Trick-or-Treat

Okay, seriously. Would you not just give your whole bowl of candy to trick-or-treaters like these? Davey Crockett, Spiderman, and little Sophie-Mouse. They started strong. Sophie baled after completing our street. She would not, however, let go of her candy bucket. The boys pushed on to the next street and came back with stories of a "haunted house" giving out FULL SIZE CANDY BARS! Sophie might have to be a mouse tomorrow, too, because that "washable marker" I used to draw on her nose/whiskers isn't very washable. Sophie downed an entire Kit-Kat before I confiscated her candy. The boys...well, let's just say they had to brush their teeth really well and both went to bed with stomach aches. Ahhhh, you gotta love free candy!

Pumpkin Snatchers

I live in a nice town. We have nice neighbors. There are no wild parties on our street. It is one of the best neighborhoods in town. So then why, WHY, would someone steal our pumpkins!? Yep, sometime on Sunday or Monday, four of our pumpkins were stolen off our front porch. The fifth one was safe-it had been placed on the back porch. We discovered this when Eric and the boys went to carve their pumpkins last night and .... no pumkins! What kind of person steals a pumpkin? Especially a kid's pumpkin? Well, at least they are on sale for $2 at Walmart. The funny thing is, this is the fourth fall season we've lived here and the second time our pumpkins have been stolen. Hmmm...someone must know we have good taste in pumpkins. But I've learned my lesson. From now on, pumpkins at our house get to spend the night INSIDE.

Thank you to Jess, my friend and neighbor, who "tagged" me to answer the following questions. I have to use one word answers.

1.Where is your cell phone? counter
2. Your significant other? hot!
3. Your hair? there
4. Your mother? amazing
5. Your favorite thing? alone-time
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? milkshake
8. Your dream/goal? house
9. What room are you in? dining
10. Your fear? loneliness
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? wiser
12. Where were you last night? teaching
13. Something that you aren’t? unopinionated
14. Muffins? blueberry
15. Wish list item? ipod
16. Last thing you did? email
17. What are you wearing? all black (for a skit at D6 tonight - I got ready early)
18. Your TV? basement
19. Your pets? no way (who needs pets when you've got kids!?)
20. Friends? love 'em
21. Your life? good
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? sisters
24. Your car? minivan-megafun
25. Something you’re not wearing? make-up
26. Your favorite store? Walmart (Save Money, Live Better - Walmart) :)
27. Your favorite color? blue
28. When is the last time you laughed? Monday night (at my husband's INCREDIBLE acting)
29. Last time you cried? hmmmm.....

And that's a wrap. Yeah, I cheated on the one word thing a little. That okay. It was more fun. Hey, if you can't cheat on your own blog, when can you? I'm supposed to tag other people, but since I just started this blog, I'm not sure anyone is reading it. However, I tag Marcy to post on our family page. (Heee-heee)

We have a new form of entertainment at our house. No, it's not a new dvd, computer game, video game, or even a toy or board game. Our new form of entertainment is a squirrel feeder I attached to our front tree last weekend. It was given to us by our neighbor, Chip. (Do I need to mention we have the best neighbors in the world!?) The squirrels discovered the corn this morning. It kept the kids busy while I cleaned up breakfast dishes, made soup for supper, and made a few phone calls. Who knew? You should have heard them squeal when the squirrel took a piece of corn and buried it in our front yard. They bolted for their jackets and tried to find the buried corn, but no luck. So don't worry, Mr. Squirrel, your corn is still safe---for now. No guarantees. So here's to cheap, fun entertainment. (Thanks, Chip.)

Loving Life in Iowa

Today was a great day. Perfect weather. Sunny. Not a cloud in the sky. Highs in the upper 70's. Danny's homeschooling group took a fieldtrip to an apple orchard/pumpkin patch and the whole family was invited to tag along. So we packed our lunch and made the 20min drive to the middle of Nowhere, IA. Four hours later (the organized tour ended after 1.5 hours, but we were having so much fun, we stayed), I packed up three tired kids, bags of apples and gourds, and the remainders of our lunch. During the day we took a hayrack ride, conquered the hay bale maze, picked our own gourds and apples, fed the goats and elk, visited the 3 little pigs' homes, watched how apples are sorted, swam in the "corn pool" (only in Iowa), jumped on the giant pillow, and raced pedal tractors. The boys favorite part was the corn pool. And my favorite part was having a great day with my kids.