A fun picture Alan drew one afternoon.
Tuesday after getting Jared and Lauren to school and eating breakfast I delayed changing Connor's diaper. I was chatting with Ashley and looked over and Connor had taken off his own pajamas...which were leaked on big time...up the back and out the leg. It made a nice mess here on this floor (luckily it's tile). I got him into the bath tub and all cleaned up. Then I was coming out to clean this floor and the pine sol (which has a new scent I...I don't love it. It smells like men's deodorant or cologne) spilled...probably 1/4 -1/2 cup all over the floor. I decided the whole thing just needed cleaned since it splattered so much. So then I got to clean this floor. I guess I learned my lesson and I should change stinky diapers before chatting with Ashley, but chatting with Ash is just so much fun! I did get it all finished and Connor dressed again just in time to leave for my doctor's appointment....it takes about 30 minutes to get there. Bradley and Connor have been going with me since they are just listening to the heart beat and measuring me. I kind of alternate who I see (there is a doctor and his nurse practitioner that works with him and they have 2 offices. One in Oceanside and one in Encinitas.) Plus I have been to a different office for a TB test and back to get it read. So Bradley has been asking me why I always go to a different doctor. After leaving the doctor on Tuesday and an office we had been to before he said "Hey we went to the same doctor!" I kind of feel the same way. Although in Provo it was different doctors they were always at the same place. The baby's heart beat sounds good...and I'm still growing. Everything looks good. The doctor was checking the position of the baby and said wow the baby is low. I just wanted to say yes, yes I know. Tuesday after school and a little homework we played outside. It was kind of a cool evening and believe it or not we needed our sweatshirts with the breeze we get. Some neighbors played outside with us. After awhile we went for a walk to see some of the Halloween decorations that are around. Down the street and around the corner most of the houses are all decorated with lots of fun and some spooky decorations. It is fun to see them during the day and they look different at night when the lights are on and blow-ups are full. I learned that our neighbor next door is from Albania...I told her you were coming for Thanksgiving Will.
Wednesday Alan had to be at the doctor nice and early for a flu shot. He had to get there at 7:30. Lauren and Jared made sure to wear their red to school for part of red ribbon week. Bradley, Connor, and I made some candy corn fudge in the morning. We just used the universal fudge recipe with white chocolate chips and then layered them into a loaf pan white, orange, and yellow and cut them up. They turned out pretty cool. We made them to take to a playgroup Halloween party that morning and they were still kind of sticky and hard to cut then, but they still looked cool. I have more in the freezer that need cut and when I do hopefully they won't be as sticky. I'll have to get a picture then. Then at the playgroup Halloween party they got to make cute mummies cut out of black poster board and then "wrapped in masking tape" and googly eyes. They did ghost and pumpkin bowling with toilet paper rolls with faces and a fake pumpkin. They played musical pumpkins with "The Monster Mash" and got to eat lots of yummy treats. Bradley and Connor had a great time. After school we stopped by Mrs. Friedberg's class for a couple of minutes to make sure everything was there for Lauren's class party the next day and to see what we still needed to bring. Then we hurried to the doctor so Jared, Lauren, Bradley, and Connor could get their flu shots. (I got mine a couple weeks before at one of my other appointments) After their flu shots we hurried to the library so we could hear the spooky story teller. She told some really fun ones first and then said the last one really was a scary one and little kids should leave. She didn't have to tell us twice...we were out of there. The first ones were really good...we just aren't into really scary ones. Alan went to the chiropractor again. He just stops on his way home from work....it's right on the way. We worked on more homework.
Scooping out the guts!
Reading stories
Thursday was Halloween!!!! It was the last day of Red Ribbon week and it was dress like a hero day...which really was wear your costume, but I guess they felt like they could get away with it if they said dress like a hero...and it would eliminate some costumes too. First thing in the morning they had a costume parade out on the track. We lucked out and got a parking spot in the parking lot. I was super surprised! They had all the classes go out around the track and then each grade took a turn walking all the way around the track. It was fun to see all their costumes. Of course Jared's and Lauren's were the best...but I might be a little biased. After getting home from the costume parade we ate breakfast and did a little around here. Then we got ready for Lauren's class party....the last few little things. We got there a little early so we could set up. I was just in charge of the snack part and Lauren's teacher was going to do the craft. Well they did the craft earlier in the day, so we just got 45 min to eat. They drew faces on tangerines to make them look like jack-o-lanterns, made apple smiles...with marshmallows after all that, and made spiders with ritz crackers, peanut butter, pretzels, and raisins. I think all the kids had fun...and who doesn't like to play with their food before they eat it. :) I was a little worried that they wouldn't be hungry since they were coming in from lunch recess and then we were giving them more food, but they all scarfed it right down...for the most part. Mrs. Friedberg said something like You can tell they don't eat lunch! Some of them did get done before the time was up so Mrs. Friedberg had them color a bookmark. She just has a big stack of card stock cut up all ready to go and they can make bookmarks anytime they need a little filler time. Lauren's class was extremely quiet the whole party time. They aren't used to getting to talk to each other. Her teacher made a comment like see how calm they all are...they have been so excited all day long. I think they are all just afraid to do anything. By the end it seemed like they were having a little more fun. Lauren's party went right to the end of school, so we got Jared and came home. Scouts got canceled for the afternoon, so we had a little extra time to just relax here before going out. They had a few last homework things they had to do (things they have to do daily) and couldn't get done before. Both Jared and Lauren's homework is due on Fridays. For dinner we had mummies and bones...and potato salad at Brad's request. First I made biscuit dough to make the mummies, but I could tell it was going to be long and slow if I used it to wrap them up, so I just made buscuits and baked them. I mixed up some pretzel dough to make the mummies and it was much easier and faster to wrap them up. I'm sure all you smarties already figured that out, but I was glad to had thought of it. I took the easy way out with the bones and we just had frozen fries. Not a super healthy dinner, but they ate it. I just wanted them to eat something before going out the door. We left to go trick-or-treating right about 6. We were the first ones to some of our neighbors, but it wasn't long before the street was full! I went down the street and around the corner and around that cul de sac with all the decorations with these guys. It was super fun to see people's reaction to their costumes. Then I came back home. I felt like someone should be home passing out candy. They kept going and made a pretty big loop around our neighborhood. They got home just a little after 8. I got home about 6:45 and passed out candy until they got home. We had between 300-310 trick-or-treaters. I didn't want to get up and down every time someone rang the door bell so I just sat on the porch by our pumpkins and passed out candy. It was pretty fun to see everyone come by. I was wearing an orange shirt with a jack-o-lantern face cut out of construction paper taped to my belly. My favorite comment of the night was from a little girl who said "Pretty cool pumpkin trick" I'm pretty sure she thought I had stuffed my shirt with a pillow or something. We had a great Halloween and these guys got tons of candy!!! Which they are thrilled about.
