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  • Halloween parties at school

    Halloween parties at school

    I worked both the kindergarten party and the 2nd grade party at
    school. The 3 kindergarten classes paraded around the school in their
    costumes for all to see. In Monti’s class I was in charge of the mini
    pumpkin decorating station. Above is Monti’s pumpkin creation. I
    noticed that some of the kids’ costumes looked like my kids’ everyday
    school clothes. In fact, one first grader was wearing the exact same
    dress Dahlia has (and wears) but she was dressed in a full princess
    costume. The chicken costume I wore to school was a huge hit with the
    students and teachers. Some of us just never get too old to dress up
    in costume whenever we have the chance.

  • Witch training in process

    Witch training in process

    The final lesson was to make Dragon Bellyworms. The spell went something like this:

    Beetle eggs and vampire pee
    Gooey, gluey wait and see
    Atomic worms pulled from the cups
    Witches’ pets instead of pups.

  • High School Musical 3

    High School Musical 3

    Going to see HSM3. All the girls at the party had matching HSM purple t-shirts.

    Saturday morning before the Halloween party we went to see High School Musical 3 with Knicole’s friends. She wanted to see the movie for her birthday. The kids had a fabulous time. The movie was wall-to-wall full of new songs just waiting to get stuck in the minds of adults and children alike. 

  • Book fair

    Book fair

    It was pajama night at the book fair on Wednesday. We arrived at 5:00
    after dinner. Dahlia was hiding behind my legs for the first half hour
    yet she denied being scared of Clifford the big red dog. She finally
    gained the courage to give Clifford a weak high five but there would
    be no hugs for this dog in her future. We were on our way out of the
    library when they announced Dahlia’s name for the free book giveaway.
    I couldn’t get the girls to leave again after Dahlia received her
    book. Monti wanted to stay until eight to see if she too would get
    called for a free book. I gave up the fight. They read in the library
    while I played games on my iPhone.

  • Annie gets lost

    We had to wait 4-5 days before we took the hamster out of her cage.
    The kids have been counting down the days. On Wednesday we took her
    out of her cage for the first time. She was petrified so we let her
    simply explore the room for a while. We discovered she could smash
    herself under the door to get out of the room. I told the kids to
    watch her and sit by the door. They called me up 5 minutes later to
    tell me they had lost her. How the heck was I going to find a hamster
    in our house? Monti told me she was sure Annie had left the room even
    though she had not seen her leave. After an hour of looking we found
    her smashed behind Monti’s nightstand tangled on some electric cords.
    I was scared to move the table because I was convinced she was dead.
    Monti was brave and investigated the situation further. The hamster
    was alive. We were all relieved. We learned some very valuable lessons
    about having a small pet.

  • Dahlia and her friends

    Dahlia and her friends

    Always acting goofy.

  • Impulse buy

    Impulse buy

    I am not sure what came over me at PetSmart but we ended up coming
    home with a new pet hamster. The girls named her Annie. They are crazy
    about her! She fits perfectly on Monti’s shelf in her bedroom. Monti’s
    bedroom is essentially the staging area for bedtime where we read
    books. All the sleeping is done in Dahlia’s room so there is no
    worries about Annie’s nocturnal habits keeping any child awake at
    night.

  • Corky’s dance

    Corky’s dance

    Sunday morning was hell for Corky. The girls had a sleepover the night
    before so there were 4 girls lavishing all their attention on one
    little scrawny creature. The morning was pretty rough on me too. All
    the girls were up and wanting breakfast by 5:30 am.

  • After Annie Warbucks

    After Annie Warbucks

    After we saw the play that Monti had auditioned for a month earlier we
    were hungry for dinner. Three of us wanted to eat at our Chinese
    restaurant in town but Dahlia did not. Her complaint about the
    restaurant was she doesn’t like all the Chinese speaking.

  • Party and babysitter

    Party and babysitter

    We went to a Halloween party this weekend in the neighborhood. The 13
    year old girl from next door babysat the kids. Everything seemed to go
    well on that front. As we were explaining to the sitter what time they
    should be to sleep Dahlia asked if the sitter knew what they liked to
    eat for breakfast in the morning. She had no problem letting us go. It
    was nice to get away for a couple hours. Thanks to Maggie for letting
    me use her chicken costume in a pinch.