Halloween Is Near

Halloween is coming faster than we can say... YIKES! Yesterday the kids wanted to go out and buy costumes. So, off we went to go dive into the wonderful world of ghouls, goblins, witches, ghosts, and every imaginable character you can think of. Ian and Sashi were in absolute delight to walk down the aisles and touch all of the merchandise. Sashi had to touch and look at all of the princess dresses. Ian had to try out every make believe sword in the store. Once Sashi was done in the princess aisle she had to go look at all the decorations that moved or made noise. Ian thought it would be cool to turn on every movable device within seconds of each other so that all they would all move and scream at the same time.

Sashi got scared of a skeleton bowl which grabbed her hand when she got too close to it. She screamed bloody murder!! Sashi was kinda pissed off that a bowl scared her, but then she got over it when she saw the wigs! Oh joy! Wigs of all colors and lengths!! Ian started to yell my name when he got to the candy aisle.."Mom, I am in chocolate heaven!" I walked to where the yelling was coming from and there was Ian with huge eyes drooling over the candy bags.

I knew it would be a good thing to get him out of this aisle before he started asking me for bags of chocolate to take home. Dang, too late. Ian said, "Mom, you know, our house is lacking chocolate." Then he smiled at me and went for a bag of the Kit Kats. I told him that it was ok that we didn't have chocolate in the house and that we would all live without it. He didn't seem to believe me but he walked on.

Ian picked out a phantom outfit that looks like this:

Sashi got a pumpkin patch witch costume.


I think the excitement of Halloween is going to start increasing with each passing day. My children already want to decorate the house and make Halloween cookies. Ian wants to have Halloween art projects for the entire month of October. Am I excited for all of this chaos? Yes, Yes I am.

The Wonderful World of Glow Sticks

Imagine a light that you could hold in your hand. A light with a soft glow that could light up any tiny space. What if this light could come in different colors? What if this amazing luminous orb could come in different sizes? What if this light was only a dollar at the store and you could buy it anytime you wanted?? Sounds too good doesn't it? Let me introduce you to the Glow Stick.



Who ever came up with this idea was a genius! My children LOVE glowing things. It doesn't matter what glows they will want it and it will have to go into their rooms. Ian has had in the past: stars, toys, books, clothes, planets, Lego's and even paint that glows. He loves to have-the-power that comes with something so awesome. He pretends it is his lightsaber and will have all sorts of battles in his darken room.



Sashi is just starting to get into the glow-in-the-dark-craze. She has little toys that glow and a few shirts, but her all time favorite toy is the glow stick. Today she picked one out at the store. It had to be the biggest one and it had to be the brightest one. She talked about it all the way home in the car. Once she was home she spent an hour creating a tent out of blankets and chairs. Then the giggling began. I went to go see what the laughing was about and there was Sashi sitting inside her tent with her glow stick in her lap....singing and laughing to her stuffed animals. She had created a wonderland for her animals and what made it the most magical of all...was the soft glow of a green glow stick.



It is delightful to get a "toy" that your children can use for hours and never get bored of. It is fabulous that the glow sticks are only a dollar! It is amazing that someone had the insight and know how to make an object glow. Yay, for Glow Sticks!!

My Guilty Pleasure

I am totally enamored with Phineas and Ferb. This cute cartoon made it's way into my living room almost a year ago and I can not seem to get enough. This is a show about two brothers with TONS of imagination, who can do ANYTHING that they put their minds to. No one but the neighbor kids can see and play with the inventions that the boys come up with. They have a teenage sister who tries with all her heart to "bust" her brothers and to bask in the glory of getting her brothers in trouble. She fails 99 percent of the time..much to her frustration. The boys have a pet called Perry and he is a platypus. Perry is not your typical pet he is a secret agent who has to foil the evil plans of the town villain. The characters are very easy to fall in love with and you always seem to want the sister to succeed in her annoying habit.

I have watched this show almost every night and I think I enjoy it more than my children...well, maybe not. I really enjoy creative programs and this one is on the top of my list of fun and entertaining shows. It is a show I am not ashamed to have my children watch and even quote.



It has taken my a while to write this post in fear my man would tease me relentlessly. I have given it a lot of thought and I am now ready to have the teasing begin. So Bring It On!!

Burning Eyes

I have been so tired this week that my eyes have been burning every day.

It feels like the Sandman has dumped 30 bags of dirt in my eyes.

I know I should sleep...dark rings look cute on a raccoons, but not so much on me.

My bed is so inviting, but I do not want to rest.

I guess I will stay up all night and play on my computer and complain about how tired I am....

Maybe red eyes might become a fashion trend and I will be in style for the first time in my life!

Maybe not...ummm....Maybe I should go to sleep....NIGHT!

A quest for a Bunny

Ian and I were looking at bunny pictures tonight wondering what kind we should get if we bought a rabbit. Do we want a large one with big fuzzy feet?

Maybe we want a tiny one that looks like a snowball??

Better yet we should get one with big ears!

Ian might like a spotted one???

Or maybe a lop ear bunny?

Gee, it is so hard to make up our minds...they are all so CUTE!! I like the bunnies with the little tuffs of fur in their ears...awww

Ian still wants a Holland Lop...who can blame him, look at this picture

I hope that in the next year we can get Ian his beloved bunny...until then it is fun to look and dream.