Halloween week.

Just time for a quick note...

Halloween is tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some photos into this computer but I'll tell you now what the kids will be.

Olivia - Indian squaw
Meredith - Spanish dancer
Wade - firefighter
Paige - pumpkin

I have a Buzz Lightyear costume for Wade to wear, but he has never seen the movie and doesn't know the character. I bought the fireman outfit just as a back up but he loved it and it is what he'll be.

Buzz Lightyear = $30
fireman = $7

Go figure, right?

Bryan has a football game, so he'll be gone and won't be able to trick or treat with us. I'll be walking around with my neighbor, Javier, whose wife is out of town.

He is my second husband.

Other than that, I've been sick this whole week - too tired to write out anything.

Started my Christmas shopping... if it is on sale - I'm picking it up. Stashing items is easy... if the kids find something I just tell them that it is for EBAY and to leave it alone.

They listen, but can't believe that I'd have the EXACT gift they asked for and I'm selling it on ebay.

After Thanksgiving, we'll be taking out Freddy, our ELF ON A SHELF. Freddy is a small elf doll that comes with a book/story about how he watches over our home and goes, each night, to the north pole to tell Santa about the children and how they behave.

Every morning the kids wake up and search for Freddy, because he is never in the same spot that he was yesterday.

Children cannot touch him, he'll lose his magical powers.

Warning the children that Freddy is watching is a wonderful tool to get them to listen well during the holiday season.

Can't wait for Freddy.