Today was literary character day at The Girls' School. It was a whirlwind but lots of fun! All the lowerschool teachers dressed-up as Fancy Nancy.

We May Have a Winner

Trick-r-treat
Smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
If you don't, I don't care
I'll pull down your underwear

I think I have successfully found a costume that Zoe is excited about. She started telling me a few weeks back that she wanted to be a sunshine flower. I have no idea where this came from but she's been adamant-this is what she wants to be.

I looked online for some homemade costume ideas but didn't find anything Zoe liked. We stopped at a party store today and Zoe found exactly what she wanted. Hannah's grandmother made the toole skirt.

If I can just get her to walk down the street and wait without screaming as Hannah gets her candy, I will feel like this has been a success.

Week in review

Embarrassing moment of the week:
While waiting to get our flu shots, Zoe looks over at the not-so-fit woman 3 feet from us and says, "Mama, why is her belly so big?"
Zoe says this twice! The woman pretends she doesn't hear but there is no way she didn't.

I'm a little freaked out moment of the week:
A student in my class has swine flu.

It may be time for a new pair of jeans moment of the week:
After eating my second slice of pizza Friday for lunch I began to get woozy and loose feeling in the lower half of my body. I could be held liable if my button flies off and causes a child to lose an eye.

Time for something new.

Goodbye September

We've all been slightly under the weather, except Z, so this weekend was all about relaxing. I managed to get everyone to nap at the same time Sat. and Sun. This allowed me some much needed rest. Henry has recently decided to start his days at 5:00 a.m.

We did drive to Lockhart Saturday night for some super BBQ. We also got to see Rosemond and Eric for a bit on Sunday. Wish they would have had that sweet Grace with them!
I'm looking forward to cooler days and a break in my crazy work schedule. Life is a blur right now.

Henry is crawling like a pro and pulling up to a standing position. His favorite place happens to be the toilet. (Gross) Zoe is taking dance and gymnastics at her school this year and she really likes both. If we ask her what she did at school today she'll always answer, "Good."
So we don't get much feedback about what's going on but apperently it's o.k.

The most recent thing she does that is so cool is tell us when something makes her happy. For example, if I were to turn on her Dora music in the car she would smile and say, "That makes me happy."
Other things that make her happy are popsicles and having her daddy give she and Henry a bath.

I love watching Rhett get ready for one of his camping trips. There is lots of investigation in the month or months preceding the trip. Boxes arrive in the mail containing the latest and greatest sleeping pad, day pack, etc. Apparently shaving off 2 lbs from your overall pack weight is very important.
The best part is the meticulous tarp set up. Once again, in efforts to keep his pack load down Rhett opts to pitch a tarp under the stars instead of a tent. He has gotten quite crafty at creating the perfect shelter with a 8x6 piece of material, hiking poles, stakes, and twine. There are many Sunday afternoons and weekday evenings spent setting up and speculating the possible arrangements of stakes and other tarp variations. I like to catch him laying in the backyard, underneath his tarp, thinking...thinking....thinking.

If you need a little laugh today...

Last week Zoe and Henry were bathing together. Zoe leaned over to Henry and in a very sweet voice said, "Henry, I like your little boobies."

Then she stated that she did not have boobies. I said, "Are you sure?"

She patted her chest and with lots of expression stated, "I do have boobies!"