Halloween 2009

I have to say that I am SO looking forward to this Halloween. I have always enjoyed this holiday. Jessica always seems to come to my mind too! (Not that she is ever that far away in the first place! We had such fun.) 

Last year was fun. Kaine was still too young to really enjoy or even know what was happening. People thought I was crazy for taking a five month old door-to-door. I really wanted to have the experience though!Shamed,  I then ended up pawing his bag off on Jordan, who diligiantly told everyone (on his own accord, mind you!) that it was for his cousin and could he please have a little extra! Sweet boy!  

This year, I am hoping is going to be great fun! Kaine can walk. He sort of says Trick or Treat! He more mimics the sounds made by the words that I say, kind of like the melody of a songthat you didn't quite catch the words to. The boy is so musically inclined!  

Anyway, I am hoping that he will have just as much fun as I intend to have. We are going to carve our pumking tonight and roast the seeds...one of my favorite things to do. Kaine, I am assumming will be eating his pumpkin guts raw again this year. Especialy after the protest we got from him last year when we tried to take it away! New pics to soon follow!

On a different note: I will be changing this blog page soon. Going to be incorporating new things on the sides and in the text. Many more pics and am going to try to figure out how to create an album for all to parrooze (if that is even a real word!).

Insomnia

For some reason, sleep has decided to not come to me as easy lately. Once I do fall asleep, Kaine is waking up or Matt's 4:30 alarm is going off. This, of course, restarts the whole cycle. Then, today (or last night before bed) I decided to get up to take Kaine to O2B Kids baby play group. Here I am blogging, waiting for him to wake up. I should be sleeping, but something tells me that if I turn this computer off and climb back into bed, the second I start to nod off, a little voice will come over the baby monitor beckoning me to him. 

Alas, this is life. So I soldier on another day. Half awake.

Dieting

SO, I have been putting off starting dieting because it never seems to work. I wanted to be able to see results and NOT weeks down the line. SO, finally took hubbies advice and decided to do it his way....

What I have gained (or lost?):

       Rediscovered how nice it is to walk around the house in my undies (that actually fit).

       My pants are starting to sag.

      Starting to like the pain, the day after, a workout. Showing me that I did something that will help to propel me to my future self.

      Starting to look forward to the nasty protein shakes, because I know that they work.

      DaVinci Syrups aren't really that bad, when you have to use them to drink protein.

      I have also discovered all of the yummy sugar free foods that are out there (that are actually good).

I have to say that my energy is much better too. I don't know how much I have lost. But I was walking with Kaine into the grocery store and discovered that I wasn't dying to put him down into the cart when I got inside the door. I actually felt lighter! It was a great feeling! Going to keep soldering on....will hopefully find the courage to step into the gym and "pump" some weights. Don't worry Matt, I won't do curls in the squat rack!

    

Blogs of Note - Not Mine

So my new things to read are "Blogs of note".  It makes me want to stop writing mine. It Seriously puts mine to shame! If you have not already, check them out. They will make you yern to be a better writter or more interesting person. I think I have to invent a new life....

Boy Scouts "Go See It"- Train Museum and Jail GCS, FL

This is Part ONE:

More to come when my phone gets done charging. This took forever to upload. It was a lot of fun. Jordan and Grace and even Kaine enjoyed it. I was surprised that it was as big as it was. A lot of information in a tiny place but it was very enteresting.

The Caboose at the Train Museum in Green Cove Springs

All Aboard! We are going up the steps to get on the Caboose!

Showing us how the breaks work.

Freight Car Locks.

Weighing the "cargo".

High School Mascot. It was in the Museum with all of the photos about Clay High School. Blue Devils!

Clay High School Class of 1939.

Baby Clothes from a resident in Clay County.

Dresses from local Resident.

Note Says: "Medical bag of Dr. L.C. Fisher

Green Cove Springs" Can't make out the date!

Medical bag.

American Flag. (Didn't see what this was used for, but thought it was really nice!)

Grace on the Caboose!

Inmate in the hall of jail.

Jordan waiting for tour to start! So excited!

Jordan, sad because he is in jail. With the cook.

"I don't want to be in jail!"

Escaping from jail.

House built by historical society.

Jordan and Grace looking at the back of the doll house.

