Pumpkin Time

Today was a great day as far as Mondays go anyway.  I am pretty sick, which I am sure is from spending hours outside in the horrible temperatures.  Oh well.
ASC was pretty easy, I just let the kids know I did not feel good and was in no mood.  They must like me at least a little because they seemed to be on their best behavior.
Brandon stopped on his way home to get pumpkins for the boys to carve.  They were so excited when we got home.  I think they thought we forgot.  I was worried that we would not be able to get them, but Brandon came through as always.  He is pretty amazing to say the least.

The boys insisted on carving their own and they did great.  John Michael drew his own design, a puppy dog.  Danny did the headless horsemen.  They were both so great and I was so proud. 

I pretty much went to bed as soon as the pumpkins were done in hopes that tomorrow I will feel better than today!

Tired Pumpkins

Today was a crazy Friday for all of us.  Brandon and I took the boys' to school and then we started to run our errands.  We always seem to have more of those than we need. 
We did get a great flower and stand for the front yard.  I love it and  the best part is we can change the mums out and it will work all year. 
Brandon had a lot he wanted to do around the house so when I went to work  he did too, he just did not have to drive anywhere.  I have to admit I was a little jealous.  I was glad to get the time with the boys though.  ASC today was pretty mild, there is no homework on Fridays so they play.  Today there seemed to be fewer kids than we have had all week.  To make that even better was the fact that the last child was picked up at 5:30 so everyone got to sneak out a little early.  That is a rarity and I was pretty excited, even though that is my usual time off, it was nice to see everyone get an early start to the long weekend.  Sometimes those are needed. 
Brandon needed the boys and I to stop and get a can of spray paint on the way home.  We did and John Michael was having an anxiety attack to buy him a can.  Since spray paint is not something I want him to have especially when he does not need it I showed him the pumpkin lights, and we got a strand of those!  I love Halloween!

As soon as we got home John Michael wa ready to decorate.  We hung the lights above the front door and they look really great! 

Brandon was working on a shelf and the boys and I got dinner ready and then we headed to bed.  Well we sat down to watch a little TV after showers and John Michael decided that he was hungry.  I fixed him a small bowl of cereal.  He fell asleep while eating it, that my friends is how tired my babies are!

Monday Mania

So today was a great day, while I did not get up quite as early as I was hoping we were up with plenty of time to get ready and get to school on time! A great start to what I know will be a great week.
While the boys were at school I worked in our den, and worked on laundry! There was a lot with me being down the end of last week, but it is caught up and after one more load I will even have all blankets that were out washed. Seriously disinfecting the house. I also started to get what Halloween stuff we had gotten out up. We did not get it all out, and I have yet to get it all up, but I am not far from having it all either.
I got the boys from school and am glad to announce that they had GREAT days. John Michael had a green face, and if he keeps it up the rest of the week we are going to take him and Danny to Logan's this weekend. They have been wanting to go for a while and we figured it would be a good treat. Danny got his Social Studies test made up and I think has almost everything caught up. Another definite positive!
When Brandon got off we headed to Subway to grab a quick dinner. Then to his mom's so he could help her with her computer. Then to the grocery store. Tomorrow I am attempting beef strogannof in the crock pot. I have never made it in the crock pot, but with a photo shoot at 3:30 tomorrow I will not have time to do anything else. Hopefully it will turn out good. With the sessions that I have coming up, topped with basketball coming up I will be relying on my crock pot a lot!
Well, homework and work have me slammed tonight, but I have to get in bed before midnight. That is my goal. We will see what happens. An hour left. Know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Halloween Decorations

This morning started off with a mad rush to get ready and the boys to school on time. We slept in and I do not like to start any day behind, much less the whole week. We did make it to the school on time so that was a nice change of pace.

Dinner was started pretty much as soon as I got home. That is the great thing about chili. Throw it in the crock pot and forget about it, which is something I usually need.

I worked on getting some pictures edited but I still have so much to do. Watch my photography blog at http://www.monicaannephotography.com/ for more on the newest sessions that I have done. I am hoping to get caught up completely by the end of the week. We shall see what happens.

The boys had a good day at school today, which is always great for me.

Danny got his First in Math user name and password and could not wait to get home and get started on his points for this year. He loves this site and I love the fact that it is an educational site.

John Michael got a green face which meant he was ungrounded. He was super excited. Here is to hoping he keeps it up all week.

After homework was done we got to work on the Halloween decorations. Brandon got the boxes out last night before we went to bed! I was super surprised when I found them this morning. The only thing is he did not get all of the boxes. Instead of making him go through all of the boxes in the closet I will just wait and when we pull out the Christmas decorations next month and I will get them all straightened out. So they will not all be used this year, but they will be next year. The downside is my Halloween shirts are in one of those boxes. Oh well, I guess I will have to go buy that cute one I saw the other day.

Well, I am off to bed. I am super exhausted. I hope that everyone had a great Monday. Know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. Please say a prayer for a friend of mine Cassandra. She is in critical condition and prayers are what she needs right now.