Steps for Drinking Milk 101

There are steps to drinking milk that aren't widely known. Step #1 Hit Sippy on table until milk spills.
Step #2. Lick the milk off the table. Another thing that might work is sucking it off the table.
Step #3, This is the most important one, when you are done licking the milk off the table, you must lay in the milk and then try to wipe it off the table and make sure it all goes on the floor. There, those are the rules for properly drinking milk.

The Sweetest Love Song

This is the most amazing love song. I love it. I think it sums up how I feel about my sweet Todd.

Thanksgiving

Wow! Another year has flown by. I have so many things that I am thankful for. I try to think of things everyday that I am grateful for, today is a great day to reflect on all the things that I am grateful for. So here I go.

I am blessed everyday to be a Mommy and a wife. I have the most beautiful, smart, wonderful kids. They are the light in the sky, the skip in my step and always a breath of fresh air. They make me smile, jump for joy and fill complete.

My Boys

1.Spencer is the most wonderfully brilliant big man. He is a wonderful brother, friend and son. He is brave, yet wears his heart on his sleeve and totally 'gets' me. He understands when we need him to understand. He's very logical and is always asking questions. I love that this past election season we got to have real conversations about life, politics, religion and the rights of others. I love that when confronted he sticks to his guns and chooses to stand up for what he believes in. I adore him and that beautiful smile of his. I am thankful everyday that he is mine.

2. Adam is the wonderfully quick witted, tenderhearted, little man. He is charming and so funny. He's always had a light in his eyes. He makes me giggle about something everyday. He says some of the most off the wall stuff, funniest things at the most random times. He is absolutely the laughter and entertainment in our family. He also has a huge heart. He has a love for people, his family and his friends. He loves music and has watched videos over cartoons since he was little. He is artsy and creative. I am blessed to be his Mommy.

I am blessed to have these two little men who even though they fight, they absolutely would be lost without the other one.


My Girls

1. Little Miss Lily made a grand entrance. Since birth this beautiful little girl has been the other woman in Todd's life. The look on his face, I knew I had competition. She is beautiful, fun-loving, tender hearted, joyful, and a snugly little Daddy's girl. She is a girly girl through and through. I love that she lets me play with her hair and do her nails. I love that she plays with Barbie and dreams Princess dreams. I love that she loves to dance, her little booty shakin' makes me smile. She's also quite the little singer, right now her favorite song is 'Hot & Cold' by Katy Perry. She's just a joy, and Todd and I have been blessed with the privilege of raising her.

2. Little Miss Sara Rose owns a piece of my heart that could've easily been darkened by the sad events that followed her birth. The loss of my Dad effected me in a way that made me feel desperately lonely. This brand new baby of mine allowed me to bond with her like super glue. She has been an easy, mellow, wonderfully sweet baby. She is incredibly smart and sassy. She takes in everything around her, studies people and seems to know if she can trust them or not. She is warm and beautiful and I adore her. She is my ray of sunshine and she is mine.

3. Valerie. She is not mine but she owns a piece of my heart. Since the first time she hugged me, we have had a bond. She is a beautiful girl with such a big heart. She has a compassion to love everyone around her. She has a conviction for her values. She is smart and strong and I love her so much. I am thankful that she is my sweet niece.

I am thankful to be able to raise these beautiful little girls to be strong, confident, wonderful women.

My Husband

My lover, Todd. My everything. My heart and soul. My slayer of dragons and fixer of things:) I am blessed that I get to be his wife.


My Brothers
My Brothers. I adore all of them. All of them bring a unique quality and purpose to our family. They are so wonderful. I am thankful for each of them.

My Friends
My friends. Wow! What a wonderful group of women are in my life. Arlene, Sala, Keri, Nicolle and all my other friends and blogger buddies. I love you all.

My Extended Family
My extended family is amazing. I adore all of you. You are each special and bring happiness and support into my life.

My Country

I am so grateful to live in this wonderful country we live in. I love being an American, having the freedoms I have, living the life I get to live. I feel privileged to raise my family here. I love our military and the freedom they protect. I love that I get to vote and have a voice.

