Happy Halloween!

from the spa girl and Cleopatra! They had a great night and we have loads of candy in our house now!


Here they are with the kids next door.
Not that I'm hoping she goes goth as a teenager, but Molly looks good with dark hair.

Past and Present

When I was with Brenna's scout troop the other day one of the girls noticed that I have my ears double pierced. Suddenly I was surrounded by a dozen 4th and 5th graders fascinated by my earrings (just small diamond studs and small gold hoops.) It was the strangest thing because they couldn't stop remarking about how awesome it looked.

One of them said, "Holy cow Mrs. K! Were you really cool in high school?"

I admit I really did stop to consider the question . . .

and then promptly answered . . . "Yes, I was!"

Who says you can't rewrite history! :)

Busy Weekend!

In the past 48 hours we've had:

1. A scout trip to the Board of Elections
2. A First Grade Parent cocktail party
3. A scout trip to Potomac Woods for an outdoor odyssey - in the rain
4. Brenna's first Mass as an altar server
5. Dinner with Aunt Julie
6. A Fourth Grade Parent cocktail party
7. Back to Mass to see Brenna sing with her choir
8. A group science project
9. Neighborhood Halloween parade
10. Grocery shopping
11. Another round of running errands
12. Tons of laundry
13. And now I'm waiting up until midnight to order theatre tix

Phew - the weekend is over. Now we just need another one so we can relax!

And no pictures of any of it! I had dead batteries at the election trip, didn't want to take pics in the rain at camp and then Brenna was too self-conscious to pose in her server robes at church!

Two wheels

Forgot to mention - Molly is finally tooling around on two wheels. She's feeling like hot stuff!

Flute

After much debate and discussion, We've allowed Brenna to start music lessons at school. She's been saying for several years that she wants to learn to play the flute so I wasn't at all surprised when that's what she came home with! She has a lesson every Thursday with 3 other girls in her class - all new flute players. So far she's been great practicing nearly every day and enjoying it.

So if you need a mental refresher on the tune "Hot Cross Buns," just give us a call and she'll play it for you. Sort of.

Brownie #2

Molly has been dying to join Girl Scouts. For the past 2 years she has been dragged along to many of Brenna's meetings and outings and has always enjoyed herself. We finally got a troop together in her class and they had their first meeting yesterday. This was actually the best picture I got since I was busy running the meeting. Brenna and her friend came along to help as part of their Junior Aide badge requirements and they wound up being our designated s'more makers too. Overall it was a great start and we are all excited to add one more scout to our house. I'll be ironing badges twice as much now!

Name Those Goblins . . .

My cousin sent this to me a few years ago. What a hoot!

That's my brother Don on the left, then cousin Sharon, cousin Debbie, me and cousin Michael.

If I had to guess it's 1976.

And odds are we went out with snowsuits under those costumes on Halloween night!

Friday Night Lights

A few times a year the Fathers' Club at our school hosts a "Friday Night Lights" on our school field. They pull out the big grills (though none of the kids eat anything but the chips and soda/juice!) and we moms bring the folding chairs. It's a bbq for 300+ people! They've tried organizing games for the kids but frankly, the kids only want to run around anyway. So now they rope off a huge section of the parking lot for scooters and trikes for the littlest ones while the rest just run like crazy on the field (which is artifical turf and completely fenced so it's perfect!) One dad brings big floodlights and a generator and it's just a casual fun night for everyone.

Since we have no school tomorrow they moved it to a Thursday Night Lights. It was a perfect mild evening and everyone had a ball. I forgot my camera but I probably wouldn't have gotten any photos that weren't blurry anyway. No one stopped running for even a minute! So needless to say, I have two very tired but very happy little girls tucked in bed for a quiet night.

Farm Girls

We took advantage of glorious weekend weather to go out to a local farm to pick some apples and just generally enjoy the day. I love autumn!