Does life on Halloween week get any better than this?

Watching the "Peanuts" Halloween special? Especially with dad? (Kate was scared to watch it alone.)

"Peanuts" specials just fills my heart with home.

Good life, huh? Old fashioned trick or treating with your little sis under the American flag. We are blessed. I pray everyone may enjoy such freedom. And I thank those who gave it to me.

More Halloween later!

Be still my spooky soul...

When I saw this.....

my heart fluttered a bit. Can you think of anything more GLORIOUSLY SPOOKY then this head in a jar?????

*Squeal!!!*

I love it. I tried to make one but had little success. I need to find a better picture on the Internet to print. It all has to be some fancy 3-D something rather. (Thanks to my buddies Michelle and Ant for trying to help me by printing me a picture off their laser printer and delivering it! Super nice. And thanks to Lara for the jar.)

It will have to be one of my lofty goals to make one before our next spooky dinner.

So....I really love Halloween. Therefore you may just be seeing a week of Halloween blogging. I know it is totally stupid that I am going to be blogging it when we are moving on to giving thanks holidays but I can't let it go.

I haven't had time to blog because I have been painting rocks. SUPER FUN!!!!

So back to me loving Halloween....one of my BFF's called me a dichotomy the other day. Because I love Halloween and all it's creep factor but I am also too scared to drive in the dark, Or walk anywhere in the dark. Or be in the dark.

I cannot even watch spooky movies without literally feeling physically ill because of the terror of it all. Then I can't sleep peacefully for like months. No lie.

If Corey has gone to bed first I have to travel from the bathroom to the bed in the dark. I will do so, super fast and fly into the bed and land as close to him as possible (hoping to wake him up a tiny bit so he will roll over and do his manly job of protecting me) and hide under the covers until my anxiety goes down. And that is after NOT watching scary...... yea...I have a few issues.

But I love Halloween! I just think it is good creative fun. And good safe scariness. And I am okay with that.

So...without further adieu....I will now present to you a picture of what every FAMILY should OWN!

A a a a a a a......BRAIN JELLO MOLD!!!!!!!!

yea, I know. It's pretty GREAT!!!

Rhett came up to me and said....."What is that?"

Me...."It's a brain"

Him..."Yea, but what is it?"

Me..."It's a brain"

Him...."but what's it made out of?"

Me....."Brain"

Him...."but...."

Me...."How long have you lived in this family!!!!!! It's a brain."

(I never disclose the ingredients of spooky dinner food. Not on Halloween anyway!)

Then the other kids start....."what is that?"

Me...."It's a brain"

Them......"Yea but what is it?"

Me....."It's a BRAIN!"

Anyway! Spooky dinner was great fun. I'll post some pictures tomorrow on it.

Also, I'm totally a blessed mom.....Tonight I made tator tot casserole. Which is a tiny bit..... ewwww. And Corey wont touch it. But it is cheap and easy. And Mrs. Duggar makes it and I love her. Actually, I think her kids make it. Because she is more organized then me and trained her kids to be totally useful....you know....instead of some other kids...that....are around. Ahem. JUST Kidding! My kids totally know how to make some stuff. Toast. Top Ramon. Marconi and Cheese...sort of.

So Rhett found out what I was making for dinner and he got super excited and told me...."You do not know how much I love tator tot casserole!"

uhh....Score!!!!! Take that Mrs. Duggar! No, just teasing. I love you.

Spooky Family Home Evening!

Yay for spooky porches! The kids couldn't wait to get the spooky porch up.

And....

I get super excited when I see sights like this....

Pumpkins! I just really love pumpkins. I love the beautiful oranges. We always love to carve pumpkins. And for the past few years we have made pumpkin seeds. Sometimes they aren't that great but we still like them enough and feel so good not wasting them!

Jacko lanterns on the front porch with their soft glows is one of my favorite sights.

SO here is us at work....

Bo did his all by himself. I thought it was great.

Muffins from a box for dessert!

Carved and glowing!!!!

Bo's....Pretty creepy, huh?!

Nathan's cracked me up in a disturbed sort of way! That's a butter knife jabbed in his head....

yea. I'm raising good kids. Lol.

When we painted Justine's room lime and aqua Corey almost died. Now it's the coolest room in the house!

I love Taylor Swift.

Is that teeny boppy of me?

I don't care. I love her.

I help my kids clean their rooms. I admit it. Most of the time I make them do it but very often I go in and clean also. I don't have any philosophy on if that is right or wrong. All I know is I can't stand the mess and I do it. Sometimes I make them help and sometimes I just do it while they are gone so I can trash stuff. Also sometimes the rooms just get so bad the kids can't get it done to my expectation so I do it and give them a fresh start. Then they maintain for a month and then I go in the trenches yet again..

I also help Justine because she is sharing with a little sister who helps make the mess but not the cleaning up part. Although sometimes when I get in there I realize Kate's mess is only a quarter of the mess and the rest of it is Justine's. She is just like I was as a kid.

