Goodies

As part of Clara's school carnival, they asked parents to make goodies for a bake sale and cake auction. These are what I made and I just had to share!

Frankenstein Brownies

Ghost Brownies

Spider Brownies

Triple Chocolate Black Cat Cake

Miscellaneous pictures

What a night!!! I'm trying to make goodies for Clara's school carnival, so of course everything goes wrong. First, my wonderful oven burns half of the brownies, so I decided to use the half that are usable and make a cake instead. While I am waiting for that to cool, Makayla gets sick and needs "the bucket." While I am downstairs fetching it, Holden reaches his little hands up onto the counter and starts grabbing a handful of my cake. Instead of doing something I will regret, I put him right to bed. It isn't too early and I'm trying to keep some sanity as Austin won't be home tonight (working all night). So, as I need to take a break from the parenting for a few minutes, so I thought I'd post some random pictures that I've taken and haven't gotten up here yet.

This is Makayla at back to school night trying out her desk.

Holden is enjoying a sucker. He loves going to the bank with me because he knows where to get a sucker once he gets in the door.

One day I was upstairs working on the computer and it got quiet downstairs, all of a sudden. I went to check it out, a little afraid of what I would find once I got there. I was pleasantly surprised that Holden was asleep in the doorway rather than writing on the walls, or some equally destructive behavior that he is well known for.

My friend Leslie likes to come over and scrapbook with me. She brings her daughter, Macy, who is Makayla's age, when possible. Macy is the youngest in her family, so she thinks playing with Holden and Clara is the best thing ever. Clara especially likes to snuggle with Macy. Sometimes a little too much!

This is just a candid shot of Makayla and Holden in my laundry basket.

Big Helper?

Holden LOVES to help me unload and load the dishwasher. The only problem with that is that he doesn't really help me. So I decided to let him play playdough while I did the dishes. He was happy and so was I!

She lost it!

Makayla finally lost her 1st tooth. It was barely hanging on for quite a while, but she wouldn't let anyone pull it. She was so excited when it finally came out! She set it on her table and went back to get it and it was gone, so she wrote a note to the tooth fairy. She did get her 4 quarters - boy the tooth fairy is sure nice!

So...I've raised a MONKEY

Holden is NOT a little boy - he is a through and through MONKEY! He likes to climb on anything that he can. We have a stool in our kitchen that he likes to wheel around and get up to the counters to get the M&Ms that I wouldn't let him have. He can get the cups of water that I put up there - for me to drink - and dump them all over my floor. He climbs on the couches, end tables, toy bins, baby gates (yes, they won't keep him out much longer). He climbs out of his high chair onto the tray (where did I put that seat belt?). He tries to climb out of the shopping cart at the store. He constantly climbs out of the stroller (when it is moving). Well, you get the picture.

Today we hit a new one. He climbed out of his CRIB! It is on the lowest setting, but he can still get out. Today, I put him down for a nap and a few minutes later, I heard some knocking. I couldn't figure out who would be knocking, so I went to investigate. I peeked in Holden's room and I didn't see him standing in his crib, so I figured he was asleep. I started to shut the door when some little fingers wrapped themselves around the door and pulled. He walked out like nobody's business and went on to find something to play with. Gone are my peaceful naptimes, which means gone is my sweet happy well rested little boy. I now have a whole new challenge to deal with. Keep your fingers crossed that we will both make it through this challenge unscathed!

8 things about me.

1. Post the rules on your blog
2. Answer the six "8" items
3. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment


8 Favorite TV Shows:
1- Survivor
2- The Office
3- Heros
4- Amazing Race
5- Bones
6- Fringe
7- Lost
8- Numbers


8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1- Made bread and caramel/cinnamon rolls.
2- Made breakfast for Austin and those he went hunting with.
3- Went for a playdate with a friend in my old neighborhood.
4- Picked up the house and vacuumed.
5- Talked to my sister on the phone.
6- Put together one of my many scrapbooks that are in pieces.
7- Fought with Holden over the M&Ms.
8- Had some friends over for scrapbooking and chatting!


8 Things I Look Forward To:
1- Being with friends and family
2- Scrapbooking
3- Christmas
4- Monday when all the kids are back to school
5- Vacations - Austin keeps talking about a cruise that we haven't been on yet.
6- Watching my kids grow and learn and gain understanding.
7- Payday
8- Twilight movie on November 21st :)


8 Favorite Restaurants:
1- Chili's
2- Rhumbi
3- Olive Garden
4- Any mexican restaurant
5- Applebees
6- Paradise Bakery
7- Costa Vida
8- Winger's


8 Things On My Wish List:
1- Finished Basement
2- Vacation - that cruise I mentioned above that Austin keeps talking about
3- Patience
4- That my kids will always stay strong in their beliefs and in the gospel
5- An interior decorator to tell me how to decorate my house and the money to do it.
6- A self-cleaning house (or just a maid to do it for me)
7- To be able to see my family more
8- Willpower to loose weight and keep it off.


8 People To Tag:
1- Anyone who wants to.
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Meet Pete

Last week, I found a furry friend in our yard. I told Makayla to get dad so he could take a look at it and help us know what to do with it. He decided that we needed to keep it for a pet. So, I would like to introduce you all to our new pet. He isn't tame and I'm not very excited about him, but he is here to stay (I guess).

Here he is in our grass.

Makayla and Holden helping Dad make him a nice home.

Makayla and her new pet.

Close up of the furry guy.

Teaching a Class

So, I've been asked to teach a class on frugal/coupon shopping and how to get the most for your money. I know there is someone out there that said if I taught a class, they would come, but I can't remember who said that to me. So, here is your chance to fess up. If you would like to come see how I save money on my shopping, please leave me a comment and I will get you the details. It is this Saturday, Oct. 11th at 12:30 here in Eagle Mountain.

Conference packets

With conference just around the corner, I thought I'd share these fun packets that you can print out for your kids to do while you watch. There are 2 links that can be found here and here. Enjoy

Cornbelley's

We had a great time at Cornbelly's this year! They had more activities to do and more fun things to keep the kids busy! Enjoy the pics, they speak for themselves!