Happy Halloween

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!! E was flapper. Peanut is a koala bear and Squeakers is a polar bear. Hopefully they will stay still long enough to get a picture.

Happy first birthday

Today Peanut & Squeakers are one year old! I am amazed that this year has gone by so quickly. We had a party with family and friends and they were so good. We've been practicing singing "Happy Birthday" and I think that helped. M made all the food yesterday and I got all my cleaning done too. So today it was put food in crock pots and vacuum (just because of our dogs). My Dad came up early to help watch the boys so we could get cleaned up ourselves. We had a beautiful party and they got so many wonderful presents. A good time was had by all.

Squeakers & Peanut


Squeakers

Peanut


Peanut




Squeakers

In the last two pictures the boys are wearing t shirts I purchased from E.tsy. I had Peanut's done with a monkey and his name. Squeakers has a giraffe with his name. I am so happy with how they turned out.

E's lunches

Almost everyday this school year E takes her lunch. We got her a nifty new lunch bag with separate compartments that will keep her soup hot and sandwiches cold. I asked her why she is taking her lunch this year and she told me that it takes too long to get the school lunch. Plus I feel a homemade lunch is healthier and yummier (because it's made with lunch--oops love!). I used to bring my lunch to school everyday. Either a baloney sandwich (2 pieces of baloney--nothing else) or pb & j. E likes chicken noodle soup or a sandwich. The part I like the best is writing her a note. Today's note contained a riddle:
What do witches put in their hair?
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Scare spray!

So lucky

Peanut & Squeakers--more please!

I am blessed to have a beautiful and healthy family. I have a wonderful job teaching reading to first graders and I have my health. I am so lucky :-)
Today the babies and I went for a walk for about an hour. We walked all over town taking in the reds, yellows and oranges that mark my favorite season. The air is so crisp peppered with someone burning leaves or doing laundry. It was a good time.
Peanut and Squeakers are eating so much now. For lunch they had: 1 banana, half of an acorn squash, tortellinis and chicken. I think when they get older we will have to get some cows and chickens. It's amazing what they can pack away.

E's Beauty Salon

I am currently getting my hair done by E. She asked me if I thought she would be a hair dresser when she grows up. Who knows? As long as she doesn't put a big sequined bow in her clients hair. Lol!

Have you seen my iced latte?

G.eneral Foods has a quick and delicious way to make lattes: a packet of coffee plus flavoring (french vanilla or hazlenut) that you can add to water or milk. I use soy milk and it's sooo good. I was at Wally World and where my latte goodness was is now taken over by Keurig. Now that's all find and dandy for people who have those machines. But us low tech people (I use a French press when making a regular cup of coffee. Ok, ok. I do cheat now due to time issues and use Folger's instant. It's just like making a cup of tea) really like the ease of pouring in the coffee flavored powder and -voila!- instant latte right in the comfort of my own kitchen. I also looked in T.arget. They seem to have been taken over by the little k-cups as well. I can always order it on A.mazon, but I'm going to keep looking.

Baby sign language

I have always been interested in sign language. I was even a deaf ed major in school before switching to elem ed. My ASL teacher was so wonderful I didn't even mind going on Saturday mornings for 3 hours. I don't remember how I came across it but I thought it was so cool to teach E sign language. She knew the signs for cereal (c.heerios), dog, cat, light, moon, stars, more, drink, and a bunch more. My Mom was amazed that E could tell her when she was hungry or tired. E could tell us what she needed before she could talk. I started teaching Squeakers and Peanut a couple of months ago. Peanut picks up on the signs quicker than Squeakers but I know constantly signing is the key. I also found these great websites that are a great resource:

ALS Pro

Baby Sign Language Basics

These books are great too. We also have the ones for bedtime and my first baby signs. These are nice because they have pictures of babies doing the signs.