Betsy Ross and Benjamin Franklin ready for school
Everyone has to try Mr. Potato Head's glasses on at least once!
Mummies and bones
Octopus, Train Engineer, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross, and Benjamin Franklin ready for trick or treating
Our pumpkins that night...there are 3, but one of the lights is just really dim
One of our neighbor's decorations
Around the side of the house...snake eating a trick or treater
Friday was a rough morning. They were in bed by about 9 the night before, so not super late but it had been an exhausting day. They were having a Halloween hangover. That morning the little kids who come on Fridays came to play. They were tired too. Their little girl cried almost the entire time. She would cry louder if I got close to her or if Connor got close. It was a rough hour and a half! When they left we hurried and packed a little lunch and went to story time at the library. We got there just a few minutes late. From there we ate lunch in the car and hurried to their school. Jared was having his class party on Friday and calling it a harvest celebration. They ate food first and then did a couple of little crafts. They were foam pumpkins and they were just sticking foam shapes on them and making bookmarks with pre-cut felt pieces and shapes and designs all ready to go. The crafts weren't hard and the kids seemed to be having fun. Jared said it was the funnest day so far. He only had to do 10 easy math problems that morning. His party got over about 30 minutes before the end of school. On Fridays the 2nd grade has something called free play time if they have been good for the week and gotten all their school and homework done. Basically it's like an extra recess. We just stayed there and waited for Jared and Lauren to be done. 30 minutes isn't enough time to get home and do anything before having to go back and then there are the lines...so we just waited. After school we just relaxed and played and I made pumpkin squares. Friday night was our ward's Fabulous Friday (like a super Saturday). I made 3 crafts. Alan and the kids dropped me off and then they went to the store. On their way home they stopped by the church and picked me up. Then I went back to the church. I did etching on a plate, a nativity scene on a glass block (which I'm trying to figure out a way to change the lights inside so I'll like it better) and a burlap banner that says give thanks. The banner took the longest by far! I still need to do a little gluing, but it is almost done.
Saturday we were able to sleep in. Then we went to a builder workshop at home depot. We got a few little nails to fix some shelves someone gave us. I also found a box of mini red ornaments (plastic) to go on my Christ Tree that I hope to do this year. We went to food 4 less on the way home. In the afternoon we just worked on projects around the house. We got some dressers in our room moved where we want them and cleaned out so they are ready to be filled up...our room is looking better. Alan also changed a belt on the car. It has been squeaky since leaving Provo...and long before that. Hopefully this will take care of that. All our neighbors know when we go somewhere. All the boys also got hair cuts. Lauren wants one and I need one, but they will have to be another day.
We kept forgetting to take a good picture in the daytime of them with their pumpkins. Luckily we remembered before they turned black...which didn't take too long here.
Today was a good day. It was nice to have an extra hour this morning. I started a book I've been meaning to start for awhile. At church it wasn't my turn to teach, so I just had to show up. My class always keeps me laughing though. After church the wolf den leader came over to talk to Jared a little about scouting. We had a simple lunch and then did stations. These guys all love stations so far. We are only on week 2. (We have tried them in the past and it didn't work to well, but now that they are older it is going better and they look forward to it.) We don't have too many yet...just scriptures, friend, letter, and talking with dad so far but they are a hit! And it helps us have a better day. We did a simple dinner...just burritos. I have spent a good chunk of time today trying to get our blog caught up....and I'm getting there. I decided though that I better write about this last week since it was still fresh and I can work on the weeks I missed after doing this week. My goal is to have it all caught up by the time the baby comes. I think I can do it...I just have to keep working on it!
Some of our other Halloween decorations that I finally got around to taking pictures of... The eyes were Alan's idea...a few people noticed them Halloween night.
Sugar skulls they got to decorate at the library
Monsters they made and some other fun art projects.
This coming week won't be quite as crazy...I hope! But it should be another fun one!
Great costumes!
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