Happy Halloween!!

For someone who feels actual animosity for Halloween,

I sure have been involved in a lot of Halloween crafty projects lately.

Here's Maddie's awesome SPIDER!

Spencer is usually in charge of the pumpkin carving.

He's conveniently in California this week.

Thus...mama had to get all sticky slimy.

Truth be told - I kind of had fun.

(Shhhhh, don't tell my kids.

It'll discredit my anti-Halloween position)

Here's Rydge's ghost pumpkin.

We had one of our most torrential

thunderstorms ever last night.

It TOTALLY set the mood.

After we were done carving we danced in the rain.

Yes, even me.

Tyler's sweet BAT .

I didn't get a pic of Kyle's with a candle.

He free handed his jack-0-lantern.

In true Kyle fashion, that pumpkin was gutted and carved

before anyone else had even decided on a design.

He so rocks.

Here's to loads o' CANDY!

Ghosties

How much do these ghosties rock?

I know. So cute.

We made them in activity days.

(Thanks for the idea & guidance, Sarah!)

Woooo....Woooo....

(That's supposed to be a ghost sound...

Use your imagination.)

I had no idea my toes were so wrinkly.

Did you?

Anyway - the reason I posted this pic was

to show off my AWESOME

six-legged silver-eyed spider.

Maybe Vietnamese spiders only

have six legs? I don't know.

But he's cute, huh?

Have a super spooky Halloween!

Gigi's Magic

Gigi has a million tricks up her sleeve.

One of which she pulled out on Saturday.

After relaxing my rear into the couch -

I realized it was mighty quiet.

Not usually a good sign.

What I found was THIS.

ART!!

A genuine creative outlet.

They ALL loved it!

They were occupied for-ever!

Thanks, Gigi!

Poop On My Porch

Nothing says

"welcome to our home"

like a chunk of poo on the front porch.

Okay - it's not really poo.

The people we bought our house

from 'accidentally' left this gift behind for us.

I can't imagine why they didn't take it with them.

Delightful isn't it?

He's now on his way to the Houston City Dump.

Hasta la vista, little poop.

a FORTunate day

FORTune has smiled upon us.

We got to play with Hayley today.

We LOVE that!

Due to the rain, indoor

entertainment was necessary.

Hayley, Maddie, & Rydge built some serious forts.

(notice how clean the rest of the room is,

I just LOVE girls!!)

Then Kyle (=chaos) got involved

and added his fort.
They're still busy building.
I can't WAIT for the happiness when I call out:
"Clean up time!"
There will be joy and rejoicing.
not.

You Gotta Love Houston Part II

Okay, first things first. I must dispel this rumor that I'm some kind of slayer of wild beasts.

Yes, I killed a snake, but truth be told, it was about as big as an overgrown worm. However, it's creepy little coiled up (possibly poisonous ) self has been enough to give me nightmares every night since. The crazy thing about it? My kids were MAD at me for killing it. They wanted me to cover it with a box until they got home so they could release it back into the wild. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

Weather update: Because I know you're all so interested in the daily (sometimes hourly) weather changes in southern TX.

Today I woke up and it was 84 and HUMID! Then this delightful blustery storm blew in. Within the last hour the temp has dropped 14 degrees!

My heart is SMILING!!

It almost feels like fall!!

I took this pic from Maddie's upstairs window of the impending storm. It was pouring seconds after I took it. Yummy, yummy. (It's reminiscent of Washington - mmmm, I'm homesick!)

This is the neighbor's house across the street.
Should I be worried about that tree???
TIMBER!

You Gotta Love Houston

I live in a S-A-U-N-A.

Each morning lately, I wake up

and can't see out any of my windows

or doors due to the moisture that

has accumulated there.

This picture doesn't do it justice.

(Look toward BBQ) I'll try and capture it better manana.

But the true joy is walking outside and feeling your hair frizz,

your pits become lakes, your makeup runs,

and instantly feeling stickily stinkified.

These are the days I ask myself...

Why the heckinburg do I live in Houston, TX???

Oh, and I killed a freakin' snake

on my back patio yesterday.

He was a little dude,

but holy crap.

A. snake.on.my.patio.

This is NOT okay.

Blog-less-ness

I have a raging, puke-inducing headache today, and it makes me mad.

This is all I have to say.

(Hopefully I'll be back to my

happy-self tomorrow.

Okay, THAT's all I have to say.)