The Littlest Harry Potter & other ramblings

As promised, I finally did a layout about Parker's first Halloween costume. Oh my gosh--how stinking cute is he!? It's hard to believe he was only 2 1/2 months old at the time. You know what really stinks about that day? We were living in Edwardsville at the time and Travis traveled a LOT. He was gone that day and everyone we knew had other things going on so no one got to see how adorable he was. Edwardsville has a big Halloween parade with costume contests which I know he would have won, but I had just broken my arm a few weeks before Halloween and it was still kind of hard to maneuver a stroller and baby so we just stayed home. Talk about all dressed up with no where to go! I took lots and lots of pictures though and I still have those little home-made pipe cleaner glasses.
As for the layout, what is my deal with stars!? Once again, I think I overdid it. You can't tell, but the really small stars are those gold stickers that are supposed to be used for reward charts. I love those. Always have. Maybe I should make a reward chart for myself and give myself stars when I complete chores like laundry and cleaning. That would be a practically empty chart I can tell you!
We went to Spitler Park with my dad today and hiked the loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggg trail. The boys did great and only whined at the very end. I have to say that I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to end and were we going to end up somewhere in Dalton City. However, when we were done, it felt like an accomplishment. Parker held my hand the whole time--you know I love that because I'm sure the days of hand holding with his mom are coming to an end soon. We saw a snail, a turtle, lots of squirrels and birds, minnows, tadpoles, a hawk feather and an owl feather. They loved looking at all the fallen trees and weird shaped trees and trees with big hanging vines and hollowed out trees. All of this wonderful, wholesome fun with nature and Buddy and I forgot my camera. What kind of scrapbooker/mom am I to miss this event? The moral of the story is to always bring a camera--always. I wonder what Parker and Jack will say when I tell them we have to go hike the trail again tomorrow so I can take pictures?
Oh, by the way, they are both asleep right now because it was a really loooooonnnnggggg trail!