Who said it #13

"Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least"

Someday I'll admit my age

Megan had an award night for Young Women's for completing her first ten hour project. It was called "An Evening with the Stars" and everyone was supposed to dress up like the Oscars. So we went to Ross Dress for Less to look for some formal dresses for a decent price. Megan picked out my dress and then said the only way she'd pose for the picture was if I was in it too. So here I am looking like I'm trying to recapture my youth.

Overheard.....

"I had buzz-on-yuh for lunch" (Anthony to his older brother).

(I guess they make lasagna with bologna now. Budget cuts and all that.)

Nothing to fear but fear itself....

So the lawn (what little we have) has needed to be mown. For a week now. And I've put it off because I haven't used a lawn mower since I lived in Kansas. What if it wouldn't start? What if I flooded the engine? All kinds of scenarios kept going through my mind. But finally I just decided to bite the bullet. And it started on my first try. It only took me 3 minutes but I mowed my lawn. I even know how to raise and lower the blade now. I think the sense of accomplishment I felt was greater than the actual task I accomplished but hey...at least now I know I can mow the lawn.

Halloween

For Halloween Anthony and Andrew went as Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes from GI Joe. Megan was a Zombie who eats brains (double click on the picture to see an enlarged view which shows off the gap in her teeth). She invited her friend Kristy who went as a dead cheerleader.

They got tons of candy and when they got home they dumped it all over the floor. Anthony immediately wanted to know which ones were drugs. He's been paranoid about that all week. Megan told him earlier this week that sometimes bad people try to give drugs to kids on Halloween. He cried himself to sleep earlier this week worrying about it. And he didn't eat any of his candy from his school party until I had checked it for drugs first.

Field Trip!!

Friday was Anthony's very first field trip as a kindergartner. I went with him as a chaperone and had a great time!



He went to Schneps Farm which had a small petting zoo. There was a short roller coaster ride, giant "mountain" slide, pig races, miniature train, maze, cornfield, and lot of other fun stuff.



He went to Schneps Farm which had a small petting zoo.



The class made these cute shirts before they went. They finished the day by visiting the pumpkin patch and picking out a baby pumpkin.

A Horrible Day

I came home from work today and asked my teenage daughter how her day was. "Horrible!" she wailed. "Why, What happened?" She marched up to me, pointed at her teeth, and demanded "Look!". I did and lo and behold there was the cutest little gap between her two front teeth.

A week ago the orthodontist put an expander in her mouth and she has faithfully been turning the screw twice a day. The gap in the front teeth however, was not something she signed on for. I'm tempted to show her the pictures of my sister after her jaw was broken and then the end result to reassure her that it will all turn out well. In the meantime, I've got a great Halloween Costume idea......