I Want My Mummy!

"It's not a true Halloween costume unless you are dead and covered in blood."

Those are the words from my eight year old when I told him I didn't think Mummy's had blood dripping from their mouths.

I humored him.........

but not his four year old little brother.

I didn't think Ms. Jacquie's pre-school would appreciate the crying shrieks of children as a bloodied, mummified Eric strolled in. You know, not all four-year-olds roll that way.

I think Eric needs to work on his "Mummy face".
Talmage loves, LOVES Halloween. He wandered into my room around 1:30 am the day of his school parade because he couldn't sleep. He was too excited. I let him jump in bed with me. He then asked what time we were going to get up to put on his costume and make-up.

I then went into a detailed plan of action for the upcoming morning.

(Talmage needs the minute by minute agenda......not kidding.)

Our mummy beautification would begin at 6:30 am.

What a kid!

After Talmage's parade, we headed over to Eric's pre-school for his parade.
As the pre-schoolers came to class today, they were greeted by this giant, inflatable Frankenstein. Of course, there was also a strobe light going off to create the full effect.
Ms. Jacquie's is by far the most creative, and fun pre-school I have ever seen or heard of. We just love it there! It's so magical for the kids!

Maidie loved all of Ms. Jacquie's Halloween decorations. She walked around and looked at all of them. When other kids came too close, she would point her finger at them and say, "no, no, no!", but notice how she man-handles them herself.

The cute supportive Grandma's! Granny Great, and Grandma Riley.

The parents, and other parade-supporters, wait out side the school for the festivities to begin. The pre-school doors open, the music starts, and out come the children.

Right out of the shoot Eric starts his mummy dance moves (The mummy dance is

Eric's interpretation of the music video Thriller).

That mummy kid, front row, in the white....he's by far the cutest!

Eric's teachers told me he kept them in stitches all through class. I guess he remained in character for most of the time he was there.

After the parade parents/teachers/family/friends/pre-schoolers visited while fun Halloween music played in the back ground. Eric, still in mummy character, danced. At one point he had a semi-circle of people watching him shake and shimmy.

....still in character for his picture with mom.

What better way to end the day than with some kitchen s'mores!

We went camping with Tyler's family this summer and I could not get enough of the s'mores. I mean really, what is better than a graham cracker, with a layer of warm chocolate on it, smothered in a toasty squishy marshmallow? I came home from that camping trip and thought, "why do I only have s'mores when I go camping, which is like once every 10 years?" Now I frequently fire on the ol' stove and voila, s'mores! Ahh, I think I need to fire on the stove AGAIN!

S'MORE ETIQUETTE:

THERE IS NO ETIQUETTE!!!

Talmage, "Is there marshmallow on my face?"

Halloween p.j.'s, thank you GUCCI!

Maidie works on her somersaults. Her form is improving.

An all around Great day! Look at these kids, they're so cute I have to squish 'em!

Leia Mais

Our New Door Greeter

Meet Windsor.....

he is our humble servant.

He greets our guests by saying, "Good evening, may I take your coat...".

Meet Windsor's side kick, Mr. Chill.

He greets our guests by saying, "We haven't had guests for years.....that have left alive!"

$40 at Sams club + Creepy Halloween Oldie = 2 very happy (and frightened children at 8:00 pm when they have to pass Windsor in the dark) little boys!

Highlight of the day:

Watching Talmage dance (mind you--to his own singing) to the song, "Staying Alive", in his tight white undies.

Leia Mais

Monster Mash

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Leia Mais

Ooooooo-it must be Halloween!

Last night we went out to Granny Great's house to check out her Halloween collage. She is AMAZING, and look at how cute she is!

From the time Talmage was itty-bitty she started collecting these Halloween houses. They are all unique and have different sounds that accompany their movements. Before continuing on.... take note of the jar with the white lid in the lower left corner, I'll explain more later on.

Talmage, Eric and Maidie checking out the Haunted Village from the "observation bench". Once again, take note of the jar with the white lid....on the left.

After 15 minutes of the unique cackling and squealing simultaneously coming from all 10 Halloween houses, my body begins to fill with rage (yes, just like when I listen to the band Phish). Right about the time I don't think I can take it anymore the Dode walks in. Praise the heavens! Who is "the Dode" you ask. The Dode is the Hippie's younger brother who my children ADORE! Consequently, he has no children as of yet, so he can shower all his affections on his niece and nephews! He acquired his nickname when Talmage was a wee-little lad. He could not say, "Sheldon," so we started referring to Uncle Sheldon as, "Sheldo". "Sheldo" was still too hard for our little buddy to pronounce, but he was able to say "Dodo", which stuck. Sheldon is now and will forever be known to us as, "the Dode".

When the Dode walks into Granny's house the kids immediately want to check out his bachelor pad located in Granny's basement. The Dode is getting married next month and will live in Granny's basement apartment with his soon-to-be bride, but until that happens he's been "bachelorin' " it solo for the past month. Dodo has cool furniture, and lots of room to run, jump and play, which in turn leads to moments like this....

It takes mad skills to throw out a "peace" sign while hurling your body through the air.

Check out Eric's form. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky"......

The Dode even properly entertains his guests with music. Notice Eric dancing in the background, it was pretty funny.

I think Maidie has a crush.....

.....I take you back now, to the jar with the white lid on it, sitting innocently on Granny Great's Halloween collage table........

Little did I know, nestled inside that seemingly nonchilant jar with the white lid, (which usually holds such pleasant things like; Grandma's home-made jam, or bottled peaches), was THIS!

