Party in the classroom!

I feel like I'm finally getting adjusted to having that little 5th wheel we call Rex. I feel like I can do a few extra things like help out at school parties and clean the kids' bathroom.

In Donovan's class, they made Frankenstein hands and played other games.



Howie's class also made those popcorn hands and enjoyed some snacks and fun with friends.



Nina's class made little ghosts, ate snacks and sang Halloween songs.



I'm so glad I made an effort to get to these parties. I really loved seeing our kiddos having fun with their friends.

I did a little baking

Just a little, only about 175 cookies. Thankfully for my scale, they are all going to the kids' school for classroom parties and for a cake walk tonight. Cookies work for a cake walk right?

I saw this fun idea online and wanted to give it a try.






Now I will be doing dishes until I go crazy



hmm.........might be too late

Library Parade

Cameron goes to story time at the library every week. This week, there was a costume parade before the stories. Cameron decided to be a knight for this parade. All the kids lined up and marched around the library stopping for little treats along the way. Then they listened to stories and enjoyed cookies and juice. During the stories, Cameron kept yelling out, "Oh yeah! Check this out!" He was busy inspecting his treat bag and was most excited about the tattoo and smarties. I'm pretty sure he didn't even know the librarian was reading stories. Rex dressed up like a little frog minus the hat that he didn't want to leave on his head.



We both tried to look our best for this picture.

October Snow

7 inches of snow on October 26 - right on track for Colorado. It seems like we are always trick-or-treating in the snow and cancelling soccer games because of blizzards. Cam and I went out to shovel snow this morning and decided to play for a little bit afterwards. (ps. I hate playing in the snow. So does that give me extra awesome mom points?) We tried to make a snowman, but the snow wasn't packing that well so we made a snowboy and a snow pumpkin.

Thanks for the craft!

Dear Grandma and Grandpa Marshall,
Thank you for the Halloween craft you sent us. We had a great time coloring them and are excited to see them decorating our dining room.
Love,
Your 5 far away grand kids








ps. our parents are taking us to Target this weekend to buy something sweet with the money you sent us.

Halloween 5k

I have been pretty motivated to lose baby weight since Rex was born. Something about knowing that I'm not getting pregnant again makes me feel like working hard to shed those pounds and inches that have accumulated over the past 11 years. One of the things I'm focusing on is trying to run faster. So for the past couple of months I've been training for a 5k and I ran it over the weekend.

Matt was so supportive as I was training, and I loved how he and the kids came to cheer me on during the race.





And for my own record, the official time was 25:15.

Cameron + desitin =

a big mess