Christmas Parties

Paige and her classmates singing!

Sampling some of the Candy before we put it on the Gingerbread house.

Oh and don't forget to sample the frosting....YUM.

This is the time of year were I really need 3 more of me. I have to say this is one of the difficult aspects of having 4 kids, you just can not make it do all of their functions, parties, trips, etc...especially when they fall on the same day in totally different buildings. I always try my best to get a family member to take my place, most of the time I can work it out! It is me or is this Holiday Season just FLYING by.

SICK KIDS

Well we have moved, settled in for the most part...All just in time for a nasty Virus to hit our house. Peyton was the first victim, now it is Paige. We visited the DR just for them to tell us all was fine and let it run it's course. I am usually calm when it comes to the kids getting sick..I mean I have 4...we have been through this MANY of times. But when the kids start running high fevers it scares even me. I hope we got this all out of our system before the Holidays!!

MOVING DAY!!!

WE are FINALLY Moving. And the kids will FINALLY all have their own rooms!!! 4 Kids, 2 Parents, a Dog and a big dog at that, a cat and we can not forget the lovely guinea pig who is about as big as the cat are all looking forward to having more space!! So I will be MIA for a week or so till we get settled. ENJOY your Thanksgiving, try not to rush the holidays and remember what each one is really about!!

Halloween Night

I know this is a little late and I am SOOO lacking on the blogging but I promise I have a "really" good excuse!!

Paige in her "many" different outfits for Halloween.

She LOVES Hello Kitty!!

Since during all out field trips we were only allowed to pick the "small" pumpkins which are really NO fun to carve. We braved the cold last night in went to one of our favorite pumpkin stands and got some pumpkins for the kids to carve. We were the only crazy people out in the cold and the owners were so nice in even offering the kids some Apples..Best part for FREE...Hard to find anything for free these days!!

Using Halloween finger puppets

Peytons class is rather small, they were missing a couple kids on this day. They too learned some Halloween songs.

More Parties

Paige found some green teeth in the bucket...so proud of her find!

Getting ready to sing their songs.

Paige and Peyton's parties of course where on the same day...joys of having Twins in opposite classes. I spent the first part with Paige's Class. She has a very large group of students. They were all so cute dressed in their costumes.

Halloween Parties

Zeik was feeling left out of all the Costume action so of of course we could not let that happen.

Paige got to dress up for Dance Class and pass out treats to all her little friends.

Pin the nose on the Pumpkin.

Caleb and his Star-Wars buddies.

Caleb's Party was the first to kick off the week of Halloween festivities. He enjoyed some games, crafts and of course treats!!

A new Adventure

I enjoy baking and finding new recipe's for dinner and so forth, the blogging world is a GREAT place to find new ideas!! I have had some requests to for my baked goods so I decided to start offering them up to my friends and family. And if anything else of gives everyone new things to try out and share with their family. So if you live on the NW side of GR, Michigan feel free to check it out!!
http://bakingforthefunofit.blogspot.com/

Paige and Peyton turn 4!!

AWWW look they actually got along back then!!

We enjoyed Cake and Ice-Cream Sundaes....YUM

Mommy and Daddy made their 3 layer cake, it was not bad for our 1st try!

Posing with all thier yummy goods, I think they like the camera!!

Hard to believe my Twin Babies are now 4 years old. I must admit their baby years seem like a blur. Twin newborns make life...well lets just say interesting to say the least. And now at 4 years old I would say they are still a handful, and I love them both to pieces!!

Halloween

Peyton is my little Batman, this costume has survived both his older brothers!! It will retire after this year!!

Mason's costume is so simple yet really cool, I had to search a couple different locations since it must be a popular one this year. But I found it and he is more then thrilled!!

I must admit Halloween is one of my FAVORITE times of the year. I love Halloween Decorations, and the kids getting so excited over dressing up and of course Trick or Treating!

Farm Trips take 2 & 3

There are those YUMMY donuts...they are fat free right..HA!

Caleb and his Pumpkin.

Caleb got a nice SUNNY day for his trip. The kids enjoyed playing (aka wresting) around in the Hay.

Peyton found his pumpkin. We were not so lucky to have a nice sunny day during his trip. It was windy and cold...ya know the typical Michigan Weather.

Peyton and Caleb's Class visited the same Farm, lucky for me one on Thursday and one on Friday..bonus Mom got to ENJOY the delicious homemade pumpkin donuts and cider two days in a row!!

Fall Farm Trips

Mommy and daughter!

And of course some Apples!

Picking out the "right" pumpkin

Fall is such a beautiful time of the year here in Michigan. Our Farms are packed with Apples, and Pumpkins. Each of the little ones had a school field trip to one of our local farms for some Fall Fun.

Baking Baking and MORE Baking

I have a passion for Baking, I love to try new things and challenge myself. Not saying they all turn out the best but hey I "try". And Blog Land is a great resource to find new recipe's! Love Wilton and can not wait to try out some of my new Cake Pans!! BIG fan of Bakerella and hope to try out baking up some of her famous Cake Pops! Wish I had the time to take the road trip to Chicago to meet her in person on her book tour!

Thrifty Halloween Craft

Found this Halloween Idea on a couple different Blogs. I already had the Spanish Moss and Spiders, so I headed to my local Dollar Store to purchase the vase and skull heads...Only cost me $2 to put this together!!

Laundry, Laundry, Laundry

I feel like the Laundry around here since the weather has tuned cold had DOUBLED, I do at least 3 loads a day. I don't mind the washing, I just wish it would fold and put away itself!! And someday soon I hope to get these machines shown in the picture...with 4 kids and a construction working hubby I need some heavy duty machines!!

Another "Sweet" Shoe Deal

I am so glad to have stumbled across http://hip2save.com/ I scored another sweet shoe deal, this time through Target!! I think each year Paige has every pair of girl shoes Target makes, what can I say a girl LOVES her shoes. I got 2 Pair for only $15 and free shipping!! Can not beat that!!

Halloween Cupcakes

Another first for me was the Candy Molds, always saw them just never tried it out. I grabbed some Wilton Candy Melts and these worked like a charm. Actually Peyton liked them so much he just wanted to eat the bats and not the cupcakes!

My first time using this Color Mist, I highly recommend it..super easy and gave just the right orange tint I was looking for.

I enjoy experimenting with cupcakes. On one of my trips to Michael's I stumbled across a couple..well many cute Halloween ideas for Cupcakes. We had some friends over Saturday night so I thought it was a GREAT opportunity to try it out and let the kids sample!