the bathroom 3 times but are so tired that you can’t seem to wipe yourself so you call for someone to do it for you.
The nights where you decide to go into your parents room and stand on the chair next to your moms side of the bed so that when your mom woke up from a deep sleep she just sees a big shadow standing over her.
One of those nights where your legs will not stop moving and keep beating against the wall over and over again.
The kind of night where you decide to squish yourself between your parents only to be taken back to bed on three separate occasions.
One of those nights where you finally find some comfort sleeping at the foot of mommy and daddy’s bed then you venture up to be by your daddy only to pee all over him.
One of those restless sleepless nights that gives you enough energy to wake up at 7am.
I wont mention any names but someone in this house had one of those nights.

Ward Haunt

We partied hard at our ward Halloween party. It was so much fun b/c everyone was dressed to impress...even the grown ups! I love a festive party!

I still can't believe I was able to talk KT into wearing this bee suit! Big thanks to Vicki for sharing this super fun costume!

Audrey spent most of her evening at the pumpkin walk. The circling kids and music was all she needed for a good time. This little bee also had a BLAST at the trunk or treat. She picked up the trick or treating concept VERY quickly.

I let Audrey enjoy a milky way out of her bucket and she was in heaven. She got really excited and took a nasty spill all over the cement...it was SO sad. As we peeled her off the cement we realized she had one main concern, the milky way. She had done all she could to protect and hold onto it as she ate dirt. Once the milky way was officially ready for eating again, all was well. This girl LOVES chocolate.

I'm too young...

...to be a Grandma!

Audrey has been mothering too many babies and it's been quite frustrating for her. We have to rotate the dolls because she cares for them all at the same time and it's been causing her to lose her temper with her babies and her mom. Audrey is already ready for a double stroller, she's got too many babies in her single and they are flying all over the place.


Here is Aud with a baby in the sling and another in the stroller, going for a walk around the house. Busy mom!