Overwhelmed and Broken

It is not just "one of those days". It doesn't feel like a season. It feels like everything is exploding all around me and I can't do enough to dodge the shrapnel.
Of course I am praying though everything but do I not believe enough? Am I not relying solely on God to provide for us? We are trying to teach our kids about Faith and I suppose these are the times when they will see how we handle our Faith.
I know I am partially emotional and tired from a long drive yesterday but I know that is not the only issue. I am also sad about sending Little Man to daycare this week and frustrated about paying over a 1/4th of what I am going to make each month on his care.
Both of our cars have at least fifteen hundred dollars worth of repairs to be done, hopefully they will hold out breaking completely until I make at least a little bit of money. I am tired. I am lost. I am frustrated and overwhelmed.

Is this what it takes to become broken and forced to our knees? Our house didn't sell, we are in debt due to contract work never paying consistently, we owe the government, both of our cars are about to break down. We never stopped praying when times were good. Do we just need to pray harder? I suppose it is all our fault....my fault...for not being faithful with the things God gave us in the first place.

There's no basement in the Alamo?

While we were in San Antonio we knew our trip could not be complete without a trip to the Riverwalk and the Alamo. It took us awhile to get out of the house so it was almost lunch time when we got to where we were going. We took our ragtag group of 16 on a quick walk to the Alamo and checked it out. Bobby kept Munchkin with him so they could watch the video about the battle. Little Man and I checked out the courtyard and the well with one of the cousins. Once we were all back together Munchkin and I had to check out the bathroom. It wouldn't have been a huge deal except that there was a huge line so by the time we got back to the cars everyone was almost done eating lunch.

After lunch we went to the Riverwalk to take a boat tour. Once we got past the waterfall at the entrance the big deal was keeping the kids away from the waters edge. Thankfully we had no water casualties! (Munchkin wasn't so lucky at the zoo..she fell in the frog pond, but only up to her ankles.)

We had a pretty long drive back up to Abilene that night so once we got back to the house from our trip it was like we had an emergency evacuation drill. We loaded all of the kids, dogs and luggage in about 15 minutes and got on the road.
We all made it in one piece and got a good nights sleep.

{TWD} Twofer Pie

Thank you to Vibi from La casserole carree for choosing this lovely Thanksgiving pie. I do not like pumpkin pie or pecan pie so I am not sure how it will taste. I hope that everyone will taste it and like it.
This came together easily and quickly. I left my hand dandy food processor at home so I mixed the pumpkin ingredients by hand. My sister in law sprinkled on the pecans and then we poured on the pecan topping. I will admit I cheated a tiny bit and used a frozen pie crust. There is just too much activity in the house we are at to be in the kitchen long enough to make a pie crust.

The pie took a little extra time to bake but passed the knife test and came out clean. I cut it to take pictures and found it was a little mushy. Hopefully after sitting in the fridge all night chilling it will be good for dessert.

If everyone likes this pie I will definitely make it again!

Cousins

Every year at Thanksgiving we get family pictures taken at Sears. We are going again this year but I wanted to take some fun outdoor pictures of the kids too. Everyone was willing so I think they all turned out pretty good! :)

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Funny Little man

Little Man has become quite the conversationalist and entertainer over the last few weeks. Last night topped the cake though. He has always loved to play the guitar so we didn't think too much of it when he brought out the ukulele to play. Of course when he started singing "I am the music in me!!!" at the top of his voice and making various rock star faces Bobby and I started to laugh. We were even more tickled when he held the ukulele out to the side, put his hand on his stomach and took a bow. he then proceeded to walk out of the room while waving to us. Hilarious!!

I can't wait for more of those moments to come.

Work, Work, Work

That is all I have to talk about this week. So far so good. I am sure there is a lot more to learn than I already have but it was a weird week to start. People are out and transferred so i am just learning as I go. I have also read 3/4 of a Dean Koontz novel.

I am thinking about joining another weekly cooking club called Craving Ellie in my Belly...we'll see. I need to get the cookbook if I am going to join..hint hint.