There are do many other things that I am grateful for, my home, my husband's job, food to eat, vehicles to drive, my utilities, my health and my family's health. And the list goes on and on. I love you all. Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone.

Lily's Booty Shakin'

Tonight Valerie and I got to go see Lily at dance class. She loves dance. She practices daily. DAILY! She loves it. Anyway, she hasn't learn a ton of new things since the last time I posted, but she's crisper, more confident and definitely still the most beautiful, talented kid in the class.

Adam the Tiger Scout

Tonight Adam had cub scouts. That's right, he's old enough to do that. I only had my phone to take pictures so they aren't as crisp as usual. So anyway, Adam's scout meeting
was at the fort museum in Ft. Bridger. The tour guide took the boys through a ton of displays of what it was like to live in Ft. Bridger 150 years ago. It was really interesting because even though I have lived here my whole life, I rarely go to the fort. So, it was really neat to see everything and hear the actual history behind different events in our small community. Adam seemed to love it too. There was rarely a time
when he wasn't paying attention to what was being said. He was looking around and really studying the displays. He asked me a ton of questions, not all of which I could answer, but it was so fun to look at his little face and see his interest in everything. Adam's best buddy Braeden is also a scout, they only seems distracted by each other's presence towards the very end of everything when we sat through a really boring, hard to hear 'movie' about the settlers. It was a great hour I got to spend with him. And Val came along for the ride, she was also really well behaved :)

Week In Review

This week has been crazy. I feel like we didn't slow down. I know all of you feel the same way.
Monday: I guess Monday wasn't to bad. Normal Mommy things. Take the kids to school, play with Sara, grab Lily from school, play with Lily, grab the boys from school, play with the boys, Todd comes home, bedtime.
Tuesday:The freakin' day from Hell. Busy, Busy, Busy! And Adam, sweet Adam. Sweet lamb sent from the Lord above. Sweet, sweet Adam. (Refer below.)
Wednesday:Adam had an All School Meeting. He was so cute and back to his sweet (no really sweet) self.
Thursday:Spencer was the 'Extra Effort' student for Mr. Argyle's class for November. The reasons why were because he always puts his all into everything he does, even if he doesn't like it. He listens and follows instructions and he has a wicked laugh. (Too funny.) Then the boys had Taekwondo. It was their last night and they did a little presentation. Sara was a little stinker and wanted to be in the middle of everything so she and I were in the Suburban most of the night, but as soon as I figure out how to down load my camcorder stuff onto my computer, I will post that video. They were to cute.
Friday: Adam had a reader's theater. That's where all the kids in the class invite their parents to come and listen to the stories that the students write. They [students] put a lot of effort into writing these stories. And they draw pictures to go with what the story is about. Adam's story was about when we went to see Disney on Ice. His story was adorable and his drawings of the event were even better. So cute. Then after school we went to Rock Spring to help Jim and Jennifer unload their Uhaul. And ate at the worst Pizza Hut ever. It was terrible. The service, the crack heads, all of it sucked. Then we went to Starbucks and all was right with the world. Then Val came home. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday: Todd ran his Mother around, I bossed the kids around to do their chores. Which was freakin' dramatic. You would think I was pulling their teeth. OMg. Todd and the kids raked leaves and fixed the fence. I cleaned a little and mostly hung out with Sara and Val. O' and Spencer, Adam, Lily and I, along with Quintin, Savanna and Adam's friend Braeden went to see Madagascar 2. It was a cute show, the kids totally ditched me and sat in the front row though. I could see them all from where I was sitting, it was a bitter sweet thing. Lily spilled her drink towards the end and wanted to come snuggle with me. That was nice. She usually wants to be right where her brothers were at, but since she spilled, she wanted her Mommy. How sweet.
Sunday: I was a freakin' slug. I watched and movie and nursed Sara most of the day. I did get a little housework done, but not near enough. The kids played outside all day long. And Todd worked overtime. It was a great day (except Todd was gone:(
So all in all it was a good week. The new week starts tomorrow and we will be back to the normal craziness. Well, I guess we only have 2 days of school this week and yummy Thanksgiving is this week. We are going to my little brother John's house on Thursday and then Saturday, some of Todd's family is coming over here for a Thanksgiving feast. It will be another busy wonderful week.

