Ivy's Class Halloween Party

I finally got to go volunteer in Ivy's class and yesterday was their "Fall/Harvest/Halloween" party. This was so fun! I really need to go volunteer more...perhaps on a few Thursdays when John's working from home or drop Riley off at Grandma Linda's for a few hours. I helped with two of the craft centers: making spooky houses and glitter glue faces on jack'o lanterns.

Ivy and a few of her friends...one who also dressed up as Minnie!


A class full of costumed kids!


As they were going through their 'morning' routine, (the date, day...) it was Ivy's day to check and post the weather. It was so cute...she runs over to the window while the other kids were singing their weather song, runs back over, grabs the sunny sticker and with great enthusiasum yells, "It's sunny outside!" at the end of their song. Apparently that's her favorite thing to do.


Munchin' on the party food...her Teacher had a great idea...instead of a lot of sugary foods, she assigned each parent a color to bring a healthy food. Green cucumbers, black olives, yellow cheese...


Ivy was the only kid to put the olives on her fingers...yeah, that's my kid!


Minnie Mouse zoomin' around on a trike...her fav thing to play with.

Ivy's First School Picture!

Heh...so cute, even if she's not fully smiling! I think the whole thing was confusing to her, hence the bland smile. If ya look close enough, you can see the faint freckles that are on the tops of her cheeks and nose! Hard to believe that cute little thing is mine!





I'm so glad she loves school. Over the fall break she was quite distressed over not seeing Mrs. Briggs and Ms. Kristina. Just didn't understand the point of fall break I suppose. But I kept her busy with printouts of the letters they're learning in class and practicing writing thank-you notes to Auntie Kim, Uncle Steve and her Great-grandfather in NY (for her birthday presents). Sorry if you didn't get one yet...that's a lot of writing for a little girl and I didn't want to over load her.

Truth Tag

Yet another tag stole from Kristy's blog

1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? My finger...don't look at me like that! I just finished a cinnamon roll.

2. Where was your profile picture taken? Uh...wow. I really don't have a profile picture!

3. Can you play Guitar Hero? Nope, never tried and don't care to learn.

4. Name someone who made you laugh today? The kiddlets-they have a bad habit of that!

5. How late did you stay up last night and why? Um, I worked a half night last night, so...4:00am?

6. If you could move somewhere else, would you? Probably not, I Love my Arizona.

7. Ever been kissed under fireworks? Not that I'm aware of...

8. Which of your friends lives closest to you? Nate and Jen

9. Do you believe ex's can be friends? Yes, if they are able to move on with their own lives first.

10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper? Pure heaven-sent ambrosia.

11. When was the last time you cried really hard? Really really hard? Probably Nick's death...five years ago. I'm not a huge crier.

12. Who took your profile picture? Haha...trick question! Don't got one!

13. Who was the last person you took a picture of? Ivy and Riley holding hands walking to Ivy's class room.

14. Was yesterday better than today? Hmm...kids took a nap...working another half night tonite...not as tired as yesterday, so yeah better today.

15. Can you live a day without TV? Yeah, but it's so habitual it would be interesting.

16. Are you upset about anything? Hah...Not really.

17. Do you think relationships are ever really worth it? Of course! How else could you torment anyone on a daily basis with out a relationship with them?

18. Are you a bad influence? haha...oh yeah...right Karen?

19. Night out or night in? I like calm nights in (Okay as calm as two crazy kids will allow), but nights out alone with john are always nice.


20. What items could you not go without during the day? A little time to write at my computer and a bottle of VitaminWater.

21. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? My dad and his mystery heart problem.

22. What does the last text message in your inbox say? O_O Um...a naughty phrase in Japanese from John...but I won't translate...hey this is a truth tag right?

23. How do you feel about your life right now? Very good...have a great husband, great family and friends...life is good.

24. Do you hate anyone? I don't waste my energy hating someone not worth my time.

25. If we were to look in your facebook inbox, what would we find? Haha...nuttin'! Don't got a facebook inbox!

26. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass? Duh...

27. Has anyone ever called you perfect before? Only with added sarcasm.

28. What song is stuck in your head? Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow...Meow, Meow, Meow, Meow...ha! Now it's probably stuck in your head as well!

29. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be? A hot Saiyan...lol...only kidding! Okay, I'm not.

30.Wanna have grandkids before you’re 50? Sure...I'll still be 'young' to keep up with the little brats.

31. Name something you have to do tomorrow? The norm...get up, feed kids, take Ivy to / from school...work another half night for the 8th day straight (Yay, only 3 more regular days to go before I get a night off)

32. Do you think too much or too little? I like to always be thinking about something...next vacation/trip...upcoming chapter I'm writting...

33. Do you smile a lot? Yeah, except when I'm concentating. Then it looks like I'm frowning or pissed off.

YOUR TURN-GET TO IT!!

The next project: walkway & sitting area

The next project has started. A walkway that goes from the patio to the garden, with a sitting area set off from the middle. Below is the progress over this weekend. The base layer of sand and paver stones will get laid next weekend.

Area dug out


Ivy supervising


Riley and Rocket checking out the pallet


We all take a break


Ivy contributes the first handful of gravel


The gravel laid


The paver stones that are going on top next week

Oh how they tease me...

So I was innocently looking though my email and a friend (and fellow DBZ nut) sent me a message entitled..."The next one may have promise" I open it up and this was what greeted me:



That my friends would unmistakeably be Vegeta...by far my favorite-ist character in the whole lengthy series.

Now neither of us are sure if this was a legit teaser pic for the movie...but damn. That's just a mean tease. I can't find any info of where the next DragonBall movie is picking up from, much less who's cast as what characters! Argh! That's so maddening!

If Vegeta is to be in the next movie, I hope they tone down his hair like that did with Goku, but at the same time keep the spiky wild look to it. Only time will tell.

I know...I'm flipping crazy to still be adament over an anime...I already know, ya don't have to tell me!