Trick or Treat

Spiderman, Raining Cats and Dogs, TV, Minnie Mouse

Had a great time!

Homecoming for Sara!

This is what High School's all about! Although, the team lost their game last night, everyone was excited tonight to get dressed up, eat a fancy dinner and go to the dance!

I didn't take a ton of pics (gasp) because Sara's date's dad is a (drum roll) professional photographer!!! So these are just my little pics - I'll post the REAL pics once I get them from Austin's dad!

Sara















Austin and Sara


































Tyler, Morgan, Sara and Austin (the boys are twins)


















The WHOLE GANG!


















We are so happy that Sara has found such a nice group of friends. Since she changed to DHS in the 10th grade, she joined in with kids that had gone to school since elementary school, so we are so happy that she is happy! Funny how that works! (Side note: we got her dress this past summer at the beach! She and Austin went to the mall a few weeks ago, with his mom, and got his shirt and tie to match. Cute, aren't they?)

"Gradulation is When You Finish High School"

This is part of the conversation I over-heard from A and A. Alaina was trying to explain what GRADULATION was to Ally. Of course, it's when you finish high school. She said, "Sara's gonna gradulate real soon. I gradulated Kindergarten and you gradulated Pre-K. Lauren has a long time till she gradulates again, unless she's gonna gradulate from middle school."

So cute what they hear and how they get their point across!

Another conversation...

Alaina , "I don't know this (something, not sure what)."

Ally replied, "Duh, Alaina."

Alaina said, "Ally you know you not supposed to say 'duh'. Mommy said so."

Ally's answer was, "What's 'duh' mean anyway?"

"You So Silly, Mommy"

After asking Alaina something recently, this is the reply I got.

We were in the car and she and Ally were talking about adding numbers. Alaina was trying to explain to Ally that in a subtraction problem, the big number has to come first; but in an addition problem, it doesn't matter. Ally just didn't get it. Then I asked Alaina a question...

"Alaina, do you remember how to write your numbers in Chinese?"

"Sure, I think so."

Me -- "Why do they write the numbers in China 2 ways? Why do they write them like we do in English (digits) and write them with a character?"

Alaina -- "Mommy, you know that. You so silly!"

Me -- "No I really don't know. Why do they do both?"

A -- "You just so silly. You KNOW this!"

Me -- "No, I really don't! Tell me."

A -- "OK, the number is just like our number. The character is just like our word. Like 2 and T-W-O."

Me -- "Oh, yeah, I guess so!"

Gee whiz, silly mommy!

Alaina's Bad Words

The other day, Alaina came home and told Lauren that she knows some bad words...

Lauren, of course, said, "What are they?"

Alaina would not answer.

Lauren pressed on... "What do the bad words start with?"

Alaina hesitated, but told her "B, S, S, D, H".

With a chuckle, Lauren pressed her and Alaina finally told her the bad words...

"Butt, Shut-Up, Stupid, Dumb and Hate".

Whew!

Sock Hop!

Alaina and Ally had their Sock Hop at school tonight! They were both very excited, but Ally's excitement didn't last long - she was a grouch most all night (despite how she looks in the pictures).























Each grade does a little dance/costume contest. The Kindergarten dance was the "Chicken Dance"; the First Grade dance was the "Hokey Pokey". Ally won for K despite the fact that she refused to wear her scarf or glasses. And then Alaina, who wore hers, didn't win for 1st.



















Thankfully it was a pretty cool night! We finished up the night at Brusters (part of Ally's prize was a gift card!). Lauren was responsible for make-up and hair. She made the girls both so cute!!!

















This is what Sara was doing tonight! (Actually, this pic was taken a few weekends ago...)