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My Post For Sunday November 4, 2007 (David Harper's 41st birthday)
This is what is blooming in our yard today on the 4th day of November. I don't know their real name but I refer to them as "Freeway Daisey's". They only fully open when the sun is shining directly on them. We have had a few heavy frost so I don't know how much longer they will survive. They are a nice surprise on a sunny fall day.
My Post For Saturday Nov.03,2007
I know that Halloween is over but I wanted to share my 10 minute Jack O'Lantern with you. This was Mike's pumpkin and with all the haunted house prep going on he did not have time to carve it. So this is what I came up with in less than 10 minutes (after I gave it a quick gutting). I had to sacrifice one of the kids mini pumpkins to get it done but that was Mikes one request he wanted a cannibal pumpkin. So what do you think?
Yesterday when I went to pick the girls up at school I brought the camera so I could get a photo of Paige's artwork that is on display. She made this adorable picture of Rebel out of tin. I will have to get a frame for it when she brings it home.
My post for Thursday November 1,2007
Megan finally got to sort out her candy after breakfast this morning...here she is with her Halloween haul.
Today is hat day at school for Red Ribbon week. So I sent my little witch and cowgirl off on the school bus after taking their picture and bundling them up...it is only 35 degrees at our school bus stop at 8:30 a.m. but the sun is shining so it should get up in the 60's today.
My post for Monday 10-29-07
This is the Jack O'lantern that I carved tonight, does it look like my favorite pup, Rowdy? I know Rowdy's ears are just a bit bigger. Did you notice that Rowdy is wearing his Jack O'lantern collar, he's such a festive pup.
My post for Sunday 10/28/07
Here are Paige and Megan's Jack O'Lanterns that they carved at Deb and Bud's pumpkin carving party yesterday. Paige carved a dragon and a froggy, you can see she has inherited her Aunt Shann's pumpkin carving gene. Megan carved a cyclops, everyone was saying it looks like Mike Wysoski from "Moster's Inc." 
My post for Friday 10/26/07
These are pictures from dance class on Thursday. It was dress up week for Halloween. Megan was a ballet princess and her class did their monthly dance to the theme of the Adam's Family. It was so cute....da da dunt click click da da dunt click click The Adam's Family!
Here is Paige posing with Ms. Rachel her tap teacher. Ms. Rachel was dressed as an 80's girl and we all agreed she looked perfect like she just stepped out of Flash Dance. It was like she was Olivia Newton John/Jennifer Biels. All us 40 somethings got a good laugh out of it.
Our front door all decorated for the season.
I made this fall wreath years ago, but this year I was afraid to hang Mr. Bones outside fearing that he may loose a hand or foot, so he is hanging in the center of the wreath and he is protected from the elements from our storm door.
this is my post for Tuesday 10-23-07
Meet Mr. Spooky
Paige and I made Mr. Spooky from a hanging basket of dyeing Boston Fern, a white kitchen trash bag, a black Sharpie marker and a few strips of clear packaging tape.We drew the eyes and mouth on with the marker . Then we cut a hole in the top of the trash bag then we stuffed the hanging basket..dead fern and all inside (that part was sort of comical). Paige kept saying your killing the plant, but then I told her it's already dead! We had to tape the corners of the bag down so the ghost does not look like he has little ears. So there you have it...a homemade/recycled Halloween decoration.
Rowdy a.k.a. Bubble Butt
Ya know how they say that if you wash your car it will rain. Well the same goes for your dogs...if you wash your dogs it will rain. I just figured I would get them washed while it was still warm out. It didn't start raining until 6 p.m. up until then it was warm (78) and sunny. Starting tomorrow we are only to have highs in the low to mid 60's.
I love my dogs and more so after they have been bathed...they are so soft and they smell good until they get out in the rain. But nothing a little "Cain & Able" can't fix. That is the all natural between bath spritz that we spray on the dogs before we brush them. It has a nice peppermint/tea tree smell to it and that beats wet dog by a mile.
Rebel a.k.a. Bubble Head
My post for Sunday 10/21/07
Last Sunday while we were at Inniswoods Metro Park Megan found this sign by the mums and she was thrilled to have a flower named for her. If anyone has ever had the chance to hug my youngest then you know that the name "Warm Megan" is perfect!
My post for Saturday 10-20-07
This photo is from January 2007!
Megan went to a birthday party for one of her friends at the Chiller ice rink on Saturday. I had to work so Mike took her...but not the camera. He says she did great...better then most of the boys. Guess my ice skating treks to the zoo last year paid off. She had a great time and skated well, even without socks. I put them out for her but somehow she took them off before leaving for the party. Oh well that just shows how determined she is....skating with rental skates and no socks....I know that is just gross but I wasn't there to protest.
My post for Friday 10-19-2007
Paige's best friend Brittney turned 10 this week (on Oct.16th). Brittney's mom, Lorena used to work at Anderson's with me and when Brittney was 14 months old I started watching her a few days a week. So Paige and Brittney have been best friends since their diaper days. Brittney is 7 months older than Paige, as a matter of fact I found out I was pregnant with Paige 3 days before Brittney was born.
Paige went over to Brittney's to spend the night they are celebrating her b.day this weekend. They are going to the movies on Friday night then off to the zoo on Saturday. I am so glad that they have become best friends, they are both such sweet girls.
This photo is from August of 2007.
My post for Thursday 10-18-2007
This is Megan's "Music Monster Moe". She made him for her monthly presentation for school. They had to create a creature and tell about it for sharing. Moe likes to eat macaroni, marshmallows and m&m's and he drinks milk. He is from Mars and he likes to go to the movies and march to music for fun. Megan made Moe from an old happy meal toy (recycled) he has a purple bath scrubbie for hair and he has wings made from pipe cleaners covered in feathers. She glued google eyes on him and made a music note button from fun foam to put on his belly when you press it it makes music. I think he looks marvelous!
