Lily gets Ella water

Lily wanted to get Ella some water, but she needed some help reaching the water. Then, as usual, she broke into song and dance about the event.

Repeat several times.

Halloween Parade

This afternoon we went to the Halloween Parade at Ella's school. I loved seeing all the costumes. I feel bad though. I think the parade was more than overwhelming for Ella. She had a tough time after it was over.

I got sick of Lily's witch costume she wears every day, and talked her into dressing as a cave-lady. The shoes are not part of the costume.


I was a cupcake this year. I had to crop my head out of the picture. Bad hair day.

Halloween Playgroup

It's fun to have cousins who live so close & who have kids the same age as mine. You wouldn't believe how well these group of kids get along. Lily loves playgroup.

Spicy Snow

Lily: Can I touch the snow?
Me: Yes.
Lily: Oh mom, it feels really spicy.

Saturday

We decided not to work on Saturday. It was a good decision.While Tyler finished our kitchen cabinets, the girls and I visited the new Library. They made dinosaurs & other crafts. Later we went over to a nearby shopping center for pumpkin painting & other Halloween Games & activities.

That night we met over at the Jones’ house for their traditional neighborhood night of Trick-or-Treating. They had some fun games and prizes at the clubhouse after-wards.

I'm pretty excited for Nov. 1st, when I can hide Lily's daily outfit (a.k.a. her witch costume).

Conversations with Lily

Tyler: Lily, are you going to sleep tonight?
Lily: No
Tyler: Why not?
Lily: Umm, I'm so shy.
Me: You are not shy.
Lily: I am shy mom! I'm shy.
Tyler: Why does being shy make you not sleep?
Lily: Cause I worry about it.

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Lily's first dinner prayer:
“Bless that my mom will get cute, and my dad will stay up with me at night. Bless that Ella will get a brownie.”

Then she proceeded to count to three in Chinese.
“Amen.”

The office

Originally we were going to put all our vinyl equipment in this office until we finish the basement office, but it didn't fit. It didn't even come close to fitting. So, we put all our stamps & vinyl, along with Tyler's computers, in our unfinished basement. This has since turned into my office where I answer emails, design stamps & vinyl, and make cards & other crafts.

This cute display furniture is actually borrowed from my mom. I know she's going to want it back as soon as her house is finished being built, so I'll have to find something to replace it before then. I'm growing kind of attached to it.

My desk. I love this office. It over-looks our back yard so I can watch the kids playing outside while I work. I even have my own door to the deck.

Our bright ceiling & colorful chandelier.

I made these flowers from paper. Just an inexpensive way to decorate. The vases are from my fireplace. I moved them into the office so I could adorn our fireplace with holiday decor. The picture is from Tyler's parents gallery. They were about to throw it in the trash. Luckily I rescued it before that happened.

Another piece of my mom's cute furniture. We may look for a bookshelf & small reading sofa for this area... maybe in a year or so.

不善

Once a month, the parents of the Chinese students at Ella's school have a meeting to learn how to help their kids with their Chinese home-work. Ella thinks I'm learning Chinese at the meeting, but I'm really just learning how to help her learn.

Ella: Mom, what words did you learn in your Chinese class last night?
Me: Hmmm... I learned to say “bú shán”.
Ella: Did my teacher say that to you?
Me: Yes. Does it mean stop?
Ella: No, It means you're doing something bad. What did you do mom?

Slimy guts

Halloween song playing in the car:
“There are tiny worms... ewww. Rotton eggs... ewww. Slimy guts... yuck. Smelly things... yuck.”

Lily: I like this pretty song. You think it’s pretty mom?

Halloween Cruise

We didn't do much for my birthday, because we had lots of work, then Tyler had an appointment for church that night... but it was okay, because Friday night I went on a spooky cruise with a few of my friends from High School. It really wasn't very spooky... It was actually very cute, and we had a great time.

Saturday night we got invited to a Tombstone pizza party at Ella's friends house. The kids had a fantastic time eating pizza & decorating pumpkins.

the farm

The weather was perfect today. Perfect for a trip to the farm.

Halloween Playgroup

Since none of the older kids had school today, we decided to go to Gardner Village for our weekly playgroup.


Lily didn't look too out of place in her witch costume, since others were also wearing witch costumes. She was the only one however, wearing snow boots
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Becky made cute cupcakes for all the kids to enjoy.

Hallie, Chase, & Kimball.