Baby it's cold outside

In just a little over a month we have gone from this

to this

to this

And all I want to do is stay inside where it's warm and cozy. 

We haven't done much, and thus i have nothing to really blog about, but since this is the longest I have ever journaled in my entire life I thought I should record the boring times as well as the big events. 

I did do a couple little craft items to mix in with "fall" stuff for my Thanksgiving shelves. I love being festive. Can't wait for christmas!

love the burlap

this pilgrim was a lot of work but he looks cute on my shelf

Q and I have gone head to head in a couple battles over eating. Sometimes she is just way to stubborn and won't eat. Even if she determines what i make her for every meal. It's insane. She can eat sooooooooo slow sometimes, and then just decides that she is done after like 3 bites. Not okay. On this particular occasion it took her 3 hours to eat 3 triangles from a small personal size cheese pizza. It was a real battle of wits.

The other day Q and I got to spend some quality time eating and laughing with family. It was soooo fun. Q left me pretty quickly to spend her time with Cali. She was so excited to see Cali and Kylie, since she has missed them "so much" since they babysat her when I was in Toronto. Gotta love family.

Later that night Q and i headed over to Cali's to hang out with her girls and Baby Willie while the rest of the family went to the BYU game. Q was beyond thrilled to see baby willie and play. I basically relaxed while Carolina and Grace took such good care of Q. Plus Q and I got some good cuddle time in with Willie. 

Today we hit up the library to pick up a couple things, and Q couldn't stop posing in the windowsill...it was cracking me up!

And that catches us up!

Next week is Thanksgiving and I am super excited!

The freaks come out at night.

Oh I do love Halloween. True, I don't dress up like I used to, but I love seeing all the costumes around me, and I love getting Q all dressed up. It's just so fun. Q had changed her mind about 5 times as to what she wanted to be for Halloween, but when Elsie decided she was going to be a witch, then Q decided she was definitely going to be a witch as well. Kim and I had bought some $2.50 hats from the bins at Target to use as Halloween decorations, and the girls became convinced that we would wear them on Halloween and be witches as well.  Fine by me!!!  

Q got to dress up for school, and she pretty excited. I knew I was going to do some make up for her costume at night, but didn't trust her not mess up the makeup while at school so she decided to wear some glasses instead....it was just as cute. The kids exchanged candy at school, and they even "trick or treated" some of the businesses near her school. I had gotten there a little early so I got to watch from my car as all the cute little preschoolers walked around in their cute outfits.  love it. 

That afternoon we headed down to kim and aaron's to get some play time in before dinner and trick or treating. Then while Kim and Aaron worked on their pumpkins

I worked on the girls makeup....they thought they were pretty cool (Although Q kept rubbing her lips together, and thus looked like a crazy person with her lipstick filling up half her face). 

notice the crazy lipstick

We walked around their neighborhood, and the girls were so good.

One of their favorites house of the night..seeing Snow White was a real treat

Q was in heaven, and wanted to hit every house. Q's bag was getting kind of heavy, but she refused to let me help her carry it...I think perhaps she was worried I would take her candy haha. 

Halfway thru Aaron went home to hand out candy while we finished up in the neighborhood, then we went home and the girls took turns opening the door, and handing out candy while the adults hung out and talked....it was perfect!  

Q loves herself a party, and was on Halloween overload when I told her it was time to go, so we had a major meltdown with her. She hasn't had one of those in a long time. She was a crazy person. When I got her in the car she informed me that she couldn't stop crying because her heart was crying and sad. (it was so cute). I asked her what she needed for her heart to get happy, and she informed me that  silly picture would make her heart stop crying. Unfortunately, I was driving and couldn't find a "silly picture" on my phone to help her heart. But a little quiet time, and some time to be sad did the trick, and by the time we got home she was calm and ready for bed.  

Today she didn't want to get up, even after 12 hours of sleep, and I finally had to get her up at 9:15 so she could get ready for her hula class. She was so dazed during the class, it was kind of pathetic. 

But life is back to normal now. Halloween decor is down, and November is here. 

Our man jack is King of the Pumpkin patch. Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now!

It was the annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch with Q's school and she was so excited to go. I'm so glad that my job allows me the opportunity to spend time with Q and go on her field trips. It's so much fun.

Q's school class

one of the slides...she refused to go on the bigger one

that's my kind of maze

she loved the tire horse swings

riding the tractor...an ode to Moses Lake

we can't resist photo ops in cut outs. 

Q was lovin this calf, until it started chewing on her jacket. 

the apple of my eye...sorry couldn't resist

the corn bin

her teachers and other kids decided to bury her...Q was in heaven. look at that zoned out face.

she loves to be smothered

my favorite picture.

on the hay ride. worst angle for a picture

Q loved it, although you couldn't tell from this face

the kids learning about corn...it's in everything. 

Q was set on finding a square pumpkin like Spookley (the movie on the Disney channel)

You make me sick...

