Fright Night

(credits for the above picture: paint brushes by VBrush, swirly brushes by Truly Sara, banner by Jan Crowley, font is Porcelain)

Our pumpkins are carved, our costumes are done, I've got my bat tattoo on (see above), we have candy to hand out tonight (if we are home long enough to get any trick or treaters).

And wouldn't you know it- the time is just crawling by. I'm horrible about this- I love Halloween. It's such a fun night. And- to make it even better- this is the first year that I actually have a child wearing a truly scary costume.

My oldest is going as a zombie. We had fun making his costume yesterday- lots of dirt (because he just crawled out of the grave), lots of blood, we got to destroy a perfectly good shirt (I bought a cheap one for this).

Evan is going as Superman. No surprise there- he's still really into superheroes.

Dylan is going at Clark Kent- or, in his words, 'Superman's pahpa'.

Cody and I were looking at his make up for tonight. I told him that he'd have peeling skin and that he'd look really cool. I forget how literal he can be- he just looked at me with these huge eyes and said 'But I don't want you to peel my skin off.' Um, dude, it's all make up and it won't hurt you a bit.

We've all been sick and now we all have colds. And of course this is one of those weeks where Dylan and Evan can't stand each other and are fighting constantly, and over the silliest little things. Yesterday- they are argued over a MOUSEPAD! If they argue tonight, I'm cutting trick or treating short because I'm not dragging two whiny brats angels through the neighborhood tonight.

Loose Teeth, Birthday Butts, And He's Three!

Last night, while I was sitting on the couch, watching 'my shows', working a Suduko puzzle, and half listening to the kids' talk in the dining room, Cody shouted 'OW!'

There I was, thinking 'oh great, one of his brothers has hurt him and now he's going to come and tell me allll about it.' Well- he did come and tell me all about it, but the 'ow' didn't mean 'one of my brothers punched/pushed/kicked/bit/all of the above me', it was 'ow, my tooth is loose!' Cody's so excited- this is his very first loose tooth. It wasn't long before he showed up at my side again and showed me that another tooth was loose (I'm not sure if it's really loose or just loose because the actual loose tooth has given it some wiggle room, so we'll see).

I told Cody that if it falls out when I'm not around he needs to keep it. And Dylan, the four year old who doesn't go to school and hasn't lost any teeth, pipes up with 'Yeah, for the tooth fairy!' Cody's eyes glowed- I think that he just thought the fact that he had a lost tooth was amazingly cool enough, add in the excitement of actually losing that tooth, along with the promise of money from the tooth fairy and it became just The Coolest Thing Evah.

He thought that he'd lose the tooth last night- I had to tell him that sometimes it takes days for loose teeth to fall out and that he might have to wait awhile.

Evan has learned a new song- Happy Birthday. Yesterday, I overheard him singing Happy Birthday to Cody's butt, of all things.

Speaking of birthdays- today is Evan's Birthday. He's three years old today. The past few weeks we have talked about birthdays and how much fun they are. Today, he's wearing his new sweatshirt from Aunt Jess and his Birthday Boy ribbon. It's so hard to believe that he's actually three- the last three years have just flown right by. We're having cake tonight, but other than that, I don't really have much planned for today, except a quiet day at home.

Tagged by Justine- twice, in fact, lol!

I'm going to do the music one first, just because it's easier to narrow that list down than it is to narrow down the weird things about me or my pets.

1. Wings of a Butterfly by HIM
2. Sweet Sacrifice by Evanescence
3. Lips of an Angel by Hinder
4. Next Contestant by Nickelback
5. Control by Puddle of Mudd
6. Paint It Black by Rolling Stones
7. Ball and Biscuit by White Stripes

And now for the five weird things about me or my pets.

1. My cat, Monkey, is a blanket licker. Cats have ways to comfort themselves, just like people, and Monkey's way of comforting himself is to lick the nearest blanket.
   
2. I can't eat macaroni and cheese made by someone else. I have to make it, because I don't follow the directions on the box correctly and nobody else has been able to get my secret way of making mac and cheese right. Oh- and I won't eat any mac and cheese unless it uses the powdered cheese.
   
3. I'm obsessive over hanging underwear on the clothesline. You don't do it unless you have three lines. Underwear is hung on the middle line, with sheets and blankets hung on the outside lines. I've been tempted to go and change where people hang their underwear on their clothesline because it bugs me so much (not that I would ever want to touch some stranger's underwear, that's just, ew).
   
4. I only eat the pink and yellow Starburst.
   
5. I eat raw hot dogs (and didn't know that this was weird until my sil said something about it).
   

I can't think of anyone to tag, so- if you read this, consider yourself tagged. :D