First sunset of November.....................

Tonights sunset which is occuring behind me as I type!

Its snowing.........

Its snowing again........

Laurie and susie are outside sledding...its all they ever do :)

Roses.............

Lloyd came home early today and brought me a beautiful bouquet of roses to cheer me up because I feel so ill.....aren't they just sooooo pretty? I love you Lloyd! I especially love that you came home early today :) and brought apple pie!!!!!! ;)

sorry for myself...

I am feeling very sorry for myself today...I didn't sleep well last night...couldn't breathe and then my nose was running constantly and my head hurt.......I think I kept Lloyd awake too :(

I hate colds :(

Today the kids have started their Guy Fawkes projects.......Chris is writing an essay discussing whether Guy Fawkes was good or bad......Laurence is pretending to be a newspaper reporter of the day writing an article on Guy Fawkes capture.......he has to remember the 5 W's of journalism - he then has to take a photograph of Guy Fawkes capture (using siblings to pose) and then print the article.......Susannah is writing an essay about why we celebrate Guy Fawkes Day that has to contain 10 facts. And Abigail is colouring pictures of Guy Fawkes and copying words......

Candy stash

This is HALF of our candy from Halloween.....this doesn't include all the gum that was removed...or the chips and cans of pop...or the special candy that the children picked to keep for themselves.............. this is a 15 quart (pint) container!

Danica asked why I don't allow gum in this house......I have three reasons:

1. I can't stand hearing people chew gum - its nasty and disgusting IMO

2. I can't stand seeing people chewing gum - it looks nasty and 'common' (lol the snob in me comes out!)

3. I got fed up with finding gum stuck to bedside lamps and garbage cans and even the outside of the house outside of bedroom windows........so yes gum is banned here...............

(pics will be added later as blogger not working!)