Q woke up this morning with a cough and stuffy nose. I should have canceled her 4 year old check up, but I already rescheduled once so I decided to keep the appointment. I knew that she would most likely get a couple shots....but I didn't realize she would get a finger prick (I hate those too), and 4 or 5 shots(I lost track). She cried, but luckily she stayed still enough that they were over quick.

Poor girl Worst day ever.

Her hemoglobin was on the low/normal side so I was told to feed her some high iron foods...but I knew that there was only a slim chance that spinach and red meat would be a success in her eating, so instead we are opting for a daily iron pill to go with her daily chewable vitamins, and daily floride pill. Q is only 4, but I feel like she needs one of the medicine holders that old people have to remember their daily pill regimen.

Oh and my bad genetics may be coming into play for this girl. 1) She got a 20/40 in her right eye test and I was told to have an optometrist test her..so glasses may be in the future. and 2) Her tonsils are so huge they are touching each other, and I was given the name of an ENT to go see so he could look and see what he wants to do.  It's a good thing she is height and weight proportional or I would have a lot to be sorry for.

So now, after a warm bath and some tylenol, she is laying on the couch with a strawberry milkshake watching some movies. Here's hoping a little rest and relaxation is all she needs to feel better.

What's it say... You call that a headline?

I've been doing some major catch up on the blog, so check out the posts. I try and back date them, so when I print out my book the posts are actually posted on the days they happened (instead of the month later when I actually get around to posting), so check out August for the Family reunion post, September for my posts about Toronto, fire station field trip, Q's birthday, and outdoor fun. And October for Halloween shelves, Emily's return, and Q's Polynesian dance class.

Oh, dance, dance, dance to my ten guitars

When I saw that the Orem Rec Center was adding a beginning Polynesian dance class during the fall session, I signed Q up right away, and it was best decision ever. Oh my goodness it is so cute watching those girls (and a couple boys) learn some polynesian dance moves, and even learn some poi ball techniques. The teacher is amazing, and is so good about teaching them technique and discipline. Q thinks it awesome that she is learning moves like Lilo and Stitch.  

My only regret is that I didn't sign myself up for the adult class that takes places before hers, cause it looks like a great workout. I took beginning Hula at BYU-H, and it was super fun, it would be nice to dust off the ol' hip shaking, and get my dance on. If they offer the class during winter session I am sooooooo doing it. 

ready position

first day of poi ball training

The teacher is really good about teaching them how to enter and exit the stage

Come with us and you will see this, our town of Halloween

Although Christmas may be my favorite holiday, Halloween is a close second. 1) it happens in Fall, my favorite season. 2) it involves dressing up in costume, and you know I love dressing up in costume. Plus I love seeing others dressed up, I remember even as a kid being excited to go to school on Halloween to see everyone's costumes. 3) it involves candy! I have a child who doesn't like peanut butter, so I am all to willing to help her out and eat any reeses pb cups that come her way. 4) Orange is my favorite color, and Halloween is full of orange. 5) the decorations for Halloween are so cool and creative. 

I was super pumped to do my Halloween crafts and get my shelves ready for the Haunting season. Here is what I came up with. 

Kim and I found the idea for these books on Pinterest, and they were all too easy to duplicate. It was super fun, finding creepy fonts, and cool paper to cover the $1 books with. 

There was a lot of options for Halloween printables, but I though this one based on the evil witch from Snow White and her poisoned apple was perfect. 

Of course, no Halloween shelf is complete without some potions. I found these spice jars and the $1 store, scoured the web for some cool labels, and glued them on, then I filled them up with "coffin nails", "graveyard dirt", "dragon scales", "vampire blood", and "snake venom".

I thought a creepy spider hanging out by the potions, would be a perfect addition. 

My Halloween door hanging. Just a cheap frame, painted, with a web, large spider, and black rose. I love it. 

My "porch" (aka outside my door). I added a couple new pumpkins this year, including the web one, the gold pushpin one, and the jack skeleton. Then I added some hay bales, rats, birds, skulls, tombstones, and a large spider web (all found at the $1 store-except the hay)

Saw the idea for this "witch parking" sign on Pinterest, and I did my twist on it. I found this cute witch's hat in the $2.50 bin at Target, and the broom was only $4 at Target as well. 

I got a wooden plague at Michael's for $1.50 ($2.99 with 50% off). painted it, then modge podged on the sign. 

Happy Halloween!!!!

Guess who's back...back again...

When I saw on Emily's returning flight itinerary that she would have a layover (although short) in SLC I knew that Q and I had to get up there and see her! We sure have missed our Emily, and Q has enjoyed getting her own cards and letters from her Auntie Em for the last 1 1/2 years. We were both so excited to see her!! 

It is crazy to think that Emily was there for everyday of the first 2 1/2 years of Q's life, and then missed the next 1 1/2, but I was pretty proud of myself for being a dedicated weekly writer to Em, and keeping her updated with pictures and stories of her little Q monster. So now that she's home it's like she never left. 

Now we just need her to move closer so we can have some more fun, and make some more memories!!