Cookies for Sale

Madison was playing so nice with the play dough this past weekend. After a bit, I checked on her to see what she was doing. I hadn't heard a peep out of here in awhile, and well - you know how kids are - quiet is not always the best thing sometimes. Quiet sometimes equals I am doing something that I am not supposed to be doing.

To my surprise, she had "baked" several kinds of cookies, and was playing bake sale. What a smart cookie. She would ask me how many cookies I wanted, and then tell me my total.

She played all

afternoon like this.

Almost to the point of

the play dough drying out.

Michigan's First Snow!

Boy - were we surprised when we left church Sunday morning and there were flurries in the air. Karleigh squealed in joy, "let's go home and put our boots on so that we can build a snowman!" I tried to explain to her that we needed a bit more than the few flakes that were flying in the air.

Then as the day went on, the flakes would start again - and stop. Poor Karleigh was so disappointed.

Then - at supppertime - it happened. The snow came down harder - and actually stuck to the ground. Within what seemed like minutes - everything was white.

Karleigh begged me - can we go outside? Please? I told her to grab her coat and hat - and we would go outside on the driveway for a few minutes.

Here are some pics of her enjoying the first snowfall. So exciting for a little kids. I guess it makes us appreciate the little things in life.

I am glad that she likes the snow - it sounds like it is supposed to be a wintry winter.

Trick or Treat!!!

We had beautiful weather in Michigan for the trick or treating on Halloween. It was 67 during the day -and quite comfortable at night. The kids actually got to wear - just their costumes!

Mommy started the day out - by going to Maddie's school to run the Halloween bingo and watch the kid's parade. Maddie was very excited to have Mommy there. The prizes were a big hit with the kids too! We had pencils, bubbles, play dough, bracelets, parachute guys and vampire teeth.

Then we were off to Josh and Sheri's to meet up with some of our cousins. We went around 2 subdivisions in our search for candy. It was a lot of fun.

Look at all of my candy Mom~!