Strangers at the door?

Last night after dinner I put the kids in their pjs and decided that we could all sit down and watc h a video together. Not 15 minutes into the movie there was a ring at the bell. I never answer the door if I am not expecting someone especially after dark because I am paranoid (or well brought up - never answer the door to strangers, blah blah blah). So I didn't get up, but the kids started running around screaming so whomever was out there knoew we were inside. Then another ring and another the kids were frantic so I got up and causiously opened the door. It was Rob. Home early. The kids were beside themselves and couldn't figure out what to do first. It was very nice to have him home even if he did have to get up early this morning to go to work again. With any luck he will be home at a decent hour tonight and we have a four day weekend together. Something to be thankful for.

Stolen husband....

The Air Force has yet again stolen my husband. We had planned on having nine consecutive days together over the Thanksgiving holiday. However, not only did he have to work on Saturday buit he had to leave on Sunday at the crack of dawn to go stay on base for some something or other (canceling the leave he was planning on taking) and I will be lucky to have him back midday on Thanksgiving. How rude. Needless to say I am a bit irritated about the whole thing. I guess it comes with the territory though. Luckily Shar was up for the weekend so the girls and I weren't totally lonely. I suppose that in the spirit of the holiday I will try to see the positive side of things and be thankful for the time I do get to spend with him and that he isn't deployed.

More than you probably need to know...

I have just entered morning sickness hell. Those of you who have been there know what I mean. I just keep trying to remind myself that it was worth it for each of my other kids and this one will be worth it too. Thank God that postnatal hormones make us forget all of the endless torture we survive throughout pregnancy or no one would have more than one. My first prenantal appointment isn't until December 11 so for now all I can update anyone on is myself as far as the pregnancy is concerned. Due date should be early July( 7th or 8th by my calculations), yep, another July baby.....I am swearing off October sex until after menopause! Im sure that was too much information...sorry...but we weren't even going to start trying to conceive until November, yet the lack of prevention proved to be all this couple needed - no actual trying required. Oh well.

As for the rest of the troops: Rob has finished all of his degree requirements and is waiting on paperwork to be officially graduated. Zoe and Sydney are growing and changing every day. Their new favorite thing it seems is singing along with me at bed time (You are my sunshine, and the goodnight song from Lawerence Welk - don't ask). Sydney is learning her alphabet and can count to about 13. Zoe is learning to write all of her letters in preschool and is getting pretty good at drawing. She is very concerned about coloring inside of the lines all of a sudden and let's Sydney know that she's not doing it "right". Of course we have to explain that there is no right in art. Now that Halloween is over they keep asking about Christmas - Thanksgiving somehow just doesn't count in their minds. Over the weekend we all went to see Madagascar 2. It was Sydneys first movie in the theater and they both had a blast and did great which was a relief to me.

Gotta go, I am needed...more to come soon

Guess what....

I'm pregnant!

Autumn

New work:

Quelf.....

After the kiddos went to bed on Halloween the grown ups settled in for game night. During a game of Quelf (by the makers of Cranium) I drew a card that instructed me to grab a camera and take pictures of the other players while saying things like "give me love, your a tiger, show me sexy..." and here are the results of that...... Rob digging for gold

Troy (Sharlene's Boyfriend) striking a pose

And Sharlene cheesin'.

Halloween

My little pumpkin witch and Cinderella getting ready for trick-or-treating! After a bit of apprehension about going up to strangers in unfarmiliar houses they really warmed up once they started to accumulate candy. Sydney was a trooper and scurried along on those little legs from house to house....Zoe was nervous at each house but after recieving candy she would say thank you and run back as fast as possible to tell me she got even more candy (as if this was unexpected). My favorite halloween moment was hearing them say "Happy trick or treat!"