Happy Halloween

Finally, my child understands the concept of candy and therefore can understand that Halloween is one of the greatest holidays EVER! This year was especially fun because we were lucky enough to have Grandma Charlene and Aunt Nicole come up and visit. Conner was so excited. Conner has recently become obsessed with one of the most beloved cartoon characters of all time and so it was only fitting that for Halloween he become the one and only Mickey Mouse.


And yes after having Molly for almost 8 years we finally turned her into a hotdog or as we like to say a Halloweenie.

Payeton went as Jasmine and Harper went as Winnie the Pooh, which as you can tell by the picture, was perfectly fitting.

We all loaded up and went to the Richland Community Halloween carnival the night before Halloween which all the kids really enjoyed. Then Halloween day we went trick-or-treating to the local strip (not to be confused with strippers) mall and gathered buckets full of candy that I think the parents have been eating out of more of than the kids. Isn't that what this holiday is all about. Kids doing lots of leg work to get parents a bunch of free candy?
And because I am so completely proud of our pumpkins this year, you all have to scroll down and look at our pictures.

P.S. After being scared for years to try it on my own I finally attempted to make caramel corn this year and it turned out great. Thanks for the recipe mom!
P.S.S. Mom you can still send us caramel corn anytime you make it because let's face it nobody makes it like mom.

Prince Charming

A few weeks ago in a very close land there lived a little prince named Conner. Conner was a brave child that had a wonderful gift for fixing things.

He was a very handsome child that rode the most beautiful steed in the world.

Conner lived in a beautiful palace with his cousin Princess Payeton.

Until one day the evil witch Disney Princess Dress-Up Stuff (aka DPDUS) left an enchanted set of sparkly shoes to enslave Prince Conner and hold him captive to the beauty of the "pretty shoes."


Under the spell Prince Conner believed that all other shoes were hideous and that the "pretty shoes" were the only shoes that he could wear. The spell drove his father and mother, the king and queen, crazy and they searched in vain for a way to break the spell. Until one day Princess Sarah came from a neighboring kingdom with a wonderful idea to play a song for the Prince to see if that would break the spell.

And it did. The kingdom rejoiced and all the people were happy. Prince Conner and Princess Payeton rode through the streets thanking the people for all their help.

Life returned to "normal" in the kingdom and everyone lived happily ever after or did they.....

Man on the Moon

I know that I have not written forever but who honestly wants to hear about the things I do all day? Dishes, laundry, and the changing of multiple diapers is not the fun to write about so unless something funny or exciting happens in my day you are on your own to ponder what it is that we are up to.

You must be able to deduce that if I am sitting here writing I do have a few things that happened recently that I think are somewhat funny.

First, I love to watch Dr. Phil and Oprah, yes you can make fun of me all you want, but I just love to watch these shows probably because I am nosy and like to know what is happening with other people. However, all this is somewhat beside the point. I was watching Dr. Phil recently when suddenly Conner springs from the couch and runs to television hollering, "Poppa, Poppa." Now for those of you who don't know my family or Joe's family Dr. Phil has an uncanny resemblance to most of his grandpas and great-grandpas. On Joe's side they all share the same hair line as Dr. Phil and my dad has a very similar well kept mustache. So now my son is under the impression that Dr. Phil is somehow one of his "Poppas" and lets me know this everyday from 3:00 to 4:00. Now as for Oprah, Conner believes she is his aunt Nicole. How this connection was made I am still trying to figure out but for the hour of Oprah that we watch she is his "Cole." Do you think that we could claim her as family now?

Second, we went to the park yesterday with several friends and the kids were all fighting over the same ball. Well leave it to my imaginitive son to look in the sky and see the moon in it's round glory and start screaming "Ball" and stretching his arms for it as if it were just out of his reach. When his attempts at grabbing the so called 'ball' from the sky failed he then employed his mother, aka me, to try and grab it for him. It took some serious efforts to distract him from the great ball in the sky and with that we said farewell to the man in the moon until another day.