Entry for November 01, 2005
Halloween!!! Fun fun fun! Despite mommy being sick we still had a fun time.
There was one house that the kids started to walk up to and then stopped. Ashley and Alyssa just stood there and looked back at Rich to see what to do, Alex came and hid behind me. Rich walked up and gently guided Ashley and Alyssa over to the man that was handing out candy on the porch and I turned and told Alex that he couldn't let his little sister (Alyssa) be braver than he was... lol! He ran up and grabbed a candy and ran back down. Alex and Ashley both would have been done with trick or treating after going one block, but Alyssa was still running up to the door at every house and yelling "tic o weet". Then she would very deliberatly say "tank you" and then wave and say "bye bye". Then she would run down the driveway to Rich and I and 70% of the time trip and fall over her feet and yell "andy andy, my andy, I ot andy!!!" She had a BLAST!!!
We put the bowl of candy out on the front porch while we took the kids out trick or treating. When we came back it was empty. Rich looked at me and asked me if I had anymore candy and I told him that yes I still had another multipack bag, and a bag of snickers.... he reached over and turned the porch light off and said that those were his halloween candy and we had given enough out ;) lol!! It was 8:00 the time we normally turn the light off anyway,
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Entry for October 31, 2005
I had parent teacher conference with Alex's teacher this morning. I had to take all the kids since Rich got a meeting scheduled on him this morning so he couldn't stay home with them. Alex is doing fine and is right at grade level in his school work. His behavior is right at grade level too and his teacher say's he is doing great.
I've got a swollen throat and ears that are hurting. I thought it was just drainage, but the last day and a half I haven't had the congestion that I thought was causeing this and it's gotten worst. If it's not better by tomorrow I might go and get it looked at, we'll see. I got some extra sleep yesterday afternoon and went to bed early so hopefully I can get through trick or treating with the kids and our friends tonight.
I had parent teacher conference with Alex's teacher this morning. I had to take all the kids since Rich got a meeting scheduled on him this morning so he couldn't stay home with them. Alex is doing fine and is right at grade level in his school work. His behavior is right at grade level too and his teacher say's he is doing great.
I've got a swollen throat and ears that are hurting. I thought it was just drainage, but the last day and a half I haven't had the congestion that I thought was causeing this and it's gotten worst. If it's not better by tomorrow I might go and get it looked at, we'll see. I got some extra sleep yesterday afternoon and went to bed early so hopefully I can get through trick or treating with the kids and our friends tonight.
Entry for October 27, 2005
Well I've got aching muscles and am exhausted, but I'm not sick with a cold or the flu and I'm not pregnant ;). I signed up at the YMCA and went yesterday and today for the first times. I got a 30 minute workout yesterday and a 40 minute one today and I'm definitly feeling it. :) Angela is not too impressed with the childwatch area, but Ashley and Alyssa love playing with all the kids there and don't want to leave when it's time to go. Yesterday I left them and Angela started screaming right away and they came to find me after five minutes. I told them to give her another five minutes and then to come get me if she was still crying. She had stopped by the time the girl got back to the room. Today I thought that maybe if I fed her right before I left the childwatch area she would be fine. So we got there and I fed her and she was happy when I left. They said she was pretty happy for about 20 minutes and then started to get a little fussy, but generally fine. Then after about ten minutes of fussing she started screaming and wouldn't stop so then they came and got me and I went down and fed her and got her calmed down. I put her in a exersaucer and told them that I was just going to shower and then I'd be back to take the girls home. They said she was happy for five minutes and then started screaming again. They just held her and rocked her since they knew I was showering and changing. She fell asleep about a minute before I got back (15 minutes total). I'm hoping that she will get used to this and we can keep going. I know I feel a lot better for the rest of the day when I'm doing this, but if she continues to scream and cry the majority of the time we'll have to figure out something else.
I still need to figure out Halloween costumes for Alex and Ashley. Ashley want's to be cinderella- I have a princess dress I made for her birthday that she said she will wear, but she wants princess gloves and a tiara to go with it so I'm trying to figure that out. Alex want's to be Darth Vader- I picked up a costume for $18 and I really would like to return that (he doesn't know I have it) because it just seems like way too much money for a costume. I can't figure out how to do the costume myself though... I've got tomorrow and part of Saturday to figure it out. Saturday morning is the primary program practice so hopefully I'll be able to get out that afternoon and see what I can find/figure out.
Well I've got aching muscles and am exhausted, but I'm not sick with a cold or the flu and I'm not pregnant ;). I signed up at the YMCA and went yesterday and today for the first times. I got a 30 minute workout yesterday and a 40 minute one today and I'm definitly feeling it. :) Angela is not too impressed with the childwatch area, but Ashley and Alyssa love playing with all the kids there and don't want to leave when it's time to go. Yesterday I left them and Angela started screaming right away and they came to find me after five minutes. I told them to give her another five minutes and then to come get me if she was still crying. She had stopped by the time the girl got back to the room. Today I thought that maybe if I fed her right before I left the childwatch area she would be fine. So we got there and I fed her and she was happy when I left. They said she was pretty happy for about 20 minutes and then started to get a little fussy, but generally fine. Then after about ten minutes of fussing she started screaming and wouldn't stop so then they came and got me and I went down and fed her and got her calmed down. I put her in a exersaucer and told them that I was just going to shower and then I'd be back to take the girls home. They said she was happy for five minutes and then started screaming again. They just held her and rocked her since they knew I was showering and changing. She fell asleep about a minute before I got back (15 minutes total). I'm hoping that she will get used to this and we can keep going. I know I feel a lot better for the rest of the day when I'm doing this, but if she continues to scream and cry the majority of the time we'll have to figure out something else.
