One Fine Day

On evenings when I do not have to work at Gymboree,
our family tries to get outside when Mark comes home from work for a nice walk.
The weather has been in the high 70's lately, so-
perfect walking conditions!
I LOVE our walks because it gives Mark and I
a chance to really talk while the kids explore the woods:)

The BEST Apple Crisp!

I have very fond memories of coming home from school and smelling my moms apple crisp baking in the oven. It was so good and brings back such great memories of childhood.
I have tried to duplicate that taste with several apple crisp recipes and none have been good enough, until last week. I was reading my friend Beths blog and she had a post on a great apple crisp recipe so I tried it and OH MY GOODNESS!!! It was the bomb!
I ate 3/4 of the pan in one night (honestly!)
On a side note, I woke up in the middle of the night with horrible stomach pains.
I wont do that again!
But the crisp was amazing and I've made it 2 times since-
one for a church function where it got rave reviews!
So check it out- its worth the time to make it!!!

Candy Fun*****

Every year we go to Grandma and Grandpas for dinner and then some trick or treating!
They live in a development that has houses very close together and is very safe.
and they give out GREAT candy!

It amazed me how very quickly Elijah caught on to what was happening.
He had a death grip on his basket because he knew what was being put inside!
If someone forgot to put candy in his basket he would point and grunt at them!
Hilarious!

Grandpa helped us with the kiddos while Grandma handed out candy back at their house!
We went out for about an hour and a half and got 3 FULL baskets and one 1/2 full (Elijahs)
We are set in the candy department for months:)

All night, Arianna was complaining of a headache and then just as we
pulled out of the driveway to go home, Arianna threw up!
(this is the first time I have ever seen her throw up in her 5 yrs of life!)
I was worried it was the flu, but this morning I am pretty sure she just ate
TOO MUCH CANDY!

My Little Monsters

All This For $12 (20 items)

Albertsons has amazing deals this week that I took advantage of!
Most of these items were buy 2 for $4 and get back $2 at the register.
So, when you use coupons on top of the sale,
each item worked out to around 50 cents!
And I split my transactions so I could use the $2 coupons
that day to make all this so cheap!
Sorta reminded me of Walgreens-
GREAT DEALS!
I am using the mini fruit rollups for trick or treating,
since my kids dont eat them,
but everything else we will definitely use!

Something to Make You Smile:)

Snowing Buckets!!!

Ella was sure excited for all the mounds of snow, but Elijah- not so much!

At 11:30 in the morning, we went out to play after a yummy breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes! I measured the snow and it was at 9 inches! It was well over Ellas knees-
we played for about 45 minutes!

I was not ready for the snow, so I did not have snow pants for the twins-
I pulled out last years but only found one so Sophia squeezed into it.
Arianna had to wear several pairs of pants with daddy's
athletic wind pants over top secured with rubber bands!
I vividly remember my mom doing that with me or my brother one winter-
what great memories it brought back from childhood!

We will see what tonight and tomorrow has in store...