Halloween is here. here is our list of things to do:
finish my coffee, and get in the shower. (yes i know its almost 930...i am having a slow morning)
finish the last minute touches to Isabelle's costume.
decide if i will wear a butterfly mask, or just all black with a silver spidery witch cape??
make pumpkin cookies with kids
carve our pumpkins...yes very last minute on this.
maybe we will paint them instead??
a few outside decorations for the front. a ghost made out of a tshirt for our tree.
a monster sign made with cardboard, paint and some glitter/feathers.
pick up the dog crap in the back yard. (kids)
rake up at least 3 bags of leaves. (we probably have more like 13 worth)
get Camille's biography project in its finishing stages.
take the kids out trick or treating and somehow pass out candy at the house--at the same time. hmmm.
and lastly...think of our back up plans cause rain is in the forecast for the day!!!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
what's up with us this week.
hi all!
since Halloween is fast approaching, we are getting all the details of the costumes ready. Logan and Izzy decided to use homemade costumes this year. very budget friendly, and to be honest; the costumes in the store each year are practically the same. the same superheros skinny or buff versions, scary things like bloody ninjas and all the big girl costumes are way too provocative. Sorry- but that's the truth. why does everything have to be so sexy? ALL the costumes that would fit my girls have low cleavage areas, or emphasized too much or really short skirts. why promote that?? anyway. not for my kids.
Isabelle will be an autumn fairy using her beautiful brown fancy dress and we are adding glittery leaves and shiny bead sprigs. we made her a wand with a long stick and I am gluing more leaves and beads and ribbons to it. oh- and i am adding sparkly make up to her eyes. she will be so pretty. :) Logan will be a mad scientist. spiked crazy green hair, black explosion smudges on his face, a lab coat made out of an old white dress shirt. I am embroidering some silly things on the pocket along with "Dr. Williams". oh and we did get some huge glasses...he is excited. we found some candy beakers to throw in his pocket.
Camille is probably borrowing a costume from a friend..a pirate...cause she really couldn't figure out what was cool enough for an almost 13 year old to be for Halloween. i even bought her a costume and she hated it, so i returned it.
I am not dressing up, I haven't since i was a kid myself. but i will wear my darkhorse troop shirt cause it has a skull on it, or i have a cute green Halloween t-shirt that says witchy on it. :)
still working on Halloween treats for friends and teachers...loving that i am finally finding my groove again with regards to creating. I make things here and there but it's been so long since I felt very creative that i was afraid i lost it. i stayed up last night looking at all the details of cards and projects in the current Stampin' Up! catalog. I really love this company. I find myself so torn sometimes when I consider all that is out there in the paper craft world. Sometimes being a part of SU! limits me with using only their products but they have this pull on me and I always love it. And I can still use things from other companies as well in my own personal creations. :)
anyway I was happy to be inspired to reorganize everything in my creative area. keep all my favorite things close at hand. right now my desk is covered with all things halloweenish, orange black, purple. olive greens, owls, kitties, ghosts and pumpkins....not to mention lots of little baggies ofr candy delights.
time to get dinner together. Izzy has been baking cookies for her class for what seems like hours, and it'll be my turn now to make pizza for dinner.
xoxo
since Halloween is fast approaching, we are getting all the details of the costumes ready. Logan and Izzy decided to use homemade costumes this year. very budget friendly, and to be honest; the costumes in the store each year are practically the same. the same superheros skinny or buff versions, scary things like bloody ninjas and all the big girl costumes are way too provocative. Sorry- but that's the truth. why does everything have to be so sexy? ALL the costumes that would fit my girls have low cleavage areas, or emphasized too much or really short skirts. why promote that?? anyway. not for my kids.
Isabelle will be an autumn fairy using her beautiful brown fancy dress and we are adding glittery leaves and shiny bead sprigs. we made her a wand with a long stick and I am gluing more leaves and beads and ribbons to it. oh- and i am adding sparkly make up to her eyes. she will be so pretty. :) Logan will be a mad scientist. spiked crazy green hair, black explosion smudges on his face, a lab coat made out of an old white dress shirt. I am embroidering some silly things on the pocket along with "Dr. Williams". oh and we did get some huge glasses...he is excited. we found some candy beakers to throw in his pocket.
