Glitter Girls Bake Off

Last night Gunnar and I went to Glitter Girls.. We baked pies!! We had such a great time and I actually learned a lot. Each girl got her own pie crust to mold and create, then we put them into muffin tins and filled them full of filling. The girls got to design the top however they wanted then into the oven they went. While they were cooking we played some fun games and had a wonderful time of sharing. We talked about how God makes everyone special and unique. Every girl got to tell what makes them special. Gunnar said her heart because it helped her to love!!! Soooo sweet. They also had to share their special talent, Gunnar said hers was fashion design and gymnastics. I can't deny that. I think for sure she will do something very creative when she gets older. She is very artistic and truely does love to create, and design things. Who knows? Maybe that is what He has planned for her. Maybe that's why we should consider a magnet school for her. I feel like she has such talent and maybe she's not given the opportunity to share that where she is currently. So many questions so few answers. Anyway, the pies were awesome the company delightful! At the end of the night we always ask one of the girls to pray and my sweet little Gunnar was choosen. She said the most precious little prayer and prayed for two girls in our group that are moving soon, she prayed that they would love their new home and make new friends quickly, and she promised never to forget them. She did a great job!! She always makes me so proud to be her mommy. Thanks for choosing me God to do the biggest most important job in the world to the two most important little people ever.

Sunday November 9th--A Day at the ER!!

The day started out great. It was a beautiful day and we had been playing outside for most of the morning. We came in to grab some lunch and Todd was going to take Gunnar and a friend to the park so Gates and I could grab a quick rest. I had to work and Gates was just worn out. While I was cleaning up lunch dishes Gates ran out in the backyard to play for a few more minutes. Todd was out with him and the big boys that live behind us ask if Gates could come play football for a bit. Todd lifted him over the fence and then came inside but left the back doors open. About 5minutes later we heard a blood curling scream. We knew something was wrong. Todd ran outside and grabbed Gates and ask what had happened. Apparently he had just fallen so we tried to cheer him up and do the normal after boo boo kisses. That wasn't working this time. He continued to cry and hold his little arm, but wouldn't let us look at it. He ask for some ice, so we now knew that he was hurt. He NEVER keeps ice on his boo boo, but what kid does? I really thought he had broken his arm so we rearranged the park date and Gunnar went to a friends and off we went to the ER. I must say he was excellent. The only time he fussed was when I had to move him. We were in the ER for about 30 minutes before they took us back then we sat another 15 or so before X-rays. Now that was not a fun thing. They really had to manipulate his little arm a lot and he didn't like it one bit. He settled back down quickly after we got into the room and we waited for the doctor to come back in and give us our results. Good news and Bad news he said---good news first "it's not broken" bad news "it's dislocated"! Which means putting it back in and seeing how he does with it. If he responds quickly then no splint, if not then a splint for a few weeks. About 5 minutes later our little Gates was back to his old self. Jumping off the bed and acting like a wild man, not quite as wild as usual but we were happy with the results!! Now that this has happen he is much more likely for it to happen again, so the mom I use to be has changed some what. My theory was "oh well he will learn his lesson", now I am cautious,not overprotective, just cautious. I do NOT want to experience that again any time soon.. Just makes you appecitate the little boo boo's and pray that no big ones EVER occur.

Super Salamader Shirts

Who knew being room mom meant--lots of work? Well obviously I didn't realize you had to be really crafty to take this job. I signed up without the full description. About 2 weeks ago Gunnars teacher ask me to make some shirts for the classroom for when they go on field trips and such. Three days later Gunnar brought the shirts home and they were due in 4 days! YIKES! I thought I would have a few weeks at least but oh well here we go. Usually these shirts are just tye dyed, or fabric painted. WELL, I had to do something really creative--no easy peasy stuff here. UGH!! I was definately shooting myself for trying to be creative about 2 days into the project. I went to Joanne fabrics and bought salamander material(they are the Salem Salamanders)and a large roll of heat and bond and some puffy paint. I cut out big S's for Salem and then two salamanders to put beside the S on each shirt. It really wasn't that bad except for the cramp in my thumb after cutting out 48 tiny salamanders with lots of little tails and feet. After ironing all the cut outs with heat and bond then I had to iron them onto the shirts. Next I puffy painted the outline so they would look marvelous. I must say that they turned out pretty good. And Ms. Shaper said I went above and beyond!! Now my plea to her is to PASS my kid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheetah Girls!!

The weekend didn't end with Halloween, or birthday parties or costume parties--On Sunday we went to Greensboro to see the Cheetah Girls Concert!! Wow, can you say lots of screaming preteens! Gunnar and I, along with Tiffany, Savana, and Aleah, and Ms. Annie, Bailey and Madison all loaded up for a surprise trip on Sunday afternoon. The girls had absolutely NO idea what we were doing. We've had this planned for about 2 months. It has been really hard for me to keep the secret. I'm soooo bad at secrets and surprises. I did manage though, this time. We got in the car, made them all close their eyes and handed each one a ticket. Aleah who is in kindergarten thought we were going to a movie, everyone else could read and understood what was going on! They all screamed with delight! So off we went with Cheetah girl music blaring throughout the car and crazy girls, laughing, singing and carrying on. It took about an hour to get there, so you can imagine by the time we arrived my ears were already ringing.

