Brooklyn was so sweet and so excited to see Grace parade through her room. Jacob is a clown with a spider on his head!!!! We also saw, Hollie who was a leopard, Kendall who was the cutest Madeline I ever seen, Sophia was wonderwoman, Jayna was a princess, and a host of others that I wished I would've gotten pictures of. Everyone was so cute and looked like they were having a ton of fun.

Happy Halloween from Mrs. Mitchell's class!

This morning was Grace's Halloween party at school. Jamie and I will be taking turns spending time with her at school, and I was so glad that I got to go today. I originally had to work, but I was fortunate to have a very nice client that let me switch the day. Grace is FIFI the pink poodle and I can say that she was the only one!!! We had a great time playing games, and parading through all the other classrooms. She got so excited to see her other friends. I wish I could've gotten pictures of them all because everyone was so cute. I love being able to partake in fun stuff at school. I had fun with my sweet daughter who wanted me there just as much as I wanted to be. I am glad that she isn't embarrassed of me yet! Grace- I love you and I had such a great time with you today!

My little Daisy.....

Monday we went to our second Daisy meeting and the girls' are having a fun time together. For those that may not know, Daisy's is the first stage of Girl Scouts. The program teaches honor, integrity, community service and helping your neighbor, among other things. On this day we were celebrating the very first Daisy who would've been 140! The girls couldn't comprehend that! So far we've Learned the Girl Scout law, sang songs, made a beaded key chain, art projects, talked about what makes each girl unique and special. And we will be selling cookies so I'll be asking ya in the spring lol! Sulls comes with me and seems to enjoy himself too. Although some of the girls' think he has cooties lol!

Having a blast.................

Thursday Tracey called to inform us of yet another fun event.. Seymour hoe down! So with nothing to do, we went and had a fun time. We played games for candy, had a hayride, and enjoyed yummy doughnuts and cider. Very simple, simple is so good sometimes. Then Friday came and Mott had their 7th annual Halloween bash with 2 bounce houses, pizza and doughnuts, face painting, pumpkin painting, and story telling. It was so packed in there that without Jamie there it was very hard to manage both kids' running in different directions. I was glad we went, but it was very hectic. It rained really hard on Friday so I made the decision that Grace couldn't wear her pink poodle costume; I didn't want it to get ruined before her school party and Halloween night, so she was snow white (out of the dress up bin). The wig has seen better days so it was pretty hilarious, but it worked! Saturday we went to Horkey's Michigan game party and that was a nice relaxing time talking with friends and having yummy munchies and really not doing much else, which I always enjoy. I cleaned a rental that day that took me 7 hours so by the time I got there I was wupped. Jamie drove the kids' to Standish to see Grandma off to Florida for the winter. She gave us their upright deep freezer so I'm excited to hit the sales and stock up for the winter. Today (Sunday) we went to Chuck E. Cheese for Sophia's 5th birthday party. The kids ran ragged! They played and played, had great cake, oh it was so moist and good! We always have a great time when we go there. Although Jamie and I were done after about 2 hours; it gets loud. We came home got baths and the kiddies were down before 8pm. Thank God we survived another busy, fun week-end. Now I am anticipating getting my test score back in class tomorrow, which I never look forward to until I see a decent grade. I'm off to bed, it's late and I have an early morning. Thank you to our friends who keep us busy with fun (free for the most part) things to do. We enjoyed it all this week-end!

Scavenger Hunt - Linden

We were invited to partake in a scavenger hunt last Sat. We met in downtown Linden and were broken up into teams (4 to a car). We were intentionally paired with another couple that we didn't know and I was glad. The whole point for us was to meet new fun people and that is exactly what we did. Our partners were Keith and Kara and they have the same age kids' as us so we had alot to talk about, when we weren't trying to solve the puzzles and find really well hidden clues! It was such a great time! I love doing this kind of thing and this group of friends is really very special. My girlfriend Wendy, who has been my beloved friend for the past 26 years has been blessed to find a group of friends that are so fun, loyal to one another, caring and just all around supportive. The husbands are just as great as the girls' are and we always have a great time when we get the opportunity to get together with them. Marcia put this scavenger hunt together in less than two weeks for her friend Kim's birthday. She really out did herself! The clues were all about the 80's. She included a bag of snacks that if eaten you'd find a bonus question lingering in the canister of pringles or in my case the box of reeses's pieces. Kara and I were so excited to find those little pieces of paper and to get to the next spot. I found two clues which gets your heart pounding for more. We were in first place until we got stumped on the mushroom caps. We took an hour to find that one!! I found a dead possum and Jamie actually check it's butt for a clue lol! The one picture Jamie is feeding me slimy jello (while blindfolded) with a gummie eyeball in it. The first clue was at the bottom. That started the crazy reckless driving all over Fenton, Linden, Holly, all back country roads to end up back in Linden at Marcia and Dave's house. They then had the Snapper shuttle bus pick us up and drive us to Dinner: yummy apps, pizza, pop. They gave out prizes and Kim's team won!!! Wendy's team and ours tied. All this for the affordable price of $24 buck a roos! Cheap fun...PRICELESS!!! It was totally rad lol! We'd like to shout out to the Linden crew... Thanks for the great night!!!

Grandparents 68th Wedding Anniversary Dinner

Darn it!! I just realized that mimi and papa (my dad's parents') are not right (their picture that is). Oh well that really describes them.. I mean honestly the couple has been married for a gazillion years! We had a nice dinner at Italia Gardens in Davison and they were very sweet. They fed each other cake for crying out loud. They were all dressed up. Grandma even got her hair did. (as Jamie would say) The food was awesome and some of the older relatives shared stories growing up and visting my grandparents. They live on the lake and their place was happening growing up. I remember boating, picnics, bomb fires, ice skating, the tree house, reading every Dr. Suess book written (now the books are falling apart), every major holiday was spent there. They have a two sided fireplace that was so cozy to sit next to at Christmas time. When I sit next to mine, it reminds me of a simplier time when I was little. We spent alot of time at their house. Now there is another generation running the hallways and my kids' enjoy visiting too although we don't get out to Linden very often. Grace and Grandma Marcia (dad's wife) and Jamie and his Mom enjoying the afternoon. It was a nice time and everyone enjoyed themselves. I wish their wedding photo wasn't lopsided because it really is very beautiful.

Ligon Nature Center

We went to Ligon Nature Center in Clio through the SKIP program. We went with our friends Tracey, Gabrielle, and Gracie lou. The big deal of it all was for Tracey and I, it was a free event, but for Sullivan it was that he got to ride the school bus for the very first time. Needless to say, I thought he did well for a 3 year old who has never seen the inside of a bus before, but he couldn't sit still enough and got yelled at by the bus driver a couple times! In Sulls defense the bus driver was old and crabby (Tracey will vouch for that) It was an awesome day outside. We'd never been there and we'd go back when we have more time. There was face painting which Grace always have to have and Sulls is my great artist. There was so much paint on these pumpkins that they didn't dry for what seemed like a year! The last picture is of Kendall w/ the kids playing out in the camper. They had alot of fun that day too!