For you full time working mamas out there, how do you make time for all of the other stuff at home? Cooking, Laundry, Cleaning, etc.... Yeah, that has kind of gone by the wayside this week. We have gotten up at 6 every morning, bathed, dressed, teeth brushed, breakfast eaten and lunches made. We have made it almost everyday to where we are supposed to be on time. I don't get home until 6:30 at night. Bobby is getting home in time to pick the kiddos up from school but has had to run them places so they don't get to eat. Bedtime is at 8.......30ish so I get to see my kids for and hour and a half for the entire day. By then I am beat and just want to go to bed.
How do you balance every thing?

Christmas is coming!! Can you feel the excitement in the air? No? Not yet? I think we will be breaking out the Christmas CDs over the next couple of weeks. I know, I know, there are some of you out there that pulled them out the day after Halloween. I just can't do it that early.
In that vein, what is your favorite Christmas song?
Alrighty then, back to work. Hope you are all having a great day in cyberland!

Wacky Wednesday

Here I am on day 3.5 of my new job. Not a bad gig so far. The hardest things for me has been leaving my little guy all day long. The transition to Kindergarten was hard for me with my Munchkin but 1st grade has been a breeze. It helps that she loves it.

Little man is hanging out with a good friend of mine this week and he is doing fantastic. She even took him to school with her yesterday to help out so he got to have lunch with Munchkin. I was happy about that.

Next week is Thanksgiving break. That will all be good family time for us and then Little Man will start preschool the following week. That I am not looking forward to. I think he will love it after a few days but those first few days are going to be hard on me. When we checked it out one of his favorite things was the little kitchen. He misses ours so he immediately started trying to cook when he saw it.

I didn't cry after dropping Little man off this morning so I guess that is a step in the right direction. 2 more days to the weekend and an entire week of hanging out with both of my sweet kiddos and my sweet hubby!

{TWD} Rice Pudding? Nope Snickery Squares

There are few things that do not pass my lips. Cottage Cheese, flan and mushrooms are on that list as well as rice pudding. I don't care how much chocolate goes in it, I just couldn't do it.

The recipe that drew me to Tuesdays with Dorie was the Snickery Squares. While using Stumbleupon I came across the recipe for it and had to try it. Well, I burned out the motor on my blender trying to make them and had to wait until I could get a food processor. Then I had to try and find Dulce de Leche. I finally found some at Walmart in the Mexican food section.

I have tons of pictures but of course don't actually have them here so they will have to be posted later. One of my favorite parts of making these was making the sugared peanuts that go in them. I think I should have used more of them in the recipe except Bobby and I ate half of them before they could get into the pan. He was under the impression I made those extra so when he came and got a bowl to grab a bunch more I had to slap his hand! :)

I will definitely make these again. I used semisweet chocolate though and will probably use dark the next time.

If you haven't tried these, they are a must!!
Sorry about not doing rice pudding this week, I just couldn't do it.

What kind of Cupcake are you?

Gretchen at Canela and Comino posted this on her site and couldn't resist. You know I love a good cupcake. I don't know about my quiz results. You can read them and see if you agree.... :)

The Dozen Cupcakes Quiz

Dark Chocolate Cupcake "dark chocolate cake made with east end brewing co.'s black strap stout, covered with dark chocolate ganache and topped with irish cream buttercream" You are dark and sensuous, mysterious and decadent. You appreciate the finer things in life and you have expensive taste. With a sharp, sometimes deceptive wit, you manipulate the world around you to suit your taste, but never let anyone see the power you wield.

A Party

Day one of the job went without a hitch. I felt a little invisible for a while but I think people thought I was a temp. It was a weird day to start as it was University of Phoenix's very first ever Homecoming. My new boss had been painting and running around all day and the girl I am replacing was chomping at the bit to leave.

After completing paperwork so I can have access to all of the fun computer systems I was left to fend for myself. Fridays, I am told, are typically really slow as there are no classes on campus that day. I answered the phone about 4 times and had 2 people walk in. Within twenty minutes of sitting at the desk I had familiarized myself with the phone list and who does what in which department. I had also gone through every cabinet, and had changed the ink cartridge in the laser jet printer.

A few people came by to say hello and to tell me what they do. Everyone seems nice. Interesting though how you can read people sometimes....first impressions are important. I did meet one guy who worked with a guy in Chicago that I had worked with in California. Weird!

When a couple of girls brought balloons to my desk I thanked them for having such a nice party for my first day. They laughed and said they were good like that.