The first act came out 454, a boy band with the singers looking to be about 10-14 years old. So cute and pretty good. Aleah looks at me and says "they don't look like the cheetah girls I know" she was as serious as she could be. I chuckled a bit and told her who they were. I guess if you've never been to a concert you wouldn't know to expect an opening band.

The Cheetah girls were great! Our girls dance and sang throughout the entire concert. Annie got some great pics that I'm hoping to get a copy of so hopefully I will have them to share soon. The concert ended and the smiles turned to frowns. They wanted the fun to go on forever. We did grab a bite to eat before heading back to Cary and the giggles returned as the girls told stories and jokes to one another. We all enjoyed the show, but I enjoyed being with my girlie most of all..

Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson

Todd and I went to a costume party on Saturday night---we have partied this weekend away. I am a little bit exhausted, I must say... Todd went to the party dressed as Tony Romo and I was who other than his eye candy--Jessica Simpson. We had a blast. The party was in the neighbor hood, Adults ONLY!! The kids went to their own party one house away. There were probably 20 couples and EVERYONE followed the rules and dressed up. It was soooo much fun. Thank goodness we set the clocks back because I definately needed the extra hour of sleep!!

Guns took the pictures--hopefully some from the party will be a little brighter, but I thought I would include these just in case...

PARTY TIME!!

Nov 1st, Saturday was the birthday bash.. Gates woke up roaring and ready to go. You can only imagine what theme we went with----can you say BASEBALL again and again and again. We made ball dogs(hot dogs), took a big pot of chili, chips, carrots and ranch, apples and dip, and a huge baseball cupcake. Todd was in charge of the baseball game. Dads and kids played a little ball while the moms cheered for their big and little sluggers. So cute those little ball players were. Gates had a fantastic time, as did everyone, I think. The hot dogs were a hit and the cake was a grand slam---YUMMO! Everyone was excited to watch as Gates opened his many, many gifts.. He was overwhelmed with goodies. Shark books, playdough, soccer ball and goal, basketball and blow up hoop, batman, aquaman, a movie, a shirt, and a really cool Mickey Mouse that actaully was from Disney(thanks to the Savinos for thinking of him on your trip). I think his favorite gift came from his big sis though, it was a Harley Davidson scooter. So stinkin cute. It makes noise, and has lights and blinkers. The day was awesome--perfect weather, perfect crowd and a perfect time.

Spooktacular time!!

Halloween was spooktacular. We went to the Walters for pre-trick or treat dinner. We cooked out in the drive way, visited with lots of neighbors and were joined by a few friends from church. The kids could hardly contain themselves. They were so excited to go BEG for candy. We had lots of adorable costumes... Gunnar turned from Dorothy by day to the Wicked Witch by night, you know what Gates was????(a BASEBALL PLAYER), we had Hannah Montana, a 70's girl, Maddie from Zack and Cody, Darth vader, Buzz lightyear, a pirate and on and on.. We started the trek at about 6:30 and didn't end until almost 9--can you say CANDY! Yes, we have plenty so don't send us any, any time soon, PLEASE. Gates didn't actually make it til 9, he was asking to go home about 30 minutes after we started. You must remember that his little legs have to move REALLY fast to keep up with all the big kids, so he was worn out quickly. I must say it was pretty chili too. Todd took Gates home and put him to bed, he was out quickly.

After trick or treating Gunnar went to the Walter for a camp out... Tent in the backyard campout. We never thought the girls would make it all night, but surprisingly they did. There were 5 girls and Mr. Shayne and Elijah. They stayed out til 6am--then they decided they were really cold and went in and crashed on the floor in their living room til about 8. No one chickened out, no one cried, but everyone did have a blast!! I'm hoping that next time I get invited too!!!

Oct 31st--Gunnars story book character.

As we all know times have changed. No celebration of any such in schools. Well today being Halloween, Gunnar got to dress up like a story book character. She had to write an essay on the main character and rewrite the ending to the story that she chose. She decided to read the "The Wizard of Oz". This is one of her all time favorites. Can't imagine where she gets that from. She did a beautiful job on her essay. And her ending kept Dorothy in OZ with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry coming to live with her there. Oz is such a spectacular place who would ever want to leave?

Being the room mom in her class I couldn't let the day go by without planning a little "activity" (PARTY)!!! We couldn't call it a party,but party we did. We decorated pumpkins (thanks dad for the pipe cleaner suggestion it was adorable)and cookies with frosting and sprinkles, ate lots of goodies and just had a wonderful time enjoying the pre-halloween excitement.