You Know It's October When...

You open your front door in the morning and hear, "Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!" Then 3 or 4 Turkeys (yes, I said Turkeys) waddle through your front yard.

Now I'm afraid to take the kids to the bus stop. Hopefully they will be gone in 25 minutes. Please be gone!

Homework

So, I attempted my homework today and was pretty pleased with myself. It didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would and you can even actually tell what it is. I drew it upside down (like I was supposed to). Here it is upside down:
Here it is right side up:

Drawing Class

I went to my first drawing class yesterday. I was so nervous for some reason. The last time I had an art class of any type was in junior high school. Looking back now, it seem silly that I was so nervous. It went well though and I think I am going to learn a lot and really enjoy it.

We all walked in and sat down and the teacher told us to take 10 minutes and draw the person sitting next to us.

This is Monica.

Then we had to draw a picture that was upside down. The point was to look at the picture as lines and shapes instead of an object. The picture was of a mannequin. When I turned it around it looked like a man with a beard. I guess I need to work on my shading and proportions. Here is my drawing:

Then we talked about positive and negative space. The second one was upside down again. Here is what I drew:I didn't post about my class sooner because the teacher is supposed to send an email with the actual pictures we drew in class and I wanted to post them next to the ones I drew. I'm really excited to get the email because she's supposed to also include some "homework". I'm not sure I've ever been excited about homework before.

Not My Finest Moment

I meant to take a shower this morning, but by the time I bathed the kids, fed them breakfast, played with them, cleaned the house a little bit, fed them lunch, did some laundry, did some more cleaning and played with them a little bit more it was 4:00 p.m. and Dave was getting home from work. Dave went in to wake Gabe up from his nap and he had had an accident so he stripped him down and then stripped the bed down. I started on more laundry and remade Gabe's bed. Then we ate dinner and cleaned up after. We got the kids dressed in their pajamas and they were settling down to watch a TV show so I decided I would sneak into the bathroom and finally take a shower.

As soon as I opened the door and turned the water on Maddie came running in and told me she wanted to take a shower when I was all done. I told her that was fine and that she should go watch TV and I would come and get her when I was done. She wanted to sit on the toilet seat and watch me. I just wanted to take a shower alone, so I told her to go watch TV with Daddy. She walks out and I get in the shower. A few minutes later she comes in with Dave. She went and told on me for making her leave. I was so frustrated I just yelled, "Get out of here and close the door after you." It worked. They both left, but I felt bad for yelling.

When I got out of the shower I went and told Maddie I was done and she came in our bathroom to get in the shower. I told her I was sorry for yelling at her and she said, "That's ok Mommy. You can yell at me anytime you want."

Where does she get this stuff?

Couch to 10K

Here is Dave and Gabe before the race

Here's everyone taking off at the beginning of the race

There's Dave at the beginning of the race

There's Dave towards the end of the race

Here is Dave at the finish line. You can see his time was 1 hour 4 minutes and 58 seconds. Almost a 10 minute mile. He did great and we're all proud of him. He's a little sore right now though.

Bargain Shopping - CVS

My mom has been trying to get me to do the whole couponing thing for quite a while, so since I have 2 hours a day to myself I decided to start. Last week was my first week and I ended up getting an 8 pack of Irish Spring Bar Soap for $2.99 and getting a $2.00 ECB back to use this week.

This week I got a bunch of stuff and I think I did pretty well (although not as well as I thought I would do). I ended up spending $10.07 for all of this.
This is what I did:

Transaction #1
Purex - buy 2 - $5.98 with CVS Card - used $1.00 off coupon - OOP $4.98 - ECB = $1.99
Aleve Sinus & Headache - no coupon - OOP $3.99 - ECB = $3.00
Excedrin Express Gels - no coupon - OOP $3.99 - ECB = $3.99
Total = $12.96
- $2/$10 Coupon
-$2 ECB from last week
Tax = $0.60
Total Out of Pocket = $9.56

Transaction #2
Covergirl Wetslicks - buy 2 - $7.98 w/CVS Card - used BOGO coupon - OOP $3.99
Covergirl Eyeshadow - buy 1 - $2.99 w/CVS Card - Used $1.00 off coupon - OOP $1.99 - ECB = $3.00 when you buy $10 of Covergirl Products
Total = $10.97
- $3.99 ECB from Transaction #1
- $2/$10 Coupon
Tax = $0.30
Total Out of Pocket = $0.30

Transaction #3
Pert Plus - buy 2 - 2/$5 with CVS Card - Used $1.50 off coupon - OOP $4.48 - ECB = $2.00
Just For Men Hair Color - $7.99 with CVS Card - Used $2.00 off coupon - OOP $5.99 - $8.00 Rebate, so I will make some money
Total = $10.47
- $1.99 Purex ECB
- $3.00 Aleve ECB
- $3.00 Covergirl ECB
- $2/$10 Coupon
Tax = $0.21
Total Out of Pocket = $0.21

Potty Training - Hip Hip Hooray!

Gabe told us he had to go pee or poop every single time today. He actually came to us and said, "Daddy, poop." Today was a very happy day! Lets hope it continues.