Red Neck Thanksgiving

Some misc stuffs

Gramps had a birthday the beginning of the month. Me and the kids made him a cake. It was kind of dry but he was a great sport and ate it anyway. I spent 2 and 1/2 hours cleaning the kids toy room so that I could just get in there to find toys to donate to make room for the next delivery! I changed my hair do - AGAIN The kids found something to do while I was folding laundry. Kitty is getting fatter. Steve and I recovered the kitchen chairs and had fabric left over to cover the blank spot in the countertop

Mommy was under the weather.

So last week Steve and I were invited out for Saturday night. We got Neena and Bampy to watch the boys so it was a "kid free" evening. We headed over to Patrick and Cristina's house for 630. I was busy checking my messages and not paying attention to where Steve was driving and we went too far into Tewksbury, had to turn around and back track. He was surprisingly not cranky about this. We got to Papi and Cristina's house a little late but Melissa and Fernando were a little later than us. Cristina was drinking a Mangotini. I tried it but didn't like it. Papi made me Appletinis. They were delicious. A little too delicious. I had far too much to drink prior to eating. We had delicious chicken fajitas. I can't remember if it was before or after dinner that we did a shot. Of course, I wasn't smart enough to ask what it was before I drank it but it was tequila. I didn't really care for it so I went back to my delicious Appletini's. We ate and ate and ate some more and it was delish. Then the night wore on and I got very intoxicated. Cristina was talking to Melissa about something bloody and my stomach ( that had already been telling me enough) got even more queasy and we headed to my mom's. I will spare the details but I did not pray to the porcelain god, I did however make many trips off the couch thinking that I was going to. On Sunday we got up and headed back home at about 9 am. As we drove through Auburn there were hunters with rifles, walking around. I hate hunting season.... I spent the day on the couch. I thought I was dying. I subsequently figured out that it is not the bigger they are the harder they fall but the older you are the harder it is to recover. Thankfully I have an understanding husband - who had been in these shoes before - to take care of the children. At one point in the afternoon I opened one eye because I heard a child. It was Jonathan. He quickly hid something behind his back, looked at me and started singing to me. It was a lullaby. He obviously didn't want me to know that he was smuggling something upstairs but anyway. It was a cute song - Go to fleep, go to fleep, go to fleep my mommy. Go to fleep, go to fleep and he was off up the stairs. I didn't fully recover from my hangover until Tuesday when I woke up but I will tell you it was well worth the agony. Thanks - Lissa, Nando, Papi and Cristina - I had an awesome night.

Doing Puzzles

Neena and Bampy got the kids puzzles. Jonathan and I worked together on his. BUT Christopher put his together all by his own self. It was his first 63 piece puzzle.

Halloween in Billerica

We went to Billerica this year for trick or treating. Mark was there and the kids just loved him to pieces. I also enjoyed his company. We had a pizza party and the kids went out. I took them to Mrs. Olsen's house. While I was walking with the flashlight Christopher let out a yell. I asked him what was wrong and he said " there is a shadow in front of me". We all - Me, Bampy and Daddy had a little chuckle. I went back to Neena's after the first house and the kids were back with in 20 minutes. They had enough of that fun and just wanted to play Wii.

Jonathan's first Halloween Parade

Jonathan's school had a parade on Friday. All the kids looked adorable. After the parade they did lots of fun activities. They made ghosts from cups and napkins. They did dancing while bowling. Bean bag toss and pin the face on the pumpkin. It was a lot of fun.