Halloween Link-Up

Hey ladies, I know two posts in one day...crazy pants. But it was a all things Halloween recap, how could I not participate? I couldn't help but want to join in on the fun! Thanks Stephanie and Beth for organizing!

 

This was probably the first year that we did a bunch of things that was Halloween related. Typically we go to the pumpkin patch and then we go trick or treating. But this year we did two trunk or treating events. So here is our Halloween recap.

It all started with the pumpkin patch, on one of the hottest days of the year...okay that might be dramatic, but it was super hot and we got 1/3 of the pictures we normally get, the kids were just DONE.

Besties!

And we totally didn't get a family photo, oops!

It took me a while, but I finally decorated for Halloween, I'm not sure why it took me so long, I just wasn't feeling it, but I love how it turned out! 

I just started using my Circut, and am LOVING it, if you don't have one, you should go get one...STAT. It's so fun. Like these bats I made with them, how fun is that? Super easy, the machine does all the work and you just peel them off like a sticker.

I also made a video of my decorating my mantel and giving you some tips and tricks on how to decorate your own!

Boo Bash at Baby Fox's school. They had games for the kids to play, face painting, cotton candy and of course a ton of candy!

The kids were a little confused as to what Trunk or Treating was, but quickly got into the groove of it.

Trunk Or Treat at my parents church. Technically this was our second trunk or treat, the first one being at Baby Fox's school, but the kids had a blast! We will definitely be back next year. My mom said that they got way more kids then they thought they were going to get.

Halloween! Duh. We went to our friends house again, and had a blast like usual. It's our 7th annual trick or treating evening and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love that we all dress up every time, next year we might try to do a group costume...now to get the kids on board.

So let's see all of your Halloween posts and happenings!

Sentence A Day: October Edition

1- Tried to go to the movies, sold out, some disappointed kids.

2- Mini Fox's first day of gymnastics class, she loved it!

3- Dinner with just my mom and sister, nice to get out and chat without other distractions.

4- In denial that I'm getting sick, so I might as well try to sweat it out with a hard workout?

5- Another night out with a friend from 7th grade, love this girl!

6- Up till 3am working on my fundraising project.

7- Rushing around getting ready for the fundraiser gala, which I documented.

8- Finally we got our butts in gear, got there SUPER early, got in and got good seats for 8 people, I might have fallen asleep, oops.

9- Fires everywhere, I hope everyone stays safe, many prayers to those who lost everything, so much devastation lately.

10- That run felt great despite feeling sick.

11- Still feeling sick but hoping I can sweat it out at the gym, I'll probably regret this decision.

12- Just got word we have mandatory overtime, boo!

13- Got the car washed after a bazillion years and went out with the bestie!

14- Tried out a new play place, so freakin' Awesome! Can't wait to go back and try some stuff out myself!

15- Pretty much a miserable experience at the pumpkin patch, but at least we went to the pool afterwards and spent some down time.

16- Mini Fox's favorite day, gymnastics day!

17- Man, Mini Fox is having a rough day, poor thing.

18- R.I.P.P.E.D I love Wednesday workout days.

19- Working over time sucks big time...

20- Boo Bash at the school, so much fun!

21- Soccer and church, I like days when there isn't a lot on the schedule.

22- Birthday party fun, followed by an afternoon by the pool = a fun day.

23- Holy heck it is hot outside!

24- Off to a friends house to watch the Dodgers play, Go Blue!

25- Man that workout was hard.

26- Say what? Baby Fox is winning Student of the Month, so glad I opened that random envelope in Baby Fox's backpack!

27- So proud of Baby Fox and getting Student of the Month, only 1 out of 80+ 1st graders.

28- That trunk or treating was pretty dang awesome.

29- Man, what a game!

30- Getting sick...again, NOOOOOO!!!!!!!

31-Such a fun night, 7 years of doing this with these people and counting!

It's only November 2nd, you have time to catch up, join us next month for Sentence a Day, link up is December 7th!

I also have a fun giveaway for you guys! Who doesn't want $150 to Target?! It's an IG entry only, so super simple! Good luck ladies, I know with the Holidays coming up that money would be awesome!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $150 Target Gift Card

Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck!

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Giveaway ends 11/16 and is open worldwide. Winner will be notified via email.

Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog? Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

An InLinkz Link-up

Transition Booties

It's the last week of outfits for the Common Threads Challenge, where I picked 5 things and wore one of those 5 things each day in October. I am finding the last few days were easier, as it's been colder here, so I can take advantage of what I picked out, which wasn't warm weather things! I think Monday's outfit was my favorite of the month, and most comfortable. Oh plus yesterdays outfit, that was comfy and I felt more put together. Okay let's get to this weeks outfits.

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Forgot to take a picture this day, but this is what I wore.

Jeans* /

Day 28

Shirt /Jeans* 

Day 29

Dress (same pattern different silhouette) / Booties (Similar)*

Mid hair flip...to get the hair to the other side...

Ahhh, so much better, okay not really.

Day 30

Shirt / Camo Jeans / Vest / Booties

Day 31

My thoughts on the Common Threads Challenge, it was a challenge. I really liked that it pushed me to think of different outfits, but with our hot weather it didn't really work out how I thought it would, would I do it again, probably, but maybe not for a whole month, or maybe just for work outfits?

An InLinkz Link-up

Linking up here

Happy Halloween!

Taking a break today, but Happy Halloween from these cuties. I hope you have a great Halloween and that your kids get lots of candy that you like.