Isn't She Lovely

Look at this face! Look at the 'What Can I Get Into?' look. Little stinker. Yes, she has gotten so busy so much busier over the last few weeks. She has developed a sassiness about her. She is such a sweet baby, but man her red hair is shining through more and more everyday. Everyday is a new adventure. I swear she wakes up with one goal in mind, to see how many more things she can get into today, compared to yesterday.
Trust me, her goals are realistic an usually met with amazing ability. For some reason, she thinks the bathroom is uncharted territory. She loves the toilet and is forever splashing around in there. (Much to her Mommy's dismay.) So gross.
And loves to tear the toilet paper to shreds and unfold all the towels and wash clothes and put them in a nice pile on the floor. And then crawls inside the cupboard and tries to hide from all of us. Like a cute little game of hide and seek. She loves to sit and giggle while we call her name. There are a few other things, she's been doing. She says 'Mama' when she wants love or is demanding something from you. She loves her sippy. Loves it. She doesn't like to wear shoes. It's all I can do to
keep them on her. She rips them off the first chance she gets. She has also been more vocal lately. She bends over at the waist, sticks her butt out and screams, just to hear herself scream. Man it was cute the first few times she did it. But she has kept on doing it. And when someone takes something away from her, look out. She can scream and throw a fit. But I have to say, after telling you what a little stinker she is, she is by far my easiest baby. She has such a beautiful little wit about her. Such a beautiful smile and charm about her. And on the day she turned 14 months old she is still the light in our family.

Found My Energy

Holy Crap! I found my stinkin' energy. Yesterday morning I was having serious trouble getting my fanny off the couch. Then Arlene called me on my way to get Lily from preschool and asked if I could keep her daughter Kamryn for the afternoon. Then my friend Sala called and asked if she and her babies could come over and have lunch with us. So, I was excited to have company and Lily was really excited to have her friends come play. Anyway, my girls and I hurried home and soon after Arlene, Kamryn, Sala, Kynlie (Sala's 3 year daughter) and Kyzer (Sala's 2 month old baby) arrived. Arlene headed off to work and Sala and I visited about our kids and religion. (My 2 favorite subjects.) When she was getting ready to leave, her little Kynlie wanted to stay and play. So Lily was spoiled rotten having 2 friends over all afternoon to play. Sara was also in heaven, she was so cute trying to be right in the middle of all the chaos. (She blended very well.) The girls had the best time playing together. It was fun to have the giggling business of lots of kids. But I was reminded about how much I love my quiet time with my girls in the afternoon. Anyway, Arlene's husband Rusty came to get Kamryn around 4:00 and Sala got here shortly after that.

In the mean time...... Adam had had a rough day of ears not working properly. It started off at 6:45 am. I got the kids up for school and got them breakfast. I then said I was going to jump in the shower. When I got out, Spencer looked frazzled and Adam looked mad. Spencer immediately told me that Adam had decided he was going to run away from home because Lily 'always' takes the last bit of his favorite cereal. (I know, little sisters take everything that is fun.) Spencer had chased Adam down the road and got him back into the house. But, there was some drama. Always Drama.
Then, as the morning progressed, Adam was lolly gagging. He was struggling to get through our morning routine. First the breakfast thing, then he couldn't manage to find the bathroom to brush his teeth, then the way to his bedroom was completely lost in his little navigational system. So on the way to school I told him he was going to be grounded to his room when he got home from school. Again sad/mad face emerged. When he got home from school, I decided that he needed to rake leaves instead of being grounded. There are days were I am overwhelmed with the stuff that needs done around the house and didn't I have 4 kids for a reason:) Ha! Not funny, I know. So anyway, Spencer agreed to fill a bag, Adam had to fill 2. O'my. Adam cried and cried. Spencer was going too fast, Spencer wasn't helping, Spencer filled his up wrong, Spencer got to pick up the pile that didn't have spiders.....And the list goes on and on and on. Then on the way to Tae Kwon Do, he got a penny stuck up his nose. SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!! When I asked him why he said because...... he wanted to see if it would fit. So we had to turn around, come back home, find tweezers, pull the penny out and go to Tae Kwon Do. I had to call Arlene and have her talk me down. I swear there are days where the challenge of being a Mommy are tremendous. Yesterday was definitely one of them. Adam survived, I survived.
So after a very slow morning, my day was so very busy yesterday. Today returned to normal. Sara and I went to Adam's All School Meeting, Lily went to preschool, and the afternoon was filled with cleaning up Lily's room from yesterday. I got her toy box cleaned out also and I'm working on Adam's. O' the treasurers that are buried in there. So just the normal Mommy craziness. Life is good, my energy is restored.

