Happy Halloween!

Libby couldn't wait for today to get here. She was SO excited about getting to dress up like a princess at school! I took this morning off from work and volunteered in Libby's class from 7:30 until noon and I had a lot of fun. We still did our regular centers with math, reading, and writing but everything was Halloween themed and we also made two edible Halloween crafts. The children had a great time and I was happy to get the chance to help out in class. When I left at noon I had to go in to work. It was a busy afternoon but now I'm home and we are about to watch a movie. Ryan went by Blockbuster and rented The Happening so we are about to watch that. After the movie I need to finish some laundry and then get packed because tomorrow four of us are going on our Fabulous Fall Girls Weekend and it takes me a while to pack because I bring just about everything that I own! :-) I'll upload some pictures and email out the link soon of Libby this morning and some from her class. I thought it was cute that Libby dressed as a princess and Keegan (the boy who sits next to her in class) dressed as a frog. Libby didn't kiss him to see if he'd turn in to a prince, though. :-)

Chocolate apples!

Libby and I love to make chocolate apples each year before Halloween (we definitely prefer chocolate apples over caramel apples!). I had intended on us making the apples over last weekend since we were home for four days but somehow we just didn't have time anywhere in that four days to make the apples. We were at the grocery store yesterday so we got the apples and chocolate chips but we definitely didn't have time to make them last night. I promised her that we could do the apples tonight. We finally got home tonight at 6:45pm, had dinner, then started making the apples. It was a rushed process tonight so we get the credit for the experience tonight and not our artistic ability. After we made the apples Libby couldn't wait for the chocolate to set (as usual!) so she took her apple and ate the candy pieces then licked off all of the chocolate and then ate her apple. :-) After we took the picture I put the apples in the refrigerator so that the chocolate would set. We finally finished with the apples at 8:30 (which is Libby's bedtime!) and we headed upstairs and Libby did her homework and took a quick shower and finally got in to bed at 9:30pm. It was a busy, busy day from start to finish!

Libby's pumpkin masterpiece

Libby had fun carving her pumpkin!!! She drew the face and I cut it out because I wanted to make sure that she ended the project with the same number of fingers that she started with. :-) It didn't take long and that beautiful pumpkin became a glowing jack-o-lantern!

HSM 3

Well the movie that Libby has been anxiously waiting for finally opened on Friday. We were going to go on Friday and didn't make it but I knew that I had no choice but to take Libby one day this weekend before she went back to school (this was a four day weekend for us!). So today turned out to be the big day for her. My sister wanted to take her daughter, too, so the four of us went together. Libby L-O-V-E-D the movie!!! Absolutely loved it. Heck, I have to admit that even I liked the movie. :-)

Ryan's mom brought by a surprise for us today...she brought by this big ol' pumpkin for Libby to carve (I never carve my pumpkins...I'm not much in to jack-o-lanterns - I prefer my beautiful pumpkins to be untouched). So, tomorrow there will be pictures of Libby's masterpiece! :-)

63 - 5 !!!!!!!

Today was the homecoming game and the Gators played the Kentucky Wildcats. Unfortunately I wasn't able to watch most of the game because I was guilted in to attending this family thing with relatives that I haven't seen since I was younger than Libby! The Gators had no trouble with this game at all...they won 63 to 5!!

The family thing wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I didn't recongnize anyone there besides my two uncles, my grandmother and my sister and there were about 60 people there. The only way people knew who I was for me to give my lineage! There were about 15 other children there and Libby finally warmed up to them enough to play with them and she had a really fun time. So, all in all something that I was dreading turned in to a pretty good day after all!

University of Florida Homecoming

Today was the University of Florida homecoming parade. As I've mentioned before homecoming is a B.I.G. deal here in Gainesville. All schools are out, the university is closed, and half of the businesses in Gainesville close, too. The homecoming parade is today and Libby and I had all intentions on going. However, it started raining last night and pretty much hasn't stopped. It's wet, nasty, soggy, etc. outside! So, we decided to stay home. What was supposed to be a fun day of being out enjoying the homecoming parade turned in to a day of chores. :-( But I'm nearly done...all the cleaning, vacumming and moping has been and I'm now half done with the laundry. At least that gets it out of the way and I won't have to worry about it tomorrow!! Tonight our friends Jordan and Amanda are coming over and Ryan is cooking dinner for them to thank them for keeping Libby for us when Ryan took me up to see the fall leaves Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

Dillard, GA and Highlands, NC

We went to visit Dillard, GA and Highlands, NC this past weekend. Ryan took me there for our second anniversary and it was the perfect place to visit for some beautiful fall weather and pretty autumn leaves. We had a wonderful trip. It was sooooo nice to get some alone time together!!! We never ever get that much alone time together. It was just a really, really, really great trip. Ahhh!

I've been having an amazing time since Friday which started off my long weekend of fun when Karen and Debs spent the night. Today I was back at work trying to get caught up on a few things and I'll be at work tomorrow until 2:30 and then I will go pick up Libby and take her to her ballet class. Ryan has a softball game tomorrow night and we may or may not go because it's an 8:50 game. Usually we don't go to the late games but Libby is out of school on Friday so we may go tomorrow night. School is out for the University of Florida's homecoming - which is a HUGE deal around here. Schools are out, daycares are closed, some businesses are closed, it's crazy. I'll take Libby on Friday to see the homecoming parade and she's hoping that we can score some tickets to see High School Musical 3 Friday afternoon. :-)