The Alumni event was taking place on the fifth floor. I took the glass elevator up and enjoyed rosemary and lemon chicken skewers, meatballs, fruit and brucestta. There was an open bar but I stuck to trusty Sparkling Apple Cider. Martinellis is my favorite!

After hearing a State Senator and the Vice President of the school speak I left and went to LifeGroup.
I think my transition into the job will not be difficult. The difficult transition will be putting Little Man in preschool.

Not a bad first day.

Job

Well, today is the big day! I am starting my first "real" job in 6 and a half years. I have been trying to process all of my feeling about this and I am having a difficult time. I didn't think I would go back until Little Man was in first grade so I could do all of the same things with him that I have with Munchkin...school parties, volunteering with his class, having lunch with him.... I feel like I am cheating him because he is the second and it has become a necessity for me to go back to work.

I am not worried about the job. It is a Student Services Coordinator position. I love college students and I am letting a small part of myself be excited about getting to work with them again. But, my heart is with my kids and what is best for them.

I thought it would be fun to take the kids to the mall play area during one of my last free afternoons. The play area is torn up. It will be better when it is done but it is a mess right now...of course.

We checked out a church sponsored daycare yesterday that seems like a good place for Little Man. They have themes for the week, work on letters and numbers and get ready for Kindergarten. There is chapel once a week done by the pastor of the church and they get to go to story hour at the library.

I worry about how Little Man will do in daycare...I want to call it preschool so I can feel better about sending him. With his ACC transition is difficult for him and he still has some motor issues. I know once he goes for a couple of weeks he will be ok but it is a transition for me too.

The biggest thing I am worried about it school breaks. It has been a hard enough transition with Munchkin gone at school all day so I look forward to those breaks. We get to do so many fun things during the breaks and now I have to worry about where she will go during that time as well. How do you parents that have had to work all this time do it? Little Man misses Munchkin so much when she is at school too and those breaks are time they get to play together and make memories together.

Anyway, I start my job today. The job will be good I think but I am not looking forward to being away from my kids that much.

Slight Freak Out in Action

We have been struggling for some time with our finances. Part of it has to do with refinancing our house and being young and stupid about it. We trusted a guy who got fired from his job for lying to his clients. We pay all of out health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance out of pocket. We have cut our cable and our home phone. Part of our problem stems from being self employed over the last few years. When you get paid $400 one month it is a little difficult to pull out the money for taxes the next month when you are playing catch up.

I have been home with our kiddos since Munchkin was born. In that time I have taught flute lessons and have sold Pampered Chef to make a little extra money. When I sold Pampered Chef I made just enough to bump us into the next tax bracket so it made it worse for us instead of better. I have felt blessed to stay home with my kids even though finances were tight. Well, when our house didn't sell it seemed like the time to start looking for a job. I know the economy is in the tank right now and people are losing their jobs left and right.

I got offered a job yesterday. I was given until the end of today to decide. I start on Friday. I have serious trust issues with people taking care of my children. I volunteer at Munchkins school and Little Man gets to go to My Gym once a week. I have to suck it up and start trusting that God is going to provide people to take care of my kids that will love them like I do. I am going to miss volunteering and being able to go to lunch every week. I am going to miss taking Little Man to My Gym. But, we need the money.

Little Man says he wants to go to school. I guess we'll see after his first week in daycare what he thinks. Please pray that this is the right decision for our family.

{TWD} Kugelhopf

Kugel-what??? Last week Rugelach this week Kugelhopf. I think I need a dictionary! :)
I have a lot of friends that are all about purging and getting rid of "Stuff". In April we were working on getting our house ready to put on the market and were trying to purge our outdated, unused items. I had these things in my utensil drawer I had never used before and had no clue what to use them for. So, like any good purger I got rid of them with a bunch of other utensils I have never used before. Turns out those corkscrew looking things I had never used before were the dough hooks for my Sunbeam mixer. In April I wasn't baking...at all. I take that back, I was baking as long as it came out of a box and took very little preparation.

Yesterday I read the recipe for Kugelhopf (spellcheck wants to put in Bellhop instead of Kugelhopf right here) and saw the part where you are supposed to use a dough hook. I got on my trusty Google to find out exactly what a dough hook is. Yeah...I was pretty ticked that I got rid of my dough hooks. That hurts for a packrat that holds onto everything "just in case".

