STEAM Night & Veteran's Day!

We're halfway through November, and I'm just gawking at how fast time is flying by! I was hoping that we would be able to slow down in November, but we're full steam ahead and I feel like I'm always playing catch up and trying to multi-task, but that's pretty typical for us during Football season, and we're counting down that we only have two games left and our season is done!

Every Sunday, we have our John Wesley picture taken! It cracks me up but the girls insist. I'm sure we get some strange looks from our fellow church goers as they're leaving. 

I shared this diffuser combination on my Instastories, and it's still my Fall favorite! I've been diffusing this non stop! You'd never miss a burning candle at my house, when I have this in the diffuser. 

I say it all the time, but having the girls at school with me is a favorite. I have kindergarten and 1st grade recess duty, so I always see Megan on the playground. She'll come sit with me when she's freezing cold, or even when she has her feelings hurt. But, on this day, it was freezing, so she bundled up next to me. And yes, that's a bull horn, because it's better than straining your voice :/

Last week, we received a letter from my niece who is serving in the Navy and is stationed in Hawaii #luckygirl. The girls loved getting their letter and a few pictures! 

We had STEAM night at our elementary school last week. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. The PTA organized the event, and it was wonderful! 

There was a photo booth. 

And face painting. 

And little electronic robots, math games, painting, and more! The kids had tons of fun and Gretchen was begging the PTA members to put on another STEAM night before we left! 

Also, hair critters are making their way around school again. I shared this last week too on Instagram, but it's my favorite little trick from keeping our hair bug free! You can check out this post for more tips and how we dealt with hair bugs previously. (And thankfully, we haven't had to deal with them again.)

Last week, Megan insisted on eating lunch with me. So, she came to my office and ate while I did some work. 

We celebrated Veteran's Day at school last week. We're so thankful for DJ's dad who served in the airforce! 

And my niece, who's currently serving!!!

Thank you to our Veteran's, our active duty, and their families!!!! We so love and appreciate all you do for our country! 

Pictures..... Pictures... & More Pictures

I have just lots of pictures to share today :) 

The Sunday before Halloween, the little girls wore their Jelly the Pug Halloween dresses to church and had to take their picture with John Wesley afterwards! Except, this week, they didn't cooperate very well! Ha! 

We absolutely love the Jelly the Pug brand! It reminds me of Matilda Jane, but the price tag is a bit friendlier when dressing three girls! And, we find it on Zulily a ton! Check out this dress for Christmas! 

After church, the girls played dress up, and Elsa took a nap. 

And then we headed to football for our Sunday night family dinner. 

On Mondays we have speech therapy, and I try my best to keep the girls entertained. Honestly, they're ready to play, and they're all over the place, but it's also a waiting room, and we need to do our best to stay still and quite. So, the iPad often comes to the rescue. 

I made DJ's video student's Monster cookies for Halloween. You can find the recipe on Momfessionals blog. 

The girls celebrated their 50th day of school with a sock hop last Thursday. Poodle skirts, root beer floats, and dancing for the win! 

After school on Thursday, we went to the gym, and then I took the girls to have ice cream for dinner. It was warm, they had cleaned the house and were so helpful on Sunday, and DJ was at football meetings. So, ice cream for dinner was the perfect treat! I had a protein shake from the gym :) 

Friday was Bedlam day at school. In Oklahoma, Bedlam is when OU and OSU play each other. It's a huge rivalry game. Our teachers lounge was decorated, we had a potluck, and TU had a game Friday night. So, we did what any football family would do. We dressed in Blue and supported our own team! 

Reign Cane! 

After school, we ran a quick errand, came home to put on some layers, and headed to football! Addy was happy to see her big cousin Max!

And look who we spotted on the field! 

Just, DJ doing his job :) 

And Saturday, we slept late, the girls played, I ran some errands sans kiddos, and then I came home to watch football with DJ. Addy Pearl crawled up and fell asleep! Nap time snuggles are the best! 

Trick or Treat!

So, Halloween feels like it was forever ago. Yes. Already. But, we had fun, and I wanted to make sure I got our pictures up on the blog. 

Last Monday, Megan was complaining because our pumpkin carving attempt a few weeks ago had failed. We had bought our pumpkins, set them outside, and then a huge rainstorm came through and two of our pumpkins rotted. So, we were only to carve one pumpkin. And in Megan's little mind, she didn't get to carve her pumpkin, and she begged, and begged, and begged. But we were so busy. Finally on Monday, I knew that even though our calendar was swamped, we needed to come through and pick up two more pumpkins so Megan and Gretchen could carve theirs. I went to stores, and came up empty handed, but DJ skipped his Monday night radio show and came to the rescue with two new pumpkins! 

So after dinner, they set to work carving pumpkins. 

And all was happy in our home again :) 

Of course by this time, Addy's little pumpkin had wilted, so it was looking less than steller compared to our two new pumpkins! 

We always let the girls draw the faces, and then DJ cuts them out. 

On Halloween night, I picked up a jack-o-lantern pizza from Papa Murphys and invited our neighbors over for dinner! 

We curled Gretchen's hair for her costume, and then after dinner we were off. 

Skye and Captain America were ready for trick-or-treating! 

I love that we're at the age, where our kiddos can go and run, but that we're still close by :) 

Megan went as Mal. 

And, our little Skye :) She loved her costume so much and told us we needed to just call her Skye from now on! 

And Belle. 

Unfortunately it was cold on Halloween night, so we had to break out layers and coats. 

Happy Halloween from our girls! 

Life Lately......

Once again, life lately has been cray! October was insanely busy, and I'm hoping that our evenings and activities will begin to slow down just a wee bit in November! 

After I tucked Megan in for the night, I found Adalyn asleep in Gretchen's bed! Poor girl was too tired to wait for me to tuck her in bed in her own room! 

And my oh my, when did this girl get so big? I cannot believe that she is almost 10! (Yikes!)

Bless this girls heart. She fell asleep in the car on our way home. October has had us all tuckered out! 

I was busy getting things done around the house, and she just wanted to cuddle. With my new bath pillow, which is the softest pillow I've ever put my head on! 

Gee sent all of the girls Halloween cards..... 

and $10.00!!!!!!! 

Yay for surprise cards! 

Addy Pearl had character day at school last week. She went as Skye from Paw Patrol. 

And Gretchen was chosen as student of the month by her teacher! 

We're so proud of her! 

Picking up this girl from preschool, and she was looking extra cute, but wouldn't stop so I could take her picture. 

Um, but this girl did! 

Last Friday night we cuddled up to watch the TU/SMU game. Our boys didn't pull out a W, but they sure did put up a fight! It was such a close game! 

And then this happened..... 

I'm sensing a running theme of Addy Pearl being exhausted!!!