Conserving Energy

I am having the hardest time getting off my butt today. There are at least 100 things that need done. The house needs some love, dinner needs to be put in the crock pot, the garage needs cleaned, and there are a crap load of leaves that needs cleaned up. I need to enlist my boys for the leaf part, but man, it all still seems overwhelming. And the next few days the kids have school stuff going on that I need to attend, Spencer is getting an award for being an extra effort student. I'm so proud of him. I can't wait to hear what the teacher says about him. Anyway, my point is is that today is THE day to get something done. So I need to get off my butt instead of conserving energy. Any idea's?

Lily's Tumbling Performance

Miss Lil' had her last Tumbling class last Tuesday and then Thursday was the big performance. (This isn't the same class as her dance/tap/tumbling class.) She was so cute. As you can see though, when she is older, she's going to kill me for the massive pantie lines. I should've paid better attention. Still she's, by far, the most beautiful and most talented child in the whole class. Please be patient with my movie editing and production skills. I am just starting to understand what the heck I'm doing.

Loss on a Thankful Sunday

Loss. There are days where, even though for the most part I am doing great, I am incapacitate and in a fetal position. I desperately miss my Mom, Nana and My Daddy. I still, after years and years, get emotional when I hear a song like this, I cry my eyes out and it takes me to a place, deep down in my heart, that is a lonely little girl, longing for my loved ones. I miss them so much. I don't allow myself to go there very often. Grief can be overwhelming, feeling sorry for yourself can be destructive, but sometimes, just for a moment it's ok to reach into that part of your heart that carries the grief and just let it out, cry, sob, scream. Todd and I have had a rough year. It's been a struggle, I'm not going to lie to you. Not only have we experienced loss, but our loved ones have faced challenges as well. But when looking at my own life I need to be grateful for what I do have. My family, my brothers, my friends, my extended family. There is definitely more good than bad. I believe there's a reason and a purpose for what we experience in our lives. So, on the days where grief is overwhelming, I look over at my own beautiful little creations, count my many blessings and get over my pity party. Because it doesn't take long for them to start crying, screaming and sobbing. Life moves on, my loved ones would be proud of me, of Todd and especially our babies. I am blessed. No more feeling sorry for myself. Now if I could get Carrie Underwood to shut the hell up:)

Dear Pat,

 Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday Dear Pat, Happy Bithday to you! I have to remind you that I am so happy you are older than me:) Love Ya!

