Without Halloween....

how would dentists and toothfairies stay in business?

Eat up.

Nothin's Scarier Than...

Nothin's scarier than a Piano Recital am I right? :)

I love the Halloween Recital!

No parents = no fears:)

Love chilln' with all my students. Love dressing up. Love eating treats. Love hearing their spooky songs!



Top Chef

Kolby was "Top Chef" this week at school.

He got to decorate a giant chef hat all about him.

The recipe card says:

Recipe for- 1 Kolby

4 C. Monster Jam

2 C. T-ball

3 Tbs Art

1 tsp Wii

Add a dash of sand

Serve up with 2 sisters and mom and dad

Enjoy



Happy As A Clam

We all are...now that you're in Nursery!

Hooray for my big girl!

Happy 18 months to you!

Stats:

Height- 30.5 in. (13%)

Weight- 21 lbs 4oz  (31%)

FOC- 19.75in. (99.7%)

(ya that's still quite the noggn but aleast we're back on the charts)

Boo Bash

My super talented friend threw a fabulous Boo Bash this weekend.

The food and decor were fabulous of course.

 The couples were super creative:

(I wish I had pictures of all of them but I didn't want to seriously scare people)

Ken and Barbie

Electrical Sockets

Pirates

Egyptians

Scarecrow and Crow

Citizens of the Capitol (Hunger Games of course!)

Skeletons

and Daniel and I were

A dentist and a tooth fairy

Cate took some "real" pictures. Until then, this sneak peek will haveta do:)

You've had a Birthday Shout Hooray!

We celebrated birthdays all week.

Daniel (18th), Sabrina (19th), and Mark (20th).

And just how did we celebrate?

Sunday: Family Feast at Mark and Rosie's

 1st is the worst, 2nd is the best, 3rd is the one with the hairy chest :)
Monday: 5 mile run in the am, shopping, Newks for lunch, Pickleball at night

 My sisters-in-law bought me running clothes and a cookbook. The running shirt says, "I run so I can eat" They know me too well:)

 My dad sent me a violin...its kinda a long lost dream of mine...now if i could just figure out how to play it:)

Tuesday:

We brought lunch to Daniel at his school.

 Then I rearragned lessons and cooked up a feast and his fav. Blueberry Buckel!

 The kids made this nature collection that I gotta admit, I'm obessesed with!

(Don't worry the butterfly was already dead, the ants ate his body)

Wednesday: Daniel shocked me by taking the day off! He drove the kiddos to school and let me sleep in, then watched Naomi the rest of the day. 

 We went shopping and out to lunch for my birthday.

 Ever had a shrimp and cheese stuffed avocado, deep fried? well you should.

 And that evening we shared a giant piece of chocolate cake!

As you can see we mostly just ate and ate and ate all week. Ahhh that's the life.

My birthday was extra special this year because I got to celebrate it with the woman who made my birthday possible! Thanks mama! I love ya! Come back soon!

Punk'ns

Last week my momma flew in for a visit.

Daniel had a meet so my mom and I planned a fun-filled Friday.

We fed the ducks, went to the library, ate Chic-fil-A with Kolby, took the kids to the pumpkin patch, ate dinner at Alicia's, and watched Prom.

I saved myself at least $100 by taking the kiddos to the neighborhood patch. Unfortunately fire ants also like to save a buck apparently so at one point all 3 chilln's were crying from bites. nice.

When we got to the restraunt Kolby chugged his lemonaide and then complained of a tummy ache, Naomi would not stay in her high chair, and Olivia had a coughing attack and kept saying, "I'm gonna throw up". So after a few looks from the table next to ours I walked Olivia out to the car while my mom picked up the check and the doggie bags:)

Our super fun Friday still turned out to be super fun though just because we were together. And I got some adorable pics of my lil' punk'ns.

Tough Mudder- in the which I could choke on testosterone

Please refrain from grunting Tim Allen style as you view the next photos...

Daniel and his buddies completed the 12 mile, 29 obstacle course man fest otherwise known as the Tough Mudder.

My MIL and sis-in-law watched the kiddos so actually it was a fairly stress free spectator day for me. I hung out with all the wifeeees and laughed at billions of freaks covered in mud. Fun times.

The beginning...all clean

didn't last long...

"Walk the Plank"- 15 ft drop

"Smoke House"- pitch dark wading through water

"Everest"- half pipe coated in oil

"Mud Mile"

still smilin'

"Bump n' Grind"- crawling on gravel beneath barbed wire

"Ball Shrinker"- um crude

"Jumpin Bale"

"Funky Monkey"- greased monkey bars

"Electroshock Therapy"- 10,000 volts

We are manly men And we are tough spectators...love these ladies!

and what is the prize for all this?

kissing his lady fair of course:)

In the words of Brian, "Tough Mudder, where otherwise perfectly good running shoes go to die" :)