We even decorated the dog for Halloween!
I have a favorite tree and this is it. I am not even sure of the exact name of the tree, I guess it is some type of maple. It resides on Hard Rd. about a block from the library. I have loved this tree for at least 10 years or more. This tree is amazing when Autumn comes calling and it dresses in all of it's glorious colors. Mother Nature is an amazing artist, who else could think to put all these colors on one big tree?
This is what is blooming in our yard today on the 4th day of November. I don't know their real name but I refer to them as "Freeway Daisey's". They only fully open when the sun is shining directly on them. We have had a few heavy frost so I don't know how much longer they will survive. They are a nice surprise on a sunny fall day.
I know that Halloween is over but I wanted to share my 10 minute Jack O'Lantern with you. This was Mike's pumpkin and with all the haunted house prep going on he did not have time to carve it. So this is what I came up with in less than 10 minutes (after I gave it a quick gutting). I had to sacrifice one of the kids mini pumpkins to get it done but that was Mikes one request he wanted a cannibal pumpkin. So what do you think?
The haunted house took 4 days to fully build and decorate. It had a wood facade and there were 6 single car carport tents behind it about 1300 sq. feet of space. They build walls with black plastic sheeting so it is pretty cool. My room was the baby room below. They outfitted this old crib with a hinged bottom so I could pop up. It was an awesome workout for my legs, squatting under a crib for 4 hours. I also had a skull sitting on the head that has a microphone hooked up to it and I could talk into it and the skull's eyes would light up red and the jaw would move. I was saying "mommy help me there's a monster under my bed" in a tiny voice and then when they were almost past my crib I would pop up and roar at them. The funnest ones to scare were the fire fighters, ya know your good when you make a big fire fighter jump back.
Here is Mike as Dracula in the coffin in his room. The second night he stood against the black wall with his cape over his face. People would be looking in the coffin and standing right in front of him but not know it until he would open his cape and spook them. It was too funny. He really got our friend Deb good when she went through.
Here are Paige and Megan's Jack O'Lanterns that they carved at Deb and Bud's pumpkin carving party yesterday. Paige carved a dragon and a froggy, you can see she has inherited her Aunt Shann's pumpkin carving gene. Megan carved a cyclops, everyone was saying it looks like Mike Wysoski from "Moster's Inc." 
Below you will see the witch's little black cat, Megan.
Here are Paige and Megan all dressed up for "Boo at the Zoo". I took them last night since the weather was so mild it was still 61 degrees when we got home at 9:30 and no rain so we lucked out. There was also a full moon with creepy whispy clouds in the sky...very spooky!
These are pictures from dance class on Thursday. It was dress up week for Halloween. Megan was a ballet princess and her class did their monthly dance to the theme of the Adam's Family. It was so cute....da da dunt click click da da dunt click click The Adam's Family!
Here is Paige posing with Ms. Rachel her tap teacher. Ms. Rachel was dressed as an 80's girl and we all agreed she looked perfect like she just stepped out of Flash Dance. It was like she was Olivia Newton John/Jennifer Biels. All us 40 somethings got a good laugh out of it.
I took these pictures after dinner on Wednesday. I was drying dishes and looked out the kitchen window and saw this glow in the sky. So I grabbed the camera and ran out the front door. To the west the sun was making the sky glow and there were big misty clouds in the sky. You could feel the mist heavy in the air like fog almost. To the east the sky was a beautiful shade of sky blue with pink cotton candy clouds. There was a double rainbow over our house. The pictures of the rainbow did not come out that well because of the fading light. But I thought these were good and they have not been touched by any kind of photo editing ...just straight from the little Kodak Easy/Share C330. This is as good as it gets...the Midwest sky in the fall.
Paige and I made Mr. Spooky from a hanging basket of dyeing Boston Fern, a white kitchen trash bag, a black Sharpie marker and a few strips of clear packaging tape.We drew the eyes and mouth on with the marker . Then we cut a hole in the top of the trash bag then we stuffed the hanging basket..dead fern and all inside (that part was sort of comical). Paige kept saying your killing the plant, but then I told her it's already dead! We had to tape the corners of the bag down so the ghost does not look like he has little ears. So there you have it...a homemade/recycled Halloween decoration.
Ya know how they say that if you wash your car it will rain. Well the same goes for your dogs...if you wash your dogs it will rain. I just figured I would get them washed while it was still warm out. It didn't start raining until 6 p.m. up until then it was warm (78) and sunny. Starting tomorrow we are only to have highs in the low to mid 60's. 
This photo is from January 2007!
Paige's best friend Brittney turned 10 this week (on Oct.16th). Brittney's mom, Lorena used to work at Anderson's with me and when Brittney was 14 months old I started watching her a few days a week. So Paige and Brittney have been best friends since their diaper days. Brittney is 7 months older than Paige, as a matter of fact I found out I was pregnant with Paige 3 days before Brittney was born. 
This is Megan's "Music Monster Moe". She made him for her monthly presentation for school. They had to create a creature and tell about it for sharing. Moe likes to eat macaroni, marshmallows and m&m's and he drinks milk. He is from Mars and he likes to go to the movies and march to music for fun. Megan made Moe from an old happy meal toy (recycled) he has a purple bath scrubbie for hair and he has wings made from pipe cleaners covered in feathers. She glued google eyes on him and made a music note button from fun foam to put on his belly when you press it it makes music. I think he looks marvelous!