Week In Review

I swear this last week has been extremely hectic. We have been so busy lately when Todd is off, all we do is run. Plus I chose to start and finish all four books in the Twilight series this week. Let's see;
Monday: Adam had a cake bake for scouts. They made the cake but we didn't make it to scouts. Todd was running around like a chicken with his head cut off because he is swamped with his Dad's paperwork. And I read.
Tuesday: ELECTIONS! I helped out at Adam's school and in the Library, Lily had dance, tumbling and tap. The boys had Taekwondo, Todd was still stressed and Obama won the election. (WOOT-WOOT!) Had a heart to heart talk with Spencer about mean kids and the words hateful words that people say and how it can grow like wide fire. (I'm still at a loss here.) But feel great about the upstanding little man we are raising. Then I read.
Wednesday: I again helped out at Adam's school, and enjoyed lunch with my little man. Lily had a fever and Sara was fussy. Sick kids are never fun. Todd again was in crazy mode, trying to pull together yet more paperwork. I read.
Thursday: Todd's mother had a Chiropractor appointment in Evanston in the morning and Todd being the dutiful son that he is took her in. Todd then had to run all over Evanston, trying to pull together yet more paperwork. We rushed through all of that, only to realize that we weren't going to make it back in time to get Lily, had to have Sala pick her up from school. Made it home, grabbed Lily, grabbed the boys. Todd took a nap and went to work on Graveyards (BARF!) I read.
Friday: (Kids are out of school) We had PTC for Adam at 7:15 am and Spencer's at 8:00am. Yes, you heard me correctly, AM!!!!!!!! But we did it. Adam's teacher just loves him. We talked about him being to tender hearted (aka..crying at school), but he's also sticking up for other kids in his class. He's reading well but a little flighty at bringing his books home to read every night. He's doing great in math, and mostly that he totally rocks! Spencer's teacher had nothing but praise for him. He is advanced in everything except for reading fluency, and proficient in that. Mr. Argyle thinks he's great at math and seems to really get a lot of the concepts that are involved in math. He gets along with everyone and seems to be doing great. He totally rocks also. Then, when we got home from that, Todd laid down and I hung out with the babies and read. When Todd left for work in the afternoon, we when to Arlenies for the evening and hung out with her and her step daughter Tiffany along with all of the children that we all have. (That's like 10 kids.) We had a great time there. I love Arlenie and we don't get to spend near enough time together. Life is crazy what can I say. When we got home, the kids got in bed and I read some more.
Saturday: I hung out with the babies and finished the forth big-ass book. I rock!
Sunday: Searched for my energy. I can't find it, where the heck did it go? I've got to much to do, because when I was telling you about all he things I was doing, I think you might have noticed that not once did I say words like housework, laundry, grocery shopping or even fixing dinner. So needless to say, I am way behind and can not afford to have miss placed my energy. Next week starts tomorrow and I'm going to be way way behind if I don't find it fast.

Husband Tag

1~What's his name? Todd aka..Lover McStudmuffin
2~Who's taller? He is by about 5 inches, which is a ton when your only 5' tall.
3~Who is smarter? Depends on what it is, I think he is very book smart, knowledgeable. I come equip with common sense but not a lot of book smarts.
4~Who is more sensitive? Depends on the touchy subject.
5~Who does laundry? Me, although he helps once in a while. He thinks our front loading washer and dryer rock. You can tell we're old when we think appliances are cool.
6~Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Facing the bed, he does.
7~Who pays the bills? He brings home the bacon, I fry it up in a pan.
8~Who cooks more? Me, but he can whip up a mean PB & J.
9~Who's more stubborn? Depends, I usually am, but he has his moments.
10~Who's the first to admit they're wrong? He is, but I'm getting better.
11~Who has more siblings? Me
12~Who wears the pants in family? He told his sister Ruthie once, that I wear the pants but he occasionally asks for them back.
13~What do you do together? Lots of things:) Most we are running doing the Mommy and Daddy thing. We spend a lot of time talking about everything, and IMing each other from across the living room.
14~How did you first meet? Drive In, is was lust at first sight. He loved my big-ass red hair and I thought he was a yummy college guy.
15~Who asked who out first? We had a mutual (crazy) friend that hooked us up, but if she didn't Todd was going to ask me out, he couldn't resist my seductress ways:)
16~Who said 'I love you' first? I did. I was head over heals with him very early in our relationship.
17~Who proposed? He did. It was prom night April 4, 1993. He was acting weird as we drove to Evanston for dinner. When we got to the restaurant, he wouldn't sit by me, I thought he was breaking up with me, then he got down on his knee and proposed. He definitely didn't break up with me.
18~What are his best qualities? There are so many. Todd, is my voice of reason, my lover, the funniest person I have ever met, the most irritating person I have ever met, and the love of my life. He is gentle and strong, wise yet has the spirit of a child. He is kind and understanding. He is honest and brave. He is an amazing husband, lover and father. And his best quality by far is that he loves me with his whole heart in spite of my many, many flaws. I am one lucky girl.

