:)

We have a friend who is quite sick. They took him this week to Children's hospital in Cinncinati, Ohio.

Colesy made him a card. It is so sweet.

Front of Card:
Roses are red and vilets are blue
suger is sweet I hope you get well soon!

Inside of Card:
Dear Hayden
I hope you get well soon. I am praying for you and your family. I hope you can come to school soone. I hope you can get better as soon as possible. From your friend Colesy Brownlee


I just love the poem! :)

Matt's class

Tonight at dinner we were talking about Matt's classes. He had to sign up on Sunday for the next semester.

He said he signed up for accounting class.

Shelby says: A Counting class? Like where you learn numbers?! Daddy!

And she said it completely serious! Which made it even funnier!

other fun things we did

WE carved pumpkins. It was a lot of fun, but the kids also found out it is a lot of work. We never took a picture of the finished projects, or with a candle in them at night, but they all turned out really cute.
Colesys looked happy with triangle eyes, square nose and a perfect smile!

Shelby's had a mish-mash of features. Moon eyes, teardrop nose, jaggy smile, and elf ears!

Parker made a scary monster with millions of sharp teeth!

We also had several fires in the back yard. It was relaxing and fun. The kids had an amazing time playing in the yard. After it got dark they got flashlights and continued playing. They were loud, but it was fun to hear them having fun.

Halloween

I'm so very far behind in posting... I am trying to catch up (slowly!)

We drove out to Sharilyn's for the weekend of Halloween. Not because of the "holiday" but because we had no school on Friday the 30th. So, me and the girls packed up and let Thursday morning! We had a great, quick trip out. We got to Sharilyns at about 2:45, so we had lots of day left to play.

Friday we went to Target! Yeah!!! I'm so sad, I know! :)

And the girls went through Parkers dress up bin and found suitable Halloween costumes.

Parker was a knight~

Colesy was a cowgirl~

(on our way back to the house, She told me quite happily that every one had given her candy, and she hadnt needed to shoot anyone!)

Shelby was a witch~

Saturday evening, we all dressed up - the kids dressed up in their outfits, and us in our warm clothes! and off we went... It was fun. The whole neighborhood was into the event. Whatever, but it was fun. And the kids got TONS of loot. Our candy basket is overflowing.

My Best Friend

Colesy

11-2-09

Language

My Best Friend

My best friend is Erin. We like to

play games together. We also like to

swing together at recese. We like to

have sleepovers together in the summer.

We sat by each other on Tesday and Wendesday.

Erin is my best friend because when I am

sad she helps me feel better. She also

is my best friend because she and

me are both girls.

hmmm

Last night after dinner, the girls were playing down stairs and Matt was working on his paper, so I decided to straighten my hair. I was in the bathroom and I heard snoring. I thought Matt decided to lay down for a bit. So I looked in our room. No one there, so I went back to my hair. Still, I heard snoring. So, I thought maybe he went to lay in Colesy's room, since I had laundry on ours. No one there either.

I didnt think my head was playing tricks on me, but whatever! Stranger things have happened. :)

So, I'm back in the bathroom and I KNOW I hear snoring. So, I peek in on Matt, who really is working on his paper. I thought perhaps he fell asleep at his desk. Nope. So I guess I am imagining things.

Once again, I go back to working on my hair. still I hear snoring. What in the world!? Starting to worry that it just might be true that there IS a bum living in my attic, I decide to investigate.

The DOG is sound asleep in Shelby's room - SNORING!

I got a good chuckle out of that - especially since I could once again put to rest my irrational fear of the bum in the attic! :)

Me: Good night Shelby. (for about the 6th time!)

Shelby: good night mom

Pause

Sh: Mom, wasnt Goliath tall?

Me: yep (where is this going!?)

Sh: Mom, was he as tall as that moose on the computer? (referenced below)

Me: About.

Sh: Mom, how tall are you?

Me: about 5 1/2 feet.

Sh: Mom, isnt daddy like 6 foot 12 inches?

Me: Laughing too hard to answer!

And this guy is estimated to be 8 foot tall at his shoulder mound!