Halloween Is Coming!

Halloween 2013 - Kids having fun making up their own poses!  LOL

All sorts of changes have been going on around here.  Bill and Bailey left by the end of September.  We had a falling out, sadly, but I think much of that was due to Bill really but it is what it is...

Today is the last day in my house in Gilbert.  I really liked this house in a  lot of ways.  I LOVED the neighborhood.  I LOVED living across from the high school.  It has been fun sitting outside on Friday nights listening to the crowds as they cheered on the football players.  I LOVED listening to the band practice and then play their songs during the week.  I will miss all these things from my house in Gilbert.  Going to the new house in Phoenix will be a real adventure.  The neighborhood is not as nice but seems okay.  The biggest thing I LOVE about the new house is the pool.  I HATE that we are moving there at a time when we cannot use the pool.  We only get to stare at it until the weather warms up again.  I saw some plans on building your own passive solar heater for a pool (see video on below).  What a great idea!  If I can afford to do it I would love to try and make our own heater.  I would LOVE to try it!  It might let us use our pool in late April or early May. 

Last weekend my son Jerrin, whom I had not really talked to for the last three years (long story there), has not come to live with me.  I did not see that one coming!!!   He came at a good time though.  He has been helping John, Maddi and Dimitri move while I have been at work.  They have all been working their tales off!  I will have to do something special for them!

Got to go.  Though I am at home today I am telecommuting.  I have several CEs to review.  Have a good weekend everyone!

Happy Halloween!

 

Halloween was fun! Poor John started to get sick earlier in the day but he held out as we took a walk around the neighborhood trick-or-treating. James was Sheriff Woody from Toy Story. He LOVES Toy Story so it was a perfect costume for him. James was really seeming to get into the idea and by the end was saying trick-or-treat and opening his bag for candy. Margaret was the tooth fairy. I have no idea why the tooth fairy specifically except that is what James called her when he saw her in her costume so it stuck....lol. Margaret was her typical self that night showing little safety awareness. She was running around without paying attention. John or I had to hold her bag. She ran around on the saidewalk (for the most part) singing the Wonderpets theme song...lol. The only really bad thing she did was reach out and pet a catus. This is the fourth one she has touched. You would think she would learn. I had to spend 45 minutes pulling needes out of her hand this morning. Joseph was a little ninja and I pushed him around in an umbrella stroller. He was having fun and I could hear him trying to say Halloween.
Overall we had a pretty good time. :D

First thing the kids did was look over the candy. I know this will sound weird but I was rather happy they wanted to eat the candy. As a rue the children will not eat candy and they have not really been into cake. I think this year for their birthday will be the first time they will eat their birthday cake! Anyways, they ate some of the chocolate candy. The chocolate candy was the only kind they would eat!