All Saints Day - and other things going on around here

* I edited this since I had my days/holidays mixed up... :oP

We have lots going on around here and I apologize for my lack of blogging. It most likely will just get worse over the holidays... I just figure I'd better warn you ;o)

This past Sunday we went to Member Night at the Science Center which was pirate themed. In case you couldn't tell from my last post, pirates are a very big thing around our house these days. Not that my kids actually know about pirates pilaging and so forth, but somewhere along the way my son decided pirates were fun and therefore, we play a lot of "pirates" around here and pretend to be on ships sailing and looking for treasure and saying things like "Arrggghhh! Ahoy Mateys!" It's pretty funny. I'm pretty sure that hiding under the dining room table is the pirate ship of choice ... and pirate Josiah and pirate Lydia got a big thrill from a baby pirate crawling into their ship the other day. Josiah was saying, "C'mon Ben! board the ship!" They are just too cute for words. Anyway, the science center night was fun and I dressed both kids as pirates and painted their faces. Unfortunately, the battery (small one, like a watch battery) in our camera is dead and although I tried to buy a new one, Target didn't have one so I'm going to have to check Radio Shack or something. We got a few pictures on Michael's blackberry but that's it. As we all know, this Sunday is Halloween. Josiah is going to be... how did you guess? A pirate. He makes the cutest "pirate face" and really gets into the spirit. Trust me I'm going to try to have my camera up and running by then. Lydia is going to be Minnie Mouse! Thanks to Lilli who passed on her costume from last year. (THANKS LILLI!!)

The day after Halloween is All Saints Day!! So this week in our kindergarten curriculum Josiah and I are learning all about the Saints. He is enjoying it and it's pretty laid back. We're just reading about Saints and coloring pictures and making a little book of them. I figure we'll throw a little All Saints party here for the kiddos on November 1st and make some cupcakes or something! At dinner tonight he said to Daddy, "the saints are people who lived as good images of God on earth and now live in heaven." way to go little man! (Glad he's listening when I teach) hahaha. The day after All Saints is All Souls. We are thinking of starting a new tradition and lighting a candle for each soul we know that is in heaven and saying a prayer for them.

Well, there's more going on... but mainly Mommy is seeing the dentist way more often than she'd like, including a fabulous root canal tomorrow morning which I'm just so excited about. (kidding. obviously!) although it will be nice to eat on the right side of my mouth once again. There are other family health issues which shall be revealed in due time. (Ahhh don't I sound mysterious?) it's not a mystery- just other stories for another post, so I'll get to that sometime soon. And for heaven's sake NO I'm definitely NOT pregnant. lol (just figured I'd make sure we're clear on that)   ....For now, I just gotta go to bed! The baby I already have has been keeping us up at night.

Oh, which reminds me, they seem to be just about over their nasty colds though! What, I didn't mention the colds? Yes all three kids have been sick- well, they were last week- and Daddy too. Thank God they are all just about 100% now!

More to come soon. Love and God bless!