All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Well that's what Jasmine is singing now!



She lost her other front tooth tonight. She was over at Kaylee's house. They were going upstairs and Kaylee accidentally kicked Jasmine in the mouth, where her tooth was already lose. Well it was enough to get that sucker out! Jasmine was so excited! She can now once again, add herself to the Tooth Calendar at school. Every time a kid loses a tooth, they add it to the calendar. She has one for October and one for November now. She expressed an interest in getting a tooth per month! So Kaylee, if it gets towards the end of December with no losses, we'll be asking you to kick Jasmine in the mouth. ;-)

Happy Halloween 2008!

It's Halloween! Yeah! The kids are so excited. In a few hours, we'll be going up to the school to help set up the party in James' class. Jasmine's class has plenty of helpers so I'm not needed there as much. Then we'll spend the rest of the time at school between the parade and the parties.

Jamie left just a bit ago to go hunting. The season officially opens tomorrow morning so he needs to get up there today to get things ready. Chris will be going up later today as well. Jasmine wanted Daddy to see her costume so she put it on this morning for him. Well for school, she only has to take off the glasses, the belt and the skirt.



A little after lunch time, the little kids and I went up to the school for the Halloween parade and classroom parties.

Jenna as Abby Cadabby (she's a new Sesame Street character) and not happy that I'm taking her picture.



Jasmine getting ready to take a class picture. The little girl next to her is a classmates' 4 year old sister. Yes, she's that little!



Waiting for the parade to start.



Taylor as Iron Man



Jasmine again ~ Kaitlyn is in front of her. That's her best friend from class.



James



Kaylee Bugg walked too fast for me to get a front pic of her. She's Gabriella from High School Musical.



Halloween Dinner ~ it's just Fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and broccoli (Jenna kept saying "Who's birthday is it?" "I like this Halloween party.")



The gang



The loot



The kids got a ton of candy as usual. I'm pooped. I hope next year that hunting season doesn't start the day after Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Tagged! I'm it!

My friend, Jen, tagged me on her blog!

THE RULES: You have to post the 4th picture in the 4th folder in your pictures folder. Then give a brief description before you tag a few others.



The first day of school ~ after school. Jamie usually isn't home in time when the kids get out of school and he's usually long gone when it's time to go to school. He happened to be off on the first day of school for a doctor's appointment. He picked up the kids' from the best stop. My dear friend and neighbor, Katie, took the picture when the kids got off the bus.

Now, for who I am tagging. Michelle aka Boobs, Tracy, Alida and Nikki. It's your turn.

Halloween 2008 Pumpkin Carving

We actually carved pumpkins this year! Go us! Well everyone but Jacob. I knew he was getting a pumpkin from school so I get everyone else a pumpkin in anticipation of Jacob getting his. He brought his home from preschool today...

It's a cute little pumpkin but notice the candle next to it. It's super little! Too little to carve so I'm getting Jacob the same one as the other kids tomorrow to carve.


Jasmine cleaning her pumpkin out. You can tell by her expression that this isn't the best feeling.



James getting right in there like a trooper!



Since Jacob didn't have his own to clean out, he wanted to help me.



This is when he informed me that I was on my own for cleaning it out! Excuse the messy face. It's permanent.



Now Jenna loved it. She thought this stuff was awesome. My little tomboy!



"Hey, this 'sguisting!"



The kids drew pictures of what they wanted their pumpkins to look like. I'm just not ready for them to cut their fingers off for the sake of a pumpkin.

Pumpkins on the porch. Top left ~ James, Bottom left ~ Bubba, Top right ~ Mommy, Middle right ~ Jenna, Bottom right ~ Jasmine



A little video of them lit up. When I used the flash, you couldn't really see what was cut. Without the flash, too blurry!




Tomorrow we will add Jacob's pumpkin. Jacob gets to wear his costume to school tomorrow and goes trick or treating throughout the high school! He's so excited!

Daddy needs a babysitter

Jamie is off today. As usual, I take advantage of that and run errands. While I was gone, Jacob and Jenna both did some interesting things....





Can you guess what she did? If you guessed *washed her hair in the dog's water bowl*, then you are correct! Oy!

Jacob was apparently hungry for a snack and thought that this would be a great plate for his goldfish.



A coffee filter. *sigh*

Invention children.

63 Days until Christmas!!!

ACK! Scary thought, isn't it? Well it's true. It's getting close! Time flies! Anyway, just thought I'd share that I'm putting together the kiddos' Christmas wish lists. The link is on the right hand side for easy finding. Jenna's is up there. I'm sure she'll add more things. As I talk with the kids, more will be added so keep checking back!

More Missing Teeth

Jasmine was late getting those baby teeth so hers have taken a bit longer than her friends to come out. Friday night, she showed me her front one was wiggly. Two hours later, Jasmine was happily munching on baby carrots and out it came! She looks so cute with the missing tooth!



The tooth fairy brought her $5 this time!

