(This is one of those mornings when someone has been crying in my ear since they started waking up. You know those mornings? We’ll see if I can be fun in the midst of the insanity-inducing-constant-stream-of-tears…)
Our neighbors across the street have been holding the annual Halloween party for 4 years now. I realized it was a big deal when Seth told me “Only 4 more days till the party!!! I’m so excited!!!” I corrected him by saying, “oh, hon. Halloween isn’t for 11 more days!” He looked at me like I was dumb: “MOM. Not Halloween! The Liaboe’s party! Duh!” There was the usual carving, food, tons of kids and bobbing for apples. (I L.O.V.E when I don’t have to initiate the carving or the apple bobbing.)
Gabe wanted to make breakfast. This is what he did completely on his own…Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread. Please tell me that takes care of some Webelos requirement?
Matching dresses for the Primary Program. Too bad the mini-dress wasn’t featured on the stand. The Primary program went well…especially considering I was the pianist and hadn’t played in front of an audience for more than 2 minutes since I was 16.
This is where Poor Seth has to go if he doesn’t want Faith to mess up his puzzles. You learn a lot of flexibility when you have this many siblings, I think.
Here’s Emma’s “fun” school project. Can you tell that the only extra help she got was from her 10 year old cousin? Whatever. She got an “A” on her Golf Course Themed Map. The most notable story from this project was that she made the Rice Krispie Treat Frosted base on Saturday, didn’t turn it in for 10 days (it was left in the fridge while she procrastinated the labeling part) and the 6th graders STILL ATE THE ENTIRE THING! So gross.
Another Halloween tradition that I didn’t have to set up or clean up. Ryan’s family always made Spider Cookies and while I was gone one day, he had the kids take part. You know how you know I wasn’t a part of it? Look closely. The Spiders have no black frosting. That’s because Ryan realized we were only had 1/2 c. of powdered sugar and so ended up with a 1/2 c. of frosting. Certain more anal baker/traditioners would have begged some from the neighbors or run to the store. Not Ryan. And of course the kids could have cared less. Bonus: I didn’t want to eat the frosting-less insects. That’s good, right?
Gabe and Jane were part of the “Staff Shootout”, a fundraiser where the teachers “play” basketball against the students. It was a packed, crazy night and the kids were each part of the half time show. I LOVE watching them mingle with their friends, sans parental dampening.
An easy and successful FHE: have your kid check out a book on how to make paper airplanes and make some. Have a few races. Send the kids to bed.
Spokane is truly a fabulous place to live…except the weather’s kind of annoying. After a ridiculous short summer, we were blessed with a long mild fall. I can kind of enjoy fall when it’s 60 degrees for 6 weeks and we live in an insanely tree-filled town.
The problem with fall, for me, is that inevitably leads to gray gray and more gray as we head towards winter. That’s what it’s like today. So I have gray skies and weepy kids. My only remedy? Wrap up this post and go shopping. The flourescent lights of Target and the free cookies from Fred Meyer should solve everyone’s woes, right?
