Halloween is almost here!

I am SO excited! Only one more week until Halloween!!!
I am usually not this thrilled with this particular holiday...mainly because I am a big chicken and I don't like anything scary (I still don't like to walk into a dark room alone:)) and I HATE masks. They really freak me out for some reason.
This year is different, though. I racked my brain for two months trying to think of a great "family" halloween costume. I wanted all of us to dress up to the same theme...but it's tough to think of stuff to do. Especially with girls as girly as mine:). We couldn't really come up with something that we could all do, and the girls just fought about who would get to be DeeDee Doodle from the Doodle Bops. I finally found the one thing that would pull them away from pink, frills, make-up and big hair...SOLDIERS!!
I know, it sounds crazy, but they were SO excited about it! We hit the army surplus store in search of ACU's (the new BDU's) for Abbi, Kati and me. Can you beleive that they make ACU's for little ones too?
Anyway, we found the full outfits, ordered the name tapes for their uniform, found little hats...the whole nine yards. For me, I bought a pair of ACU's and a female Drill Sergeant hat, to match Eric. He and I will be the DS's and the girls will be the privates. They have been practicing their cadences (I think I spelled that right) for the past two weeks. It's so funny to hear them chanting along:). They have always liked cadence, Eric always calls them while he is running, and most the time he runs pushing the girls in the jogging stroller, so they are used to hearing and calling them, but recently we have been learning more. Abbi's idea was to call cadence while we march the streets trick-or-treating!
I really can't wait!
Their uniforms made it here today and so we dressed them all up to make sure everything looked good...I about died! The looked so cute!!! I took some pictures and I will post them a little later. I will most certainly post the actual Halloween photos, too, though.
Honestly, Eric and I thought that the girls should have been the drill sergeants and us the privates...that's really how things seem to be done around here:).

On a different note...
Abbi had pictures at school today! If we get there early, they will take Kati's picture, too and take them together, so that's what we did. I had the hardest time deciding what to put on them. I always like for them to match, but Abbi is getting so big that it is getting hard to find matching outfits. I was able to dig out a size 4 jumper for Kati that matches a dress that Abbi has now and I found tights and under shirts to match, so that is what I went with. Of course, I didn't find it until almost midnight last night, and that meant that at 12:30 this morning I was up heming and taking in the size 4 dress for my barely 2T size baby!! It worked, though, and that is all that matters. Thank goodness I know how to sew:)
They looked super cute and did a great job. I can't wait to get them back...when I do, I will scan and post them!

As for Eric, he started with his rookie yesterday! He was excited to be Mr. Teacher:). He said the night went great and she did well...when I asked if she was driving, though, he laughed at me. He said "would you want to be in the passenger seat with someone going twice the speed limit, running read lights, driving down the wrong side of the road, talking on the radio, reading the computer screan, listening to the other radio, watching the GPS, and talking on the cell phone?"...I replied..."I ride in the car with you, don't I?" I thought I got him pretty good with that one:)...he is always bringing his "cop driving" home...and it is CRAZY and scary sometimes.
He is happy to have a rookie to train, and I know he will train her right...he's a great officer.

As for me...same ole, same ole:). We went last weekend and picked out our pumpkin and I got the honors of designing and carving...I don't mind, though. I love that kind of stuff. The girls wanted Dora, so I drew her and then had to figure out what to cut out and what not to cut out. That was the hardest part. I figured it out though, and I think she turned out pretty good! I'll post a pic and let you be the judge:).

We have had some much needed rain this weekend and so far this week! It has been a blessing...no complaints at all:). I just hope it keeps up!

Well, I will go for now. Take care, all!!!