re-introductions and dreams

All these letters for peoples names are getting out of hand. Plus I am going to run out of letters for people. We have several "A's" in the family to keep track of! So here it is...

DH, aka the hubby, pilot, one of the "A's"
Tootie, aka "R", child #1.
Princess, aka "L", child #2

Those are the main characters in the family, plus the 2 dogs. Anyone else will get an introduction as they come along.

I really need to watch what I watch before I go to bed. DH & I discovered a great show on the National Geographic channel called "Taboo". It normally comes on at 7pm either Tuesday or Wednesday. I don't remember because we DVR it and watch it later on. The one we watched last night was about 'gross foods'. Foods that other cultures eat that we find gross. One segment was about the Philippines and how they eat dogs. In my dream our older dog had some sort of foot infection so I had to cut his foot off (ankle down). I just chopped it right off. Not messy. So I go to work and then return home. There he is sitting in the dining room curled off. I look closer to him and he's now missing 2 more feet (again, ankle down). I look under the table and the remains are laying there on the ground. The other dog had bit his feet off! I don't even know how to begin looking that dream up. I normally visit Dream Moods dictionary to help decipher some of my dreams. I've also been known to have really bizarre dreams. DH just shakes his head when I tell him about a dream.

I finally got to start on Tootie's ABC's, numbers, and colors (scrap)book today. I did some while he was napping & Princess was having her belly time. She rolled from her back to belly several times this afternoon on her own. She's done it before, but not a lot. She worked so hard that she ended up falling asleep on her blanket.

Don't forget to brush your teeth tonight

Yesterday R & I made some super yummy strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing. So yummy that R decided to sneak one for breakfast this morning. He had fun helping me. I let him pour, stir, and hold. We made a dozen cupcakes, 3 ice cream cone cupcakes (which fell flat), and 2 jar cakes.

Oh! I took the kids yesterday to get their Halloween pictures done. So cute!!! I'll have to scan them in. I mailed a few out.

The past few days have been lazy. We're all coming down with something. It started with R, then me, & A came home last night feeling 'off'. I'm hoping L doesn't catch what ever it is. We all have a lot of congestion & R has a little cough. He sounds worse when he wakes up.

Today was a pretty busy day. I know I am worn out! Everyone Wednesday is music class. Today the kids got to come in their Halloween costumes. Music class in general tired R & me. It's kind of at a hard time, too. 11 to noon. R ends up falling asleep in the car on the way home before I can get him lunch. Sometimes I will wake him up to get lunch, but if I do that he won't take a good nap after lunch. Today he got a little goodie bag. He broke into it on the way home & sucked on a tootsie pop. He ended up falling asleep with a red ring of stickiness on his face and hands. YUCK! I was going to take R up to the mall for a little trick or treating before hitting up our neighborhood, but for some reason they weren't doing it this year. I made calzones for dinner tonight. I pre-made them this afternoon so all we had to do was pop them in the oven when we were ready to eat. I also figured it was an easy meal to eat if we were going to be answering the door a lot. When A came home I loaded the kids up in the car & took them to a friends house to trick or treat at their house. We stayed their for a few & then headed back home. A & I decided to take the kids out to a few houses. We put a small bowl of candy at the door. I figured someone would just take it all, but they trick or treaters were good. We had a few pieces left. R came back with his pumpkin pretty full. We let him pick out 1 piece to have after he ate his dinner. I'm going to have to find a better hiding place for his candy. It's up high but it's visible. While we ate a few more kids came to the door. We went through 2 of those big mix bags of candy. After his bath, R came back downstairs to lay on the couch. His busy day really pooped him out! He's snoring away. L looked sooo cute in her ladybug costume. I've had several people ask me where I found R's pilot suit.

We're all going to sleep good tonight!!

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...

Wrong time of year, but I have this song... well actually only that one line, stuck in my head. It's like a scratched record that just keeps playing the same line over & over.

The fire situation has died down for the most part. Things seem to be under control. The air is clearer here. The winds are gone for now. The weather is definitely cooler.

I haven't written in a few days because I had company over. A flew out earlier last week to meet up with his brothers to see a Tech game. Then he drove back cross country with one of the brothers. I'll call him MB. MB's wife, A, & her daughter came down for a weekend visit. They are stationed just north of L.A. They got here late Friday night. Saturday we just kind of dorked around some. Drove down to Poway to pick up my car that A left at his parents house. The air there is still filled with smoke. The 45 minute drive left us parched. I had A take pictures of the fire damage on our way down. We got to see an amazing rainbow over Poway. A nice change to the scene earlier in the week. We went & saw The Game Plan. It was a cute movie. Later that night A & I took the kids to a Japanese steak house for dinner. R enjoys watching the chef cook in front of him. He's not even scared of the fire. The guys some how made it back a day early. They got in late Saturday night.

Today was a lazy day around here. None of our house projects were touched. It's nice to have a relaxing do nothing day once in a while. We caught up on some t.v., carved one of our pumpkins, & made a failed attempt at hot spiced cider (I left the spices in waaaaaaay too long). I'll probably roast some of the seeds tomorrow night. R really enjoyed getting his hands inside the pumpkin to clean it out.

Off to bed. Just wanted to do a quick update.