Angie gets all credit for the earrings - a little too scary for me! Oh, and please don't mention these to the girls, they are gifts for their advent calenders.
This is him with his "puke bowl" he didn't use it, just the once on Ang was enough. But his sister was extra sweet and caring for him all night long. Loved watching her mother him, made me extra thankful for my kids!
Once again, SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOO sorry Angie!
{Sorry for the multi posts}
We are having the bi-annual Bartholomew dinner at the new "Barn" this year to accommodate all 37 family members planning to attend. I volunteered to do a little decorating {name cards and vases} then asked Amie for a little help and we came up with this...this is just one of the tables but {if I do say so myself} we cozied this place right up!
More to come tomorrow - just getting a little excited!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love, love, LOVE it when my kids play well together!
Thankful that my hubby is home, it is the weekend, he is making breakfast {as I type}, I got 12 HUGE hours of sleep last night{helps when you go to bed at 8pm with the kids}, and I have a fun get together planned with my girls this afternoon! And so "thankful" that this project went so smoothly/quickly - can you believe that Thanksgiving is just 5 days away? CRAZY! Sooo much to do!
Yes, even the stinky little things that need to be cleaned up!
Just thought I would share, I got these fun bars/shelves at IKEA in their kitchen section. 
so...Mike left on Friday around noon to Nebraska with his dad, brothers and a couple family friends to go hunting. His flight home is not until Wednesday, so it was much to my surprise when this text came across my phone before 11am this morning! Neither him or David wasted any time waiting! {Mike had assured me that there was NO way he would shoot anything the first day - he was afraid of jumping the gun, killing something small and getting the wrath and ridicule of the seasoned hunters he was with} Way to go Mike!
{doesn't he look manly}
Randy took this pic at his ALMOST empty desk, after they took their last gas station drink run (pretty sure that's what Mike will miss most -hope his brothers like mid-morning Pepsi's), Mike will miss the friends he has made over the past few years but is really excited to get started on his own, should be a fun ride!
As for today, my darling Miss Adilynn{#1} the trampoline {#2} and my mother{#3} (who gifted us said trampoline) all had a hand in my tender mercy.
Ads is dancing at a new studio this year, and we have been super impressed! For Halloween the parents were invited to come to class and watch. During this time they did a whole ballet warm-up, their own "improv" dance and then performed a Monster Mash dance they had been working on - soo fun!
Paislee {Tinkerbell} loved holding her bucket and the wand and neither could be pried from her hands. This is a constant thing at our house - she is not happy when something is taken from her hands...She has also developed a love for Whoppers over the past few weeks (which I find disgusting) she has been know to get dad to bypass the dinner and go straight for the Whoppers a couple times! (sucker)
Lukey {gladiator} had to have a costume with a sword so this is what we came up with...He is also learning lots of new phrases, everything is "way" cool, or "way" fun, or he just wants it "way"bad. He also tell everyone "bye, see ya soon!" whether it be on the phone or as you leave the house - its pretty cute!
Ads {scary witch} favorite part of her costume was her broom and the fact that her 2 best friends were also witches (minus the broom) but she decided they could ALL 3 ride hers, she would share. Adi is also learning to read and spell at school - she has gotten really excited about this lately, some of the words she can spell are *I *see*like *can *and *go and her favorite, she just learned today...{dah, dah. dah, dah!} Del Taco! Yep, she can't wait for dad to get home to spell it for him! LOL
Miley {bumble bee} well, she did steal the trick-or-treating show when she pooped all over Mike before we even got to the first house! (poor tick-or-treaters who might have stepped in it) But the kids are warming up to her, Adi loves taking care of her, Paislee loves to get her rilled up by sticking her fingers in her cage and Luke now eats his morning PopTart with her {aww, sweet} and she pretty much ruins my nightly DVR watching with her horrendous gas! {silent but deadly, yuck!}
Mikey {Nacho Libre} has got it all! I love this and think he looked great even though he was a bit bashful while wearing it. I'm not sure his mother approved and positive his brother, David, didn't! (they thought this picture was a fake but he really did go to the Pickle's party like this and he won best costume, I might add!)
Update on Mike, well, tomorrow will be his last Friday working for J&K as he is venturing out to start his own tax/accounting practice in the upcoming weeks. He will be partnering up with A Plus a bit and is excited be working around his brothers again. This is a little scary for me but I know he will work hard and do awesome! (just leave a comment with any referrals you might have! :)
And last, here is the happy family together (I was Nacho's girlfriend, you know, sister Carn...something or other) and best of all Jeremy, Chad and the Pickles joined us for dinner and trick-or-treating! Fun, fun, fun! So, until FALL 2008 we are completely through with the "BOO" festivities! Bring on the merry, the happy and the jolly!