Trick or Treat...Smell My...!

Yes, believe it or not, at 6 1/2 years old my beautiful little girls know the rest of that little "song". Thankfully we got it through their thick heads that we don't say that on Halloween if we're trying to get treats and all was well with the world tonight. Our night started at McD's and then it was off to Kerry's to get dressed, apply makeup, and hit the streets. We went to Kerry & Jayci's for trick or treating - Simpsonville has lots of houses, but they require transportation via cars & trucks - not feet - so we always escape to a friend's neighborhood. Kerry lives in a townhouse neighborhood and boy, what a nice treat that was this year!!! It was quick, easy and no one tired out until we were at the very last house. Brennan hung in there - first time ever - yelling "Today is the best daaaaaaaaayyyyy" - we were cracking up!


All of their buckets were literally overflowing with candy and they had a great time. Batgirl (Alyssa), Cheetah girl (McKenna), Flash (Brennan) and the witch (Jayci) dove right into the candy when we got back to Kerry's and within minutes were bouncing off the walls. Luckily, by the time we got them to bed (which wasn't much past our normal time), everyone settled down and they're now fast asleep!


Hope everyone else had a fun time tonight. We're headed out tomorrow afternoon so I won't be posting again until we return. Have a great "rest of the week" and weekend...and let's hope for a better end result when the Redskins take on the New York Jets on Sunday. GO SKINS!

P.S. - unfortunately I can't share any pics until next week. The cord that attaches my camera to the computer is in my office and I'm headed south this afternoon. Stay tuned...

Charlie & Snoopy anyone?

So did you watch it tonight? If you have kids, did they watch it? We did - it's a tradition in our house to watch this and the Christmas one. My kids don't ever watch Charlie Brown, but they love it! It sets the tone for tomorrow night - trick or treating :-) They came home today with a small bag of treats from daycare. Sugar high will last through the weekend I'm sure - he he! Tomorrow is the girls Halloween parade at school - pics to come - and then we're joining my friend Kerry and her lil witch (aka her daughter Jayci) for trick or treating. The kids are sooo excited.

My treat for the week is a much needed get away to Myrtle Beach. David and I are going with our friends Robert & Wendy to get away, do some golfing and just have some fun adult time. Since I came back from convention it's been very hectic around here - family visiting - and I'm ready to focus on David & I for a few days! We're leaving Thursday when Wendy gets off work and we'll be back Sunday night. Thank you Maw Maw Linda for watching our kids this weekend - they're excited to be with her - and we're excited to be alone!!! haha

Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween with safe treats and fun tricks for all!

I'm baaack...at least for now

Hello everyone - I've decided to try and start this bloggin' thing again. If I don't keep up this time, I think I'm done for good so wish me luck :-) It's been a long time since I last posted so I won't even try to catch up - that would take forever.

Soccer is over - had the end of the season party on Sat. - minus our final game thanks to the rain. We need it, but I never like it. Following the soccer party, we went to my niece's 6th bday party, then the Fall Festival at the girls school....and then finally home...but not for rest! Oh no, we had a house full of family guests. It's ok -we loved it. My dad, stepmom and grandma were here visiting from FL (they left super early this morning) along with 3 of my cousins, their kids and spouses. We had a feast of steamed shrimp, fries, coleslaw and some yummy cream of crab soup....can you say I NEED TO GO TO THE GYM!!!

After a busy Sunday morning of changing closests from summer to fall, I'm relaxing in the recliner enjoying a good fall day of Sunday football in my pj's! Ahhhh that feels good. Until next time...

What a week it's been...

Let's see - Brennan's school violation was due to a confusing and badly written policy. Bottom line is, he can't wear any tops of any kind with pictures or words on them. Lovely! We'll deal with it though - now that we know the real policy :-)

My pink eye is STILL hanging on....I can't believe it. It's been 6 days today and lucky me - it's moving to my right eye. I am treating both eyes, they're looking better and I hope by Tuesday I can wear eye makeup again. As my VP told me yesterday (yes I went to work), I looked like I was on POT. NICE huh?!!

Brennan's poison oak (or ivy) is still hanging on as well, but showing much improvement. The kids had gone through an entire bottle of Benadryl (liquid) himself. Good grief - these infectious "diseases" hang on forever.

First week of school has been good - Brennan is still Brennan when it comes to pre-k. He asked my mom if he could stay at her house last night so he didn't have to go to school today - lil stinker! When I told him that Friday was the day he could buy ice cream after lunch his song and dance changed dramatically :-) Thank goodness for ice cream. The girls are doing great...McKenna is showing slow progress with her reading which is frustrating for me since last year she seemed to be the stronger reader out of the girls. Alyssa is blowing by her and doesn't have much patience when McKenna is trying to sound out words. SO Alyssa has to read away from McKenna so that she doesn't harrass her or make her feel bad for being slower at it .... that's siblings for you I guess :-)

Bad news - our AC broke on Thursday. Good news - it's fixed now and it wasn't stifling hot on Thursday night. BAD, BAD news - it cost us almost $800 to fix it. Our house is 4 years old....that was sad :-(

But today made everything better....David had to go in for an important meeting with his boss and his bosses boss....ended up it was to congratulate him on a job WELL done regarding a project he'd been working on. He got a plague, a signed letter from the CEO of Verizon AND $500 in travelers checks!!!!!! WOO HOO :-0 Way to go honey! I told him to buy himself a new golf club, we'd celebrate this weekend and put the rest in savings to help offset the cost of our AC repairs. I'm so happy for him - he worked so hard on that project and was so stressed out, that it's nice to see he was rewarded....and more importantly, that people noticed his efforts.

