thanks to my SiL for emailing this to me :-)
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Spooky Halloween Picture
Okay, so for my job, we had to get a professional picture taken. Mine is below...what do you think?
Personally, on a bad day, I can see about a zillion flaws (crooked front tooth, freckles galore, chubby, etc.) but then on a good day, I think maybe it's not so bad.
Aaahhhh, girls are so emotional, no wonder why guys have such a hard time figuring us out!
Personally, on a bad day, I can see about a zillion flaws (crooked front tooth, freckles galore, chubby, etc.) but then on a good day, I think maybe it's not so bad.
Aaahhhh, girls are so emotional, no wonder why guys have such a hard time figuring us out!
Halloween: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate?
That is the question, but what is the answer?
What we should really be celebrating is All Saints Day on Nov. 1, but does that mean I shouldn't let my kids do anything "Halloweenish" tomorrow? Phil keeps saying that it is a pagan holiday, yet he used to go trick-or-treating (as did I) when he was younger. Should we just look at it as a fun activity to have the kids dress up and get free candy, and then make sure to tell them that we are really celebrating All Saints Day?
Normally, at the boys' school, all of the children dress up as Saints for All Saints Day, but because it falls on a Saturday, the boys don't get to do that this year. I really liked having them dress up as saints because it made Halloween seem so much less important.
Since John-Paul is only 5, and Andrew is 4, they don't really KNOW what Halloween is about yet, so we usually just skip the trick-or-treating, and let them march in a Parade a couple towns away from here. They think it's a blast! Then we got invited to go to a hayride on Halloween night, which they will also love.
So I think we have made a good compromise this year, a parade and a hayride instead of normal Halloween stuff. But I know I will question what to do next year...we need answers.
Here's pictures of the boys from last year. John-Paul is Pope John Paul II and Andrew is Saint Francis:
Ahhh, if only they were really that saintly!
What we should really be celebrating is All Saints Day on Nov. 1, but does that mean I shouldn't let my kids do anything "Halloweenish" tomorrow? Phil keeps saying that it is a pagan holiday, yet he used to go trick-or-treating (as did I) when he was younger. Should we just look at it as a fun activity to have the kids dress up and get free candy, and then make sure to tell them that we are really celebrating All Saints Day?
Normally, at the boys' school, all of the children dress up as Saints for All Saints Day, but because it falls on a Saturday, the boys don't get to do that this year. I really liked having them dress up as saints because it made Halloween seem so much less important.
Since John-Paul is only 5, and Andrew is 4, they don't really KNOW what Halloween is about yet, so we usually just skip the trick-or-treating, and let them march in a Parade a couple towns away from here. They think it's a blast! Then we got invited to go to a hayride on Halloween night, which they will also love.
So I think we have made a good compromise this year, a parade and a hayride instead of normal Halloween stuff. But I know I will question what to do next year...we need answers.
Here's pictures of the boys from last year. John-Paul is Pope John Paul II and Andrew is Saint Francis:
Ahhh, if only they were really that saintly!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Cranberry Festival Photos
We went to the Cranberry Festival a few weeks ago, and here are some of the pictures. John-Paul got to ride a horse for the second time in his life, and Andrew experienced it for his first time ever! They also got their face painted with little pumpkins...which took an incredibly long time...still not sure why, you know artists!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Weekend Projects
After Phil, John-Paul & Andrew made the beautiful jack-o-lanterns, we did two more projects. The first was getting all the pumpkin seeds cleaned off and left out to dry (they will be roasted tonight!)
Then we made these "Silly Sticks" as the boys called them. Just pretzel rods dipped in melted white chocolate (made orange with food coloring) and rolled in mini chocolate chips...so easy and soooooo yummy!
And what was Miss Maggie doing while the boys were busy helping/eating in the kitchen? Getting into the pantry, of course!
Then we made these "Silly Sticks" as the boys called them. Just pretzel rods dipped in melted white chocolate (made orange with food coloring) and rolled in mini chocolate chips...so easy and soooooo yummy!
And what was Miss Maggie doing while the boys were busy helping/eating in the kitchen? Getting into the pantry, of course!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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