Quick Quips.

1. Headin' to IA in about 4 days. Got 2 new tires for the front of the car, and updating my maps on gps. Gonna be a llooonnngggg drive. ;P

2. Had fun on a mini trip w/a pal. I'll go more into detail next blog with pictures. Kids acted pretty good, and we got to walk around little shops in a "mini Germany" kinda of town. Only prob was Gan's freak out the first night.

3. Gan is gettin' frustrated, which makes him ExPloDe w/RaGe! He's a total mini Todd. Though on our trip he wanted to beat me up, and just wouldn't stop fighting me the first night. It was wicked weird. He even head butted me! Yes I wept, but took a diff. stagety second night and it went alittle smoother. When we got home and he continued I had to actually spank. I am usually against spanking BUT he was gettin' pretty out of control w/as soon as you didn't do something he liked he wailed on you! and kicked! So much pent up aggression! But momma wins....I can kind of get why he's going coo coo bananas w/missing Daddy ALOT and havin' the Holladay rage thing, but I can only take so much. BUT since I put the smackdown he's acting sweeter, and listening WAY better. Score one for Momma......

4. Todd has super sucky internet now, so he can rarely email. No calls either. Gonna have to start doing snail mail I think. We get to see him next month for Christmas! I'm hopin' to get a hotel room for a night at least cuz how can you have any alone time when staying w/family? None. Hence the hotel night.....or two.....I haven't told Gan about seeing Todd yet cuz he doesn't understand time, so I'll wait til the day before he comes or the morning of......

5. Parenthood is now one of my favorite shows! It is utterly awesome! I hope it stays on for many more seasons! awwww Parenthood.........

6. I recommend the book The Room.....

7. I need to stop stress eating!!!! I was doin' pretty good, and my jeans were fittin' better, but I fell off the healthy wagon.......Anxiety took over, and now I must have fried goodness, w/a side of chocolate.........

That is all for now. It's not much, but I'm kinda tired and my brain isn't functioning. :P Gonna go watch Parenthood...

Halloween Spook-tacular!

This year's Halloween went good. Gannon could not commit to any costume, and claimed every costume in the stores were "too scary". SO I decided to take regular clothes, and put felt bones on them. At least it'd feel like he was wearing real clothing!

----This is what Gan thought about trying on this costume the morning of Halloween. He was not havin' it! He kept saying he was "too sad" to keep it on. What a sillyass.

So thru out the day I kept talkin' up trick-or-treating like it was the best thing EVER. After his nap he was actually psyched for it all, and we didn't have a problem after that. :)--------------------

We met up with some friends and walked a neighborhood. Weirdly not a lot of houses were giving out candy! So after a good 30 mins the tots got tired, and are buckets were still no full! BUT it was enough candy. :P

Gan's cute moments: Hey we're tricking or treating!!! ---to the houses that wouldn't answer.

Showing a guy his loot, who was giving him candy.

Holding Ms. Chloe's hand, and then she got very upset when he let go.

I dressed up as: VICKIE CIRCA LATE 90's! How simple is that? I had all the clothes and chains in my closet. :P Very sad. Just needed my long hair and bangs! :P