Muto Art

Here is the website to the jewlery that I bought at the fall festival.Site: www.mutoart.com Email: mutoart@gmail.com Future art show and Festival they will be at:
10/24 MacClenny Starbucks 9am-3pm
10/25 Avenues Mall Noon-6pm *In front of Dillards or Sears, inside mall
10/31 Riverside Arts Market *Booth 404
11/4 Art Walk Downtown Jax 3pm-9pm *Hemming Plaza, Rain or Shine
11/14-15 Midtown Festival Family Art Fest & Salute to the Troops
               *3947 Boulevard Center Drive, 32207
                 Saturday 10am-6pm
                 Sunday Noon-6pm

If you want to check them out, please do. Should be fun to attend these events either way!

Olan mills

Just got our family pictures done! If anyone wants to know of an awesome place to get pics done go to the oaks mall in gainesville. The girls were so great! Kaine was so tired but we still managed to get some wonderful pictures.
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Church Carnival and OP Fall Festival

Yesterday we went to a church carnival with Allana, Lee, Lilly and Landon. It was fun. Kaine wanted to walk around so we made sure he had his shoes on. (It only took about 6 pairs to find out what size he wore!). He walked around the whole church carnival. We didn't even have to get the stroller. The only bad thing was that he didn't want to stop! :) 

There was not much to do at the church carnival and the lines were REALLY long for everything. I don't think it was that organized and (surprisingly) the people weren't very nice at the food booths. The helpers at the bouncy houses were great though! We got the kids into the castle bouncy house. Kaine really wanted to do it, until he was inside that is! Ladon had fun jumping around. Lilly did too. Lilly was having trouble climbing the boucy house slide however. So, we decided to go ahead and leave. 

We went to the Orange Park Town Hall Fall Festival. It was nice. It was a little chilly, the wind was blowing. They had a TON of vendors and food people. It was really nice. They even made it wrap around the playground so the kids would have something to do. However, it was REALLY crowded so we didn't play. You could even take pictures with this guy that was dressed up in a scarecrow/pumpkin head costume. To me, it was creepy but, most didn't seem to care. I can't imagine trying to put Kaine with that guy! Yikes!

I bought a necklace charm. I will have to post the website in my next post. I don't have the card with me. They are an artists paintings that she turned into jewlery. (It was all of her own art). Lilly and Landon both got new babies. Lilly got a doll with a brown ponytail and a pink, butterfly tu-tu style dress with a headband that had butterflies on the top and "big girl panties". Landon got a yellow striped kitty cat animal with a tee shirt and shorts, looked kind of like beach wear. I asked him what his kitty cats name was and he said: "Kitty cat". It was really funny!

We then went to moms house on the way home. We ended up staying for dinner. It was really good. Jordan looked like he was doing much better after his bout in the hospital for his foot. Grace was worn out. She was ready for bed and was very loving! Kaine decided to show off all of his walking skills and pull out every toy he could get his hands on, haha! He even walked from the living room to the florida room to the other side of the kitchen then into the kitchen, until he fell right in front of the oven. We couldn't believe it! He is getting so good at walking! Now I am really looking forward to Halloween. He will be able to walk up to the doors and we are also working on him saying "Trick or Treat!". Which, by the way, he kind of said last night when I was saying it to him! 

This week I will be at moms house, being busy with the kids. Lots of plans. Tuesday brings a Cub Scout tour of the train museum and jail in green cove springs. Wed brings art class for Jordan. Thursday we are going to go to the Loomis Brothers Circus at the Clay County Fair Grounds. Friday we are going to spend the night at my house. Saturday we are going to go to the Coon Family Farm Maze (really looking forward to this!). I will post more on each of these as they happen! Talk to you soon!

Kaine playing at mall

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Kaine playing at mall

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Test run

I am trying to set up my mobile blog. Hopefully this works.
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Today...

     I am looking forward to October. Or I should say, the rest of it. Tomorrow start the adventure of the fall season. We are going to a church fall festival with Allana and the kids. She has also found out about another one, but I am not sure if we will be able to make it or not. With little ones you are never sure what your schedule really will be like.

     Kaine can be pretty predictable, most of the time. I just hate not giving him naps, it makes his nighttime one of tossing and turning. Lilly and Landon, of course, are still napping too. Who knows maybe he will nap on the car ride there, I know he will on the way back. Here is to crossing our fingers that it doesn't mess him up too bad for bedtime! Will be posting pics as soon as I can. (If my camera doesn't decided to crap out on me again!).

     In other news, walked outside to get my cell out of the car. Besides the bugs that were buzzing around the light at the front door annoying me, I was pleasantly surprised to feel the coolness of the night air. I was happy to know that, at least tonight, there is no humidity in the air. I hope this is a sign of things to come.