Blogging Oh How I have Missed You!! - Halloween Planning

Halloween is finally on my mind.  Both boys have their Halloween costumes now.  I am not sure they will beat my son's costume of last year (he was the cutest skunk I have ever seen) but I am sure they will be nice. The little one will be a dinosaur and the older one  a monkey.

With the costumes figured out, I would like to give my home some "Halloween curb appeal"!  I don't usually go all out with my outdoor fall themed decorations but this year my intention is to do at least a little.  I enjoy carving pumpkins and usually to the typical scary faces or designs, but I saw this design and I hope I can pull it off.

Via Princess Pinky Girl

My oldest son loves playing "Boo" and pretending he is scaring us, so this design makes me laugh every time I see it.  Yesterday, we went to a pumpkin patch to pick the pumpkins. It was so much fun; beats just picking the pumpkin from the grocery store.

It will be my goal this week to get cracking on the decor. Stay tuned!

Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating today!

Hello Monday! Choo Choo! Fun is full steam ahead!

This past week-end was all about picking the perfect train set which will be our Christmas gift to our little man this year...

Our little man had a Thomas and Friend's 2nd birthday bash :)

He has been obsessed with Thomas the Train and Friends for the last year now.  His second birthday this past August was of course a Thomas themed party & he was so excited to be Thomas for Halloween. 

Our little man's Halloween bucket filled with too many treats from trick or treating!

We recently stopped by our local Indigo bookstore and discovered the children’s section where he was delighted to find a complete train set displayed for all the kids to play with. There’s no doubt in our minds that a train set is THE perfect Christmas gift for our son this year. The challenge was finding which one! 

via ToysRus

After much research and comparison shopping I felt victorious walking out of Toys R Us last week-end with the Imaginarium Mountain Pass Railroad on sale from $129.99 to $69.97 score! But price was not the only factor...

1. We did not want a train set which came on a table as we lack space and wanted to be able to put it away. 
2. We wanted to be able to build the tracks in different ways to change it up each time.
3. We wanted to be able to buy additional tracks and pieces if we wanted to add on to the set at a later time.
4. We wanted the tracks to be compatible with the Thomas the Train sets' trains.
5. Lastly, we wanted good quality wood pieces. 

We will have to see if it delivers on each promise...will report back after Santa makes his visit ;)!