Da-da-da....(cue scream)

Yes, you are seeing this correctly! A black- freakin'- widow! Now I'm all about Granny doing what she can to make her collage a good one, one that will be remembered, but planting a live black widow spider for effect while my children sit on the "observation bench" just inches away is a little too much for me! (See above picture to notice how close!)

As we were downstairs enjoying the Dode's man-lair, Talmage asks me if I saw the black widow in the jar upstairs. Uh, "what?" I ask. "You know, the black widow spider Granny has upstairs in that jar." he says. Now, I don't like spiders. ANY kind of spider. In fact, it was something I discussed with the Hippie before I agreed to marry him. He had to be willing to kill every spider I ever saw before we could make it official. (He has fulfilled that obligation by the way.) So upon hearing this news I dashed upstairs (morbid curiosity) to see for myself. Sure enough, there it was in the jar, just like Talmage had informed me.

Come to find out, the Dode, had discovered this man-eater in his laundry room downstairs and decided to keep it as his pet. So he scooped it up in the lovely jar provided by his grandmother and they decided to make it part of the collage.

It was a REALLY big black widow, and it was found INSIDE the house. Ahhhh! I don't know if you can appreciate the size of it with the above pictures, so here is one I took with the man-eater in porportion to my wedding ring. (A very nice ring btw.)

Granny Great even decorates her yard, what a gal!

To make up for the near heart-attack I had upon the news of the man-eater being so close to my children, Granny took us to get a bite.

Yeah, so I'm not entirely sure whose shoes Maidie is wearing in this picture. I can tell you they are NOT a pair I am acquainted with. Word to the wise, watch your shoes when she's around, she moves like LIGHTENING! I hope these shoes found their proper home.

.....and of course, the Hippie dog came with us on our travels.

Leia Mais

On This Day.....

Maidie loves shoes, sunglasses, and other peoples toothbrushes.

Eric loves playing x-box, being loud, and being active.

Eric also likes taking pictures.....

Why are the 4 pictures Eric took arranged this way? Because I am not skilled enough to get them side by side! I tried, I really did (note to Hippie, I need help with that one).

Today, Maidie was fascinated with my bum.....

(Rest assured, I will not be posting any pictures on this topic. You're welcome.)

After I shower I always, ALWAYS slather myself with lotion so my skin will not crack and bleed throughout the day (dry skin, a wonderful trait I inherited from my dad). Maidie has seen this ritual performed numerous times before, but for some reason today she could not stop herself from starring.....or touching! She kept trying to go spelunking in prohibited areas. Hands off little Miss! There is only one person who can handle my "goods" and HE is currently away doing very important work, like burning his mouth with serrano peppers!

Leia Mais

Who Moved My Shoes

Maidie LOVES shoes

Here she is sporting Talmage's light-up Iron Man pair.

After coming upstairs, she spies my walking shoes and just

HAS to try them on.

Since dad is not home for dinner, we have WHATEVER we want! All the kids

covet the left-over soggy french fries from lunch. Hmmm, I'll pass thanks!

Talmage then wants cinnamon toast with hot chocolate. Of course Eric

will have what Talmage has, and since Maidie can't talk, she is served the same thing.

Our meal would not be complete without a little pre-dinner Brady Bunch!

Hippie, I added some new decor to our bed. Can you tell what it is?

Look closer....

LYMI! Sheep

Leia Mais

On the Move

We're moving to Austin, Texas.

He left today. Oh, how I love him.

(picture taken by Eric Pearson)

I miss you already, and you haven't been gone for a day!

(picture taken by Talmage Pearson)

The kids and I will move and join him after we sell our house.......

(notice Eric's "cyclops" pumpkin in the upper left corner)

I started my very own blog, so I can keep my Hippie (a.k.a. "Tyler", "Dad"to my kids....and currently as "Ty" to the good people of Texas) updated on what our little family is doing while he is away.

To: My Hippie dearest, here is what you missed today;

#1. After we dropped you off at the airport we came home and ate the leftover pasta you made last night for dinner (btw it was even better today for lunch).

#2. Maidie and I took a much needed siesta. Maidie slept like a champ. After three hours (notice how I spelled out the number three because it is not quite 10, and now that I have typed the number 10 I shall subsequently type all numbers in this fashion) she was still dreaming away, so I went to wake her up and found she and baby Bob with their legs hanging out of the crib.

#3. All 3 (notice how I am now typing out the number 3 instead of spelling it) of our favorite grandma's came over for a pizza dinner.

#4. Grandma Gucci told us about the object lesson she presented in her primary today. She was explaining the concept of baptism by fire and how she lit an empty tea bag (herbal, of course) on fire to show how it lights up, rises (toward our Father in heaven) and then disappears. I don't remember all of the analogies because as soon as she said, "light the tea bag on fire" I was up and clearing off the table so she could give us a demonstration. Here are some of the pictures....

Empty a tea bag and cut both ends off (the tea bag needs to be a long one).

Stand the tea bag up and light the unsuspecting paper on fire.

wait for it....

wait for it....

Lift off!

Pretty cool! Not something you see every day.

This demonstration brought forth many "ooooh's" and "aaaah's"! Thanks Gucci!

#5. I left with Gucci and Grandma Riley for our Sterling Singers rehearsal. The choir did not sound as good without a certain Baritone amongst us....*sniff*

#6. The kids partied with Granny Great until she put them to bed around 9:30 p.m.

#7. I've taken the garbage out, locked up for the night, and created this little post for you! I'm going to go squish the kids for you (or rather, pat them nicely on the crown) and head for bed.

LYMI-Sheep

P.S. I love blogging in the compose mode!

Leia Mais