Monday Madness

Today was a busy day...still have much on the to-do list to accomplish--namely, fold 3 loads of laundry, wash the remainder of the dishes that wouldn't fit in the dishwasher and run 3 miles since i bailed on my long run yesterday w/ the weather being dreadful, and didn't feel like doing 6+ miles on the boring tready....so yeah. Got up today and didn't even have school planned, but did it anyways. Just sat down and read thru the plans as i went and snagged a coupla pages out of his books that he had to do. Even had him finish his craft, which he did beautifully.

Coloring each and every square a different color. He got to
the end of the packet of 24 markers and exclaimed, "Used
them all Mom!" so i made him start over w/ the colors again. ha!

Cutting it out. He's getting so great at cutting:)

E with his completed Halloween pumpkin craft:) Mom has been giving me all the copies of her 1st grade crafts
so it's made figuring out craft time alot easier for me

  He also did alot of writing today in school. Finished up his thank you cards for his B'day gifts--yes, wayyy late. He pooped out on me, so i had to space them out:). Then wrote a ton of words on the chalkboard. I would just tell him the word and he would sound it out and spell it. Soo proud of how he is doing. Need to scrounge up those K4 reading books bc i'm sure he could read them by now!

Evan writing some of his "S" words on the chalkboard

Evan with the words he wrote in school today. He is doing so well. So proud of this kid. He loves the camera, as you
can tell here:) hhaa. He's always saying, Mom, take a picture of THIS!!!

So anways, then after lunch, had to run to the Dollar store to get some eggs. Course they were out, so had to spend 8 bucks on cool cheap Fall decor. :) got some cute neon fangs for the mini pumpkin craft i'm gonna do--they were 10 for a buck!!! i thought there were only 4 in the pack! great surprise! Now everytime i wanna wear neon fangs, i'll be in luck!! (Might come in handy  when Breaking Dawn hits theaters. hhaa) Got some eggs, came home and threw M in bed, and me and E made 2 dozen PB banana carrot muffins. Then i made 24 mini ones and 2 mini banana bread loaves by myself after that while E took a play break. Then made taco soup for dinner. Sarah had given me the recipe a few months ago and it was pretty good, esp w/ cheese, sour cream and tortilla chips!! E even choked it down and M gagged his down(literally) . something about beans just makes him gag so bad. ugh.

This week is insanely busy, with something going on every day/night almost. Tomorrow night is the boys' last night of tee ball w/ a "party", then Wed is  Awana and Bunco night, which i'm gonna make a cool mexican bean dip all Halloweenish looking; then Thursday at 1 I hafta be in Leesburg for a homeschool co-op at Cherie's, which is Halloween themed. Gotta take drinks for that. Friday I am doing 2 appts out at the Plantation, then work the next day too all day at the spa (yee haw), then go straight from work to a baby shower; then Sunday Debbie is coming in to stay the night and also R's sister Sami will be in town also. I leave Monday morning early to go to Epcot w/ Debbie!!!! stay til Wed morning:)) we're going to the Eat to the Beat concert w/ Sugar Ray, Debbie's fave band, and it's the Int'l food/wine festival going on there. Course you hafta pay for all the food you eat, but it's all good. Gonna eat really good this week in preparation for that, so i can cheat a little. We got a hotel w/ a tready, so think i'll run at least 3 miles while i'm there. Monday's my day off, so tues i'll hafta get up early to do that. It's sposed to be 5 miles, but think i'll switch that so i can do it at home where I'm more comfy.
So yeah, just thinking of my week kinda freaks me out. it's not so bad, but hafta fit in 19 miles by Sunday as well. whew. Just did 3 miles bc i bailed on my long run yesterday due to crappy rainy weather and being a baby. so i struggled thru 3 miles not an hr after eating taco soup. Only had a tiny bit, but still not fun to run w/ that in my tum tumm. i'm gonna hafta eat bland oatmeal w/ water on the day of the race i swear. my stomach is so sensitive one i get above 3 miles. ugh.

well, best go. Went and took both neighbors some muffins tonight. Hadn't seen Dee in months, so was worried about her. She's having a lot of medical issues, no surprise, so it was good to see her and at least check in. She's so young to be going thru all that:( Then took our new neighbors a 1/2 dozen muffins and mini loaf of banana bread. She gave me a hug. She's real nice. I thought she just had 1 son living there, but guess she has 2...21 and 24. They seem pretty nice so far. Glad for that:)

well, i'm out. Dirty dishes, clean laundry, and lesson plans await. ughhhhh. gotta keep this pace going. been doing good today!