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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! and as of today--HAPPY NOVEMBER! I know that most of you are probably thinking--RUTHERFORD! How many blogs are you going to write involving Bayleigh and her Halloween costume?! The answer is, this is the last one. :) I mean, what kind of mother would I be if I didn't post pictures of her ON Halloween?! We ended up having to go buy long thermal underwear and a long sleeved t-shirt for her to wear under her costume becuase it was so cold. AND GLOVES! With her having wings it wasn't easy for her to wear a coat or jackets so layering up worked the best.
Now, most of you might be saying, when you get to the picture part, "Hey Rutherford, who's that cute little girl hanging out with Bayleigh"? WELLLLL, that is our little cousin Angel. Aunt Teresa came up on Friday evening and we picked her and Angel up at the airport Friday night. Bayleigh and Angel were attached at the hip all weekend long. Prior to them getting here, alls I heard was "When's Angel coming"? I heard that child's name so much I wanted to change it to Karen, Vivian, or just anything but Angel. LOL! Just kidding! This is the first time Angel has really gotten to experience cold weather and gorgeous autumn leaves. As a matter of fact, some Waldron leaves will be making the flight back down to FL tomorrow evening so Angel can show them off to her first grade class. Maybe sometime they can come back and experience snow! I know that I am NOT a fan of snow, but let's just be honest--How fun would it be to see Angel's face the first time she had a snow ball fight, made a snow ANGEL, or built her first snowman--EXACTLY, pretty fun!
SO, it's officially November! YEAH, and our first snow flurries are in the forecast for the end of the week--BOOO! On the 13th this month we will have Bayleigh's birthday party and that also is the 6 year anniversary of the day I got put in the hospital to have her. THEN, the 14th she will be 6. S-I-X!!!! Can you believe it?! I can't either. It seems like just yesterday I had her! We have big plans for this month so stay tuned for updates!
I hope your Halloween was just as wonderful as ours. Thanks for checking in yet again!
Love,
Jenn
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Today, Friday, October 29th, 2010 was Bayleigh's Kindergarten class Halloween party! Me, Jill (Cendall's mom), Joy (Ethan's mom), and Chanda (Sara's mom), all were the room mothers for the party. Lezile (Hannah's mom) also stayed and helped and another mom came a bit later and helped as well, but I didn't know who she was.
When we got there Mrs. Dalley was reading a story to the kids. Joy's project she brought in was tiny pumpkins for each of the children to paint, put stickers on, and googly eyes. They were really cute and the kids all had fun with them! Next, us moms helped the kids into their costumes. That was a bit chaotic, but non the less fun. After dressing Jill played a hot potato game with the kids. They all sat in a circle and passed a ball around. Once the music stopped they got to draw a prize out of the pumpkin and head my way for my game of Pin the nose on the Jack-O-Lantern. It was fun because I blew up a picture of Mrs. Dalley from the school website and put it on a pair of sunglasses to make a blindfold. It was funny and the kids looked hilarious! After the nose went on then I passed out treat bags. Once our games were done the entire class got to parade around the school to show off their costumes, ending in a group shot with Mrs. Dalley--the real one--up by the front office.
There were many activities crammed into a short amount of time, but it was a great couple hours! All in all each child ended up with a few treat bags, and even cups full of goodies as well.
I more than likely won't be able to blog before Halloween, so everyone have a terrific Halloween. Stay safe and get lots of CANDY! :)
Here is Bayleigh Painting her Pumpkin!
Love,
Jenn
Ok, so it is Thursday, but let me start with the beginning of the week. Monday I had a doctor's appointment at 8:15 to check on my tube from having my gallbladder removed. Luckily it was taken out! The site where the tube went in was infected and painful so once he got it out it felt much better! My stitches in the other 3 incision points where removed as well. I really like Dr. Vierra. He is SUPER intellegent and very funny. He is great at what he does. The removal was not the most pleasant experience that I have had, but he kept if fun and tried to keep my mind off of it. Little did I know...there was like 12 inches of tube in there and so it took longer than I thought to come out.
Tuesday, Bayleigh got her first official report card. She is doing great! Of course being Kindergarten there are no letter grades, but rather just markings showing what they know. There was an "A" Applebee's card in there for her to get a free shake, soooooo I am guessing all those marks equal A's. :)
Wednesday-Friday this week is Fall break so no school. YEAH! No traveling to the school two times a day. Thankfully my wonderful friend Jennifer takes her reducing what would be a three times per day to a two! Thank you Jennifer--You are the best! I only had Trent Wednesday so Bayleigh, Trent, and I decided to hit the town for time out of the house. We went to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things and then Bayleigh and I each got our hair cut. She just got hers trimmed to take care of the dead ends, but it was the first time for her to get her head in the sink for a washing that she was a bit intimidated by, but ultimately loved. When it came time for my hair cut she pretended to be a "barber" as well with the empty chair beside me.