Linking up here

Halloween Mantel + Ask The Little Foxes

Hello Foxy Friends! Happy Monday...I can't believe tomorrow is Halloween. It's Monday which means that it's TBB Monday link ups. Today is all about Halloween. I figured I would give you two things, one, a video on how I decorate my mantel. You come along with me as I decorate, so you can see how I do each of my mantels.

One more thing, last month Crystal, Beth, Meghan, Jessica, and Stephanie announced that September was the last Kids Behind The Blog series. I really liked it, so I decided to keep it going, but now I get to pick the questions. So here we go.

Baby Fox is 6 years 9.5 months

Mini Fox is 4 years 1 month

Baby Fox

What are you going to be for Halloween? 
A ninja

What is your favorite past Halloween costume? 
Storm Trooper

What is your favorite Halloween candy? 
Snickers

What is the Best part of Halloween? 
Getting all the candy

The worst part? 
There is no worst part of Halloween.

Are you going to carve a pumpkin?  
Yes 

What are you going to do? 
Light it up with a candle.

Mini Fox

What are you going to be for Halloween? 
Pink Power Ranger

What is your favorite past Halloween costume? 

Her: Umm...Ariel 
Me: You were never ariel
Her: Oh..Princess Leia

What is your favorite Halloween candy? 
Chocolate and mints

What is the Best part of Halloween?  
Getting the candy and carving pumpkins (what we did this afternoon) 

The worst part? 
mmm....well...if...I...didn't carve pumpkins.

Are you going to carve a pumpkin? 
Yeah!

What are you going to carve? 
umm...aaa...hmmm...my favorite shape is the shape butterfly of the sandwich of the peanut butter sandwhich that has honey in it. (I have no idea what she's talking about)

Now link up your Halloween fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

Linking up here

$150 Barnes and Noble Gift Card Giveaway

Hey it's another giveaway, I'm a roll! You can win if you don't enter, so go enter!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $150 Barnes & Noble Gift Card

Co-hosts: The Mommyhood Mentor® // Mama's Mission // Surviving Mommy // Crayons & Cravings // Coupons and Freebies Mom // Jenns Blah Blah Blog // Capri's Coupons // Lipgloss and Crayons // Mom and More // Inspiring Words from the Heart //  Peanut Butter and Whine // Sparkles and Shoes // Getting Fit Fab // Misadventures with Andi // Beautiful Touches // Java John Z's // The Frugal Free Gal // SWEETHAUTE // Ottawa Mommy Club // babushka's baile // Foxy's Domestic Side // Burning Moon's Inside Advice // Organized Island // I Choose My Best Life // Southern Mommas //  Deliciously Savvy // Living Simply // Oh, The Places We Travel! // MommaDJane // Pumps & Push-Ups

Giveaway organized by: Oh My Gosh Beck!

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Giveaway ends 11/17 and is open worldwide. Winner will be notified via email.

Are you a blogger who wants to participate in giveaways like these to grow your blog? Click here to find out how you can join a totally awesome group of bloggers!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Friday Joys: October Edition

Happy Friday Foxy Friends! I'm so excited to be joining Crystal, Beth, Jessica, and Stephanie again for What Brings Me Joy. This month the two co-hosts are Emily from Three Boys and a Girl & Johannah from The Sirois Family. I love this link up as it reminds us to stop and really think about the little things that bring you joy. I'm over on The Blended Blog sharing some blogger Friday love around the internet. Go check those out too. Okay, month #2, let's get started! 

| ONE |

Baby Fox's love for school and learning and reading. His reading is getting better each day and his love for math makes this geeky engineers heart soar. Doing his homework the other day, this is a question that was asked and his answer. His first resonse was "it is wrong", then Mr. says why do you think that is? Well his answer totally makes sense to me. 

| TWO |

This girls love for gymnastics. I remember being her age and how much I loved gymnastics. I wish I could find my old pictures, I have no idea where they all are...one day I'll come across them. 

Showing off all of her stamps she got from the teacher (one on each foot and each arm).

| THREE |

My days are long, like really long. I wake up at 4:15ish, leave the house by 4:50am, then head to work, am at my desk at 6am, work until 3:20pm, then get home at 5:15pm (yep that's almost a 2 hour drive home). Then have all the kids stuff, working out, etc to do...then hanging out with Mr. puts me to bed around 11pm. Anyway, all this to say, that it's the small things in my daily life that make it more bearable, like this salad from Costco. It's insane that a salad could brighten my day, but hey sitting at a desk for 9+ hours and in traffic for 2.5+ hours a day...I look forward to that salad everyday.

| FOUR |

The fact that my bestie now lives in the same area that I live in. Not that we see each other every week, but knowing that she lives close and we can now hang out for an evening without having to make it a whole weekend trip, now that's awesome. Happy that our kids will get to see each other more and get to know one another.




| FIVE |

Flowers in October. Yes it's been so hot here you can barely breathe, okay that's totally dramatic, but with the heat means the flowers get confused and we get another full rose bushes bloom. So I get Halloween decorations with fresh cut roses. Doesn't get much better then that. I took these over the weekend.

| Bonus |

And one extra one today, although I'm not sure if it is a 5 rule or not, eh. I feel like sharing more. All of the Halloween festivities, Halloween is SO MUCH more fun when you have kids. We went to Baby Fox's first school function and it was called Boo Bash, they had games, a haunted house, trunk or treating (which totally confused the kids, like why am I walking up to someones trunk and saying trick or treat?)

Happy Friday! What are you doing this weekend? We are doing yet another trunk or treat at my parents church and then Sunday we have NOTHING planned, glorious.


Linking up here