Hallow's Eve

Tonight I got home and we started making our chili. Needless to say, it didn't turn out the way we planned. So, we ended up scrapping that dinner. We are going to try it again some other night. We do still have the yummy corn bread muffins though to eat! Sophia had fun running around with this Gerbera daisy that Hal got from work today before dinner.


Then after Sophia ate dinner, she helped me make cookies for tomorrow. Once the cookies were done, we started working on cleaning up the house. We got the house cleaned up and the dishes done. Sophia was eager to stuff her treat bags for Corey's house so we decided that would be our next job.
She enjoyed putting her treats in the Halloween bags. I was trying my best to make sure that they didn't get squished.

Once we finished with her treats, we gathered our candy for tomorrow night and put it into the candy bowl. Sophia thought that it was funny when Hal put it on his head.

Then it was off to bed for Sophia. Hal and I made dinner and got the rest of the house ready for tomorrow.

I am quite excited for our Halloween party tomorrow at school. It should be tons of fun. Happy Halloween!

Big Girl Crafts

Today Sophia and I had a busy day. I posted this morning about how we got Booed. That was quite exciting. Then it was off to Corey's house. Sophia had a very busy day at Corey's. She unfortunately didn't go potty today on the big girl potty chair. Oh well not every day will be a potty day yet. Sophia got to move into the big girl group today and do the craft with the big kids. She colored this really cute picture of some Halloween characters. We put it up on the fridge tonight.

After school, I ran a couple of errands for school Halloween supplies. I am excited for the big party/costume parade on Friday. Then I went to the Y and ran a quick 3 miles before I taught my Bodyflow class. Auntie Sarah came to class and that was really fun. I also brought trick-or-treats for my participants and left with none! I guess they were a hit! Then I was supposed to be practicing for the new launch with some of the other instructors tonight after my class and they didn't show. Weird!

So it was off to the grocery to get some supplies for Friday and for chili for dinner tomorrow night. I can't wait to try this recipe. It was weird to be in the grocery all by myself. Normally I have a squirmy little girl to entertain.

When I got home, my mom was putting Sophia to bed. Hal finished painting in the kitchen tonight and it looks fantastic!! I made some dinner and worked on soaking the beans for the chili. Holy beans! There are a ton of them!

I am really looking forward to Friday and Halloween. I can't wait to take Sophia trick-or-treating. She is quite lucky as she gets to go during the day with Corey and her friends too. We are going to stop by Nana and Papa's on Friday and then the Community Center on the way home too.

We have a busy weekend ahead of us that I can't wait for. Saturday morning we are attending the homecoming breakfast at the U of M. Go Gophers. Then Sophia, Nana, and I are heading to the Mall of America. I can't wait to do some shopping! Sunday it is back to normal with laundry and getting ready for the week.

More tomorrow......

Carving Pumpkins

Today was a long day as I had early morning extended. It was hard to get up this morning and my energy slowly drained throughout the day. When I went to pick Sophia up from Corey's we celebrated her potty success. She has been going at Corey's house now too which is exciting. We got in the car and headed home.

Hal got home about the same time we did. Then he started making our gourmet dinner: basil pesto grilled cheese sandwiches. He made the pesto homemade and it was wonderful! It totally hit the spot after a long day! After dinner, we cleaned up and began carving our pumpkins. Sophia had a great time reaching in the pumpkins and playing with the seeds. Check out her adventures below:

Sophia checking out the pumpkin with Hal


Stirring the seeds with mommy


Reaching inside the pumpkin

We finished up our pumpkins and took a picture of our final products

The kitty and the funny face

This morning as we were on our way to Corey's I noticed a bag on our front step. Guess what......we were Booed last night!

Tonight Sophia is getting picked up by Papa and Nana and I'm off to the Y. I have to work and then practice my Bodyflow for the new release next week. When I get home, I am going to get dinner set up for tomorrow. I'm trying a brand new chili recipe. Wish me luck! It's almost Friday!

My new winter coat

Tonight Sophia tried on her new winter coat to go with the hat/mittens that I got for her. I think that I should've done this the other way around and did the jacket first and then the hat/mittens.

Check out this adorable little pink snowflake!


After modeling her jacket and hat for Hal, we went downstairs to play toys. Sophia and I made letter necklaces and had a dance party. It was quite fun!

We finished our nightly routine of books and milk and I put Sophia to bed. After putting her to bed, I headed over to the community center to work out. I met another mom tonight which was fun. We talked Food Network and clothes. She used to be a buyer for Target in the infant and toddler department. She has two little boys.

I just got home a bit ago and am going to head off to bed soon. My book is so good right now it is hard to put down. If you haven't experienced Stephanie Meyer the Twilight Series I highly suggest you pick it up!! I can barely wait until the movie comes out on the 21st of November.

Well, I'm off to bed to read. I have early morning extended tomorrow. We will have some great pictures to post tomorrow night after my evening workout as we are carving pumpkins. Yippee pumpkin seeds!