Some Preschool Pictures

Jacob is going to preschool at our local high school. They take pictures during certain activities and with parent permission, post the kids' pictures on their website. If you click here, you can find the sections that say Child Development.

Not sure what the zoned out look is for but still cute.



Here he is drawing a picture of Daddy. He even gave him hair! I think Jamie will have that picture framed!



Even though the parents of the other child photographed gave their consent to be on the website; it wasn't consent for my blog so I've blocked them out.

Jacob's First Day of Preschool

It's here. The day has come. Jacob went to preschool for the first day. *sigh* They all keep doing it. They all keep growing up when I clearly ask them all the time not to do it.

It took Jacob all of two seconds to wake up this morning and realize he had school today. Hopefully he'll always wake up this easily. The boy likes to sleep until 10 or 11 if you let him. He has to be to school at 8:35! Eek!

In front of the tree in front of our house ~ he picked the spot to take the picture



In front of the school before we went in



After I picked him up, he told me about his day. "I played with puzzles. I don't know my teachers names. I didn't make any friends yet. I don't know anything else I did. It was cool. Oh yeah, I didn't get in trouble either."

Well that will work. He said he didn't make any friends yet because he couldn't remember their names. He had a great time. After taking one of our laptops to the wonderful guys at the Best Buy Geek Squad (this is where I am being totally sarcastic and rolling my eyes. I guarantee I won't have this computer back for three months. They always screw me.), we went to lunch at McDonald's. My baby boy is growing up!



On a little other note, Jenna is not happy about this situation whatsoever. She wanted to go to school with him. She didn't want him to stay. She was a mess. I took her to Dunkin Donuts after we dropped all the kids off at school to cheer her up. It helped but she sure was happy when we got Jaocb. They gave each other a great big hug!

Cat & Mouse

Jacob: Jenna, that cat show is coming on!
Jenna: OK!
Me: It's called Tom & Jerry guys.
Jacob: No it's not. You're silly.
Jenna: It's Cat and Mouse Mommy.
Jacob: She's weird.
Jenna: Yeah.
Me: No guys, it's really called Tom & Jerry. I watched this when I was little.
Jacob: No, you're too old.
Jenna: MOM! IT'S CALLED CAT AND MOUSE. OK?
Me: Sure.

Mini-Day at Jacob's preschool

*sigh* My baby boy is going off to preschool. Well not officially until the 13th so I can hang onto him being my baby for a little longer. I don't listen any time he tells me he's a big boy. He just doesn't understand he'll always be my baby.

We signed Jacob up for preschool at the high school. I LOVE that preschool program. Jasmine did it. For those that have never heard of it, the child development class offers a preschool program. It's overseen by the teacher and all of her students are the preschoolers teachers.

Yesterday was the parent orientation. We turned in our paperwork, tuition fees and a presentation was given for what was expected of the children.

Today was the mini-day orientation for the kids. We dropped them off to stay for only a half hour. Just enough time to check out their surroundings and meet some of the teachers.

Jacob did really good. He was a little nervous but the student teachers did a great job of engaging him and having him go into the class. I think after a few days he'll be running in there. He's really excited about some upcoming things ~ the firemen are bringing their fire truck, they have a makeshift pumpkin patch and they go trick or treating in the school. He's sooo excited!

Be sure to check back on the 13th for pictures! Well after I wipe the tears away enough to post them!

New Kids On The Block Concert!

I went to see my first boyfriend ever last night. You know, Joey McIntyre. And if you don't know who he is, please spare my heart and pretend you do. Jamie bought tickets for me and a bunch of friends to go see New Kids On The Block last night. I was so excited to go. I loved them so much! I got their new CD when it came out and LOVE IT. So I was super duper excited for the show.



So our seats were pretty awesome. We were in section 104, row F. We were right behind the people on the floor. Pretty far back by it was cool.

Before the show



So at one point of the show, the lights are all out and we are right next to one of the tunnels and out run the guys! We didn't realize it until they were past us! OMG! I was right next to them. So they were ushered up to this platform where a piano was and did some songs there. AMAZING! So cool!



And my other boyfriend, Donnie (Wahlberg in case you aren't up on your menbands...he he he) talking to the crowd.



The rest of my pictures, which came from my camera on my phone, were really hard to see. It really just is a big blob of lights so I won't bore you with those. I'll get you even better pictures when Katie and I go back for part 2. Yes, you read that right. Katie and I are seeing them again in Atlantic City! ROAD TRIP! Jamie tripped up and said if they were in the area that I could go again. Katie and I determined that New Jersey is totally in the circle of our area! Right?

It was a great show ~ an amazing mix of old songs and new songs. Almost every person was standing the entire time.

I actually saw a few people while there. Mandy Smith! She saw me and a lady sitting next to me said "I think that girl is trying to get your attention." We were close enough to yell to one another. And I got to see one of my best friends from high school, Holly! We cried! We hugged! It was a huge highlight getting to see Holly there.

So be looking for more pics after November 7th when Katie and I stalk Joey and Donnie and the other guys some more. I think we might make a career out of this.