So one day I was bored and pushed play on the CD player and listened to Taylor Swift's new CD. It was delightful. I fell in love with her right there.

Because I picture my sweet teenage girl locked in her room doing her own thing and listening to this sweet song about never growing up. This sweet little song about enjoying your child hood. About giving your mom a break and not making her park down the street when she drops you off somewhere. I just picture her in her room, which she has put so much love into, and I just bet she is happy in there listening to Taylor's beautiful song. I love her, I'm tellin' you. I love her for giving those good feelings to my girl.

Justine LOVES little knick knacks. It's cute.

Taylor also has this great song to Kanye west. If you are up in the Hollywood stuff you would know that he interrupted Taylor's winning speech to, instead, give Kudos to Beyonce who didn't win but he must have felt she should have. Kanye actually took Taylor's microphone and ruined her winning speech. Which I am sure was a huge deal to Taylor. Being young in the industry. (I sound like a producer! Heck ya)

So it was a shocking and scandalous moment and was all over the talk shows. But Taylor handled herself so sweetly. So wisely. So without guile.

Then she wrote this great little song. The critics say the song is just marginal but I think it is beautiful. It speaks of making mistakes. And who you've been is not still who you are. And Kanye's light is still bright to her. I don't know. I just like it.

That's all. Bye.

ADHD is a big fat poo poo head. Or is it pooh pooh? Ha ha. That looks funny. ADHD is a big fat pooh pooh head. bahaaaaa!

Remember I have been reading the book, "ADD, The Answer"? Well, I have found the answer....

Ready for it.....?

There is no COTTON PICKIN' ANSWER, Dang it!

I read the entire book. I ran all the ideas past Bo's doctor. He answered my questions with contradictory answers that he firmly believes.

The Dr. who wrote the book firmly believes his answers.

Bo's Dr. recommended four more books.


I have one another book already waiting for me on my night stand. That is actually due back at the library this very second! Ack!

The "ADD The Answer" book says that if you have ADD in your life you must read and become an expert on ADD. That is what I am aiming for.

But for now... I have no answer. It is an extremely confusing, millions of different opinions, topic. I don't know what to do.

Here is how Bo spent the majority of his jujitsu class....

Sitting on the side line , for poor behavior, waiting to be invited back in to train. But the poor behavior is honestly impossible for him to control. At one point Bo just started crying and said he wanted to go home. It made me think about the part in the book that says kids with ADD have a lot of negatives going on in their life. He is just being his normal little self and it is negative. And I am not blaming the jujitsu instructor. He is teaching. He can't have so much disruption. Plus he is trying to teach Bo. But why does it have to be so hard for my little guy?

And one thing I did think hard about is how I kept saying if Bo was going to be in so much trouble at school then I would just home school him so he wouldn't have failure all the time. But what about when he goes to church class. Or jujitsu, or to a birthday party. He has to be able to to control himself.

Bo's neurology Dr is an advocate of medicine. He says the front part of your brain is missing some chemicals or something that is controlled by medicine. So as much as Bo tries, he can't fix himself. And he disputes the other ideas in the book such as vitamins, fish oil, magnets, nutrition and such as a fix for ADD.

Which you all might be interested to know is now NEVER called ADD anymore. It is only called ADHD. Even if they don't have the hyperactive part. Still ADHD. Because the H means other things now too.

I know that because I am in ADHD training to become an ADHD Jedi master!

It is all just so much! And I don't know as though I have been given any huge inspirations on the subject. I am just trying to sort it all out.

BIG FAT "OH WELL"!!!!!

So....because I cannot stand how cute Bo is in his Gi, here are some more glorious pictures of him when he was not in time out.

Totally love his instructor.

Learning all the moves...

Corey and I went and saw this great movie called Warriors. It had some actors that were up and coming. And one of my fav....Nick Nolte. I like his goofy self! But the movie was about mixed martial arts and it was super cool. And it had a interesting story line. I may or may not agree with the ending. I need someone to discuss the ending with. (It does have a few bad word in it though)

Playing partner tag...

Love it!

After a while of Bo's poor behavior and several time outs the instructor finally just cradled him and demonstrated the moves on him. Bo really loved that. I think it somehow centers him. I know in his old kindergarten he would sit still during circle time when he had a heavy large bean bag on him. Interesting, huh? The weight or the constriction helps somehow.

After it was over he told the instructor "I want a hug." And the sweetie instructor said "I want a hug too." I thought that was so gentle and loving. And then Bo gave him a kiss as well.

I don't want him suffering so much. I don't want him in trouble all the time. I want him to be able to be the good little boy he is. I don't want him set up for this CONSTANT failure.

If you just knew him you would be able to see he is actually one of the most loving and sweet boys around.

ADHD can go where the sun don't shine. Opps. I didn't mean to say that out loud.

Except then I think about how ADHD is part of my kids. It is part of them. And then I have to love it a bit. Because I love them. And all that makes them...them. Dear ADHD, Can we be friends? Can you be more gentle on us and I will be more gentle on you when I am condemning you on my blog. Deal?