October 30, 2006

Posted on October 31, 2006 by threescurvydogs

Got the pictures from pumpkin carving last night…cool. The boys loved it, but thought it was cold inside the pumpkins. They were right!

Dee’s got the playroom almost done (painting) and I can’t wait to put it back together and get the “Cars” theme in it and let the boys see it. They are going to go nuts.

Tomorrow’s a HUGE day, hoping the boys sleep tonight so they can stay out a little later than normal tomorrow for trick-or-treating.

Off to volleyball!

October 29,2006

Posted on October 30, 2006 by threescurvydogs

Here are the pictures from the fancy ponyland shoot. Like I said, the kids didn’t cooperate but they turned out cute. Lorna is going to crop them to use for her line of kids clothes, so don’t mind us in the background.

Today was awful but ended up well….we got up and got the kids ready for church, headed down there and church was apparently cancelled. We decided to go to T&C to get a coffee, only to realize that I didn’t have my purse so we only had $10 between the two of us. We didn’t get the coffees, but did find out that church wasn’t cancelled but that we were an hour early. HOLY COW! We waited the hour, went to church and that turned out to be a mistake as well. Both Carlos and Trey were having meltdowns in the nursery and they ended up sitting with us through the service. It was rough.

The boy’s Godmother, Ann, came by with coffees (yeah!) and some Halloween pez for the guys, they were so excited to see her and so were mamas.

We missed Carlos’ friend’s birthday party because the boys were acting up and I just couldn’t even dream of taking them somewhere besides their beds. They napped and got ready for dinner with Nana and Papa.

Like I said, the day ended well with a nice dinner with my folks and s0me pumpkin carving. The boys went to bed easily and I got caught up on laundry while Dee started painting the playroom.

Busy week with Halloween on Tuesday and we get to go sign the adoption papers on Wednesday!!!!! We haven’t done any party planning yet, figured we’d get through Halloween first and then go from there.

October 29,2006

Posted on October 29, 2006 by threescurvydogs

Ready to play Deal or No Deal at home? So far I’m rich…won over $1.3 million dollars. If only Howie Mandell would call me up and invite me to play for real. Thanks to Nathan for sending me the link to this site. Can’t stand the tv show, but it’s kinda fun to play online.
http://www.nbc.com/Deal_or_No_Deal/game/dond.swf

Busy day…family trip to Walmart to get new stuff for the playroom. We are going to paint it light blue and have a “Cars” theme. Got some Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater and the rest of the Car cast pictures and things for the wall and a very cool tire clock. It should all come together great.

Came back to the island and Nana and I took the “big boys” to the Wilkes Carnival. They won lots of little prizes and Levi won a very cool spider cake that we will eat tomorrow night after we carve pumpkins.

I made some “Ohio Buckeye” candy (basically peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate, certainly not poison) for Carolyn to take to her function at church in exchange for her watching the boys tonight while we had dinner out with Alisa and Holly. It was SO nice to have some grown-up conversation time. Very much needed as well.

Off to bed….tomorrow’s busy!

October 28, 2006

Posted on October 28, 2006 by threescurvydogs

The boys were models today for “Fancy Ponyland” clothes (www.fancyponyland.com) . Lorna Leedy is the creator and owner and needed some kids to wear the clothes for a casual photo shoot. Levi had a cool shark shirt, Carlos had a tiger shirt and Trey had a coyote shirt. Alice was the biggest poser of all, she wanted her picture taken over and over, while the boys were less than cooperative. Hoping they got some good shots! The clothes were really cute, our guys don’t get much chance to wear boutique clothes, very trendy!

Trey was so tired after the photos that he fell asleep in his lunch. Got the boys down to nap and then went outside and painted little pumpkins and played in the yard. It was a gorgeous afternoon.

We dressed them up in some costumes and headed to Lee’s Halloween party. Levi was a cowboy, Carlos a doctor and Trey was a dinosaur. They looked cute. The party was cool, Lee had so much stuff. We got some great ideas for future Halloween parties. Thanks, Lee!

October 25, 2006

Posted on October 26, 2006 by threescurvydogs

So we had a BUSY day today….

First, I know you are all wondering about the minivan. I took it to the mechanic and it’s a no go, which I’m actually good with because I just don’t think I’m ready for the minivan move (ha ha ha, Joy!) although I think it would help to separate the boys for sure in the car. Maybe a Suburban or Tahoe? We’ll see what we can find, no hurry.

We got the boys dressed up for the foster parent Halloween party, but decided to kill two bibrds with one stone and get the boys Halloween pictures done tonight, too while they were in costume. The shoot went VERY well and we were so happy with how the pictures turned out. It isn’t often that all the guys smile, pose or even stay in the shot. Here’s the link if you want to see the pictures, just click on “start slideshow” and you can get bigger pictures!
http://www.picturepeople.com/viewsharedalbum.aspx?SharedPictureGroupID=1679469&ShareKey=16171e6dd6aa4dc6aae8ee9a0d28f2a2

So, onto the foster parent party….it was insane but fun. Lots of kids running around in costumes, even some of the adults dressed up. They had a pumpking bean bag toss, “trick or treating” where the kids went from table to table, a place to fish for prizes and a costume contest. THE BOYS WON FIRST PLACE IN THEIR AGE CATEGORY! They won $20 so we told them we would buy them the “Over the Hedge” dvd for winning.

October 24, 2006

Posted on October 25, 2006 by threescurvydogs

Wrestling and Cowboy Levi

October 24, 2006

Posted on October 24, 2006 by threescurvydogs

Fun with Halloween lollipops! The kids looked hilarious and got a treat in the process.

Levi and Alice are off to school and I’m sitting here with Carlos, Trey and Jefferson, stuck inside because of the rain. The boys are busy playing and now’s my time to catch up. We got a cool photo thing from Costco, which will hold 2,000 photos in an organized box but I have to put together the little envelopes. That’s project #2.

We have Levi’s Guardian ad Litem (basically she’s the person designated by the courts to represent the best interest of the foster child to the courts) coming this afternoon for a visit before the adoption. She’s great, look forward to seeing her. She knows some info on Levi’s half sister (who’s older by about 2 years) and we’ll be interested to hear more about her.

So, we are possibly in the market for a minivan. Yes, we found a great deal in a green Caravan and we are having it checked out tomorrow at the mechanic. We may have a new car on Monday! So, if you know anyone looking to buy a 1998 Volvo S70, send them our way!

October 22, 2006

Posted on October 23, 2006 by threescurvydogs

As you can see, we took the boys to the pumpkin patch today. They had a blast and got to runaround with Nana and Papa. I took the boys on the tractor ride around the patch, too. We came home with two giant pumpkins that we are going to carve next weekend.

This is a busy, busy week with a foster parent Halloween party, our friend Lee’s Halloween party. Lots of time for the boys to break their costumes in. Should be fun.

Carlos just sleepwalked in and is in my arms….as Levi would say, “peace out!”