Happy Halloween

Bailey was an alien Michael Jackson and Avery was a baby witch. Bailey was mostly running full speed with her friends so I didn't get too many photos of her. Avery was mega cute at my friend Amy's house and made herself at home on the porch in a rocking chair. Both girls made it from 6:00-7:45 and both were ready to go home

Toy of the day

Yesterday it was the utensil basket from the dishwasher. Today it is a Jiffy box! So cute to find it filled with blocks.

Laundry skills

After 4 seasons of football under my belt, I am pretty dang good at getting mud out of football pants.  Here is a series of crappy photos chronicling my efforts yesterday morning.  The pictures are really bad because they are from my phone, but you don't need expert photography skills if your laundry skills are as superior as mine. 

Here are 2 "before" pictures.  Bailey got extra muddy this weekend.

I scrubbed them in the sink with some Oxy Clean powder and a brush.  I probably added some blue Dawn dish soap as well.  

Then I tossed them in the washer on "Whitest Whites" with more Oxy Clean and some bleach.  You may have to wear sunglasses because these pants are WHITE.  I am awesome.  

We won!

I like to enter contests.  I just caught myself entering a giveaway from a frugal living blog for a freezer cookbook.  I would like to have this cookbook and it can't hurt to enter.  I enter stuff like this all the time.  I even entered a lottery for tickets to go to the White House Easter Egg roll this year.  I entered the lottery for tickets to Michael Jackson's funeral service.  I tried really hard to score tickets to see the wire walk across Niagara Falls from Goat Island.  I didn't win any of those. 

Here are some things I have won:

1.  50/50 raffle last year at one of Bailey's football games.
2.  We won 2 baskets at Bingo Night at Bailey's school.
3.  I won tickets to see Sesame Street Live from Channel 13 News in Toledo.
4.  I won 2 tickets to an early screening of a Harry Potter movie.
5.  I won a backpack AND water bottle from a running class this spring.

This week I found out we won tickets to this weekend's Buffalo Bills game.  We also won on-field pregame passes, a football autographed by Stevie Johnson and 8 coupons for free Intense Milks!  Bailey's anxiety about noise and fire has gotten the best of her and she isn't going so Nick and I are going together without the kids.  I won these tickets by entering a Facebook contest and I'm so thankful that I did.  Avery wants to play with the football soooo bad.  I bought her a little football and she just dropped it and kept pointing to the refrigerator (the ball is on top) saying "baa?". 

Kelkenberg Farm

We like Kelkenberg farm in Clarence, NY and have gone back for a few years now.  It was a good trip.  Avery is more fun because she likes to slap all of the animals and one sheep got mad at her. 

Click on the picture below to see more pictures. 

Kelkenberg Farm 2012

Here is our porch all decorated for Halloween. It isn't quite done but close enough.

Avery is REALLY NAUGHTY

Grounded for LIFE!!!!

Avery removed her diaper and examined, dropped on the floor, smashed, smeared and probably ate it's poopy contents.

That is her last nap in a disposable diaper with no pants. She has been VERY interested in the tabs and has been imitating the noises it makes when you rip them off.

Contrary to the Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, smartphone, blogging society we live in these days, I did NOT take any photos.

Avery is just plain naughty

I found a travel sized toothpaste in the toilet this morning. Good job Avery! I should document the occasion. I try to take some photos and as I snap one, I catch her throwing another treasure in the toilet.