The recipe did say you could do this with a wooden spoon as well so I was only worried about how much my arm was going to to hurt from mixing with a wooden spoon.

The process was long but worthwhile. I used chocolate chips instead of raisins since my family is anti-raisin. Once I got everything mixed I set it out on top of my stove to double in size. It didn't seem to double and it was really sticky. Once it was in the fridge though it started to rise and finally after sitting on the top of the stove again for 3 hours it was ready to bake.

I am not sure it rose as much as it was supposed to and my "unmolding process" took a turn for the worse. It completely broke apart when I was trying to get it out of the pan. Before it was even cool my kids were at my side asking for a piece. Munchkin's first question was "It doesn't have any fruit in it right?". I told her it didn't and before I could even get a piece for me she was back for a second piece. Little Man downed his piece quickly. Bobby had some when he got home and texted me a "yummy" message. So this was a hit in our house but it was really time consuming. A great recipe for a day when you don't have much going on.

Thanks to Landa of The All Purpose Girl for the recipe selection this week. You should be able to find the entire recipe on her site. Make sure to check out Tuesdays with Dorie to see how over 300 other bakers fared.

Oh No!!!!

I have done the unthinkable. I cut my son's hair. I know lots of mamas that cut their kids hair but I am not one of them. Part of that stems from my husband's fear of letting me get within 20 feet of him with a pair of clippers. So I accidentally shaved his hair off once in college. Give me a break!

I took Little Man to get a haircut tonight at Walmart. Yes, I know that was my first mistake. The girl was really sweet that cut his hair and it wasn't until we were walking around Walmart looking at tire irons and ice cream that I realized he looked a little like Dorothy Hamil. It was Chickfila Night for Munchkin's school so we met Bobby for dinner. I could see it on his face as soon as he saw Little Man. His little boy had a lame haircut. I thought maybe I could trim it up a little bit. Bobby was in agreement...sort of. He teased me the entire time I was cutting it. It didn't help that Little Man was jumping up and down in the tub as I was cutting it. I made Bobby go get the clippers to fix the back. He did a great job fixing the mess I made in the back. Of course I got photo evidence of him cutting Little Mans hair. But, I promised I wouldn't say he did the whole hair cut.

Yesterday I had a little surfer boy. Now he looks exactly like his cousin.....

We didn't do too bad did we?

Election Day Fun

I know I posted about the election and how glad I am that it is over. But, I didn't post about the rest of the day. Both kiddos came with me to vote and we were in and out in just a few minutes. I think there were 10 people ahead of us. Munchkin even helped me out by pushing the button with me.
Once we were done in the voting booth we went out to play at the park for a bit. The kids love to go out there and Little Man is actually climbing on the equipment now. That is a major feat for him.

Since we had our voting stickers we made a stop at Krispy Kreme for our free star shaped doughnuts. Munchkin and Little Man polished theirs off but I saved mine for Bobby. He voted too but didn't make it to Krispy Kreme.

We met Angela and her kiddos at Chick-Fil-A for lunch. It was insane there. Since every ones kiddos were out for Election Day there were a million kids all wanting the same space on the play structure. It probably wasn't that bad but I was ready to get out of there when we did. We loaded our carseats into Angela's van and went to the zoo.Munchkin and the Soccer Star miss seeing each other all the time. They used to swim together so they saw each other at least once a week. This was an unusual week, as they saw each other when we went to see HSM3 and again on election day.The kids were all thrilled to be at the zoo and they all did great. We missed the elephants, giraffes and Lorikeets this time. That was OK though. We have a pass so I love being able to go just until the kids get tired and then leave. Of course, the zoo now closes at 4PM instead of 6 due to the time change. We got there at 2 and the two hours we were there was perfect for our 4 kiddos.The Nashville Zoo has a gigantic play structure. This was the first time I let them play on it this year. When Little Man was a tiny baby and Munchkin was only 2 we went on a playdate to the zoo. Munchkin has always been fearless and I told her to stay where I could see her. We were there with about 5 other families, some who had bigger kids. Little Man needed to eat and since I was nursing I sat at the picnic table and covered up. Well, it didn't take long for Munchkin to disappear. I was totally freaked out. My friend Becky helped me look for her and she found her up in the play structure freaking out! Munchkin wanted to come down and a big group of kids kept pushing her higher into the structure. There is a huge slide she could have come down but she wanted down the stairs. We haven't really played there since.

