The Things We Do For Kids!

Of course this past weekend was all about kids. Halloween, a baby Shower, a costume/birthday party and sickness!

Friday night we started out getting ready for the Fall Festival at the church. I was busy as usual multi-tasking, ironing a sequin thing to Chey's costume, baking cookies, checking my email, answering the phone, feeding the animals... so I had another baking dilemma, I burnt the second batch of cookies! So instead of having a plate of brownies and a plate of cookies for the cake walk, there was just one plate with a little of both on it! I was told later by Larry, I should not multi-task and cook at the same time...LOL.

The Fall Festival was fun for the kids, they got lots of candy, played on the inflatable slides and did the cake walk 1000 times until they both won something... My niece Katie was so funny she kept running up the slide bouncing on her butt at the top and it would almost throw her to the bottom, cat ears flying off, then she would get up, put them back on and run to the top to do it all over. Here are a few pics from Friday night.

Then on Saturday morning I went over to my BF Rhonda's house to help her get ready for her daughter's Costume/Birthday party. We made caramel apples and ghost cookies. Since the party was kinda my idea, I volunteered to help out and Jordan said she wanted the adults to dress up too...

In between all the fun of the party we went to Sloan's baby shower, which was so nice. They had it decorated the cutest and she got so much, I dont think she will have to shop for that baby until she's 20...

Back to the party...we rushed home to get ready. Cheyenne was going to be an 80's girl, Brant, Mask from Tap Out, Larry a giant Roach and me the Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz. Now first I have to say that Larry really didnt want to be a roach and I didnt want to be the lion. We borrowed the costumes so we didnt have to spend the money on buying them...so we took what we could get...If I had my way I would have been Goldie Locks or Little Red Riding Hood and Larry something cool and manly...all for the love of kids...we wore this...

Me The Lion, Rhonda was the Cow, Beth a Cat & Susie an Angel

Mason was The plumber, Rob was Batman and Larry the Roach!

I just have to tell you guys soemthing ...My husband is such a good sport, he really did not want to be that roach and when he got out of the truck at the party, he got the tentacles stuck in the truck door! I thought I was going to wet myself laughing so hard!

Needless to say the men had the costumes off within 45 minutes, the kids all had theirs off a little over an hour later and the only ones left dressed up were us four ADULT women!!!! What fun it was though, the kids had a blast and so did we!

They had a sleepover for the girls so Cheyenne stayed there and Chase came home with Brant, but at 5:30 a.m. Rhonda called and said Chey was sick, she had thrown up...so I had went to pick her up, I got her home and she slept until 1:30 p.m. the new time (2:30 the old time). She didn't feel well when she got up so she laid around the rest of the day. We went to mom's and ate dinner then back home and back to bed for her.

She went to school yesterday and felt a little better until today...I got a call from Brant's school at 9:45 to come pick him up, then at 11:45 I got a call from Chey's school...They are both home now...poor Brant is very sick throwing up and Chey has been laying in bed...oh I hope they feel better tomorrow and no one else here gets it! Keep us in your prayers!