Costume Dilemas

Today is the day the kids get to wear their Halloween costumes to school. Mae is a fairy. Caleb, after I bought stuff to make him a specific costume, is a Clones Wars storm trooper. Then there is Isabel, she's a lady bug (or as she says it, a leggy bug).

The elementary school requested that the kids dress up as a character from a good book (ie. nothing scary or mean). As Mae likes to read fairy books and already had a fairy costume, that one was easy. Caleb was different. I was going to try to make him a Pigeon costume out of one of Wendy's towel poncho pattern. I even got the towels and all other fabrics and thread! But then Caleb and I went to Target the other night and he spent the last of his gift card on his storm trooper costume. I was getting nervous about embarking on the towel project, and frankly I think Caleb was just humoring me with the towel costume anyway, so I didn't put up a fight about him getting it. And after getting the teacher's approval, Caleb is wearing his trooper costume at school today (minus the mask and light saber, of course).

Yesterday, Isabel came up to me and in a sweet little voice said "I want a bunny costume Mama". With that cute little pleading voice, how could I resist?? Answer: I could not. So we went out to find what I could use to put together a bunny costume. But before we even left the house she had changed her mind two times. To a flower. Then a clown. We stuck with the bunny and left! After going to a party supply store for some little bunny ears.......we left with some lady bug wings and antenna headband. She may not be a bunny but I do have a happy little leggy bug!

Last night Mae asked me if I would curl her hair in the morning, to go along with her fairy costume. So I set my alarm a little bit earlier and I was up in time this morning to add some curls to my fairy. Too bad that when I was almost done Mae told me that she didn't want it curled that way (with the curling iron), she meant she wanted me to flip her hair out with the round brush and blow dryer. I don't know why she didn't tell me that when we stepped into the bathroom and I busted out the curling iron!

So this morning I dropped off a content storm trooper and one sad little fairy. But she did make cute sad fairy, if I do say so myself.

I'm Back, Maybe

Wow, it's been two weeks since my last post! I have a good reason though, I really really do....we moved!

Yes, as of tomorrow we will have been in our new house for two whole weeks! And even though the move went smoothly, I still have to deal with a lot of details before we are finally settled and living a normal routine. In fact, I feel so scattered these days! A huge reason for it is due to the fact that Ryan has been gone for all the 'fun stuff'. Stuff like, MOVING and taking care of the rental. Why is that, you ask? Well, he's been traveling the world. Places like Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong. I think he's been gone more this month than he's been home. So that puts a lot more on me than it normally would have. But I'm managing ok (aside from my scatteredness!).

So, we're in and life is moving along and we are adjusting as we go. Hopefully, as things begin to settle down a bit more, I'll have time to arrange my thoughts and do some more updating and blogging. In the mean time, I am still praising the Lord for His blessings in our lives and am loving the new home He has given us!

Lookee What We Got!!!

Keys!!! To our very own house! Moving has begun and won't stop 'til it's done (which had better be this weekend!).

I'm So Excited I Could Puke!

When I was younger (much, much younger!) and getting ready to go on a trip I used to get so wound up inside with anticipation and excitement that I almost made myself sick. My tummy would be just a little too tied up to eat much and I'd inevitably get hungry after we got on the road and on our way. That's a bit like how I feel about this week. All excited and tied up inside if I think too much about it.

Why, you ask?

'Cause we're signing papers and moving this week! That's why I'm so stinkin' excited!!!!!!

The only thing that tempers me is all the details that are still undone. Things like the odds and ends that have yet to be packed. And that we're not exactly sure when we'll be signing papers and getting the keys. Just little things like that. Oh, and there's also things like when friends will come over and help move boxes, and picking Mom up at the airport, and being ready for the furniture movers early Friday morning!

Details, details. They have a way of ruining a good I'm-so-excited-I-could-puke party! But then again, I think I may be just a wee bit too excited for little things like details to wreck my excitement and inner turmoil.