Manic Monday

I finally got the pictures up and ready to view. Still trying to decide which ones I will be ordering as a canvas. Here is a sneak peak, Enjoy.

Manic Mondays

This Monday was a teacher planning day, so that meant no school for the kids. I wish I could of said it was a nice relaxing day and that we all got to sleep in and be lazy but that is just not my life now is it?

We all had eye appointments and Caleb and Elora saw the optometrist for the very first time. Unfortunately that took up most of our afternoon. Elora did very well for her age and didn't make a peep even though she was severely nervous and scared. Dr. Ned was very nice to them all. Caleb we found out has been squinting to see far and needs a prescription for glasses so he can see the board. That took us totally by surprise since he never complains and his teacher has never mentioned anything about him complaining he can't see. Dr.Ned asked if his grades were good and I said yes and he too was a little confused but he did say that Caleb was only to wear it in class when looking at the chalk board. Andrew also needs a prescription for glasses and isn't as bad as Caleb and also needs them just for reading the chalk board in class. This weekend we are going to shop around for some glasses and see who can offer us the best deal. Yup soon there will be pictures of the boys in their new glasses.

After our appointments I stopped and got the kids some Sonic for lunch since they were so good at the doctor's office. We came home and I let them be kids. Thankfully my husband helped me clean the house some yesterday so that all that needed to be done today was some sweeping and some laundry.

Mark has duty until midnight and the kids have been playing hard all day since it was a nice breezy 74 outside. Looks like Fall might finally be in the air for us! Tomorrow is the Kindergarten zoo field trip and I can't wait!!

The Boys and their Costume

Just a few pics of the boys in their costumes


Caleb as Venom this year




Andrew as a Vampire




Bring on the Candy!

Pumpkin Carving

Since it is our favorite time of year and we make do with what we have which is no real pumpkin patches we still found a good deal on some larege carving pumpkins. I picked up one for each child and let them have at it. Here are some pics of our carving fun!


Andrew


Caleb


Elora


Before the gutting began


Caleb with his pumpkin


The end result


Elora being silly

Fall Festival

Today started off a nice day. Woke up to Elora rock banding it out with the drum sticks, well at least pretending to lol. The kids and Mark played a little Wii after breakfast, we got the house picked up some, and went off to have some fun at the Fall Festival.

This is our 2nd Fall here in Jacksonville and it is still in the 80's. The humidity is low so it was a nice day and the clouds were out. The kids enjoyed the many jump houses, bull rides, surf board rides, and food. They had a little bit of everything for everyone. After wards we wanted to go to a pumpkin patch but there aren't any in the area so we ended up finding some really nice looking pumpkins at Foodlion when I went to go get my milk lol. Came home and enjoyed some meat ball subs, enjoying the snuggles my daughter gives and watching a movie of her choice. What a perfect Saturday!

Some pictures of our day:

Who's a Daisy..Elora is a Daisy!!

Elora was so excited about being a girl scout and I found out she could be in kindergarten! Woohoo! She is a Daisy and is very proud of it!

Here are a few pics of her in her troop!







Elora at her daisy teddy bear picnic!

.::.The Witch is in.::.

This year Elora is going to be a witch and a super cute one at that. I got to make her tutu myself and she looks adorable!