I still need to figure out Halloween costumes for Alex and Ashley. Ashley want's to be cinderella- I have a princess dress I made for her birthday that she said she will wear, but she wants princess gloves and a tiara to go with it so I'm trying to figure that out. Alex want's to be Darth Vader- I picked up a costume for $18 and I really would like to return that (he doesn't know I have it) because it just seems like way too much money for a costume. I can't figure out how to do the costume myself though... I've got tomorrow and part of Saturday to figure it out. Saturday morning is the primary program practice so hopefully I'll be able to get out that afternoon and see what I can find/figure out.
Entry for October 21, 2005
Today's been slow and I'm letting the kids just watch tv and play puter games all day. I'm tired... I think I'm just getting to the worn out stage again. I haven't gotten out of the house this week and I notice the difference.
Next week I'm going to start going to the YMCA and putting the girls in the childwatch so I can exercise for about an hour each day. I'm just hoping Angela doesn't scream the entire time so I can do this. If she screams and cries they won't keep her and I won't be able to do this. She refuses to take a bottle so I really need to get her used to just being held by someone other than me all of the time.
I have to review the songs the choir is supposed to practice on Sunday. I'm still nervous about leading the choir practice, but I guess it will work out and if I do really badly she won't ask me to do it again. :)
There's Angela waking up so I'd better go...
Today's been slow and I'm letting the kids just watch tv and play puter games all day. I'm tired... I think I'm just getting to the worn out stage again. I haven't gotten out of the house this week and I notice the difference.
Next week I'm going to start going to the YMCA and putting the girls in the childwatch so I can exercise for about an hour each day. I'm just hoping Angela doesn't scream the entire time so I can do this. If she screams and cries they won't keep her and I won't be able to do this. She refuses to take a bottle so I really need to get her used to just being held by someone other than me all of the time.
I have to review the songs the choir is supposed to practice on Sunday. I'm still nervous about leading the choir practice, but I guess it will work out and if I do really badly she won't ask me to do it again. :)
There's Angela waking up so I'd better go...
Entry for October 18, 2005
I found the diamond. I had just about given up and went into the kitchen to look one last time and picked up a towel and it dropped out of it. I haven't gotten around to calling around and seeing what it will cost to reset it, but at least I have it when I do get around to doing that.
This week is fall break at school. The kids had school yesterday and today. Ashley is at the zoo on a field trip and Alex is having a pizza party this afternoon in his class. Tomorrow, Thurs, and Friday are all no school days so we should have fun getting out and doing some fun things.
Rich is getting his first experience with interviews from the other side of the desk. He has three positions that he gets to review resume's for and decide who to call in for interviews. There are a few others that are giving their input, but he ultimately gets to make the hire decision on the three positions. He was reading through resume's last night and was just amazed at the general lack of resume style that many of the people had. He said colleges really need to focus on resume writing for their students a lot more than they do. He is glad that with his buisness degree he got a lot of practice and practical application of making his resume.
I get to be the subsitute choir director for choir practice next Sunday. The choir director is out of town and so she twisted my arm and talked me into it. We'll see how it goes. It's one thing to conduct the songs in Sacrament meeting and other meetings- it's another to direct a choir rehersal. eek!
Gotta go run and get Ashley from school.
I found the diamond. I had just about given up and went into the kitchen to look one last time and picked up a towel and it dropped out of it. I haven't gotten around to calling around and seeing what it will cost to reset it, but at least I have it when I do get around to doing that.
This week is fall break at school. The kids had school yesterday and today. Ashley is at the zoo on a field trip and Alex is having a pizza party this afternoon in his class. Tomorrow, Thurs, and Friday are all no school days so we should have fun getting out and doing some fun things.
Rich is getting his first experience with interviews from the other side of the desk. He has three positions that he gets to review resume's for and decide who to call in for interviews. There are a few others that are giving their input, but he ultimately gets to make the hire decision on the three positions. He was reading through resume's last night and was just amazed at the general lack of resume style that many of the people had. He said colleges really need to focus on resume writing for their students a lot more than they do. He is glad that with his buisness degree he got a lot of practice and practical application of making his resume.
I get to be the subsitute choir director for choir practice next Sunday. The choir director is out of town and so she twisted my arm and talked me into it. We'll see how it goes. It's one thing to conduct the songs in Sacrament meeting and other meetings- it's another to direct a choir rehersal. eek!
Gotta go run and get Ashley from school.
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