Happy Halloween

My Little Scarecrow

Today is Scarecrow Day for all the kindergarteners and Book Character Day for 1st-5th graders. It is always a mad rush in the morning but we were able to throw some clothes together and put on a little makeup and do the best we could.  Evelyn picked Ramona from the Ramona & Beezus book series. The only thing that costume requires is red rain boots, but she decided to throw on on a witches hat since Ramona dresses up like a witch for Halloween in her book.  Tonight Ramona and the Zombie Bride will hit the neighborhood. Happy Halloween!

Greta Visits Bubbaloo

                                            Other than a dimple in a cute little chin,

What's more adorable than a toothless grin?

~Azu "Betty" Espezia

It was a exciting day in our house yesterday (Oct 22).  Bubbaloo lost her very first tooth! She was so excited but nervous too, as the tooth fairy would need to be making an appearance in her room at night while she slept. Scary! Big Sis had to do her part and write a note asking questions to the fairy.  Evelyn even put $6 of her own money on Addy's bed stand as a special gift.  All went well and like clockwork, fairy Greta flew in with $5 tied with pink ribbon and sprinkled with fairy dust. She took the time to answer Big Sis's questions and left the tooth for Mommy and Daddy.

Off to Kindergarten

Addy was smiling ear to ear on her first day of Kindergarten (today).  Mommy is doing ok, albeit very nervous and keeping the phone attached to my body at all times.  Sending Addy off to school is complicated.  Her teacher is wonderful but bringing Type 1 Diabetes to school with a kindergartener is very stressful! There are so many "what if's" and instructions for her teacher.  Unfortunately there isn't too many black and white instructions.  So many gray areas and factors involved in Addy's day to day care.  Please wish Addy & her teacher luck today and every day during this learning curve.

she has shorts on under her skirt, just looks like the other:)

School is here

Back to school really snuck up on us.  The Summer was filled with fun and leisure and schedules were unheard of.  6:15a.m. felt like 3a.m. and we are back to the schedules (school, hip hop, soccer, gymnastics, Girl Scouts & homework).  Well off Evelyn went, onto 4th grade.   More brave than I ever was.  Kindergarteners are on staggered days this week so Addy has to wait until Tuesday. Can't believe    how my babies are all grown up!

Off she goes

I don't know why but this picture refuses to rotate

Uptown with Daddy

Thursday we met Daddy uptown for lunch.  Of course I was thinking someplace new but the girls picked the old stand-by Jason's Deli.  Uptown was busy with all the "glaming up" for the DNC. We won't go near uptown for that, even though the girls would like to see Uncle Bom Bom (Obama) as Addy calls him.  I told her she may need to start saying Uncle Mitt as much as that scares me.  After lunch, Daddy had some time to kill before a meeting so we went up to his office for a little silly time.  Don't mind my grainy cell phone pics!

Meeting Daddy for Lunch

Daddy's Office

View of the Panthers Practice Field from Brian's Office

Do you want fries with that?

View out his other window of
Panthers Stadium

30 floors up

Leaving Daddy some drawings

Dish It Out

For the girls last few days of freedom we've been trying to keep them busy and do some things they have been begging to do.  So Wednesday, after some morning errands, I took the girls to Dish It Out, a paint your own pottery place.  I will put pictures up when they are fired.

picking out her paint

Bubba's cupcake box

All done, now we wait a few days until they are fired.