Peanut Butter and Jelly

The day we were going out of town for the Thanksgiving things were a mad house in the Bollwitt home. I was babysitting my friends children that morning and I was trying to clean and get things organized. After I dropped off Brycen at Preschool I was going shopping so I needed to get all the kids fed before we left. Andrea would not stay at the table and finish her lunch. She kept running away and playing. I would tell her to go back and sit down and she would run to the table. After about a half and hour of this, with only a minute or two before we had to leave, I lost my temper and sat her down at the table rather forcefully and in a stern voice told her not to get up or she was staying home, which produced tears almost immediately. I heard Brycen in the background saying, "You better be good, Santa's watching..." I quickly joined in on that note and told Andrea she better eat her lunch because Santa was watching her, then Brycen comes out of the mud room and says, "No, mommy, Santa is watching YOU!". Of coarse I had to laugh at that. I then bagged up the sandwich and tossed them all in the car. Life is too short to get mad over a peanut butter and jelly sandwich..

Halloween 2010

This year our Halloween started on the 30th. We got the kids all dressed up, Brycen was Iron Man, Andrea was a unicorn, and Makayla was a bunny. I had good intentions of dressing up this year, I bought the costume and everything. But after getting the kids all dressed it became too much. Boy, they were all so cute.
We went to our Church's Trunk-or-Treat, this year it was totally packed. We some how found a place to sit and eat and then the kids all paraded around in their costumes. We all then went outside to the parking lot to start Trunk-or-treating. Brycen kept going back around to all the trunks for seconds and thirds. He totally made out big time. He has a major sweet tooth just like his mama. It was fun seeing all the cars decorated and all the kids looking so cute. Next year Tom and I are dressing up...I'm thinking Sunny and Cher??? Who knows.
After church on the 31st we went up to St. Joe to spend time with my parents and my sister Christy and co. The kids all played really well together. My dad planned some fun games for the kids and they all went on candy scavenger hunt outside. They had to say "trick-or-treat" when they spied some candy. If you know my dad, this is right up his alley. We celebrated my sister's birthday as well, 34 years old. All and all it was a fun day will lots of chocolate...my kind of day.
We were so lucky to once again have fantastic weather for Halloween. Living out here you can never take it for granted. This fall has been so beautiful, from the color of the leaves to the great temperature, we have been so lucky.