Happy Halloween

This Halloween, JT dressed up as Harry Potter (he is a giant fan... Proud nerd mom). HeaBug was a tiger. Not just any tiger though. She was Kitty Purry. The tiger from Katy Perry's music video Roar. Which is HeaBug's current and most favorite song.

Auntie Nini came over to help get the kids ready and to bring them some special treats!

We trick or treated to our immediate neighbors while waiting for Mr. B to get home from work. Our neighbors are are incredibly sweet and put together little packages of goodies for my Booth Bugs. 

Mr B made it home and put on his costume so we could head to a party that we were invited to.

Mine were the only kids at the party (and they are fine with that). HeaBug went into full entertainer mode and JT shook the cape and scarf after a bit and just mingled with his IBC in hand. This guy.

We offered to take them trick or treating around the neighborhood we were in and so we went. About 6 houses in, both kids said they just wanted to go back to the Wray-Rays lol. 

It was lots of fun though and the food was TASTY! I could park next to some fondue for hours, yum!

Thanks to the Wray-Rays for hosting and inviting and entertaining our minis. It was lots of fun and sure beat the headache or racing/chasing/blocking other kids from knocking yours down/inevitable rudeness that comes with traditional trick or treating haha. This was Definitely much more fun!

Dr Wray-Ray had to show HeaBug that the blood in the bathroom wasn't real. HeaBug said it could have been because she is a real doctor and could cut people and get blood... Oh this girl.

Grandpa and Oochie were at the partay too!

Rock Steady Guys. Don is borrowing HeaBug's tiger head.

That's a lot of muscles!

At some point, she hopped into their recycling basket by the door and was asking people if they wanted to adopt a cute tiger kitty.

She cracks me up.

Kids were tired when we got home. They didn't even look at their candy until the next morning. HeaBug proceeded to sort  into categories (chocolate with nuts/without, fruity chewy, chips and pretzels, hard candy...). We hung on to it for a few days and then chucked it. 

Yay for Halloween!

Shannon's cute baby (and shower)

My sweet friend Shannon and her Husband just added this handsome bundle of radness to their family and now they are Three.

They are just the cutest and this shower was lots of fun! I was originally going to go alone and when HeaBug saw me dressed up to go, she asks if it's a grown up party. I told her there would be mostly ladies but it was for Baby Mason and his mom. She says, "I LOVE lady parties! Wait for me! I'll put on a dress!" 

She is just too fun! 

All of the LoVELy and DEElicious desserts (including white cake with lemon filling, frosted Texas sheet cake, chocolate covered pretzels and adorable elephant sugar cookies that said "thanks a ton") were done by my amazingly talented friend and cake ninja, Cakestina.

Cotillion

A few months back we got an email from a friend inviting us to 2nd grade guest night at the Bobby Burgess Cotillion. Manners, etiquette, dancing? Oh yes. It was a 50's themed night so we wouldn't have to worry about getting him in a jacket and tie. To ease the nerves a little, we headed to shoe city that day after school to pick up a pair of red hi-tops. We gelled up the hair and headed just down the street to the Golden Sails Crystal Ballroom over on PCH.

He was nervous but didn't let it show. JT is a pretty short guy (his parents top out at 5'6"/5'7") but you'd have never known that was a problem. I watched from the side of the ballroom as he watched the leaders and tried his best to follow their movements as he danced with different girls. At one point, they had the kids stop dancing and the fellas escorted their lady to get their refreshments and then carried both back to their seats. They were serving root beer floats, which JT does not enjoy. I asked him later if he took one to be polite and he told me that he said, "No thank you ma'am. I'll just have water please." Melt me!

We knew only one other Emersonite so they kinda looked out for each other. I made sure to snap one of them together. When we left, JT told me that his tummy hurt the whole time but he wasn't going to let it show. Now that we were in the car, it didn't hurt so much. I explained to him that was nerves... Not the last time I'm sure.

We went to Ruby's Diner for dinner, seeing as how he was already so fly guy'd out. I enjoyed burgers and shakes with my two cuties before heading home for the night. I asked JT if it seemed like something he'd be willing to try for Mom next year... He said, "Sure".

xo
mrs. B

Ana and Gil tie the knot

We headed to Vegas to watch our cousins Ana and Gil get married! Here are some of my favorites from the wedding!

Chanda and John Molina. Love them. Here's their wedding

 

BFFs

thought his look was hilarious. navigating your way through a crowd carrying a cake. brave stuff.

We were in Vegas with the kids so we decided to take them to their first cirque show! We saw O at the Bellagio and they were amazed! 

We at at Bacchanal, the new buffet at Caesars and rolled ourselves out of there. SO FULL! Vegas is always a good time, even better when we get to hang out with our Ohana.