Ready for Christmas

Yesterday was a busy day. The snow started to fall and it felt like we should be getting ready for Christmas instead of Halloween. Sophia got up bright and early at 5:30. She didn't really fall back asleep at all. My sister-in-law came over to see our new house and go running with me. We got a good run in. I'm proud as my time is getting faster with 3.5 miles. Tonight I'm up to 4. I'm trying to do my best with sticking on my training for the half-marathon in January.

After our run, Sophia and I hung out at home and had some lunch. Sophia had some fun playing with her toys. She did quite a bit of playing with her new favorite toy, Noah's Ark.

Then we went and met my mom (Nana) at Old Navy to do some shopping. I got some clothes and Sophia got a new winter coat. It is just adorable! After that trip, we went to Target to see if we could find the rest of our Halloween lights. No such luck! We did however find our first Christmas purchase, a reindeer headband. Luck at this adorable new addition to Santa's team.


After shopping, we came home and Sophia took a nap. While she napped, I got some much needed cleaning and organizing done in the house. We are having our first round of company this week on Friday for Halloween so I'm trying my best to get a little organized before people come over.

Sophia and I colored some pictures and had some dinner. Then Hal came home and we played toys and read books. Sophia had a bath and then it was off to bed for her.

This morning I had to take a picture of my little girl all pretty in pink. Check out her new tights. She loves that they have fake shoes on them!


Tonight the gutter guy is coming over. Not sure what Sophia and I will be up to. I'm heading out to the community center to run tonight after she goes to bed. Stay tuned for an update this evening!

Monster Dash and the Zoo Boo

We had a very busy day today. We started off the day by getting up early and dressing up in our Halloween costumes. Then we were off to the Monster Dash 5k. Sophia had a great time trick-or-treating as we went and looking at all of the people and dogs in costume. We ran the race with our friends Matt and Renee. We all dressed in 80s workout gear. It was quite a pretty sight!

After finishing the race, we all hung out and had some snacks. Sophia was thrilled to have a banana. By the way, she was a bee if you can't tell.

Then we headed home after having our post-race banana. On the way home, we stopped at the lake quickly to take some pictures.

Hal and Sophia in front of Lake Calhoun

Sophia was hungry when we got home as it was past her lunch time. So we had some lunch and played toys for a bit. Then we headed over to HOM furniture in search of a sectional for our family room. We found a couple of things we like. We will need to go back to Macys and Slumberland as we found some at both that we liked too. We made a quick pit stop at the storage unti before heading home for Sophia to take her big girl nap.

She was super tired when she went down. She didn't get too much of a nap, as we had to get up and have a snack before getting ready for the Zoo Boo at Como Zoo. She got all dressed up in her costume and we headed out. It was the cutest event ever. There were just tons of people. I couldn't believe it. The zoo was set up with all different stations and people dressed up to go along with the stations. There were several places to take pictures and she got to trick-or-treat too. I told her she was lucky she got to go twice in one day and before Halloween too!

Hal and Sophia entering the gates

The Three Little Pigs

Pirates Cove

Sophia checking out the tiger and the lion

We didn't get home until almost 8 tonight. Then Sophia had her books, milk, and it was off to bed. Hal and I had our leftover pizza from last night for dinner and watched the Gophers Hockey game. I'm off to bed now as I'm getting up early to meet my sister-in-law to go running.

Tomorrow Sophia and I are going to do some shopping with Nana. I'm quite excited about that. You know how the girls love to shop!

My first digger

Yesterday Hal picked Sophia up from Corey's house. When I got back from working out I arrived home to see Sophia's first digger on her face. Corey has a fireplace in which Sophia is obsessed in climbing on. So she was climbing to get the chairs on the fireplace that Corey put up there so the kids couldn't reach them and got one. Along with getting the chair, she also scraped her face on the way down. She still looks adorable even with red rash on her chin.


After eating a delicious dinner of pancakes that Hal made for us, we were off to try and go meet Vince Flynn at Border's Bookstore. Along the way we made a couple of stops at Bed Bath and Beyond, World Market, and Seasonal Concepts. I am on a mission to find us some cool new towels for our house. When we got into Seasonal Concepts they had all of their Christmas decorations out. They were getting set up for an open house tonight. Sophia and I stumbled upon this really odd tree.

I'm not sure if you can see the middle of the tree very clear, but it has a clear plastic tube with a bubbler running through the middle of the tree. The water changed color too. I thought that this tree was quite crazy, and so was the price......$500!!!!!!!!! As we left the store, I was till questioning who in their right mind would EVER spend the money on this!!

After we got home, we put Sophia to bed and Hal worked to try and hook up our new wireless router. Little did he know, it was defective. Oh well......
Tonight we are going to do some errands after school and head to the Y. We have a busy day ahead of us tomorrow with the Monster Dash and the Zoo Boo.
Happy Friday!