Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Dana Lee!

Thanks & Giving

This is a fun Thanksgiving activity to do with your kids. We've been adding leaves each night for several days now and it is so sweet to see the things they think up to be thankful for and then watch them try to do something nice for somebody else. Check it out.

E.T. phone home

Kyle was at a veterinarian convention in Kansas last week. I was a little lonely. Kids were being loud and chaotic. I needed a peaceful moment. Breckyn brought me an old movie she had found in the closet.

My kids don't watch a lot of TV so this was a special treat. I thought this would work out nicely, giving me a little break. I popped in the video and they were enthralled with it. I worried a little that maybe it was too mature for them, but they ate it up happily so I let them continue to watch it.

Big mistake. Ever since watching it Breckyn won't go ANYWHERE by herself. And by anywhere I mean, around the corner of where I am at just two feet away. She is terrified E.T. is going to pop up and get her. "Scared of E.T." has become her favorite excuse to not retrieve anything for me or go to the bathroom by herself. Kyra on the other hand is brave and aloof and helps Breckyn when she needs a companion to venture to the other side of the house with.

I just remembered E.T. being kind of sweet, even if he is a little gross looking. Well that is NOT how Breckyn saw him. I will be more selective with our television viewing in the future.

Turns out, Kyle was appalled I let them watch that movie. He was very afraid of E.T. as a child. Maybe that is why he has so many guns. Father like daughter.

Halloween

Okay these are a bit late. We had a last minute trip to San Diego for the weekend. Kyle had a vet conference. I stayed with they kids and we swam at the hotel, went to the mall and of course Sea World. Must take advantage of those year passes. In the evening we went to a fresh fish market restaurant where Kyle was in heaven. I had chicken. We also went to IKEA. Fun! So then we come home and go to bed. I went to check on Breckyn before I went to bed and she was burning up. We took her temp, it was 105. She proceeded to vomit 3 times in 15 minutes. Kyle took her to the ER. They got her temp down and discovered she had a bladder infection. She is recovering nicely. So that was our first time in the ER. Not too bad for parents of 3 small children. Although, there was that time I had to call the ambulance... Anyway! Here are the photos.

Breckyn was totally into it! She gave me shot after shot of super scary witch poses. That girl really got into character.

Kyra was adorable. She guarded her little Toto very carefully from the wicked witch.

This was a very serious and squirmy scarecrow. He wasn't thrilled about sitting still for face paint - or wearing his hat. No smiles from him. Maybe because he doesn't have a brain.

This one made me laugh.

Another great scary witch pose.

If looks could kill! Now I am getting scared. :)