Movie "extra" fun!!

well! December started interesting...well technically since it was on Tuesday i guess that was the 30th... Anyways, Paul got a call from one of the agencies he works with and they wondered if Paul, I,Molly and Joe(sorry...no Nick..I think since he is over 16 they would have had to pay him) would like to be background extras at the local zoo for a movie. Sure! why not! We had to get there super early and there were only 4 other people there. Literally amongst wardrobe goings over and "makeup" we literally sat and did nothing but wait for 5 hours lol!! In the early morning when makeup was looking us over i asked Molly if she wanted lipgloss...she said yes! So I said should I out it on...she kinda shook her head and looked at the makeup girl it was cute. So we walked over and she humored us! Finally.....lunch...yay! We get to move! So we go down to the penguin house to eat lunch..the guy pulls Paul over and says...you 4 stay here I am taking the others back and releasing them. They only want you 4. OK..but wait...they wanted Molly in her winter coat and I didnt bring it so they had to go grab thatfor us. Let me say...Molly and Joe were AWESOME waiting...it was extremly boring for them and totally their first time for a movie(Joe did a few commercials...completly different!) So they shot some footage while we had to wait again this time adding making no noise lol!!! Finally they call us over and tell us we will just be walking back and forth from opposite sides. Jenna Fischer(plays Pam on the office) came over to Molly and shook her hand and introduced herself and asked a few questions. It was super cute and so nice of her to do that!! Of course we couldnt take photos or I would have!! Everyone was so nice and it was a really fun experience! Molly told everyone at school that "she is in a penguin movie" lol!!!! Of course we have no idea if it will make it to the big screen or if it does if you would be able to see us but we have the memories!!!

Wow!! November is almost done!

My blog has been sadly neglected I think! No excuse really other then not much to say. I have started helping out for one hour a week in Mollys class.I have a group of 5 kids that I read with, also we go over blending sounds as well as word wall words. It is fun. Molly's best friend is in my group so it's fun talking to her!
Mom and dad picked up both boys the day before Thanksgiving and they helped make the pies as well as get everything ready for the stuffing. Nick woke up early with them and helped them get the turkey ready for the oven! Everything turned out super yummy! I made a pumpkin cake but i was not able to get the apple cider to make the sauce. I also made a pineapple souffle that everyone likes! Then mom and dad were nice enough to watch Molly overnight so paul and I could go early bird Black Friday shopping! We got everything we wanted so that was good! We do still have some more odds and ends to get but nothing big!

Halloween ends...thankfulness comes!

Halloween was fun. Everyone really enjoyed the meal Paul and Molly requested. The kids loved the punch lol Joe said I should make it for every special occasion lol!! We realized that we have very little Halloween decorations so we picked up 3 items at Meijers, maybe after dinner Molly and I will go see if Joannes has any stuff still out. We are looking for things for Thanksgiving too we do have a few things for that. I am happy now that it is November this month is great for realizing all that we have to be thankful for!

Halloween

Molly and Paul planned our meal for tomorrow night. They looked through all my fun little halloween/fall recipe booklets I have.

They decided on Mummy hotdogs, Sloppy Joe pizzas, Mashed potatoe monsters,Witches Brew punch, and Pumpkin cake balls for dessert! Molly has a countdown going on and according to her she is going trick or treating tonight lol!! I like that she is looking forward to it though!!

This week

Well this has been an interesting week. Nick stayed home from school on Monday. He was very tired said he had a headache and stomach ache along with a stuffy nose and a slight cough. So I pretty much gave him Dayquil and Nyquil. Tuesday he said he felt better but his stomache hurt and head hurt still. I told him he could stay home again and I would make a doctors appointment for him. he chose to go to school. I still made the doctor appointment. So, i really expected a call to pick him up but he made it through the day. He is ALWAYS home from school before I leave to get Molly and wouldnt you know he wasnt home when i left? So of course my mom instincts kick in and i was convinced he was dead in the school. I called Paul to let him know Nick was missing. lol I then went to get Molly from school(narrowly missing being killed by a drunk driver on the way) and then drove to the high school I prayed the whole way that he would be outside the school not that I have to go in and do a complete search for him. he was there!!! Turns out he had to take a test and he called the house after I had already left. He did not remember my cell phone number to call that! So we get him home and got him to the doctors. Long story short he had a very high fever along with pneaumonia and tonsilitis. poor kid!!! But he now has a inhaler and antibiotics so he is perking up a bit! We will be laying low for the next few days though! He is home from school today and tomorrow and returns to the doctor on Friday.

a few fun days!

Thursday was fun because I had one of those "very rare for me" nights out! My friend jen and i went out for a nice dinner(except for a darn fly that would NOT leave us) and then we headed over to the Taste of Home cooking show. I guess it was the very first one they had in Michigan!! I would definitly go again! They picked 10 recipes to cook for us and out of those ten only 2 were ones that I wouldnt consider for my family! So that was pretty good!! They also had goodie bags for us that included two of the magazines, and since we ordered VIP tickets we got a Breakfast cookbook also we got to order a free subscription to either the monthly magazine or the Holiday editions! I chose the Holiday ones because I dont currently get them! I was really happy to have such a fun night out with a good friend!
Saturday Nick participated in his first Bible quiz meet. I think he had a lot of fun! It sure was a long day and it required lots of thinking and memorizing and recalling information! His Novice team took second place out of 6 teams!! Good for them!!

Real Housewives.....and funny stuff Molly says

Okay, so one of the joys I have discovered about daytime TV is the show Real Housewives of Orange County! Yes I realize this series has been out forever but we dn't have cable so i am just catching up! Wow!!! How unrealistic is this show??? BUT I want there lives!!!! Kinda! What I wanted to comment on was the one lady Jo...shes a spoiled little, tries to be cute by pouting. So she decided to make cookies for her boyfriend/fiance whatever he is. So what does she bring home??? One of those prepackaged cookie mixes in a bag. Thats it! So her boyfriend says did you think to check if we had eggs or butter before you did that??? She starts crying and says oh he thinks I'm stupid....dude!!! You ARe!!!! You drop thousands of dollars on clothes and whatnot and you cant buy a few eggs and a thing of butter to make the cookies??? Anyways I got a good laugh over that yesterday!
On to funny from Molly. For some reason she has decided that if a police man pulls you over you are to give him money. I told her no...he will probably write a ticket but you dont pay him you pay the court....hello.....we dont want bribery charges as well!! So today she sees an accident...it is raining...she sees the people standing outside by the cars. She told me "mom...if a policeman pulls me over and it's raining I'm just gonna run" WHAT???????????too funny!!! No honey...you need to just sit quietly in your car. So lets all keep Molly in our prayers when she is of driving age that she never gets pulled over!!!!!