Salas' at the Circus!

We took off to the AllState Arena today to check out the circus! Chris scored box seats, which was great because Caleb was able to run around and didn't have to sit still in a seat for two hours, from his work. I must confess I'm 28 years old and I have NEVER been to the circus. Chris went when he was little but I figured the times have changed a little since then ;) So it was kinda the first time for all of us. To say the least Caleb absolutely loved it! I think he was overstimulated at one point because he laid down on the floor for a few minutes. Or it could've been from running into the railing and hitting his head. Either way, he was great! There were about a dozen tigers in a cage with a trainer and at one point Chris and I looked at each other thinking "Should we take Caleb out of here?" because they were clawing and roaring at this guy. I thought he was done for. That part ended abruptly and on came the elephants. They seem more lovable and less ravinous than the tigers. They would sit, dance, and lay down. Much more my style!

Waiting for the show to start!

Understand the overstimulation?

I think this was the best part of the show, elephants!

The End!

Three Little Pumpkins...and one on the way!

The holidays are getting more fun every year since Caleb is more interested in the festivities that go along with them. We grabbed some pumpkins at the grocery store and were going to paint them. Then I remembered I only had watercolor paint so that was pointless. Eventually we, well I should say I, ended up carving them while Chris watched football. I was assisted by Caleb of course who has to be right in the middle of everything!

Got the top off..now what Mom?

Found the knife!

Our finished products!

So I thought I'd be the old school Mom who made our Halloween costumes. Let me just say these were supposed to be the easiest costumes to make by hand, and I'm not going to lie they probably were really simple to someone with a sewing machine or any idea of how to use a needle and thread. This was not the case for me. I was venturing through Target grabbing some candy for the kids (which is code for Chris) and what do I see? Fred AND Wilma costumes. Already made, ready to go, for the same price that I paid for all the supplies to make ours. Needlesss to say our costumes will be store bought from now on. At least I tried, and I don't think I failed to bad.

Caleb as Bam Bam                                                   The Flintstones