Last night was the first chance that we had to carve our pumpkins for Halloween and the girls had a blast! Thankfully the weather was nice enough to do it all outside. Emily really enjoyed pulling the guts out of the pumpkin and Maddie was completely content with letting Daddy do all of the work.

BUBBLES!

So you know how some kids get soap in their mouths as a form of punishment when they've been naughty? Well, I've got a feeling that it's not going to work with Maddie. This is what happens when you turn your back on her and Emily in a tub full of Strawberry Shortcake bubbles. I kid you not, the child kept eating the bubbles until we got her out. Sicko. But that's our Maddie! And let's not leave Em out of this either. She was the mastermind behind this and loaded Maddie's face up with the bubbles. They're a funny team.

Real Fans

This is what true New Kids On The Block fans look like when the group is singing "Hanging Tough"
















This is what I look like as a loving fan of Joe McIntyre. (Yes, that is one HUGE pin from back in the late 80's). And ladies, he's matured into one FINE man.















This is what Tony looks like as a Chemic Fan. He's not one.















And this my friends is what true Chemic Fans look like at the MHS/DHS game (before we got rained on and looked like drowned rats.) Check Erin's blog if you want to see what she thinks a Chemic Fan looks like.

Growing up.....

This past weekend we went to my cousin's son's 1st birthday party and in the girls' goodie bags, they got a page of princess sticker earrings. Both girls fell in love with having them. Emily put them where they belonged, on her ears. Maddie had so much fun with hers that they went all over her face and hands as well as all over Grandm'as face. Later that night, out of the blue, Emily said that she wanted to have her ears pierced for real. I said no at first but then Tony said that we should let her. Emily isn't one to make hasty decisions so we talked about it and told her that it'd hurt and that the decision was up to her. On Monday she came up to me and said that she'd made up her mind to get them pierced. I told her that was fine but that she'd have to wait until Thursday after school to get them done. I did this partly because our schedule wouldn't allow it until then, but it'd also give Emily time to change her mind.

Well, yesterday morning Emily woke up before 7 am with a HUGE grin on her face because she knew what day it was and that after school she'd get to get her ears pierced. I had my sister meet me at work with the girls and off we went to visit Claire's in the mall. Aunt Amy, Nicholas, Aiden and cousins Kevin & Sarah all came as well to watch this big event.

Emily did fantastic. She was excited to pick out the earrings that she wanted which happened to be flowers with a blue center (her favorite color) and diamond (cubic zirconia) petals. She was in a bit of shock once it happened because of how much it hurt but all she did was shed some tears and needed a few hugs to get her through. By the time we left to go stop at Daddy's football practice, she was all grins and excited about her new addition.

Ick!

Never a dull moment in our house, I swear. So yesterday we got to spend a good portion of the later afternoon getting rained on while watching Central Middle School's first home game. Poor kids haven't won a game yet but at least they're trying! And so are the coaches.

After getting home from church with the girls, I got them bathed, read books and tucked them in for a long peaceful night's sleep. That was until at 12:15 am I get jolted awake by Maddie screaming from her bed. Tony and I go running in only to find the child covered in barf. Anyone who knows Tony knows that the poor man absolutely CANNOT stomach vomit so it was amazing that he and Emily still exhisted in the bedroom at this moment. Tony later said that it took everything in him to go into the room so I give him props for entering when all his signals were screaming to run far, far away. He helped me get Maddie bathed yet again so that I could clean up the yuck once I provided a clean escape for Emily off the top bunk. And then no sooner did we get everyone settled back down for sleep than Maddie wakes up in the same situation only this time in the living room. We pretty much were up every hour on the hour with this routine until nearly 7 am this morning. My washer has never had this much action in the middle of the night!

Thankfully I can say now, just over 12 hours later, that Maddie is doing really well. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with us being out in the elements yesterday or what, but she certainly went through the ringer over night.

One funny little tid bit is that through all of this, Maddie kept saying "Someone got me sick!" It was just so cute that she was certain someone did this to her.

Here's hoping to an "ick free" day for everyone. :)

Wierd Humor

So a great friend of mine sent this to me today and quite honestly I think that my sister may have sent this to me as well. I finally took a moment to watch the video and here's what happened to me:

1. I screamed. Out loud. Not just a scream in my head, but a scream out loud. At work. Good thing my boss wasn't here at the moment.

2. I nearly wet my pants. Not good when the bathroom is in timbucktoo and you always have to wait in line here.

3. I'm not kidding, I had a mini heart attack. Or at least gave my heart a few extra beats.

4. I almost fell out of my chair.

I've seen other videos that were worse but it's been a while. Happy Halloween, scare the bejeebers out of you season!

Kids say the darndest things

It doesn't take long for a 4 year old to say something to brighten up your day. Maddie took care of that just after dropping Emily off to school today. While walking out of the school this morning a woman about the age of my mom and mother-in-law walked past us. Let me interject here and say that any woman who appears to be the age of her grandmas, Maddie immediately thinks she is one. It's like when toddlers see men an assume that all men are daddies. Anyhoo......after this woman passed us, Maddie looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I hope you don't turn into a grandma." I just smiled and replied, "Maddie, I hope I don't turn into a grandma for a long time either."

Kids certainly say the darndest things sometime.