When is it to early too celebrate Halloween?

The past few weeks have flown by very fast. I had one week where I pretty much locked myself in my house and we watched Meet me in St. Louis and Enchanted more times than a sane person should-but you all know I am not a normal person. It was just one of those weeks when you don't really want to talk to anyone- i have emerged from that week thankfully. Maya is loving school-she asked me to pick her up early one day last week and so I did, and when i got there she said "Mom, I don't want to go yet, I haven't finished my project and I want to go to P.E." I learned my lesson. I guess I just want to do whatever it takes for her to love school, and if she wants to come home early one day than I'll do that. Nicole is going through this phase that is very hard to explain. She pretty much wants to spend 24 hours a day in her princess nighty dresses. She has worn them so much that they are pretty much disinigrating and they are nasty because she will wear them even if they are dirty or wet. When I call her name she sometimes tells me "I'm not Nicole mom, I'm Christine"-(from Phantom of the Opera) She is also requesting to be Christine for Halloween and Maya is wanting to be "A witch with warts and blood coming out of her nose and poop on her shoes" oh, and hair coming out of the nose also- I don't really know what to say about this except for don't let your kids look at scary things unless you want them to say things like this. They aren't scared at all-they just love scary things. We worked on the spook house in the picture for about four days. We had such a blast. We went to Michaels and had too much fun looking at all of the Halloween decorations-we had a 50% off coupon and had to get this kit for 10 bucks. Today we put glow in the dark tatoos on our heads and had a serious party. My question- "Is it to early to start making Halloween decorations?" ABSOLUTLEY NOT! If I ruled the world I would start at least a month early preparing for holidays! I know James totally freaks out from like September to January because he knows we are going to spend money for crafts-sorry James. Anyway, I hope I have made some of you come out of the closet with your love for celebrating Halloween a month and a half before it happens. Oh yeah, just found a hilarious blog site at http://www.seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/. My friend Jamie Henrie showed it to me. It is basically a blog that mocks the typical mormom mom blog. It is hilarious.

Jamie and Nicole

I had to post a few pictures of Jamie and Nicole. We pretty much hang out all day together now that Maya is in Kindergarten.

Crazy

The past few weeks have been pretty crazy. School started which has been a big change. Maya has a great teacher named Miss Castellano. She is young and happy and Maya loves her. The first week was crazy because she wasn't used to all day Kindergarten. It is a long time to be away from home. Basically when she got home she was done being good and listening so she would throw crazy fits. She was just too exausted. She would tell me that her brain hurt and that she couldn't take anymore words. She has gotten a lot better and still wants to go back everyday so I am happy. I can't believe how much she has learned already. Some things I wish she wouldn't learn. She came home the other day and asked me how old she had to be to have a boyfriend. I was like are you kidding me, she is seriouly only in kindergarten. I guess this cute boy who sits next to her asked her if he could be her boyfriend. I told her to tell him that she can never have a boyfriend and that her dad is her boyfriend! Maybe that was totally the wrong answer, but I'm sure that will end the requests for awhile. Nicole has been doing ok at home but has entered this stage where she wants to wear these princess night gowns all day and even out of the house. It is driving me crazy. She went on a little playdate this week with her friend Penelope and she had a blast. She is really into this game where she tells me that a witch is after her and that she is going to throw her in the trash can. My kids love witch's- I can't wait for Halloween. So the other thing that was crazy is that Jamie got Chicken Pox. I could not believe it when I saw it. i took her into the doctor and he confirmed my fear. I has been bad for her. She was really sick for the first 4 or 5 days and is starting to get better. She looks like a little monster sores. They don't get the chicken pox vaccine ubtil a year old so she ran into bad luck. The hard part has been not being able to go anywhere. I am not a stay at home person and my kids go crazy inside the house all day. Luckily Maya has school or I would probably be dead by now. We also had this crazy storm and lightning hit about 100 yards from our house. Is wear the house shook and the sky went crazy. electrical storms in Arizona are so cool. The sky is continually flashing. We also had pieces of ice the size of quarters falling from the sky for about 4 minutes. It was nuts. Last night there was another storm and a swarm of termites come in through our garage and somehow got into my laundry room . There were hundreds of them-I almost died. The same thing happened last year during a storm and I thought that the whole house was infested with termites, but I guess they just come with the wind and then try to get in. They are gone today so I will be able to sleep without dreaming about termites.

