Sleep is Overrated

Last Friday was the Mother/Daughter sleepover at church for mothers and their daughters that are in kindergarten through 5th grade. We had around 40 people there, and the girls had tons of fun putting on makeup, singing karaoke, painting nails, decorating pillowcases, and eating lots of junk food (okay, okay, so that was my favorite part...there was just too much good stuff...I couldn't let it go to waste). Alli lived up to her night owl status once again as she stayed up coloring and drawing until 1 am. For those of you who knew me growing up, you can probably guess that I only made it until 11 pm. Of course, I woke up in a panic about 5 am because Alli and her stuff were no longer beside me on the floor as they had been when I feel asleep. After looking around for a few minutes, I discovered that she had managed to get invited to sleep on the air mattress with Carolyn and Emma Wachsmann. She was out cold and as comfortable as she could be, and I was sleeping on the hard floor with a blanket. There's something just not right about that. I think it took me two days to recover :). Anyway, we had a good time, and she's ready for the next one...maybe we'll be brave enough to make it an annual event.

Yes, I had a moment of weakness and turned Alli loose with real makeup. I wasn't really crazy about the colors, but she did pretty well applying it.

Karaoke, anyone? I'm not sure what they were singing here, but I think it was Shine by the Newsboys. They sang off and on all night.

Alli and some of her buddies the next morning. They look pretty good for only 5-6 hours sleep. Of course, the powdered sugar donuts and orange juice they just had may have helped!

Madi and James had a sleepover of their own while we were gone.

House for Sale

Yes, it's still for sale. Some of you have asked so I'll provide an update. After receiving a ridiculously low verbal offer and an offer to lease long term, we received an official offer and contract a little over a week ago. Upon further inspection, we determined that this offer was very one-sided in favor of the potential buyers and pretty much gave them the ability to walk away free and clear with their earnest money up to a week before the close in addition to wanting us to come down another $10,000. We countered and made the terms a little more balanced, but the contract was still very much in their favor. They walked and told us they would keep looking. And so the drama continues dealing with keeping a house picked up and fairly clean with two young children living in it every day before you leave for work and getting random calls at any time of the day and night asking to show the house. If you know of anyone looking for a house in the Hewitt area, let them know about ours. Trust me, we're flexible, even if they show up during nap time or first thing on Saturday morning!

How We Feel About Obama

Friday, October 31

On Friday, Alli had her Fall Party at school. They played wrap the mummy, read some books about pumpkins, made a pumpkin craft out of construction and tissue paper, and got to decorate pumpkin shaped cookies with icing and sprinkles (thanks, Mrs. Theresa!) while wearing their costumes...although some of them ditched the costumes pretty quickly. The kids had a great time, but I think her teacher was probably ready for the day to be over with.

Friday night, James and I went to vote and then we opted to go home, eat dinner, and spend a more relaxing night at home passing out candy to the trick or treaters. It was really nice weather outside so we all went and sat on the front porch while Alli and Madi greeted everyone and passed out candy in their cheerleader suits. Normally, the Fall Festival at church is the same night as Halloween so we don't pass out candy, but since we had already had the Fall Festival earlier in the week, we got to do that this year. We had way more trick or treaters than we had predicted and ended up going through two big bags of candy, but it was fun, and fortunately I had bought that spare bag!