Trick or Treat!

The Entertainment Committee in our neighborhood (don't you just love homeowner's associations run by people with nothing better to do) decided to move Halloween to Sunday night for our neighborhood. We only went to 4 or 5 houses so we could make it to the Halloween carnival at our church. However, apparently I am losing my mind and had the completely wrong time written down for the Carnival, so we arrived as it was ending. Nice. So we stopped by Honey and BeBo's for dinner instead. We plan on making up for the lack of trick-or-treating on actual Halloween night by hitting up Honey's neighbors.

The Pumpkin Song

This is a new song that Carlisle learned at school today. She has sung it about 50 times since lunch. Still blows my mind that some people out there can teach 13 4-year olds anything. For those of you that are technically challenged (Mom) just turn up your volume and click on the triangle to see the video.

Lazy Sunday

Okay, three posts tonight, but it was a busy weekend! Today we took it easy. We took the girls out to Clear Creek for a picnic since the weather was so nice.

Busy in Birmingham

Well two of my best friends, that both happen to live in Birmingham, are really busy with a new baby and a soon to be born baby. Congratulations to Megan, Rhett, and big-sis Claire, who welcomed baby Ford on October 17th!

Also, Lindsay and Paul are expecting their first little boy in December! I helped host a shower for Lindsay in Memphis this weekend. Lindsay is from Memphis, and we met when we both worked for FedEx, many years ago now. Here is a pic from the shower. Lindsay is the pregnant one. Stacey is on the left, we also worked together at FedEx. Of course, me on the right. Rarely any pictures of me on my own blog - so just in case you've forgotten what I look like.

Future Veterinarians of America Club

The girls all had a great time playing this weekend. Carlisle did kind of lose it last night after the Grove. But it was a really long day, so I'll blame it on being tired.
This picture is the girls doctoring on "Paint" the horse. They are using Carlisle's tools to fix him. If any of these girls do wind up as vets, you might want to think twice before taking your pet!

First Sleepover

Carlisle is having her first sleepover tonight. Jeffrey and Jessica are here for the game and they brought Libby and Ellie. For those that don't know, Jeffrey and Charles were best friends from about Kindergarten, and now they both have 2 daughters each, as payback for all the years they spent torturing their dates' fathers. Carlisle and Libby wanted to sleep in Carlisle's bed, so we figured we could try it, not really expecting them to go to sleep. We kept sneaking into the bathroom to spy on them and they were just in bed talking and giggling - what in the world do four year-olds talk about anyway?

But, I think they have FINALLY both gone to sleep. It is 12:15, so I don't think it was physically possible for either of them to stay up any later. But they're having fun, and I think all the parents think it is fun to see the girls play so well together. We're really looking forward to them getting to spend more time together once we move to Jackson.

Neighborhood gang

Neighborhood gang
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Tutus for everyone!

Rainey is going to be a ladybug for Halloween - she should probably be a cat since she spends half the day meowing (is that normal?). Anyway, I decided she should be a ladybug, mainly because I stumbled across these directions on how to make a tutu, and I was really itching to make one. Every girl likes a nice tutu. So she is going to wear black tights, black shirt, her red and black tutu, and some wings and antennae that I need to order. Carlisle really likes a tutu, probably more than anyone you know, so of course I had to make two red and black tutus. Carlisle is modeling hers in the picture. Immediately following the photo shoot, she proceeded to get the tulle entangled in the chain of her bike, resulting in a tutupendectomy.

Even if you have no intentions of making your own tutu at home, you really should check out the instructions. It's this slightly odd woman who keeps a photo-blog on Flikr, and really, I mean REALLY likes to wear tutus. She has recently had housework in a tutu week. Meaning she cleans her house wearing a tutu, topless (don't get too excited, you don't really see the boobs). Nice. Check it out.

City Grocery

City Grocery
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Happy Birthday Rainey!!!

My baby will be 2 tomorrow. Where does the time go?

We had a party tonight to celebrate. Rainey had a fabulous time. We just had family over for hotdogs, cake, and icecream. I just couldn't deal with a house full of 2 year-olds, maybe next year. Don't get me wrong, I was certainly in the birthday party spirit - check out the Dora cake that your's truly slaved over. Literally, it took me hours. I even used those icing bag things to decorate it. Certainly not professional, but not bad either from someone who is so utterly un-domestic.

Oh, and I threw in the picture of Baxter so everyone could see that he has pulled through the heat stroke. I don't think he's completely out of the woods yet, but today he's been acting like himself (begging for food, eating out of the trash, begging for food, drinking out of the toilet, begging for food....). I think he is going to be fine.