Playing Hooky

Friday we had to take Sophie to New Orleans to get her skin graft checked out. I gave Audrey and Kylie the option of staying home and having my mom and dad watch them after school or playing hooky from school and going with us. They chose option two. Now before you get jealous thinking that we went down to the French Quarter and did all the fun touristy type stuff and ate some awesome food don't. Last year we did that and the girls didn't care for any of it. So this year after Sophie had her appointment we went to Lakeside mall and did some shopping. Sad, I know. After shopping we road over to Gulfport Ms. and went to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center. This place is awesome. They have all these cool areas where the kids can dress up.

margaritas anyone?

 Or they can film a cooking show.

 Or experiment with science.

 

See what it's like to do construction work.

 Or just climb around and burn off some excess energy.

 

 All in all we had a really great day and I'm glad the kids chose option number two.

Open Letter Friday

Being the dork I am I often compose little letters in my head to companies, annoying people, etc. I thought I would start sharing them with you guys (I know, I know you're thrilled right?) on Fridays. If you would like to add  yours you are more than welcome to either include it in the comment section or if I can ever remember how to do the McLinky thing then I'll include a link up at the bottom of the post. Happy Friday!
Dear Cyrus Family,
I realize that you guys have your own personal issues going on right now, but umm, you might want to open your eyes for a minute. You see your little Miley is kind of turning into a full on ho. I know that sounds harsh and that everyone keeps saying that she's turning 18 soon and is just trying to break out of her squeaky clean Disney image, but guess what? That's the same thing that everyone said about Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan. You know right before they moved to crazytown USA.
Now I'll be the first to admit I've never really been a fan of Miley, heck my kids don't even care for her and they're supposedly her target audience. Still in all as a parent I feel I would be remiss to not voice my concerns. The pole dancing thing? Tacky, but didn't bother me too terribly bad. What does bother me? Seeing pictures of your child splashed all over the place wearing a see through tee shirt and no bra. Very, very disturbing. So please step up to the plate and do something (other than pimping out)  with your child before she becomes Hollywood's next trainwreck.
Sincerely,
A. Concerned Mom

My kids are so strange

Last night the girls helped me put a few decorations out for Thanksgiving. The kitchen looked especially cute with the placemats and napkin rings they made last year. After we had our little Martha moment we went about our bedtime routine as usual. Or so I thought. This morning I woke up to this:

 Apparently someone in our family is an aspiring comedian.

Wordless Wednesday

Up, up and away!

Linking up with Angry Julie Monday

 

Finally finished!

My husband and I have been working on a project for the girls for what feels like forever now. It didn't actually take long to put together, it was just a matter of finding time to do it. It is finally done now. Introducing the new puppet theater/bakery/lemonade stand.

 Sorry for the craptacular pictures (as usual). We originally were going to make a puppet theater, but then decided the girls could use it for other things if they wanted. They told us they wanted a bakery and lemonade stand so I made different signs for them to change out with magnets on the back. 

I also painted a chalkboard on the front so they could have something to write on. Please pretend you don't notice the crooked pink lines around it. I was trying to frame it, but misplaced my painters tape so I had to freehand it. After I finished I realized the tape was underneath the stand the entire time. So typical. 
The sides have hinges so we can fold it flat and slide it under the bed when the girls aren't using it. It's not perfect of course (Duh! It's something my husband and I made), but so far the girls seem to like it. 

Words escape me

I don't know how things are done where you live, but here the general consensus is that if you don't want people trick or treating at your home you turn off your porch light. Occasionally you may forget about turning off the porch light and have children knock on your door. In that case a simple "I'm sorry I'm all out of candy" or "We don't participate in Halloween" will suffice. Heck, even a nice little note on the door would be good. Which leads me to wonder about this house.

Honestly, I couldn't make this crap up if I tried. I mean really, are trick or treaters that bad that you have to rope off your driveway and front porch? Perhaps you had a bad experience with Halloween as a child? And yes, I would totally be lying if I told you that I have not thought about dressing up and ringing their doorbell just to see what happens.

Happy Halloween!

Have a safe and fun Halloween everyone!