HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

FROM

THE

PARKS

CAMDEN AS ELVIS...

My sister likes Elvis.  She was only about 5 when he died but for some reason she has been a fan of his for quite awhile.  For her BIG birthday (yes...she is a member of the club now), my parents hired an Elvis impersonator to come and do a little show.  I thought it would be cute to have Camden dress up like Elvis too as he loves costumes.  We really wanted him to sing but he seemed kind of scared to do that so we didn't push him.  However, one night I did teach him the words to the song Teddy Bear just in case he changed his mind.

Since I am of little value when it comes to sewing, I enlisted the help of my very talented cousin Jerryl to whip up a costume for him.  She, along with my other cousin Joye, sewed and bedazzled the cutest little thing you ever did see.  It even has a cape.  So adorable!!!



Camden was quite thrilled with his costume and I think a bit of Elvis was reincarnated in him when he put it on, as all of a sudden he wanted to sing.  The Elvis impersonator was very nice and let Cam come up and sing with him on Teddy Bear.  As a very biased audience, I have to say it was about the sweetest thing ever and amazing as well as he didn't really know the words that well. 

The bummer of the situation is that I can't upload the video Sam took of the whole song due to some extension file issues (very frustrating!!) but I do have just a few clips that will give you an idea of what you missed! :-)

SOMETIMES....

The kiddos are at my parents for 4 days so I decided I needed to spruce this place up with some paint.  Because Dave Ramsey is of the opinion that I don't need to buy new furniture at this point in time, I had to pick colors that match/complement my dark plum colored couch and chair and my wonderful yellow chair (yes...some of you are acquainted with yellow chair!).  Now it has never been said that I'm scared to use color in my house.  I just can't have a tan house.  (No offense to you tan house people.)  Just can't do it!!  I need me some color!  So.....I picked....get ready.....fling green which is an aqua/teal color and stonehenge gray, a tan/gray color.  Trust me...the faces you are making right now can't be any worse than the face Sam made when he first saw them on the wall!! 

I'm halfway done with the first coat and surprisingly enough I'm having some very sentimental issues with painting over the denim blue and pale yellow walls. 

First of all I have LOVED the blue walls.  I always thought they were so pretty...maybe not what anyone else would pick, but I have really liked them.  Sniff....

Secondly, for the last six years many pictures of my kids were taken in front of those walls.  Pictures of accomplishments, first days of school, cute outfits, etc.  Small sob....

And finally, there have been an infinite number of times that I've been frustrated with the hand prints and scuffs on these walls.  However, today as I cover up little C's  hand prints or the marks that CM's sticky octopus made on them, I'm surprisingly sad.  Big sob and small tear....

Sometimes I'm such a girl!!

P.S.  Pictures later!! 

WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO....

Taking the little guy to his first Husker game

Going on a bus limo with our school friends for pizza
(thanks to Mom's hard work on the magazine fundraiser!)

Playing center for his flag football team

Helping our Aunt Rhonda celebrate her BIG birthday

OUR STAR OF THE WEEK....

KINDERGARTEN STAR OF THE WEEK

CAMDEN PARK

Favorite place to go in your house:  Coloring at the table or playing Wii with Dad

Favorite place to go in the community:  Ted and Wally's for ice cream

Favorite food:  Corn dog

Favorite song:  Mighty to Save and Music's in my Soul

Favorite toy:  Scooby Doo action figures

Favorite movie:  Scooby Doo

SERIOUSLY....

The boy child spent 10 minutes (not exaggerating) last night chewing a very minuscule bite of bratwurst that we made him try, saying the whole time, "I just can't swallow it."  Then tonight he turned around and swallowed a dime.  Really????

WHY I LIKE/DISLIKE FACEBOOK....

Reasons I LIKE Facebook....

1.  It's fun to get in touch with people from your past and see what they are up to again.

2.  It really is a good way to stay connected....especially with extended family.  At our reunion this summer I felt like I had so much more to talk about with people.

3.  There are some really fun games on facebook (i.e. Bejeweled Blitz, Word Whomp Derby, and Glob).

4.  It's fun to post pictures for people to see.

5.  It's fun to look at other people's pictures.
6.  If you are having a bad day and you status update about it you usually get a lot of positive comments.
7.  It helps me keep track of people's birthdays.
8.  It is interesting to see what you have in common with other people.
9.  There are some really funny status updates.
10.  In the middle of the night, when I'm often up, I can get on facebook and see who else is online and can't sleep.



Reasons I DISLIKE facebook....


1.  I dislike it when someone who I've never actually had a face to face or person to person conversation with asks to be my friend.   I call that friend trolling and I say ignore.

2.  When you see all the cool things people are doing with their lives, it can lead to some pretty strong feelings of inferiority.

3.  Too many fun, time-wasting games that are tempting to play.

4.  The many unflattering pictures of me that others have posted.

5.  The pressure to come up with unique and interesting status updates.

6.  No dislike button.

7.  The critical responses from some people when you do post something vulnerable.

8.  Wondering if anyone would actually remember your birthday if it weren't posted on facebook.

9.  That I can't move into 1st place on Word Whomp Derby.

10.  The time I spend on facebook could be time I spend out it in the real world actually living.

11.  That for an introvert like me, there is the possibility that I could spend all my time cyber-connecting with people instead of really connecting with them.