Building Memories.

Tonight I had the brilliant idea to look at the local listings (we don't pay for television) and see if there were any family friendly Halloween specials on.

It must have been inspired, because just the one I wanted to see was on! In a half hour! YAY! We hadn't missed it!
So I gathered my chickies and we ate dinner while watching the Wheel of Fortune (haven't seen that in years!), and finished just in time to snuggle up on the couch to watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. I LOVE good 'ol Chuck. And, happily, so do my kids.

I think it was a worthy memory making experience, that justified letting them stay up late.
Maybe next time we make a memory the husband will be able to join us.

Visiting Teaching

My partner and I visited 3 of our 4 sisters today. Yes, it is close to the end of the month. And we will not see the 4th one until Friday morning, which is even CLOSER to the end. But we did it. And it is always a joy to visit with those ladies. They all bring a smile to my face. Two of them are older. And such pleasant people to be around. In fact, and I totally agree, when we left the 2nd one's house my partner said to me, "I just love them! I hope that when I get older I can be just as sweet as B_____ and have just as much energy as D____!"  And then we got to visit with L, who is closer to our age and just fun. And the kids love running around and playing.

It made me smile today to see those ladies. My partner included.

It's SO sweet when........

Tonight I had to go to my PS MAPP class, so I took the kids over to my friend's house. The class is 3 stinkin' hours long. She's such a great friend to watch them for me. Every week. For 10 weeks. But we are half way through!

When I got there this evening, to pick them up, I found The girl laying in the chair looking REALLY tired. And the boy zonked out in the middle of the floor.

I love it when my kids randomly fall asleep. This RARELY happens. They are too much like their mother- too afraid of missing something. I am sure that it has happened less than a dozen times BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. But for some reason it is something that just melts my heart.

I just hope he wasn't being too much of a stinker before he went out.

And on a side note: there has been a sad lack of posts on this blog. That does not mean that I have had nothing to be thankful for or happy about. I'm just lazy. I am trying to change.