Harvest Party at School

Roller Skating in her 6th Year!

The big roller rink partE was great fun. Pretty much no one knew how to skate. But we had the employees tighten up the bearings and everyone had the hang of it 2 hours later. I ordered too much food, bought glow necklaces none of the kids would wear, and worried too much. Soooo, preparation is NOT everything. All in all, it was a great success.

Turning 6

Joshi turned 6 on Thursday. We brought cupcakes into class for snack But the big rollerskating party isn't until Saturday. Actually, I'm starting to freak out at how many people I invited. But you have to invite the whole class if you want to hand out invitations at school. Elwood is, of course, out on the road. I wish there was a rent-a-husband service for events like this. He'd probably like that too. He'd tell me to use it even if he was home so he could stay home and sleep in.

I had our pastor over and her 4 girls after school so Joshi had a birthday play date. She opened some presents with breakfast and we had a cake with dinner. So, she gets to have 2 birthdays this week basically.

Pumpkin Patch Excursion

Now you can just go out and grab a pumpkin

OR

you can stew over the decision, like a teenager standing before her closet.

Eventually, everyone was happy with there pumpkin choices.

But we had a great time at our impromptu trip to the pumpkin patch this Saturday. Joshi goes again on Wednesday with School but Billi could not be left out of the fun. The had a pony ride(Joshis' ride was more like a horse), went in the kids play center, and then "inspecting" pumpkins more than picking them. Then to get them to leave the festival quietly, I bribed them with Mc Donald's for dinner. And, just in case, any social workers read this post I won't disclose how many times thats makes it this week. I don't want to get blacklisted for nutritionally depriving my children.

This was our big pumpkin haul. The pumpkins have survived the night. If Billi hasn't smashed them by morning, we may paint them tomorrow. Thats the plan anyway. I can't commit to carving. I can't handle removing all the squishy guts.

Joshi on Tour

Some pics of Joshi on tour

Oregon State Fair

Best petting Zoo ever!! Here the deer is eating Joshis skirt.

Different girls, different temperaments. Joshi was petrified of this ride and Billi loved it.

Everyones a winner! That way we have 2 huge inflatable hammer prizes at home. I'm thinking of letting the girls work out their differences in a trampoline/ inflatable hammer cage match.

Billi looks deceptively innocent on this pony ride.

Well, now that Elwood is back in town I have my camera back (and the photos that were on it). So, we are going back in time for a few posts. This one is when we went to the state fair and got to visit Daddy at work. Although all these photos are of the fun we had together during the day before the concert.