Lily's Booty Shakin'

 Lily has tumbling, dance and tap one night a week. She is doing so well. This little girl knows how to shake her booty. Her dance teacher was thinking about putting her in the class just above the one she's in, because she's just a little more advanced than the kids she with. She's just a tiny bit older too. So I went to see the older group,and after watching the other girls, Todd and I decided to leave her right where she is at.
 Besides, it's good to be the leader/
head little diva, right? She's showing some talent and we can't wait to see how well she does with it.

President-elect Obama

YAY! That's all the gloating I'm going to do, at least for now.
Ok. Now. I hope that through all of this, #1, people realize that Barack Obama won by popular vote, not just by electoral votes. So more people than just me were supporting him. Others also believe in him. #2, give him a chance. Give him a chance. Please. Let him get into office and try to fix some of the things that our country needs serious help with. Let him try to do some of the things that he wants to do.
My other hope his that all of the hateful attacks, emails, and just plain lies will stop. I am hopeful for peace. I feel like a good ol' political argument can tear a family and any other relatioship for that matter, in pieces and that sucks. Our country is built on the principle that you get to vote your conscience. And it has been my experience that you are entitled to your own opinion, without someone else shoving hate down anyone's throat.
Speaking of hate, my sweet Spencer was attacked over and over for liking Obama. Yesterday was especially bad. He heard that he was supporting terrorists, killing babies (Abortion rights), and slavery (WTF?) for believing in Obama. He seriously got in my Suburban, tears rolling down his face because some of his 'friends' were horribly mean to him. It took Todd and I quite a while to claim him down. I was so proud of him for standing up for his beliefs, but sooooooooo pissed off that kids say that stuff to each other, because as much as I know kids can be cruel, they learn this from somewhere. I wanted to go kick some body's ass. The Mommy in me was raging mad. But I also realized that I was able to teach my son a little bit more about tolerance. And how much hate can hurt. We (Yes, Todd voted for Obama too) never spouted hate about John McCain. We simply told our kids why we wanted Obama to be our next President. And how if the election went the other way, we would support McCain, because that's who the majority of Americans thought would be the best person for President.
So today, I look at blogs and people's updates on Facebook and Myspace and wonder why people didn't listen to John McCain's words last night. Our country is not going to hell in a hand basket, but it will be different from what is going on now. I don't think that's a bad thing. Hopefully our President-elect will have support from the McCain supporters. This was a great election, I am so proud to be an American. I am proud that John McCain served in the military and survived imprisonment. He is a wise man, a great man. If you listen to is speech from last night, you'll see just how he cares for America and the path that it needs to be on. You'll hear that he also wants a new and different direction for our country. And just how much he wants America to get behind our new President.

Barack the Vote

YAY!!! It's voting day. I am so excited. This is the first year that I am voting for someone based on the fact that I whole heartedly believe in that certin someone. I have kinda always voted along a republican party line, but this year, I will be voting FOR someone, not AGAINST someone. I have researched, listened to and carefully watched every candidate that was part of this election year. This year I am informed. I am voting FOR someone because I BELIEVE in him, I agree with him. With all that being said, please vote. Vote because you believe in someone, vote for the person you think will be the best man for President of our great Nation.
On a sadder note, Sen. Obama's Grandma passed away yesterday. Loosing a loved one is always hard. My heart is with him and his family.

