Happy 8th Birthday!

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Flip flops, swings, and a big ol' glass of blue Kool Aid (the blue Kool Aid blends into her dress where she spilled it) a few great things from summer.

I'm REALLY far behind in my pictures but I am trying to catch up. These's are just some of my favorites I've negelected over the last 6 months!

This is what happens when you let a 5 year old have full creative power at a makeup station. G- thinks she looks fantastic.

Disney

She belived it ALL. She questioned nothing, everything was amazing to her.

I really wanted this use this set up and take a picture for our Christmas card this year. NOBODY (other than me) wanted to have their picture taken. I'm trying to pose everybody while figuring how to balance the camera on the stroller to use the time. Husband is thinking "this is dumb" and is wrestling #3 (see how happy she is). #3 kicks #2 in the head and #1 is cooperating, but really wants to get this done with.

Halloween In Disney

Whats the best way to do Hallowen in Disney?

Trick or treat bag in one hand and cotton candy in the other!

2011 Costumes

We had many different reasons to wear Halloween costumes this year.....

Outfit 1 - Daisy Halloween Party

Fairy Barbie Princess

Outfit 2 - Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

Sleeping Beauty, Ironhide and Cinderella.

Outfit 3 - MOMS Club Halloween Party. These's might remind you of previous Halloweens

Optimus Prime (I don't know why but I do know it was easy), Ice Wolf Shadow Ninja and Minnie Mouse

Outfit 4 Actual Halloween, getting ready for trick or treating!                                                                                                       
                                                                                                   

Sleeping Beauty, Ironhide, Black Kitty and Cinderella

Permanent Marker

I was a having a GREAT day. I was being super productive. Not only was I doing everything on my To Do list, I was getting more done than I set out to accomplish. I was in the kitchen on canning/freezing whirl-wind. My timing was awesome, everything was going as I wanted it to....no wait everything was going even better than I wanted it to.

I was in food preservation heaven. I was canning Apple Butter, I was shredding and freezing 12 cups of zucchini and I was prepping my pumpkin puree for my Thanksgiving Pumpkin pie. Yes preparing for Thanksgiving, my day was that organized. I should have known it was to good to be true. I was even patting myself on the back for being a Domestic Diva and a Queen of Food Preservation.

When you are canning there is a critical moment when you can not disturb your work. Everything was sanitized and hot, and I was starting to fill my jars when my 2 year old walks into the kitchen and says "Look at me" and wow she was something to look at. She scribbled all over her body with HOT PINK permanent marker. I had 2 choices, drop the apple butter, go survey the damage and then restart the apple butter several hours later. OR pray the damage was only on her and continue canning.

I picked the apple butter. If I didn't get the apple butter in the water bath and done before the school bus I couldn't get to it again until after LEGO class, dinner and then after the girls bath (F- needed a long, long bath that night).

After I started the water bath I checked out the destruction. My very first thought was I wonder if I could file an insurance claim?

                            ALL of my stairs looked like this. Did I mention the marker is permanent?

Little artist touches through out the entire upstairs

A few stuffed animals (thankfully they were all washable)

Here she is mocking me. Carrying the carpet cleaner around as I am frantically scrubbing walls/woodwork/windows. Notice her toes, she went extra heavy (even in between) for a pedicured look.

In our school district they won't release a kindergartner off the bus unless somebody is there to get them. I had 10 minutes to clean as much marker as possible before the bus.

I will have to touch up paint on a few walls and I'm still working on the carpet. I took a break after I developed chemical burns on my fingers. It looks better but there are still pink smears in the fibers, I just picked up some new stuff, I'll hit the stains again tomorrow.

Did I mention my husband is in Hawaii?

Waiting for DahDah