breakfast muffins

Recently a friend gave us some

breakfast muffins.

Apple-mocha breakfast muffins.

With nuts.

And a light brown fluffy icing.

Yum!

But Emma says they were not muffins.

She says that they were

cupcakes.

Charlee agreed.

Because of the icing, they claim.

But I'm here to tell ya that this weekend

at a party for Remi

I had a cupcake.

I was totally looking forward to it.

Creamy orange icing with fall sprinkles.

And then I discovered

the cake part

was 

banana.

Not banana flavoring, banana pieces!

Clearly...a muffin.

With icing.

So I'm not sure where the line is

differentiating

the muffin

from

the cupcake.

But this I know: do not disguise

your banana muffins

as cupcakes

with orange icing.

Ewww. 

bears

Remi is home sick today

;(

So she's drawing pictures
of bears

with her new

monkey pencil

from

the pencil machine at school.

She just asked me:

Mommy,

what do bears eat?

Besides people.

the ultimate fall fun...

Fall is not Fall without

~TrIcK-oR-tReATiNg~

Jessie:

And Woody:

The cutest Toy Story couple:

Remi the pretty kitty:

Emma hung with the big people

(us)

and dribbled her

soccer ball

around

all night:

Parker was the cutest

trick-or-treater

out

trick-or-treating

for sure!

I had her snag

a 3 Musketeers.

For Emma.

Cause it's her fave:

But then Parker decided it was her fave too:

But the funnest treats

weren't treats at all:

'Twas a fabulous Hallows-eve!

Couldn'ta asked for more.

Even if I did

try the girl's patience

to get this pic:

more fall fun...

Fall is not Fall without pumpkins!

Step one: pick 'em

Step two: cut 'em!

Step 3: light 'em

fall fun...

Fall is not Fall without a festival.

Or two.
But this year we only made it to one.

(October was cRaZyyy!)

Here's my favorite pic from the festival.

Cause it's all about

Remington

ya know!

And this is my other favorite.

Cause Emma's

letting the baby

chew

on a stick!

busy and tired

So my days are too busy to get stuff done.

And my nights are too busy

...with my mind running...

to sleep.

It keeps going and going...

-emma bday present?

-parker bday party?

-mark calendar; soccer schedule and remi parties

-call about camera lens DROPPED over fence by fedex!

-make christmas list

-drawing for grandma's christmas?

-need to wash car!

-need to reset oil change light on car

-need stuffed animal for remi girl scout event

-does charlee need supplies for art?

-still need to go by hobby lobby

-bags of exchanges and returns piling up, gotta get that done

-make e and p check-up appts

-grocery store!!!

-email about gymboree christmas party

-never got phone bill!

-call insurance about NOT changing e's meds

-and of course...gotta stop thinking and go to sleep!

So maybe now that part of it's in black and white my mind can stop.

Maybe soon I'll knock the list out.

Then I can start on a new one.

;)

storybook dress-up

Sweet Remi had storybook dress-up today.

She dressed as

"The Princess and the Pea"

Do you love the

pea necklace?

We made it!

And the dress???

Emma wore this dress

at a wedding.

She was the flower-girl.

She was 2 1/2!

So you can guess it's

kinda tight

on Remi.

But she said

not to worry,

she didn't need to breath...

knock-knock

Last night we got home and were greeted by

Emma and Scott

who were

excited

to see Sweet P walking!

That's right, first steps

at 11 months!

Emma walked at 7 1/2 months.

Charlee and Remi at 8.

But none of us around here

wanted Parker to

grow up

so fast.

No one really

encouraged walking.

But yesterday she did it!

On her own.

(with Charlee's help ;))

Here's some video:

(...loves her Uncle Chris!)

So last night when we got home and the

walking excitement

subsided,

we were hanging out in the kitchen...

doing dishes...

nursing the crock pot...

shopping the pantry...

when we hear a light knock on the door.

"Is that the door?"

Scott says yes

and goes to answer it.

He opens the door and announces: "You gotta see this!"

We all ran to the door.

AVA!

Yes, the dog was at the door.

With all the

baby-walking-excitement

 she must have slipped out.

So she paw-ed the screen

to

knock-knock-knock

on the door.

I think she was mad.

She wouldn't look us in the eye.

And she pouted.

For a while.



cy-woods homecoming 2011

Emma was bEaUtFuL!!!

Simple dress, simple jewelry, glamour-y eyes...

Loved the look.

And don't be fooled,

the messy bun

takes longer than ya'd think.

But she was very happy with how it turned out!

It takes about 2 hours.

To dry the hair.

Apply make-up.

Style the hair...

I figure by the time Charlee

starts attending

homecoming dances

we'll have to start getting ready at 8 in the morning!

;)

bitter-sweet endings

Remington was a fairy this weekend

in a very funny

rendition

of the classic

Red Riding Hood.

Auditions and rehearsals began

way back in May.
Remi knew she would be cast as Red Riding Hood herself.
Instead she was cast as 'Elf #6'...
a Fairy!
The littlest fairy!

The cast and crew have practiced all summer.

It's a big deal.

Scott and I took turns

attending

rehearsals.

And boy have there been

a lot.

I mean a really lot!

Especially in this last month of preparation.
On one such night
actors were to come to rehearsal
in costume.
Only I forgot our
fairy wings
at home.
Remi was quietly disappointed.
But when we got home, she said that
Red Riding Hood
told her that
she was
a beautiful fairy,
even without her wings.

The production came off beautifully.

Without a hitch.

Two amazing performances!

Remi had 3 lines.

#1:

"We're a pack of woodland elves!"

#2:

"This (is) may be the news you're dreading..."

('is' was added by Remi...totally not in the script.  And a summer of practice couldn't kill it either; just made it a bit sweeter)

#3:

"...as we..."

Other than that she had a buncha dancin.

And singin.

Both of which she's

obviously able.

She was born for it!

When it was over,

while Ms Candice was

sharing her thanks,

Remi couldn't stop

cleaning up

all the kitty

'furballs'.

Too cute!

In spite of the long hours spent in practice,

it was kinda sad at the end.

Especially when the director told me that

Remi

was the first love of the

entire

cast and crew.

I hope she wants to participate again next year.

Cause the day after the last performance

I'm all ready to do it again!