Happy Candy Day

My dad always says that one of the best things he did as a father was teaching his kids to love candy. I couldn't agree more and intend to do the same thing with my girls. Enjoy!

Trunk-or-Treat

I had never experienced one of these prior to moving here, but I definitely love it. Walking around a parking lot to cars filled with candy to give out...it doesn't get much better than that!

So long, old friend

My husband got an alarm clock for his 12th birthday that made it into the marriage and woke us up for grad school, work, and church for the last many years. But sadly, last week it died. Poor J has an attachment to inanimate objects that have been a part of his life for a long period of time, and several times tonight on his way to the trash can he mentioned how sad he is at its passing. It was a trusty friend to him and woke us up for many an important event. She lived a long life and will be missed. Goodbye yellow friend.

Creeps....

We have termites.

I am freaking out.

Freaking out.

I just read about them on Wikipedia and my skin is covered in goosebumps.

The chills are running up and down my spine.

Today I was in L's room, looked up at the ceiling and saw one of these

a termite tube.

So sick.

Could be so costly.

When our house was inspected one year ago, the termite man who came specifically to check for them said we were clear.

How did this happen???

Do you think I could make this???

This play house is made to fit over a card table and I think it is AWESOME! Seriously, what a good idea that would encourage some fun times in the playroom. You can buy them here, but I am wondering if I could make one instead....just for the thrill of the challenge. We'll see how much initiative I have left after making L's Halloween costume...which I have yet to start.

the Barf mobile

This weekend we visited my sister and her husband and enjoyed a nice time in wonderful weather. Unfortunately by the end of our visit, our girls contracted the flu and spent the next several days, at my sister's, while driving home, and in our house vomiting. Not fun. Needless to say, on our 6 hour drive home there were some vomiting incidents and our car still smells of the unfortunate occurrence. We plan to clean it out this weekend, but any tips on removing the foul odor would be appreciated.