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Feels like Fall

Well, not so much the weather, but everything else.  I love seeing all the fall images on tv and in stores.  I'm not exactly thrilled to be seeing Christmas decorations so soon, though.

Last night we all went to a Halloween party at our Karate school.  The girls looked so cute in their costumes.  Kenadie kept asking me when was I going to paint her face green.  I told her that we put lipstick on her instead.   She informed me that on Halloween she didn't want lipstick, she wanted a green witch face.  LOL  Kayleigh is some kind of vampire.  She just liked the dress and wanted nothing to do with the collar.  Oh well, the costumes were cheap, they fit, and no one argued about it.  That's a win-win, if you ask me.

Oh, and poor little Ken-Ken.  When I went to put on her black Mary Jane's she started yelling, "It's tight!  It's tight!"  Her shoes no longer fit her, so she pulled out these lovely pink glittery Strawberry Shortcake hand-me-downs from Kayleigh. 

 

This is Kayleigh and her bestest, Lauren...and Kenadie and her BFF, Ella.

   

We went to Target this morning and I scored these two Halloween T-shirts for $5.00 each.  This is about how far I like to go with Halloween at school.  :)  We have some teachers who have a full week of "holiday wear" from their earrings down to their crazy socks.  You remember those teachers, don't you?

     

And one last shot of my baby girl looking so grown up.  I can't believe she'll be 10 in just a few short weeks.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we visited the local pumpkin patch to get our Halloween pumpkins.   We haven't carved them yet, as we usually wait until right before Halloween to do so.  On the way home from the patch I had the brilliant idea to make pumpkin pie with the insides.  Keith just laughed at me.  He told me that these aren't the kind of pumpkins that one makes pie with.  I just told him that he had no faith in me.  Still, I am thinking that buying a Mrs. Smith's pie and some Cool Whip sounds like just as much fun, and it's probably a heck of a lot easier. 

Oh, and get a load of Kayleigh's top.  That's a bathing suit cover-up that somehow she got out of the house wearing without me seeing.  This is what you wear when you live in Florida and it's October.  :(

   

I also got a layout done yesterday.  It scanned lumpy so this is the best I could get it.  My office is huge mess...too huge for one measly layout.  So I am leaving it messy in the hopes that I will get to scrap again this week...but I doubt it. 

   

Oh, and one more little tidbit about me...I discovered today that I know all of the words to Foreigner's song, Urgent.  We were listening to the Casey Kasem Weekly Top 40 from 1981.  That song came on, and I cranked it up and sang it from beginning to end.  LOL  By the way, the week of October 24th 1981 the number one song was Arthur's Theme.  FYI.

Pink Saturday

I haven't participated in Pink Saturday for a few weeks and I've been missing it.  :(  With our upcoming ski trip in mind, I'm having fun finding pink things.

How cute would the girls look in these?

   

Or perhaps matching shirts? I actually bought the women's shirt.  I can't find the girls' shirts in the right sizes.

    

Or perhaps this ensamble would be perfect for sitting by the fireplace drinking hot cocoa?

 

I'd be able to find the girls easily if they were wearing this.

 

I think I really need this scarf.

 

It would look great with this jacket.

   

Have a Pink Saturday!!!

Catching Up

Whew!  It's been awhile.  I was wondering if I was ever going to get back to the blogging world.   Since I've got a few moments to breathe, I guess I'll take this time to catch up my few friends in the Blogosphere with what's going on with us.

Last month, Keith and Kayleigh earned their yellow belts in Karate.  I'm so proud of them.  Both of them work so hard 3-4 days a week.  I should join them, I know.  But until they update the uniform, I'll watch proudly on the sideline.  :)  Seriously, I would do it, but Kenadie is too young and not focused enough to join in or to sit quietly by herself while we were working out.  (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

 

 

This is just a cute photo of Kenadie and her buddy, Ella waiting patiently while their sisters were testing.

   

What else?  Oh yea, I am trying to save a little money and make more meals from home.  Here is my version of Jack-o-Lantern Sloppy Joe Pie.

And here is the recipe.  It was so simple and the family really enjoyed it.  Got a quick, easy family-friendly recipe to share with me?  I'd love to try it!

It is hard balancing having a career (Yes, teaching IS a career!) and being a mom, so I try to have a healthy balance of both.  Last week I took a personal day to chaperone Kayleigh's field trip to Cracker Country.  I swear I was probably more excited than Kayleigh.  So, at 9:00 all of the 4th graders, their teachers and chaperones all headed to the front of the school to wait for the buses to arrive.  We waited...and waited...and waited.  At 10:00 we discovered that the buses went to another school on the other side of town that has a similar name as our school does.  By then, it was too late to go.  The kids were so deflated when they heard the news, and so was I!!!  I had wasted a personal day.  :(  They rescheduled the trip and the kids had a picnic lunch and got to watch a pioneer video instead.  Here is a photo of Kayleigh and her friends waiting for the buses to arrive.  I didn't have the heart to take an "after they got the news" photo.

   

But, on a happier note, I was able to chaperone a walking field trip to Hershey's Ice Cream with Kenadie's pre-school class on Friday.  Here she is with her two best buddies from class enjoying their colorful treats.

 

Oh, and the latest family news is that we're all booked for our first family ski trip.  We're headed to Breckenridge in February.  We're renting a condo with ski in/ski out right between Peak 8 and 9.  Everyone is really excited!!!  The girls have never seen snow, and of course have never skiied before.  We're going with another family so the kids should be thoroughly entertained.

I guess that's it in a nutshell.  Here's hoping that I can continue to keep this blog current.