Halloween Success

It's amazing what a difference a year makes. Last year we went around one block and when we turned the corner, Lukin got too tired to continue. This year, he didn't ask until the last couple houses and only because he could see Mimi's house and wanted to go there. It was pretty fun.

I have to confess that I never knew the rule about the house lights. I grew up in the country and we went into town and went to the same houses every year. I didn't know that if the lights were on you could go there, and if they weren't, you couldn't. Good to know though.

We had fun though. Lukin did great saying trick-or-treat, and thank you at each house. Parker would only say his version of trick-or-treat if prompted. And you couldn't distinctly hear "trick or treat" but you heard three syllables ending in "ee". And he would say something that sounded like "thank you" too. But he was cute to watch as he just sat back in his stroller wondering why we were going from house to house in the dark saying the same thing and getting stuff in a bag. I think he didn't mind though as he looked pretty comfy in his little lion outfit and winter coat. He looked like he was going to fall asleep.

When we got back to Mimi's, I guess it was like Halloween in years past. Lukin had all the candy dumped all over the floor in moments. And he had four pieces before you could tell him how many he could have: 1 starburst, 1 piece of bubble gum, 1 box of milk duds and a kit kat. Parker got to have a little candy too (only because it was Halloween and he dressed up for it.) He got to have one little bag of M&Ms and suck on a sucker until the stick got too bendy, then Mommy took it away.

All in all it was fun night. I will try to get a pic up here eventually. Like hopefully before the kids go off to college.

So tired...and ready for the end of the week

So I am sitting here at my home computer working on stuff from work because as much as I am trying to get done, I am not getting far at work what with classes and students...Who knew?

Anyway, I am sitting here and in the middle of my second report of the night, but have had a long day. I got up at my regular 5:00 time but ended up heading to work early and putting in a 9.5 hour day. Then I came home to do more. So as I am sitting here, my eyes drift closed and I snap them open thinking I am at work and will get in trouble if my eyes close. That's how tired I am, I think I am at work, when I am not.

I need this week to be over and for me to put a huge dent in all that I need to get done before coming home tomorrow.

Won't make much sense if you aren't in Education

So tonight, Sonny took the boys to swimming lessons and left me home to work on my CEUs. That was awesome because I stayed home and was able to complete .6 CEUs. That was great because now I am sitting at 2.3 CEUs, whereas earlier I was sitting at 1.7 CEUs. If I have another night like that, I should be almost to my required 3.0 CEUs. That would be fantastic. Now that I think about it, I would probably be there if I hadn't missed out on the classes I had registered for before the computer crashed. Oh well. I am almost done and that is great!

In other news, the last couple and the next couple weeks at school have been and will continue to be hectic. We have had 2 program evals plus their IEPs, 2 program IEPs, 4 speech assessments and IEPs, 1 speech IEP, and 1 LD IEP. It's been crazy. I could have worked on some of that paperwork tonight, but I feel good having gotten some CEUs done. All I know is that I should have all of it done by Thanksgiving and I will certainly earn my Thanksgiving break. And as of now, I have no documents due in December. I can't wait!

A long weekend...well it felt long.

Sometimes, the weekend just doesn't seem long enough. And sometimes, you can't wait for it to be over. This was one of the latter weekends. That is, with the exception of needing more sleep. But I had a 4-year-old who thought he should stay up til past midnight last night, and who got up before 8 am this am. That lead to some tired eyes today and some crankiness and an inability to sit still for fear of falling asleep. Here's hoping everyone has a good night sleep and tomorrow is a better day, with all of us fully rested.

Alaska was great!

So, last weekend we went to Alaska to watch some college hockey. It was a lot of fun. I had never been to Alaska before and I really enjoyed it. It was beautiful up there and the fall colors and the mountains all around made for very picturesque scenery. I can't wait to go back. You know how you imagine what you will do if you ever win the lottery? We decided that we would take our families on a trip to Alaska because they would all like to go and with everyone there, it would be so much fun!

(almost) all my bags are packed...

I'm ready to go.

Tomorrow after work, Sonny is taking me out of town for my birthday. It should be fun. Where we are going will be a surprise. Yay!

Burday me

So last night for my birthday, we went to Osaka. It was yum-yum-yum-yum-delicioso. My husband and I shared sushi and then we each had some hibatchi. Yum! Then all 9 of us came back to our house for cake. It was yummy too!

Almost older

I get to wake up tomorrow one age and go to bed another. Forgive me for not really feeling particularly excited for my birthday this year. I know I am not that old, but I sure feel like I am.

I told my husband that I wanted to buy a pair of heels. Impractical ones. I told him that in my head that would make me feel less old. I don't know why I think that. But I think that people who wears heels have to be young because I don't know that they would just wear them if they weren't. How many old people wear heels just because? My point exactly.