I survived the five

Jen's older girls didn't have school today so I had all of her three and my two. I was honestly a little worried, but it was actually so nice. They were so well behaved. We cut out Halloween cookies which we will decorate tomorrow, and then I made them a nice hot lunch of beenie weenies (that's what my mom called them when I was a kid.) It was a lot of fun.

Also, last night Matt and I had pre screener tickets to a movie, which is kind of our thing to do. The movie was at Gateway and then we walked around and showed him the train station thing in the mall, which is so cool. Then he took me out to dinner for my birthday. It was actually a lot of fun. Now I know he can come up with a fun date, I need to get him a girl. :)

Now I am just dealing with my chitlins since Tim comes home late tonight. They are being pretty well behaved. Asher should go to bed relatively soon since he skipped his nap (again). We are going to go upstairs soon and have quesidillas for dinner, put Asher to bed and then probably clean the playroom. And that's my day..:)

Meanest mom in the world?

I just locked my kids in their room until Tim comes home. Should I feel bad?

Catching up

So the weekend was good. Friday Tim and I went out to Rodizio Grill for my birthday and my cousin Jacob watched the kids, which went surprisingly well. I was expecting Asher to freak, because he can get clingy. After dinner we came back and Tim, Jacob, and I attempted to play three hand pinochle all on our own. I think we did it mostly right. Saturday afternoon we had a family baptism, so that was fun. Tim's cousin's daughter just turned 8. Mara enjoyed spending time with her cousins and had a lot of fun. (actually, she has been baptizing her Barbies all morning, lol) Saturday night was Bunco. Sandra and I were ONE loss away from getting our money back. Oh well. I was in charge of bringing the candy for Bunco. I ended up grabbing the "people feeder" I made because it had candy in it and I thought I had had more to take. But a girl at Bunco ended up asking if she could buy three of them for me, so that was fun. I like knowing that my stuff is cool enough that people want to buy it from me. I also got a message from another person on my mommies board saying she was interested in buying three or four of them as well, so I may be spending another day painting.
Sunday was my birthday and church, so nothing exciting really happened there. Deb was a sweetheart and made me a cake, which tasted delicious. That was sweet, because I can't remember the last time I had a birthday cake, except for the ice cream one I bought for myself a few years ago.
Monday was a holiday so Tim was home, which was nice. We went to hunt down birdhouses for me to paint. We hit a little snafu when Mara upchucked in grandma's car, but I think we handled it well. I was sitting next to her in the back. She had said earlier that her tummy was sick. I think she was hungry and grandma is sort of a crazy driver, so I think she got carsick. But we got her cleaned up and bought her some new clothes and everything was fine. After that, we all went out to dinner, so it was a pretty nice day.
Yesterday, I survived 5 kids ages 5 and under. I always have my two and now I am watching my friend's daughter Starr. A girl from my ward called and asked if I could watch her two for a couple pf hours. It wasn't so bad. The kids had a lot of fun playing together and I didn't have to yell once. :)
Right now I am just listening to the girls play happily. Matt and I are going to a free movie screening tonight, which is our new "thing."
And that was pretty much our weekend. :)

My craftiness

I have had a huge surge of craftiness lately and have just been going crazy. I am even going to make Halloween curtains. I am all decorated and just keep doing more. I'm loving it! Here are some pictures. They are taken with my phone, so they aren't perfect and don't do some of the items justice, but I'll show them anyway.

My wreath. The purple bats go all the way around, they are kind of only showing up on the bottom portion, and there are also googly eyes that don't show up well in the picture.



My spooky tree, not the best picture..



The Boo sign. I just painted and glittered this


I know it's sideways but I'm not going to bother fixing it.

My "people feeder"




And I think I am most proud of my banner. This is the first thing I have ever really just made without directions or a picture or anything. I just wanted a banner that said Happy halloween so I made one.

Uneventful

Not much has been going on. I am so excited for October and Halloween this year. I have already pretty much finished decorating. I have also gone craft carazy. (Yes, I meant to spell it that way.) I have painted a couple of unfinished wood decorations, made a wreath, which is awesome and I love, and some other stuff. I am also in the process of making this cute Halloween banner. I will have to take pictures of it all. I am also kind of excited for my birthday, but my birthday usually sucks (for as long as I can remember) so I don't really get my hopes up. And Tim tends to forget or not plan really well. Even though I programmed several reminders into his phone, and I even told him that I wanted a party because I have NEVER had one before, but knowing him we will probably not really do anything. He tends to wait until the last minute and then he wants to go out but we don't have a sitter. Oh well. I don't really have any expectations so I guess it can't be a disappointment. My kids will make it fun.

That's really about it. It was a very uneventful weekend. Just went to the store and mostly hung out together at home. I do have a meeting tonight for the trunk or treat I am planning. I think that will be fun.