Birthday Party Sunday

Today we enjoyed two separate birthday parties. Matt and Lily attended the party of one of her classmates, while Kendall, Zach and I attended Zach good friend at church’s party. I was very surprised to find that not only did they have bounce houses for the kids to play in but a reading time and cookie decorations. Everyone had lots of fun and enjoyed lots of sugar!

 

Just Too Busy! What Have We Been Doing?

I knew that the past several weeks had been busy and I felt exhausted, but I didn’t realize how tired and busy we all were until last night!   Because of the kids whiney, crabby and bad behavior, I made the decision that no one was going to church instead it was going to be an early night for all.  I debated this decision as the kids needed to practice for their veteran’s day performance, but I am feeling very strongly like it was the best one. Everyone was asleep by 7pm and although they did whine today the improvement is very noticeable!

I actually have been off work for two days;  yesterday, Wednesday, I went with Amanda to have some pilar cyst removed from her scalp. Today, the little kids, Matt and myself headed to Matthew for eye appointments for Lily and Kendall. Lily received awesome news because her left eye is getting strong and we most likely will be getting a lower prescription when we return in three months. Kendall, whose teacher voiced some concerns to us, is going to start patching her left eye daily. The doctor does not feel like this eye is getting weaker but that instead as Kendall grows we are noticing the weakness more and they will be able to get a more accurate prescription for her as she now can read the letters.

After the appointments, we headed to IKEA. A quick stop at the OLD Navy, provided Zach with a jacket and a coat. But the most exciting news for all of us was the Zach is now officially tall enough to play in the play area at IKEA. Matt and I enjoyed 90 minutes of shopping kid free but I still think Zach was the most happiest about it. We ended up going to the Dollar store for items for Operation Christmas Child and ended up stopping at Olive Garden for dinner.  Today, was another busy day but all the little kids really enjoyed it and both Zach and Kendall are again asleep by 7pm! Here is proof he can get it!

Finally tall enough!

Finally tall enough!

Wordless Wednesday- Square Food Garden Additon

We almost doubled the space we had by adding two new beds to our square foot garden. The front one will be for squash and the middle for sweet potatoes.  We saved huge on this project by re-using wood. Most of this wood was from the deck I had replaced ten years ago. I ended up never getting around to burning it. So it has been in the very back of the yard for years. We have gradually pulled out and used most of it!  Total cost is $7.00 for the box of screws!

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Halloween Activities

Halloween is not my favorite holiday; however the little kids are at the age that they really enjoy ALL of it. So this year, I decided to just go with it. We have been celebrating for 2 days now.  First last night our church sponsored a trunk or treat. I came up with the idea to use a tarp and have the kid color finish for “under the sea”. It worked really well.  The kids had a ball and got enough candy to last at least a month.

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Kendall is a fairy, Lily a pop star diva and Zach is Super Z- the action hero

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This morning Zach and I head to Winston to grab donuts for the “special snack”  in Kendall’s class that I was in charge of.

Super Zach enjoying his donut early!

Super Zach enjoying his donut early!

After the snack, we headed outside to watch an alphabet parade.

photo (2)Finally, tonight Amanda and I will take the kids to several place to trick or treat!

Homecoming Queen

Last night was Homecoming for a local high school. Our good friends, the ones that can tolerate ALL of us for extended times, daughter Andrea was nominated for Homecoming Queen.  So the plan was to tailgate and enjoy the game. It is COLD!  I am talking middle of winter cold but we still braved the cold and enjoy watching Andrea WIN!  I am most proud to know that the student body nominated and elected her! If you want to know more about her check out her blog at Teens on wheels.

Amanda’s Birthday

Amanda decided that she would prefer a home cooked meal instead of going out to eat for her birthday! Because of our work schedules we did celebrate a day late but it still was nice! She chose stuffed green peppers for dinner.