Barack Obama '08

I'm a Twilighter

I have had these books just laying around my house for several months now. I thought that I would get to them soon. I guess I should back peddle a little. When I start reading, I become incapacitated. And 4 books that I will probably really enjoy, well, I'd be lucky to see my family for a few days. So, I've been hearing that the movie for Twilight was coming out on Nov. 21. So I thought I'd better get to

reading it. (I love to read the books before the movie come out.) And Saturday we needed to make a trip to Utah for some winter gear, I thought that it was the perfect opportunity to start my books. Well, once I started I couldn't put it down. I finished the first one [Twilight] by 4:00am Sunday morning and I finished the second one [New Moon] about 2:30 am this morning.
So today I will start the third one [Eclipse] and hopefully the forth one [Breaking Dawn] tomorrow. I can't believe how much I have loved these books. The author is Stephenie Meyer. She has a way of keeping you hanging on, wanting more. I guess that's why I haven't put them down. I think the story behind the books and why they came about is so cool also. I have also realized that I have a thing for Vampires.
Anyway, these are great books, if you get a chance read them. (Although, I now realize that I am one of the last people on the planet to read them.) I have been massively impressed to read this love story, even though it is lacking in some of my favorite parts of love stories:) They are so good. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. (And I will before Todd goes back on Graveyards Thursday night, because knowing that I am the great Mom that I just happen to be, I know the children need taken care of.) I am now officially an addicted Twilighter.

Tinest Dancing Princess

This is my first offical video post, I'm so proud! Beware of the massive cheesiness that comes from my voice when talking to my baby. She's so cute though. (I posted two Halloween blogs, so make sure you check out the one below.)

Halloween

 Halloween was so fun this year. We were up at 6:30 and ran all day long. Spencer decided to be Dracula for the 5th time in all of his 10 years of dressing up for Halloween. I always say 'Really? Ok!' Whatever. How long is he going to get to do this? So he made a great Dracula, again. He wanted really dark make-up and blood dripping everywhere. Well, it's not my thing but he thought it would be great to be really gross, gross means cool in boy talk, so I am learning. So 'Count Bloodthurst' was born. By the way. Having red hair usually means you have sensitive skin. The make up broke his face out into a sweet rash plus he was a little swollen today. Next year he'll have to pick a costume without make up. I'm sure it will still be gross though.
 Adam was a 'Gangsta Zombie'. Anyone who know Adam, knows this is costume fits him perfectly. He saw it in the Costumes Express magazine and had to have it. He knew it the first time he saw it. It came with the shirt, mask and most importantly, bling. Well, the bling made it out the door in the morning but didn't make it home after a half day of school. To funny. Anyway, I helped out with his party. (Spencer's teacher told them they were old enough to just watch a movie.) The Mom that organized it was amazing. She had several games, treats, stories and even lunch planned for the kids. The party went so well and several Mom's showed up to help (and brought treats.) That always puts a smile on the kids' faces, to see their Mommy's there. Adam was no exception. I had a great time with him and his class. Cutie Patutie!
 Miss Lil' had a Halloween party on Wednesday with Miss Holly, and she dressed up for Preschool on Thursday even though they weren't supposed to. (Rebel!) She and Sara had matching Princess outfits, but she changed her mind and wanted to be a witch. Since she dresses up all the time I thought why not? Old Navy rocks by the
 way, not only are these costumes cute, but they are cheep, so Lily can channel her inner Princess often. And let me tell you, she does. Anyway, my sweet little witch was beautiful. She was so excited to go trick~or~treating. She couldn't wait. All day, that's all she talked about. She also asked for some make up like Spencer, but I already knew she has sensitive skin, so mean ol' Mama said no. Actually she didn't argue with me much. We did paint her nails. That seemed to help. I love to see her face light up when she gets to do something big, with her brothers. She was a trooper all day, full of excitement. And she was the cutest witch I've ever seen.
 And finally we come to my sweet little Princess Peanut Butter. Sara was all dressed up in her tiny Princess costume, complete with a crown barrette. Man, she can wear a crown with pride and sassiness. She was so fun at Adam's party. She took off exploring a few times, but for the most part just helped out with tearing things apart, or eating the popcorn or just whatever else needed done. She was funny with all the masks, she didn't really know what to think. She mostly hugged on her Mommy and looked stinkin' adorable all day. Sweet Baby.
 It was a great Halloween. The kids where so cute, we had a great time. The kids are already talking about next year and what they get to dress up as. Thankfully, it's a year away. Mama needs a nap.