You Didn't!?!

I did! I took two 2 year olds to the grocery store today. Why in the heck would one do that you ask? Here's why:

See, today I was watching one of the members of the'A' Team so that my great friend S could pick her parents up at the airport without having to confine the bug for too long in the car.

And this was the conversation between E and I this morning:

E: 'Are you going to the grocery store this morning?'

Me: 'Umm... probably not until this afternoon, I have L this morning.'

E: 'You don't need to get that much stuff, right?'

Me: 'No, not really. I guess maybe two in a car cart is better than one.'

And then my warped brain started thinking. You see, he threw down the gauntlet. You want to throw any sort of crazy challenge at me, I'll take you up on it because that's the way I roll. I was feeling Wonder Womanish this morning and I figured, I can do that no problem. Others wouldn't do it, but me, I can do it... and just watch, I'll prove it.

And $90 and two cookies later, we were out the door with my last minute Thanksgiving purchases. Whew! One more thing I can cross off my list.

Yep, KK, you're not the only one that feels that way. (By the way, did you notice the filth on the car? No wonder the kids are always sick.  Sorry, S, I should have sprayed her down with Lysol before giving her back.).

More of Batgirl's Party

Here are the rest of the pictures from e's party. If you missed the first post, click here.

It was so much fun to see all the kids in their costumes. Here we have Spiderman, a witch and a Power Ranger.

The Wicked Witch brought her date from the Geek Squad. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of everyone costumes... but they were great. Thanks for dressing up.

Even the neighbors dog came in costume.

Batgirl was so happy. There really is nothing like the look on their faces when it's birthday time.

Captain America and Super KK in the jumper/slide. Way too much fun.

e was very concerned that the big people were in the jumper... with good reason. Ricky Bobby took out Spiderman on the way down the slide. Oops.

Sooo many presents. Lots of art supplies and crafty things... perfect for the girl who is always stealing the printer paper.

We forgot that we had a pinata... the few kids remaining got to take a whack at it.

Of course, no party is complete without a game of Wii. Look at the hook on Ricky Bobby. He's not afraid of a little kid.

Ahhh... and the mess. Pictures really cannot capture it all. Not so much fun to wake up to in the morning. Oh well. A great time was had by all and it was worth it.

From the Mouths of Babes

Overheard in our household...

"I have allergies of the wind"

...e explaining to kk why she was taking medicine.

Happy 5th Birthday, Batgirl!

I completely lost track of the time and realized that I never posted about e's birthday. So, here goes...

We started out the morning in our pajama's opening family presents. Our creative, artsy girl got the perfect gift of an easel complete with paper, paints, whiteboard and chalkboard. Endless hours of creativity will be enjoyed. She also got a dog that grows, which, if you ask me, is pretty dang creepy... and money not well spent. Notice the crown and earrings? A necessity when you turn 5.

The nice thing about having a birthday so close to Halloween is that you can have a costume/birthday party. And when e decided that she wanted to have a 'super spookey costume birthday party', I was in heaven. I LOVE Halloween and there are sooo many things that you can do with that kind of a theme.

Like have a haunted house cake, blood shot eyeball cupcakes and dip, mummy toes for a main course and creepy, crawly snack mix. The use that I have gotten out of the Woman's World magazine that I bought off the check stand a year ago was well worth the $2.50 I paid for it.


Of course, no Halloween party is complete without naked bobbing for apples. No, seriously that wasn't required, but we did bob for apples. e wasn't buying in on the day of the party, but figured it out the day after.


We encouraged parents and adults to dress up and they did! Barry Bonds, Ricky Bobby and Harley Trailer came.


Blogger is killing me right now. To be continued...

Back to Life, Back to Reality

I am working on a post for later, but in the meantime...


Is 8:53 AM too early for a glass of wine??

Thank You!

Thank you to my parents for serving and teaching me what it means to be an American.

Thank you for those that lost their lives serving.

Thank you to those that have served.

Thank you to those that are currently serving.

Thank for for supporting those that serve and have served.

And finally, thank you to my wonderful husband for doing what he does so that we can live as we do. I love you!

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A good friend of mine emailed the following video (link below) to me. It's about 5 minutes long, so watch when you have time. It was made by a 15 year old girl named Lizzie Palmer. It's incredible and haunting.

And the Winner is...

House...







#2


Thanks to all of you for your comments and advice. We signed a 3 year lease today.

We absolutely fell in love with the yard and the amount of space that it has. We have increased our square footage over our current place by about 2000. We are going to have to be careful to not go crazy buying furniture to fill it. A refrigerator box desk is sounding like a viable option, along with a cinderblock coffee table for the 'formal' living room. When we get into the house, we will post pictures with our stuff. But in the meantime, take a gander at these.

Backyard and pool.


Deck


Kitchen


Dining Room


Breakfast area


Family Room


Living Room


Entrance/Foyer


Wash Room/Mud Room


Bedroom #1


Bedroom #2


Bedroom #3 (door leads to den/craft room)


Master Bedroom


Master Bath


Den/Craft Room


Outside


We might need to paint. I'm not sure if I can live with all that blue for the next 3 years.