Told Ya I Was Behind~

Here are some pics of Halloween. It was kind of a bust this year! It was the first Halloween in awhile that I didn't have to work late and I was so excited. Elise was Dorothy The Dinosaur at school and Chris was a Bumble Bee. As you can see, Elise decided that for the evening fun she wanted to be The Little Mermaid (left over from Ally last year) and Allyson was a Princess Kitten! (also left over from 2 years ag0) haha LOL As for Chris the Bumble Bee costume was big and hot and quite frankly he didn't care to much for it. We decided he was cute enough to go as himself! haha

We started out by trick or treating around our block kinda early. There was only one house that looked like it was "available" to T or T at. Then we all loaded up and headed to the civic center for "Trunk or Treat" that was hosted by a baptist church in town. THAT WAS A JOKE!! There were SO MANY PEOPLE packed into that place that you could barely get in the exhibit hall where all of the festivities were. After being there for about 5 minutes and Dana getting cursed out by some guy because he accidentally hit his foot with our big ole stroller, we got out of there AS FAST AS WE COULD!! We loaded up and drove by another church that was having a carnival. There were lots of cars in the parking lot and it only had about 30 minutes until it closed. We decided it would be tooo much for just 30 min. We headed for my mom's neighborhood where we actually know more people that in out own neighborhood. There were only about 4 houses with lights on and doors open to T or T at. We hit those houses and called it a night! We were all tired and my stomach felt really yucky!! We were kinda let down but then decided it was fun just getting to be with each other and having fun with each other!!

Here is Chris and his teacher at school.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! As usual I am way behind on my blog. The days are so filled with work, the kids, girl scouts, work, PTA, oh and did I mention work? haha Anyway I feel like I don't have enough time in the day! But I am very thankful for all of it! There is not one thing I would change. I am so thankful for my babies, my family, my job, etc.. I always remember this whenever the days are long and stressful, but this time of year I make it top priority to stop and remember all of my blessings! I think I will start this update with Ally. She is about to be 7 years old on Dec. 10th! She is growing up soo fast. My BABY is going to be 7! Where did the time go? She is doing really good in school. She is like a sponge! All she has to do is hear something once and she has it memorized forever! She is in an accelerated reading group at school because she is reading so well! Her teacher says she has an amazing vocabulary and is reading really well! She is also doing really well with math although she still writes some of her letters and numbers backwards. The teacher says this is perfectly normal and that she is doing better and better with this each day.
Ally is also a daisy Girls Scout.

She is in a troop with about 15 other girls. At first she had a really hard time because she is as shy as her mama. Some of the girls started in the troop in the middle of last school year and were already friends. She was one of the newcomers. I understand where she is coming from because even the group of parents there has been hard for me to "fit" in to! She has now made lots of friends and has been in the Harvest Festival Parade, sold nuts, and has volunteered at the food bank as part of her community service actions.

She seems like she is having lots of fun and she is very proud of being a "Daisy."
Ally is an amazing artist. She loves to draw and is very good at it! She loves to draw herself as a princess and her favorite little boy named Matthew as the prince. She also likes to draw flowers and nature. One thing I notice about her drawings is that they always have smiles on them! She is my happy, lovable, always aiming to please sweet baby girl. Last but not least, we had to go back to the Dr. on Monday because Ally asked me what would happen if her tonsils got so big that they grew out of her mouth. I knew then and there her throat hurt. When I asked her she said no but then finally admitted that they did. Well 36 hours, one throw up, and a fever later she was diagnosed with Strep for the 6th time since last Dec. Here we come Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. Hopefully the amoxocillin will clear it all up!

Rub-A-Dub-Dub, There Is A Boy In My Tub!!

The other day while I was giving Chris a bath in his blue "baby bath tub" he rolled over in it and sat straight up. To make a long story short this particular bath was rather difficult what with all of the rolling around! So for his last bath, I decided to let him have free roam of the big bath tub! HE LOVED IT! I had to get some video footage of it because I laughed so hard at how much fun he had. It is moments like these that you will never forget! He reminded me of a little frog swimming around in the water! haha So much for the baby tub...I think it is now history!! What do you think? Do we have the next olympic swimmer in the making??