It's been a crazy week, but it's Friday - long weekend ahead and the promise of beautiful weather...which means lots of golf for us, dinner out, time at the park with the kids (feeding the ducks) and some down time at home. Enjoy the holiday weekend all!

Back to school

Well today was the first day of school for the girls and Brennan...and all went well...for the most part! The girls looked adorable in their new dresses (pics and a short video to come) and Brennan was cute too in his plaid shorts and polo shirt that said "Old Navy" on it. Apparently, the cute shirt that my cute boy was wearing was in violation of the school's dress code policy, but we aren't sure why yet. The policy states "t-shirts/sweatshirts should not have slogans, words or pictures on them. They will be plain, plaid or stripes, but are not allowed to have words or pictures." Case in point...my son had on a polo shirt - short sleeves, collar and buttons- NOT A T-SHIRT! So tomorrow I'm going to approach the principal with said shirt in hand, along with the un-signed violation notice and the dress code policy for a clear explanation of why his shirt was in violation. Now, don't get me wrong - I can understand policies, dress codes, etc. and I go out of my way to make sure my kids are dressed appropriately, but this is ridiculous! Stay tuned on the shirt issue!!!

The girls had a great day - Mrs. Brace is their 1st grade teacher and tonight we did our recommended reading and boy was I proud....Alyssa read great! David read with McKenna and said she did good, but was struggling with some words she shouldn't be struggling with...ing words. It's ok, we'll work with her and bring her back up to speed. Alyssa recognized words like "leather, bridle, easily" without my help - I was impressed! So the year is off to a somewhat positive start and I hope it continues in the same direction.

Pink eye still sucks - eye is burning, swollen, itchy and red - and work is probably out of the question on Tuesday....I fear retaliation if I show up tomorrow :-) Thank goodness email is accessible no matter where I am...for the most part.

G'night everyone!

From Poison Oak to PINK EYE

Oh yes - it went from poison oak to pink eye ... only this time it's not Brennan who has it, it's ME :-( This is the 2nd time I've ever had pink eye and I hope it's the last. It started last night - draining, a little pink, itchy - and I knew when I woke up this morning it would be full-blown pink eye and boy was I right! Now it's red, draining constantly, was sealed shut this morning and hurts/is swollen....all like last time. But what's even better about this is that I'm supposed to be at jury duty tomorrow morning and I have no idea if this is excusable, should I call or show up, will they let me go to the doc to get some eye drops - who knows?! I know it's extremely contagious and that most people will not want me around, but when it comes to jury duty I have no idea what to expect because this is my first time for jury duty. I certainly don't want pink eye - but I definitely don't want pink eye AND being stuck in a court room all day tomorrow without access to my doctor and/or medicine. So wish me luck tomorrow and hope that they'll excuse me!

Other than that, the past week/weekend was good. Brennan's poison oak (or ivy?) is doing better, but it's still not gone. I had no idea it took this long for it to completely heal. At least his face is clear now - people won't look at him like a freak tomorrow during his first day of PRE-K....which I can't even drop him off b/c of this god awful jury duty ... as you can imagine, I'm not very happy about that OR missing the girls getting on the bus tomorrow morning to go to their first day of FIRST GRADE! Wow where has the time gone? I think the older I get, the faster it goes!

Our weekend involved lots of golf (surprise, surprise huh?!), eating out, shopping for the girls dresses for tomorrow....my first introduction to Limited Too - whoa, that is super expensive, but very adorable! I'm a sucker for cute clothes :-)

Off to watch Big Love and begin the week again. G'night!

My first look at poison oak

Yep that's what Brennan has - at least that's part of what's wrong - poison oak! I had a feeling, but considering I've never had it or seen it up close and personal, I couldn't be sure. On his face, forehead, back, legs, arms and shoulders...it's disgusting! He also has a virus which is causing bumps on his stomach that are different from the poison oak patches. And he's still running an on again/off again fever...AND he has a cold. Poor lil guy :-( He's been such a trooper today. Benadryl liquid, tylenol or motrin for the fever and Benadryl cream for the actual rash. It's been quite a day for him, but he's doing well.

Tonight the girls started soccer practice. For McKenna this is easy - 3rd season for her and she loves it. But for Alyssa, this is her 1st time ever. She's not much on running so we're anxious to see how this will go for her - tonight was great. She seemed to really enjoy it and her, McKenna and Jayci had fun...down to the group hug they shared before parting ways. It was absolutely adorable...one of those moments you wish you could capture on video camera, but that never works out right.

Another thunderstorm tonight - which means no sleep for us - kids will pile in the bed one-by-one throughout the night I'm sure. Just one of those things!

That's all for tonight - just for you Karen & Kristen - a much shorter post :-)!