Happy Halloween!

The Costumes:




The Pumpkins:

Ours, and the "S" family pumpkins

Baby Sister's (with help from Daddy)

Beefy's

Buggy's

Have a fun (and safe) Halloween!

Soccer

So, it's taken me until the last week of the season to write about Buggy playing soccer this year. Story of my life. Anyway, he loved it. It was really good for him to learn how to be part of a team and I think the social aspects of it helped ease him through the transition to kindergarten.

He was on the "Alligators". I'm pretty sure he was one of the younger kids on the team, but he held his own pretty well. Needless to say, I think there is a lot of soccer in our future. Although, I think next year we are going to find a league that doesn't play in a swamp. Washington rain + grass field in a hole = Muddy Mess!! His once white cleats will never be quite the same.

My Little Superstar

He was thrilled about the trophy. He didn't even want to set it down for the rest of the day.

Hamming it up on the field.

Playing Goalie. It was his favorite spot, and when he was paying attention, he was pretty good at it too.

Monkeys

What do you do when you get a new story book?

Why - learn to draw the characters, of course!

Update

I've long been a supporter of modern medicine (that's not really a secret), but I just have to say how grateful I am for antibiotics and their fast-acting properties. After an injection, and a day and a half on an oral antibiotic - I am feeling much, much better.

If what I felt Wednesday evening was 100% sick (which I'm pretty sure it was) then today I am down to only about 15-20% sick. I'm still a little sore and have a slight headache but the fever, chills, nausea, vomiting and body aches are all but gone. (Hooray!)

My plan is to take it easy today so that we can still go out to the temple tonight. I am SOOOOO glad that it wasn't any worse than it was (it was definitely bad enough) and I am glad to be feeling more like myself again. I hate being sick.

I guess I shouldn't complain though - at least it isn't swine flu!

The Worst

So, I have mastitis. I've never had it before, and I have to say it's the worst. It hit sudden and hard yesterday afternoon. I was out shopping at about 12:30 yesterday, and by 3:00 I could barely move. By 5:30 I was calling my friend to come sit with the kids so I could go to the walk-in, I couln't wait any longer for my husband to get home.

It is without a doubt the sickest I've ever been. I think I would even take my 3 c-sections again over this. I've got some antibiotics now which are supposed to help - they are, a little. I've heard from others that this is bad, but I never realized how bad until I got it myself. And - we were supposed to go out tomorrow night for the first time in like forever. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will be better enough and that we will still be able to. This just SUCKS!!!

Yuck!

I went to the dentist this morning. My appointment was at 7:00 am. I'm usually not up at that hour.

I had two fillings done. It took two rounds of numbing before I was actually numb. I had the gas on me too, for almost an hour and a half. I still felt most of what they were doing.

I've been home for more than 3 1/2 hours now. My cheek is still kind of numb, and the filling has messed up my bite, not to mention the buzz I've had all morning.

I've decided I don't like the dentist anymore.

Christmas

So, I've decided to go home-made for Christmas this year. I already have a few good ideas, and I'm pretty excited. I've even decided that I am going to post the projects as they are finished, just not say who they are for...I do have to keep some mystery to the whole thing. ;) Anyway, stay tuned as I am hoping to get started in the next week or two.

Also, if you have any wonderful/fun/creative/just really cool homemade gift or craft ideas, please share. I am always on the lookout for more.

Canning

I've decided - after spending a summer watching my more "domestically inclined" friends can a bunch of fruit and stuff - that I would like to try my hand at doing it too. I'm planning on doing applesauce; mostly because it is about the only thing I'm not to late for, and I know my family will eat it. (My mom is already doing peaches for me - so I figure I can trade some applesauce for them)

Anyway, I need to "procure" some apples and a food strainer/grinder, so I am looking for advice on the best places to purchase these items. Obviously, I would prefer the source for the apples to be local (I mean we do live in Washington), but I'm all about where ever is cheapest (i.e. local or internet) for the other canning supplies.

Thanks for you help! Comment away!

New Crafty

First, a nursing cover I made for a baby shower I'm going to tonight. This is the second one I've done, but I gave the first one away before I got a picture.

Isn't this fabric awesome? I'm so loving it.
Also - note my oh so cooperative model (sarcasm).


Next - Part of Baby Sister's Halloween outfit. I'm bummed that the colors totally don't work in these pictures (also really hating my camera) it is actually black and orange, not red, and is much cuter in real life. Also, super easy. You will be able to get the full effect when I take some real Halloween pictures.