Trick Or Treat night was fun in spite of the rain. The boys had a great time being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We went to three houses, including my parents'. Mom and Dad always have a special treat bag for the boys. My sister gave them each a special bag as well. Chris's mom passed out candy at our house while we were out begging. When we came home, she had a special treat bag waiting for them too! No one would ever guess that they only went to three houses. Let me tell you, having all this candy in our house is not a good thing for me. SELF-CONTROL! Uh.
We didn't carve pumpkins this year, but Chris's mom gave the boys each a home-grown pumpkin. We also decorated pumpkins at playgroup. As you can see from the pictures, I waited a little too long to take a picture of them. Yes, that is mold that you see. I threw them away as soon as I took the picture.
I hope all of you had a fun and safe evening.
Two days after Trick Or Treat, my sister and I had to go to southwestern Ohio to try to test out of one of our Master's classes. We had a nice time together. Our room wasn't very clean, but we made the best of it. It took us a little over three hours to take the test. I am anxious to know my results.
After the test, we spent almost an hour and a half driving around the city in search of an area similar to Belden or Dublin to eat dinner (we were told that this type of area existed, we just couldn't find it). I finally decided to call Beth and ask for directions again. Here, we were on the wrong side of town. Literally. I should have made the call much sooner.
Too bad you weren't there, Julie! You could have given us a grand tour.
If the driving around wasn't enough, my gas light came on. Unbelieveable.
My sister and I wanted Red Lobster but couldn't find it after we saw a billboard advertisement. We ended up eating at Logan's Steakhouse. Yum. The evening ended (after getting gas) with a pumpkin spice latte (and coffee with a shot of vanilla for my sister) from Starbucks. Actually, the evening ended seeing Beth and her husband. They happened to be in the same area and we decided to meet. We were able to visit for a little while. By the way, Beth, my sister found Pumpkin Pie creamer at the store and bought it for me. Yum! You should grab some too!! It was fun to see you in a completely different area!
Julie, that reminds me, Beth has your Playmobil stuff. Make sure you get it before she is tempted to sell it on ebay. Ha ha. Just kidding!
My sister and I don't have another class until the beginning of January. Now I can focus on baking a zillion cookies (one for each leaf that Chris raked) and preparing lots of starchy foods. Hmm. I hope I can refrain from eating all those scrumptious morsels.
This paragraph is for Dustin F. You called Chris last night and talked to him for a while. I am sad that we did not get to talk. I hope you enjoy my blog I have created. I miss you and hope to see you again someday soon.
Ta Ta For Now my friends...
Chris surprised the boys one night and put up a tent in their room after bath time. The boys thought it was the coolest thing! We told them they could sleep in the tent, but Jonathan decided, "It just wasn't working out" and jumped into his bed. Drew followed shortly after. The tent was up for a few days. I think Jonathan might have slept there once and Drew might have slept there twice. I was certainly glad when that tent went down!
We had a very special day two Fridays ago. The boys and I visited our friends Ian and Audrey for the afternoon. We ate a yummy lunch and got to play for a long time. What a great playdate! Jonathan and Ian love to play Power Rangers. Sometimes they get really rough. Their Sunday School teacher even told us about it. He was concerned about the boys. We told him that as long as they weren't being mean they were fine. Boys will be boys, right??! After our friends' house, we met up with Chris and headed to his mom's house. That evening, we celebrated Beth's (Chris's sister) birthday. It's always nice to spend time with family. Beth requested stuffed peppers for dinner, which were fabulous! The cake and ice cream were quite tasty as well.
More blogging later, my friends! Thanks for reading.
Both Chris and I raided the clearance aisles after Halloween to pick up costumes that were marked down. We found Mr. Fantastic, Thing, The Human Torch, Batman, and Captain America. The boys love dressing up like their favorite superheros. Jonathan's favorite questions about them are ones like, "Who is Captain America when he is not Captain America?" and "How did The Human Torch become The Human Torch?" I get very frustrated because I can't answer those kinds of questions. I tell Jonathan to ask his dad. I recently captured Drew on camera dressed as Thing.
A group of friends and I went out to The Macaroni Grill to celebrate one of our birthdays (not mine). We had a great time! We sat in The Godfather Room around a huge table. We should have pulled the curtains but we didn't. There's always next time. They tried to get me to eat calamari. Uh. I didn't. We wanted to hit Target after dinner, but it was Sunday and Target was closed. We were disappointed but medicated that disappointment with Starbucks. It seems as if every time I get a chance to go out with friends we end up at Target and then Starbucks. Not a bad tradition if you ask me! I ordered a Gingerbread Latte with skim milk. I didn't care for it. Maybe the skim milk made it less tasty. I should have splurged and just got the regular one. Hmm.