The whole play area has been revamped so we let the kids check it out. Munchkin and the Soccer Star stayed together and Little Man stayed with me for the most part. But, the Big Kahuna was gone in 3 seconds flat. That one has no fear to speak of! Little Man, who is usually happy to obey took off too! Angela found Little Man and I had to rescue Munchkin. She and the Soccer Star started up the cargo nets on the way up to the slide. She got about half way up and looked down. Much to her chagrin she was on a net over water. I got up there with her and got her safely to the slide. We all slid and looked like we had stuck our fingers in light sockets.

Angela found The Big Kahuna and we managed to get the kids out to the car without too much hassle. There was our never ending drama of the girls wanting to spend more time together but we explained to both of them that it was a school night and we all had to go home and rest.

All in all a fantastic day.

Tennessee Fall

I love fall in Tennessee. I love the colors and the crisp air. And, I have been loving that it is not terribly cold yet. Our neighbors tree looks like it is on fire right now and I love it. In a few weeks that tree will be totally naked. Every year this beautiful tree turns bright yellow and overnight every leaf is on the ground. It makes great piles of leaves for jumping in and playing leaf monster.
Up the street from up there is a sugar maple that is on its way to a beautiful red. Our silver maple is starting to turn yellow. All through our neighborhood fall is making itself known with amazing technicolor.


Every year about this time I think about a book I had when I was a little girl. It was called "The Fall of Freddy the Leaf". I think it may have been a book about death but I remember it being all about the life cycle of Freddy. Now that I think about it I think I will see if I can find it for my kids.

I love fall. I am ready for hot chocolate and gloves.
Do you like fall as much as I do?

Surprise!

A few weeks ago Munchkin brought home a paper describing her sunflower that she had planted. The pictures she had drawn were details of beginning, middle and end. She fully expected to have a sunflower when her little plant bloomed. Well, she brought home her little seedling and Bobby and I both had passing thoughts that the leaves didn't look quite right for a sunflower. The seed taped to the outside of the cup was right so we didn't really question it until the leaves started to wind their way up the window. Hm....kind of like a bean plant....weird.

The plant started to flower and our thoughts were confirmed when peas started sprouting from Munchkins "sunflower".


Munchkin had lovingly watered her plant and made sure it was in the sun. So, when we told her we didn't think it was a sunflower she was furious! She said "PEAS CANNOT GROW FROM A SUNFLOWER SEED!!!!!"


We explained that the seed probably got mixed up after they were planted and she insisted that they couldn't have. Well apparently they did as we now have peas growing on our kitchen windowsill. Maybe we should try to grow more things accidentally, then I won't kill them.


It took Munchkin a few days to get used to the idea that she had peas instead of a beautiful sunflower but now she is quite proud of her surprise peas.

Writing

Writing 50,000 words is not nearly as easy as I thought it would be. I am up to 758 words so far. Yeah, I am supposed to be at 8,888 words so far. Bummer. Maybe I will make it, maybe not. But at least I am trying. If you want to sign up go here.

Election Day

I voted, did you? I am not a fan of politics. It makes people crazy! I am not a huge fan of either candidate but chose the one I did with a lot of thought and a lot of prayer. I am one of those swing voters out there that could have gone either way. I come from a line of Republicans but I resonate deeply with some of the Democrats arguments. I believe people should have the right to health care...we are paying around $600 a month out of pocket for health insurance and it is practically bankrupting us. But, we choose to get it. It would be nice if it was provided but I also don't want to die waiting for a surgery. I agreed more with the Republicans than the Democrats so that is the way my vote fell.
I hate discussing politics as there are so many more smart well spoken people you can talk to about it. Half the time I feel like I have no right to an opinion because I will be blasted by certain people that think they have it all figured out. But, it is my right to vote and I did that today. I thank God for the country I live in that I actually get to vote for the next President of the United States. Will it make a difference? I guess we will see tonight!

{TWD} Rugelach

Yum, Yum, Yum! I loved this recipe this week! The procrastinator in me waited until yesterday to actually make it so I was baking at 10:30 last night. Thanks goes out to Piggy from Piggys Cooking Journal for choosing this weeks recipe. You can find the recipe at her site.