Maya's First Day Of Kindergarten

I have been looking forward to and at the same time dreading the day that Maya would be going to Kindergarten. This morning James gave Maya a Father's blessing. Then, of course Nicole had to have one-because she has to have everything Maya has. We drove her to school and then James had to leave to get to work. I stayed with her and waited for her teacher. There were so many worried looking parents-way more sad parents than kids. maya darted over to the playground and started to swing. We finally went into her classroom and I got all of her supplies out and ready and hung up her backpack. I was so sad inside but hid it because I didn't want her to be scared. I was the last parent in the room and she said "Mom, everyone has left but you". I didn't want to leave- I felt like I was abondoning her-giving away something so special to me. I know that she will have a blast and that my day will be a little more stress free, but I know I will miss her. Nicole has gotten so much attention today I'm sure she's wondering what is up. Anyway, I have successfully made it through this day. I can't believe how time flies.

Who's Afraid of the Heffer?

Ok I couldn't resist putting this picture on my blog. We all went to Bear World and Sadie went right over to this huge old pig and started putting her face in his. He was so grumpy and would make the loudest squeals but she wouldn't let up and kept on bugging him. It was a riot.

Cousins

Jody and Dirk have chickens and the girls fed them grasshoppers and whatever else they could fit into the coup. This proved to be fun for hours. Emily and Jamie have the same eyes.

Idaho

These are a few more random pics from the week. Maya and David had fun building a fort in the woods out of branches. Smores were also a hit!

The Ranch

It's amazing me how beautiful our ground is in Idaho. The views of the Tetons are unreal. We had so much fun four-wheeling and going on hikes. James had his birthday in the mountains and we put his candles on the peach cobbler that Nate made. It was pretty hilarious. The kids roasted marshmellows and got pretty wet in the creek. All of the cousins played together and made so many memories. I wish we had more of these days.

Idaho and Utah

We had such an amazing time with Sharlie and Nate at their house. After that we went to Idaho and we went to Bear World. The bears came so close to our car it was scary. We had so much fun at Jody and Heidi's house. The girls love seeing their cousins.

In Sandy with the Fauvers

We had a blast with the Fauvers. The girls had a blast playing with Leila. We celebrated the 4th with them and the girls loved playing in Bob and Suzie's huge backyard.

Jamie and James

Well, it has been a very long week-probably because of the heat factor. We made it through and I really hope that this next week is a kicked back one. We had a great Sunday-mostly hanging out at home. Colin and Elisabeth came over and had dinner, which is always a blast. We played Clue and this new card game called "bang". If they didn't come over Sundays, the day would seem like 50 years long. We are so lucky to have them close by. Nicole followed Maya around pretty much all day. She does this almost everyday. If Maya jumps she jumps. If Maya hurts herself Nicole will hurt herself on purpose to be like Maya. She even likes to go to time out with Maya. I'm sure this is how life will be for a long time. I hope she doesn't have middle child syndrome too bad. Jamie is the happiest baby and pretty much just smiles all of the time. We are so lucky.

Hot Days

It was so hot today. I could say that everyday for the next few months. We tried to go swimming but got attacked by bees. James has to get rid of the hive sometime this weekend. When the swimming idea failed we got out the slip and slide and then went in the front yard and ran through the sprinklers. All in all I would say it was a success!

Phantom of the Opera

It is still crazy hot here so we have been inside quite a bit. I was lucky enough to get out of the house for a few hours and come back a better mom. It is funny how much a few hours by yourself can help. It is kind of like the old video games I used to play. Your life points go down and you can get them back by leaving the battlefield and avoiding the little aliens or whatever else is chasing you. Maya and Nicole are obsessed with Phantom of the Opera-the music, story, and movie (minus a few parts). Nicole was the Phantom and Maya was Christine.

Dress Up

What happens when you have a playdate with four girls? You have to adapt! Poor Lincoln.