Decorating for Halloween

We were so excited to get ready for Halloween this year so we started a little eary. Here is how we do it.










We added some cute cats to our witch that we have had for a few years and will soon be adding pumpkins, corn and gords to the new flower box Colby built for me. Jack the pumpkin king will soon be here as well.

Volleyball

I have started playing volley ball at our church with some other girls. I'm not the best but its not very competitive. It's a nice way to get away for an hour and be with other adult women. Here is last weeks game... we lost!

Halloween Dinner

We have made every Tuesday night Jacks night to decide what is for dinner. Jack wanted a Halloween feast. So we got online and picked out some fun theme dinners for Halloween. he says he wants them every night until Halloween. Every night well every Tuesday night will work.
We had Mummy meatloaf, just shape meatloaf in a mummy shape and top with provalone cheese slices and SLIGHTLY melt
creature meatloaf, Put meatloaf in muffin tins then top with green olives w pimentos, I used ground turkey for a healthier meal, corn, Rolled pumpkins: tortillas wrapped with cheddar cheese and lunchmeat Tortilla rolls with cheese and lunch meat topped with spinach u could also use parsley or cilantro sprigs & blood to drink



You could also do this with baked macaroni

New Best Friend

This is Jacks new Best Friend Boston, he has kindergarten classes with him. It is always so adorable to see how if Boston get to school before Jack he will wait for him before he goes and plays. Jack has other neighbor friends but he doesn't seem to like to play with them at least in the morning when I am there he just plays with Avery and until Boston gets there. The other day in the car Jack said guess what Mom! Boston is going to be my best friend for ever. Even when we are adults he will be my friend and we will play together and drink root beer and sprite and Pepsi and daddy drinks and coke together. We will even be friends after we both die we will meet in heaven and still be friends.
I can't help but think they had an agreement before hand to meet here and stay together, at least by the way he put it yesterday. Time will tell. We had Boston over after school the other day and they got along great. Jack really wants Boston to invite him over to his house I hope he will soon. He lives in the neighborhood just in the 1st development so a little ways away. far enough that I would have to walk him there.

Enrichment

We had a fun enrichment activity last saturday. It focused on 7 steps to better organization We had a guest speaker that is a professional in her perfession she travels around utah and teaches women how to better their days through organization in their home and in their lives. I was in charge of some of the Decorations. I was unable to find the items we had decided on previously and was started to get a little worried. So I went to bed and said I'll take care of it in the morning knowing something would come to me. I had to decorate two food table a presenting table a example table and 8 seating tables. And yes I left it to the last minute because of my change but I had it set up the next morning all in the harvest theme being that it is September. So this is what it turned out like. We only had about half the ladies we planned on but I think that was good because we did it in the middle of the day on a Saturday.

1st day of Kindergarten

Today was the first day of Kindergarten for Jack. HE seemed to be getting more excited for it the past two weeks or so. I am glad I didn't want a crier when leaving him, he did that a couple of times with preschool.

Colby was kind and wanted to be there for his sons 1st day so that also made it easier. He helped get the boys ready while I finished a up a few things. They woke around 7 am which was good I thought He at least needed to wake at 7:30. He tends to putter around in the morning.
We clean up his room at night so its ready to go in the morning except for his pajamas in the laundry and bed needing to be made. His dad got them some hot chocolate and then they were able to watch cartoons for a half hour while I finished my work out and Colby got ready for the day.
We then all had breakfast together. Waffles and fresh fruit! That should keep him full till noon. Then we got to getting dressed, teeth and hair then room. We got out on time but not before Jack was surprised with a new scooter. Yesterday we got him a new helmet and bike lock. He was excited and immediately jumped off his bike he was planning on riding and got on the scooter. We walked to school and met up with Tammie & Kyle and Era and Gavin.



The PTA had muffins and orange juice which Jack and I took part in, Colby was shy to have any. We took lots of pictures and left them as soon as they entered their class room. It was a mad house. Crazy every Dad and mom along with all the siblings. Hopefully its not always like that I'm sure it won't be. Once picking them up I had to run a little. I should have left when my alarm went off tomorrow I will. I thawed some burred treasure cupcakes

and had one for Jack and all his friends. They were excited and moms thankful. We road home to his new scooter constantly folding up on him. I'm considering returning it but maybe I just don't quite understand it yet.
All in all it was perfect. Until we got home. I had Jack shoe me everything he had done. He had one craft project he had done, a loving had story he cut out a hear and glued a Hershey kiss on top. He was a little disappointed that his teacher didn't give them all one like she apparently promised. I told him it was time to do homework and all hell broke loose he did two questions and got bored. We got in a fight and he ended up being sent to bed and then with the fit he threw on his way there he slammed the door continued screaming at the top of his lunges and trashed his room. So he was grounded for the day and his scooter was taken away for the day.
I gave him the chance to get ungrounded and scooter given back early by doing extra chores but he opted not to and spent the rest of the day playing with Avery. He was much happier once he ate Lunch, So NOTE TO SELF. Come home from school eat lunch then do home work. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
My schedule ended up well today. I got up at 6 and went running for and hour then did my workout then got in the shower then I took care of the boys. I'll have to speed it up a little since Colby won't be there to help me every morning. Cross your fingers