history

It doesn't matter how young or old you are, who you voted for, or whether you voted or not. History was made last night and in my daughter's lifetime I hope that more history will be made when it comes to who runs our country. This morning I tried to explain what is so important about what happened last night to my three year old because you are never to young to learn about your country (well Emily is a little to young). We were watching the news this morning (presidential address and all...I usually change the channel during that boring crap) and Samantha asked if she could watch cartoons. I said no and when she asked again I launched into how history was made last night and why it was so big that a black man was in the white house and how the African Americans didn't always have freedom in our country and how someday a woman would be in a presidential role and how it doesn't matter what color our skin is we are all created equal and it doesn't matter if you are a boy or a girl you can do anything you set your mind to. Feeling pretty good about myself and the "liberal" education I am giving my almost three year old....almost finished with my speech and she interrupts me and says..."Can I watch cartoons?" Ya not sure if she heard anything I said or if she was thinking "whatever mom that doesn't answer my question. I don't care what you are talking about. Elmo should run our country!"

Trick or treating!

Trick or Treat was fun this year. We had rain earlier in the day so it was actually warm and muggy (with a cool breeze) when we were trick or treating. Last year we were all bundled up in jackets and gloves...this year...I was warm in long sleeves! What a difference! We had planned on going to more houses this year but I am thankful that we stuck with just two extras because Samantha really started to poop out on the last leg and wanted to be carried! I thought after a year she would have more energy. I think I was wrong. Needless to say we had fun and now have way to much candy in our house! (Since we were out trick or treating we didn't hand out much candy at our house!)

Halloween

These were the girls costumes

a baby and a butterfly!

Early in the morning

This is what happens when I don't get the first shower....the kids wake up and I don't get to sleep in!

nap time and a rude awakening

okay so I am a bit lazy and at times a nap is more important than the location of said nap. So the other day Samantha crashed out on the couch which she absolutely loves to do! I slept in the guest room down stairs and Emily slept in her car seat (ah I got the rare nap out of this situation!) Needless to say the picture on the right is what Samantha looked like when I woke up....and the picture on the left is Samantha being woken up by her dad when he got home from work!

Carving Pumpkins

Ah the gang is all here and we carved pumpkins. Pretty uneventful. Emily slept through her first carving experience! Big surprise! But fortunate because to carve pumpkins you need all hands. Of course J has a system worked out that I don't mind one bit. He carves I clean. Miss Princess Samantha did not really want to get her hands dirty though which just kills me because I thought that my children would love gewy squishy stuff. But then again....my hands were tinged a bit of an orange for a couple of hours after this whole thing so can we blame her for not wanting to get her hands dirty?

Perspective

My big girl is getting older. There is no getting around that. So sad she isn't a baby anymore. But really do I want two sets of diapers to contend with?