Camille is probably borrowing a costume from a friend..a pirate...cause she really couldn't figure out what was cool enough for an almost 13 year old to be for Halloween. i even bought her a costume and she hated it, so i returned it.
I am not dressing up, I haven't since i was a kid myself. but i will wear my darkhorse troop shirt cause it has a skull on it, or i have a cute green Halloween t-shirt that says witchy on it. :)
still working on Halloween treats for friends and teachers...loving that i am finally finding my groove again with regards to creating. I make things here and there but it's been so long since I felt very creative that i was afraid i lost it. i stayed up last night looking at all the details of cards and projects in the current Stampin' Up! catalog. I really love this company. I find myself so torn sometimes when I consider all that is out there in the paper craft world. Sometimes being a part of SU! limits me with using only their products but they have this pull on me and I always love it. And I can still use things from other companies as well in my own personal creations. :)
anyway I was happy to be inspired to reorganize everything in my creative area. keep all my favorite things close at hand. right now my desk is covered with all things halloweenish, orange black, purple. olive greens, owls, kitties, ghosts and pumpkins....not to mention lots of little baggies ofr candy delights.
time to get dinner together. Izzy has been baking cookies for her class for what seems like hours, and it'll be my turn now to make pizza for dinner.
xoxo
Thursday, October 15, 2009
half way through October
well yes, I guess we are half way through October. i don't know what i have been doing lately, cause really it feels like all of nothing. getting over being sick sometimes takes weeks out of your life. i think that's what happened. the kids have been going to school, working on projects, riding bikes, walking the dogs, a bit of TV
...enjoying candy apples, picking pumpkins, obsessing over the show dirty jobs, keeping their rooms clean (amen to that)...and waiting patiently for big man to return to our daily lives.
i have been coughing like a maniac...reading lots of books, a tiny bit of cleaning, letting the dogs in and out at least 25 times day and night, wearing a sweater each day, (my favorite part of fall...if you know me then you know i am such a sweater girl) feeding the kids soups and pasta for dinner, ignoring my craft space for like a month, dropping half the coffee i drink each day...which might help with my weight loss...i'm seeing results. what else am i doing? not eating after 7pm...ok, well not every day, but close. i'm walking henry so he can take a nap and give me a rest, i'm thinking of and planning (in my head) holiday gifts to make for my loved ones, helping the kids with homework and studying- which takes an extreme amount of time now that they are all in more demanding grades...and in doing so, discovering that i know absolutely NOTHING.
...and i am trying to not sneak the treats from the bag of Halloween candy on top of the fridge. this is no small task let me assure you...while i wait not very patiently for my handsome to come home...
oh-since i spoke to a good friend the other day (love you D!!) i am thinking of dreams for my life. working on my "little things". trying to figure out what my next step is; what direction to take my life at 35.
xoxox
ps. you may now call me mrs. major williams. alex was promoted to major and i am so happy for him. it felt like he would be a captain forever. seriously years of that. i remember when he was just a lieutenant and whenever we saw a major...well they just seemed so much older, and established, and their kids were so much bigger than mine and look at that...here we are in that same spot. amazing.
Friday, October 2, 2009
October
Two days into October already. OMGoodness. Logan and I are out with a very horrible flu. I had to get up today and check emails and turn in some student forms to Logan's school. And it is taking all of my energy to do just this small bit. Being sick is just so hard. Life doesn't just stop even though your body tells you it can do no more. So I am resting, taking meds, caring for Logan, helping the girls, dealing with the dogs (who seriously are not being on their best behaviors) and trying my hardest to not have the house fall apart in the middle of it all. I hope and pray to be well soon and get back to life. I had such plans for October...things have not started off well.
chat soon.
xoxox
chat soon.
xoxox
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