I dont need you anymore, pumpkin!

BeforeAfter

This year instead of pumpkins, we did shrunken heads. It was easier, less mess and they turned out way more creepy. I'm totally for giving up the pumpkin.

A skele... what is that?

After being dropped off, Kendal ran through the front door waving around what she had made in Preschool that day.

"Look Mom! I made a Keleton!"

"Wow! Let me see!"

"See? I made the head, and I made the arms, and I made the legs, and I made the pee pee!"

"Oh yes, you did."

Quirky or Crazy?

I hate talking on the phone. It's not that I hate people. I just don't know how to get off the phone. There must be a technique to it that I never learned. Whenever I try and get off the phone, it's always a minute long back and forth good-bye. I say bye at least 5 different times in various ways. When I finally do say, "Okay, Bye"... it's at the exact same time as the other person. So then there's a moment of panicked silence as I'm thinking "What do I do now? Do I say bye again to make sure they heard me or do I just hang up?" I usually just hang up. Getting off the phone gives me so much anxiety I avoid even picking it up in the first place.

Also I hate that Spell Check always suggests "dint" when I leave the apostrophe off of my "don't". No Spell Check! Is that really your best suggestion? What is a "dint" anyway? Well I'll tell you because I just looked it up. Dint: force; power: "By dint of hard work she became head of the company." Also another word for Dent. You're a jerk Spell Check! but don't leave me baby I need you.

Do these things bother anyone else or are these just some of my quirks.

I hope my house doesn't get shot at

Some Tips for a Happy Halloween

This is a very fun costume to wear. Do not wear this costume to a Ward Trunk-or-Treat. You will be subject to some not-so-funny jokes and impressions. Polite chuckles will be expected. Also do not wear to any Hollywood events or fundraisers. You will be shot at.

Do not wear this costume at all. Not as many people watch Heroes as you think. People will not ask you who you are supposed to be. Instead they will go the whole night thinking you have a dumb costume. The more you try and explain who you are, the nerdier you and this costume will become.

Do let your son be whatever he wants, despite your warnings that he'll have a difficult time eating, drinking, and possibly breathing. He will be happy and his costume will be so cliche it's cute.

Her Hidden Talent

Check out what Raegan can do. Sometimes I wonder if teaching my kids not to pick their nose was a good thing.
10/20/08

NKOTB- if you dont know what that means... get out

Oh yes I did. I waited 17 years for this concert. As a 3rd grader I watched all of my friends with their cool Aunts and hip Moms run off to the NKOTB concert, while I was left behind. Ashamed of my lameness and the uncoolness of my parents, I lied about going to that concert. (A lie I later had to confess when two friends confronted me.)
Well I finally got my turn... and it was worth the wait. They were amazing, like no time had passed. It was by far the funnest concert I've ever been to. It was indeed a crazy night. I think I even screamed " I wanna have yo babies!" to Donnie Wahlberg. ...Luke knows. He's cool. I did after all spend years sleeping under his posters and stolen pictures torn from my best friend's Bop Magazine.

(Another Confession: I secretly loved Danny too, but I never told anyone because everyone said he looked like a monkey.)

10/15/08