Wordless Wednesday is live on healthymomsmagazine.net and talbertzoo.com. Link up to your Wordless Wednesday post. Over the weekend we visited Grandma and Grandpa up in Wisconsin to carve Jack o Lanterns. They have an annual pumpkin carving party with all the cousins and my brothers. This year two of my brothers and their families were able to make it. We had a lot of fun digging into the pumpkins and visiting with family. What did you do over the weekend? If you are participating in Wordless Wednesday scroll down and leave…
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#WordlessWednesday with #linky on a Tuesday – Halloween
Wordless Wednesday is live on thehealthymoms.net and talbertzoo.com. Link up to your Wordless Wednesday post. If you read my Very Scary Halloween Story from yesterday, then you will know that I didn’t get any photos of my kids together in their costumes this year. It was a very disappointing Halloween. But, I did capture this photo of Monkey sitting at the dining room table after trick or’ treating was over. It is a little blurry, but that is the only photo I took on Halloween of one of the kids…
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Once upon a time there was a tired and cranky mother of five energetic children. Halloween had arrived and the youngsters were excited about seeing their Jack o’ Lanterns all lit up, attending the Halloween party at school, and of course trick or’ treating. The young family had recently moved from a far away state. Their new neighborhood was friendly, but many areas in the new town were unfamiliar. Mom and Dad warned their children about going trick or treating outside of the neighborhood. “It just isn’t safe to be…
Read MoreHappy Halloween, The Smashed Pumpkins and Other Stories from the Zoo
This morning was really rough. I was going to write about Monkey’s temper tantrum and violent behavior, but something even more alarming happened to us last night. I woke early, before six so I could read my bible and pray the rosary. I like to do this before anyone else gets up. However, this morning I wasn’t able to have my typical “me time.” Kitty, Monkey and Bear all climbed in bed with me last night. And when I woke up, Monkey was also awake. While I was downstairs brewing…
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