Today, Thursday, Bayleigh, Trent, Mason, and I hit the Indianapolis Zoo and my dumb butt forgot the camera! arggggggg! We had a wonderful day. It was chilly, but beautiful. The animals were really active as well. Bayleigh even got bit by a duck! It was funny, she says he "nibbled" on her! She also got to pet the Kangle (sp?) and a black rat snake that the lady told her could be found in her backyard. UMMMMMM! NOOOOOOO! It can't! and NOOOOOOO! It better not! Momma is NOT a snake fan at all! All three were absolutely wonderful! I love being able to take them. Sunday we are supposed to go back with Melanie and the kids to participate in Zoo Boo. It was going on today as well so the boys got a kick of seeing the kids in their costumes. They don't start the activities until 2 and I was too cold to go thru the zoo again to gather candy, so I treated the kids to Dairy Queen afterwards. OK, so let's be honest...I have a mad addiction to their Pumpkin Pie Blizzards right now and it was SO a trip for me, but I had just spent the chilly day with three kids alone at the zoo...I sorta earned that treat! ;)
So, that's what's been going on this week. Tomorrow is a long day for me. Mel's kids don't come until the afternoon so I HAVE to spend the morning cleaning! My house is just stupidly gross right now! I also need to finish Bayleigh's costume for Halloween. I need to find some pink leggings or something for her to wear bc the panty hose are not going to cut it with it being so cold. I also need to find her something to cover her arms. Indiana weather doesn't allow for costume planning. I remember freezing our rears off one year and sweating the next....I need a beach house so I can stop complaining about this cold. ;)
Hope all is well with you! Thanks again for checking in!
Love,
Jenn
We really have not been doing too much of anything. Bayleigh's birthday party is going to be November 13th and so we have been getting ready for the big day. The theme this year will be Carnival. I purchased a popcorn machine years ago in anticipation for this party and then I just bought a cotton candy machine to boot! We had so much fun trying them out on Saturday. The popcorn machine is LOUD and shoots seeds and popcorn EVERYWHERE! It was hilarious. The cotton candy machine uses hard candy and you can only use 2 pieces at a time and you don't get very much out of it, but it is still yummy and fun. Looks like I'll be making cotton candy the night before to save time. I hired clowns for the party and then ordered clown noses for each of the kids. I can't wait. They are going to do magic, face paintings, and balloons! I opted to not do treat bags. It is SO expensive and so much hassle. The kids will still walk away with paint and balloons and clown noses as well.
Fall break is this week, so Bayleigh only has school two days this week! YEAH! I THINK I only have her and Trent Thursday and if that's the case we are going to try to do something fun.
Halloween is coming up too, so pictures very soon! Hope life is treating all of you as well! Thanks for checking in!
Love,
Jenn
This blog is a catch up of things I missed. Sort of a random blog with few words and plenty of pictures! Let's begin!
We have the professional pictures back from Bayleigh's school picture day that was September 8th, 2010. Also, that day her friend Loriann came home from school with her and they decided to play dress up! So cute!
Kindergarten Hat Day was September 10th, 2010. What a perfect way to show off her adorable Minnie Ears!
September 25th, 2010 kicked off the Waldron Elementary PTO candy bar sales. I agreed to let Bayleigh sell a box and boy did she ever! She gets out of school at 10:45 and had her first box sold before 3:30 so I let her take the money in to get a second box! She was so cute and was SO proud of herself for selling so well! This is her set up on the porch in "lemonade stand fashion". Of course no sales came from this, but she did great door to door!
With the Benefit Walk that Bayleigh and I were supposed to participate in until my 5 day hospital stay coming, Larry and I decided to give Bayleigh her birthday gift early. She LOVES my iPod and Colin's MP3 player so we decided to get Bayleigh her own. We gave it to her On September 30th so that she would be able to use it during the walk. It is pretty cool. It plays music, duh, videos, FM radio, photos, and even has a voice recorder. I blind folded Bayleigh and recorded-"Bayleigh, this is your birthday gift from daddy and mommy. We love you very much". While blind folded I stuck it in her ears and played it. Before even seeing it she was a giggling mess thanking us over and over. She LOVES it! She was hugging us and telling us those were birthday hugs and we are quickly learning--the child can't carry a tune in a bucket, but it is very cute to watch her rock out with it!
And finally, This past Saturday October 9th, 2010 we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins for the season. We go over to Batesville to Vogt Farms off State Road 129. They have trollies pulled by horses to take you out to the patches. Very fun. They man even let Bayleigh ride up front with him on our way back from the patch. After getting our pumpkins we hit their petting zoo and pony rides!
Thanks for catching up with us! Hope you are doing well!
Love,
Jenn
