Deja Vu

On Saturday evening, all the kids had parties to attend.

Nicole attended a masquerade themed birthday party and thanks to Alana, she had the BEST mask there! THANK YOU Alana.

Nicole and her friend Quinn. They sure have changed since Kindergarten.

Not only does Nicole wear hats well but look how well she pulls off that mask. I tried it on and trust me, I did not look very attractive. Some how the mask actually makes her eyes "Pop".

The faces behind the masks...
The black crow mask really does masquerade doesn't it, kind of like Superman and his glasses...when you remove the glasses you don't even recognize the person...

Chay and Blade had a Halloween party to attend next door at the Warren's for their annual party. Chay has looked forward to this party every Halloween since he was Blade's age and this year he was able to help out with the Spook alley.

Here's a preview of their costumes this year.
It's hard to tell in this picture but Chay is a gangster. Okay, originally he was going to be a gangster but he ended up being a gangsta. I think Chay had his grill in this picture, you'll have to zoom in to check.

Dave and I drove down to Provo to pick up Alana after her long day at work so that she could join us for part of the weekend. Chay used "my" monthly free rental at Blockbuster to rent a Wii game and he and Alana tried it out. By Sunday evening, Chay had completed the game...sad but true...

I finally started to glaze the wall upstairs this past week and so that is why all the furniture is crowded in the center of the room. What I'm not looking forward to is having to move all the furniture and "stuff" away from the walls in the other room upstairs...and only those who have been upstairs in my home feel my pain.

This next picture was funnier when I "started" to take the picture. It was so cute because Alana was by herself, sitting close to the TV with her full attention on SpongeBob. When I grabbed the camera to capture the moment, Blade ran over to sit in her lap and created another moment.

Alana is the sister Nicole has never had. With Alana having 5 sisters it was no big deal to see girls together at her home but at my home, it was so sweet to see Alana helping Nicole study for her math exam. Again, Thank you Alana!

Not only "thank you" Alana but "sorry" Alana. Alana asked me to help lengthen her curtains by sewing on some cute fabric she had bought and I was willing to do it because it was a simple project. Well, things went seriously wrong and the width I had written down (with the hem width added) escaped my mind and I cut the fabric without allowing for thehem. I tried to be creative and thought I could sew some ribbon on the edge and then the ribbon could be the hem but I managed to cut that a little short also AND the second roll of ribbon that I needed disappeared. I had only covered maybe a 6x6 ft area when I had it but, the ribbon was no where to be seen. Alana could verify that there were two rolls of ribbon so I knew I wasn't completely losing it. Well, Alana did not get her funky curtains. Instead we used some ivory curtains I had and added that for the length and she now has more classic looking curtains. (sorry, I didn't get a picture because I felt so bad about what I did) I hope they look okay in your room Alana.

While I tried to save the curtain project, Nicole and Alana made some sugar cookies and decorated them perfectly. They thought that I would be teaching them something but they had the perfect consistency for the icing and did a superb job. It was time consuming but Nicole mentioned that it was easier to do this time with the icing being abit thicker.

...my kids can watch others work forever...they get that from me...

The filled in Frankensteins are amazing and the curly hair on the witches added a more witchy feeling. The pictures don't do the cookies justice. Nicole and Alana were able to get depth to the icing and it just made a big difference.

And, I still haven't found the ribbon....