Halloween

Alea was a vet for Halloween. Sparky was a doctor (of some sort).

Carnival

Alea had a great time today at the carnival in the parking lot of the mall. Good times. Pics are below.

Time Change

I'm NOT a fan of this time change coming up!

Great Weekend

I had a great weekend with my family. On Thursday night my sister and her family came into town to stay the night before heading up to Pitt State on Saturday for homecoming (we went to college there too but never seem interested in going to homecoming...we are anti-crowd type people.) On Friday night Davin and I took Alea to see Astro Boy at the movie theater. On Saturday I did a little shopping and then Alea and I went to A Magical Fairy Garden, a Girl Scout event hosted for Daisy Scouts. It was so cute, sweet, and fun. (Pictures coming soon.) On Saturday night the three of us went out for some amazing pasta at Joe's in Sdale. AMAZING! Then on Sunday we went to church and heard a great guest speaker and Alea got to move up to a new class with her friend Macy. After church my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew came into town after their homecoming weekend in Pittsburg. We did a little shopping, made dinner, and played with the kids. We also took pictures of Alea and Reed in their Halloween costumes (Alea is a vet and Reed was a crocodator (crocodile/aligator...it is his favorite toy so he has a costume like it too.)) (Pics coming soon.) Thank you God for a wonderful weekend with my family.

First Field Trip

Alea had her first field trip today. They went to the pumpkin patch. Davin went along as well. I think they all had a great time. Alea even got to bring home a pumpkin. See the pictures below.

First Daisy Meeting

Tonight was our first Daisy scout meeting. Alea came up to me towards the end and whispered in my ear that she was having a lot of fun. That's what it's all about!

In denial

Notice I haven't mentioned that my two week intersession break is coming to an end. I can't talk about it...too sad...in denial. Only five weeks until my next break. Start the countdown.

stunks and luke-a-lay-lees

Alea has called skunks "stunks" her whole life. It is so cute and sweet. She will say, "Oooh, that stunk stinks!"

Tonight she started singing about "Luke-a-lay-lees" i.e., ukuleles.

She says or does something great everyday!
Love her!

Sinus infection or allergies

I either have a sinus infection or am suffering from allergies. It may just be that I am allergic to the idea of going to my statistics class.

Cone of Shame

Sparky is home from the vet. He has to have "Hydro-therapy" up to six times a day, ten minutes a time, for ten days. Hydro-therapy means we have to spray warm water (soft pressure) on his foot. He has a very large cone of shame on now. The vet got to see that we aren't really bad parents to Sparky but that he is just a high maintenance dog. I love this crazy dog. I think he loves me too. He has been following me around all afternoon. If I go in a room and close the door where he can't see me he just cries and cries. I told the vet that I only wanted one child but apparently I ended up with two anyway (three if you count Davin.)

Daisy Scouts

It looks like I am going to be a co-leader of Alea's Daisy Scout Troop (the kindergarten and first grade version of Girl Scouts). This should be another fun adventure. The other co-leader is great and we are excited to learn together.

Branson

This weekend we went to Branson, Missouri for a short family get-away. We stayed over night at a hotel so Alea could jump on the bed and go swimming. She went swimming with her daddy while I went shopping at the outlet mall (it wasn't a good outlet mall so that was disappointing). On Saturday we went to Silver Dollar City. Davin's parents met us there and spent the day with us. We looked at the craft booths and Alea rode A LOT of rides. She has a tougher stomach than I do. I rode a couple rides and then I was DONE with that fun for a while. She rode most of the rides with Davin. Alea had a great time. I can't find the charging cord for my camera so I don't have any pictures to post.

Stitches

Sparkles ripped out his stitches on Friday afternoon. We had to take him back to the vet and they decided to keep him over the weekend. I sure miss him. I can pick him up tomorrow morning. I hope he leaves his bandage alone and heals quickly.

rockin' the Christmas shoppin'

I am rockin' the Christmas shopping this week! I've gotten a lot of it done. Whoo-hoo!

party for Alea's teacher

Today some of the mom's threw a birthday party for Alea's kindergarten teacher. Each child had a balloon tied to the back of his/her chair, we ate cupcakes and drank Capri Suns. I was glad to be a part of it since I am on my intersession I get to do some of the mom things I don't otherwise get to do. Poor teacher though, we left her with an hour left in the day with children who had just eaten a cupcake and drank a sugary drink along with 20 balloons. I think she gets a "party" every year from the excited kindergarten mommies so I'm sure she's use to it.

While I was at Alea's school (which I use to teach at for three years) I got to visit a lot of old friends. I had several of the specialty teachers stop me to tell me how great Alea is, how well behaved, and how serious she is. Alea is very serious about just about everything which is pretty funny for adults. That's my girl!

pretty sore

Sparky had his paw surgery today. He is pretty sore. He keeps crying/whinning. I feel bad for him. He does have a cute foot cast on though. I'll post pics below.

Surgery tomorrow

Sparky's surgery is tomorrow. I hope all goes well and he heals quickly.

I can't make this stuff up!

The conversation between Alea and I this morning...

Alea: "Who's picking me up today."
Me: "Probably Daddy."
Alea: "When am I going to be a car rider."
Me: "You have been a car rider every day this school year."
Alea: "No I haven't! Daddy drives a truck!"
Me: laughing and explaining the concept of "car rider"