countdown to Halloween...

So Good Ole' Halloween is almost upon us - the girls are certainly enjoying this time of year with the sugar highs from every angle. Today we went to a Halloween party for our neighborhood playgroup - they had pizza, cupcakes, and any other candy you could think of. Does anyone remember the days when people passed out raisins to trick-or-treaters? Tomorrow the girls have Fall parties in their classrooms, so they are wearing their Cinderella and Belle dresses to school! We made spider treats for their classes to eat...they actually turned out so cute. Just so you have an idea of what I am talking about....we took chocolate and peanut butter and melted it over chow mien noodles, then put maraschino cherries on them for eyes. I will take a picture and post it cause they do look like little spiders....but they taste GREAT!!! Neither one of the girls wanted to eat one until Mommy tried it first!

zoo-mania

Sunday after church, we headed to the local zoo with a picnic lunch in tote. It was probably one of the nicest days we have seen in a while - not too hot and not too cold! We saw tons of cool animals like: a Bengal Tiger so up close and personal it was scary; a Mommy lion with her 4 little baby cubs that were crawling all over her; and numerous birds which actually landed on our Popsicle sticks so we were able to feed them. It was a perfect family day.

On a completely separate side note, Brent and I found out this week that we had another miscarriage even with the shots and medicine. Thus, we are putting all of this baby talk on hold until we are emotionally able to face the road ahead. We have an exciting next couple of months with going to visit Chelsea in Cali, visiting G&G in Indy, watching Teri get married in Vegas, and then another family adventure to New Mexico. I truly believe that the Lord is just letting us know that there is another purpose for us right now and when the time is right everything will fall into place, if the time is ever right. We are very blessed and not a day goes by where we do not know that - I mean really... we have each other!

starting them young :)

The girls made pancakes Friday morning for Daddy. Oh yes, I am starting them early with their cooking lessons so hopefully by 5 and 7 they will be making both Daddy and I breakfast on Saturdays!!!

dancing in the rain...literally!

There were a couple of rainy days here, so the girls and I decided to make the most of it by heading outside in some old clothes. We turned up the music in the garage and danced both inside and out. It was so much fun! Who ever said you need to be 2 and 4 to have all the fun?

Pumpkin Patch USA

I can not believe it...one full year has passed and we are back at the same pumpkin patch we visited when we first moved here to Texas! It is still crazy hot, but we are certainly not complaining! The only difference between last year and this year is that this time we came with all of our friends. We rode the pumpkin train, found our way through the hay maze, bounced in the bouncy house and drank apple cider. It was a fantastic day!

thanks for the treats!

Today we awoke to a package at our door from Auntie Val. What a perfect way to start the day. The girls adore mail and I have to admit so do I!!! Here are some pics from the big event. The Dora and High School Musical underwear went over really big! Thank you Auntie Val for thinking of us! We really appreciate your thoughtfulness!

what a day....

Today was a good day. They finally started that drop-off at school like last year. Kaitlyn was just so proud that she could walk in to school all by herself today. Addison had fun at school too; however she did tell a boy that his actions were "not nice" and she told him to go for a "time-out" as the teacher told me later. I guess he pushed one of his classmates...way to go Addy!

One more doctor's appt. today - it went okay. Today was just a blood draw at the hemotologist's office. The nurse had a difficult time finding a vein and needless to say at the third poking, I fainted! That was fun...I can't even tell you....it gets better though. The male nurse of the office carried me to the back with the oncology patients and put me on an IV. Are you serious? Then both the first nurse and the male nurse poked four more times until filling up all the viles of blood that they needed. I walked out of the office with 7 bandaids all over my arms and two apple juice bottles- it was a little much! Will find out the results next Wednesday....but things are looking good as they ran one test while I was there and all my cell counts are rising, which is great!

Brent is headed home tonight for a quick stop on his way up to Oklahoma City from Houston. The girls and I are excited to see him mid-week - we made an apple pie for dessert and are so excited to eat it!

Another funny story: Kaitlyn told me today that I was a Tomboy (where did she learn that?) and that although she likes sports, being outside, and all that sort of stuff....she also reminded me that she needs to learn how to do princess things as well. She asked when Aunt Chelsea and Uncle Ryan could come and visit....Aunt Chelsea because she knows how to do hair and not make it hurt and Uncle Ryan because he knows all the Queens and Princesses on Earth because he lives in NYC. Just thought I would share some of our random conversations throughout the day!