October Fun!

Well today (Tuesday) was my Saturday and I did all my errands like normal, but I made one extra one. I've been meaning to buy this book called "The Help." So I stopped by K-Mart to see if they had it. Kara, Mere, and Amy have all been advising me to read it and if you know me, you know why I haven't read it yet...because I don't like to read! But they promised me I would love it and it was worth it, so I decided to stop and by and grab a copy of it. I must have been in a mood because I ended up buying a second book too. It's called "Heaven is For Real." It is about a little boy who said he went to heaven and back while having emergency surgery...it got really good reviews so I'm hoping its good!

And since I was already there....I decided to just "look" at the Halloween decorations they had. A little background here, I LOVE decorations for any holiday. And I go just a bit crazy with buying them. Now you see why I said "look" because that never happens. So I came across this cute cat place mat first...

I thought it would be perfect for under Bear's bowls.

But I couldn't get Bear one without getting Trigger one...

And of course he had to pose with his bowls because he liked the place mat so much! haha

So anyway...I basically got started last week when I got the package from my parents and they had the window clings in there. Once I put those up...I just wanted to keep going. So here is what I had done before today...

I put orange lights all around the door and onto the fence...

Got this cute Happy Halloween sign to hang on the gate....

And got this adorable skeleton to welcome everyone!

So I got a few more things at K-Mart today, including more lights, and a light-up spider web. Before we move on....just want to make sure everyone is aware of all the materials needed for all of these awesome decorations.

Your going to need a hammer and some nails....

and extension cords! They are a must for 5 star decorations!

So anyway...this light up spider web ended up being much more difficult than I thought. At first I thought I could hang it in the trees somewhere. But once I looked around I realized that would be really hard. So then I tried on the side of the house. Well our house is concrete so that ended up being really hard too. So my last option was the fence. It is a little more hidden than I wanted it to be, but it still looks pretty good! It was also very hard to hang due to the circular shape. When you pull the thing out the box it looks like this...

And with the help of Bear...and about an hour of trying multiple options...I finally got the thing hung on the fence!

So I know it was still light out, but here is what it looks like now! I am so proud! :)

So now we just have to wait until Halloween to see how many trick or treaters we will get! haha

Besides hanging Halloween decorations, I had a great week at work. It flew by, but one day I was scheduled to do enrichment with our dolphins. This just means come up with something fun for them to do without fish. So I decided to get on the surfboard and swim around with the dolphins in the front lagoon! It was so much fun! Santini and Gypsi really love it, but all 8 dolphins were there around me having a blast! They even came out with the underwater camera and took some footage. I had such a great time and it was so good for me just to get to hang out with the dolphins! Here are some pictures from that day...

Trigger Update: Besides having fun getting new Halloween toys and place mats, Trigger has also been allowed on the bed a few times. The other night I had a pretty bad head ache, so I was just laying around and Trigger jumped up on the bed and just laid down right next to me! It was so sweet I couldn't kick him off so he actually behaved and stayed up there, but Tyler took these hilarious pictures of us! He looks like a giant!!

Sorry they are so blurry. Tyler took them, not me :) Alright guys, well thanks for reading! Can't wait for Tyler's parents to come next weekend!! They get here the 8th and will be here that whole week! Will have lots of pictures don't worry! :)