My daughter wanted me to have lunch with her yesterday so I took the time after meeting her to head out and pick up ingredients for the Rugelach. Of course, when I got home I realized I didn't have the cream cheese for the pastry. So, after picking her up from school, we went to ANOTHER store to get cream cheese.

I made the dough in my brand spanking new Food Processor! I was amazed at its efficiency! You know, when the motor doesn't burn out like my blender did when trying to make snickery squares, it is going to be a good day!

My next item to purchase is going to have to be a rolling pin. Nope, I don't have one. I have a roller thingy from Pampered Chef, but it is just not the same.

My dough balls rolled out OK but they seemed really thin and then I PILED on the jam, nuts, cranberries, and chocolate. I love me some chocolate and raspberry so for me I knew this would be a winning combination.

Yep, that would be red decorating sugar as ANOTHER trip to the store was not in the cards last night. Jay Leno and the sloth on his show got our full attention as my hubby and I waited impatiently for the Rugelach cooled.

The verdict:
I thought these were delicious. I thought about cutting them into 8 triangles instead of 16 to make them bigger but the little portion is just right. Like I said I love raspberry and chocolate together so it was a delicious dessert for me.

Bobby: Thought they were OK but is not a fan of cooked fruit. He said he would like it better with just chocolate and nuts...so next time I think I will be trying it with nutella and toffee.

Little Man: Ate it up this morning with out any complaint. That one though loves anything sweet.

Munchkin: Made a face and said she did not like it. She doesn't like nuts or cooked fruit.

So, I will make it again with Nutella and see if Munchkin and her daddy like it better then!

Post # 700!!!

Well folkie polkies! This is my 700th post! Crazy I know. What am I doing to celebrate 700 posts you ask? Thanks for asking! I am going to write a novel! I guess that won't be in my post but that is what I am doing this month. My sister wrote a novel last year with Nanowrimo and I decided I should do it this year. It may end up being lame but at least I am doing it. I have written 444 words so far with a goal of 50,000 by the end of the month. Think I can do it? Wish me luck!!

Halloween 08

I love the anticipation of Halloween. I love the dressing up, seeing others costumes, taking the kids trick or treating and handing out candy...or watching my kids hand it out! It is just fun! Kids get to dress up all the time so when I have an excuse to do it too I am all about it!

There was some debate about what we were going to dress up as this year. We thought we would all go in a theme but the kids kind of had their minds made up about what they wanted to be. Munchkin had her mind set on Strawberry Shortcake and Little Man said over and over that he wanted to be Super Why!

Bobbys brother Joe came out for work a couple of months ago and mentioned that they wanted to get Bobby and In-N-Out costume to wear for the big night. Later he didn't think it was going to happen so Bobby was going to have to go as the Burger King again. But, Joe and Rox came through with a very fun costume! Bobby got several comments from people as we walked through the neighborhood and we even had one guy tell us he knows the guy that wrote the In-N-Out jingle! :)



I was pretty proud of my effort in making Little Mans costume. You are supposed to be able to buy a Super Why costume for around $20 but all of the ebay people bought them out and were selling them for $50 on ebay. I had no intention of spending that much money on a costume. So, the pants are half of a set of pj's from walmart, the shirt was $1.50 on sale at Joanns. I think the fabric and ribbon for the belt and cape cost around $4. He needed new underwear anyway so those don't really count toward the cost and he get's to wear them again..under his clothes, and his mask was $.25 at Walgreens. So his costume cost under $10. Oh yea, and I made the Super Why book out of scrap paper from my scrapbooking supplies. Now I have a built in scrapbook page embellishment! :)
Before Trick-or-Treating we let the kids take turns taking pictures of us. These two were obviously taken by Little Man.



This one was taken by Munchkin. Looks like I have a couple of budding photographers on my hands!


A few minutes before we got ready to go I got a phone call from Optimus Prime here wondering if we would go trick or treating with him. I of course said yes because it is always more fun to go trick or treating with friends!Optimus Primes mom the Wicked Witch came with us too. It was so funny though when he looked at her. His first question was "Mom? Did you lose a tooth?"
Here is flying Super Why:
And of course each of the kiddos with their favorite In-N-Out employee! :)


I was supposed to be a vampire but the teeth were uncomfortable. So I guess I was just a queen. :) Much fun was had by all. Now Bobby and I have to go through all of the kids candy to make sure it is safe......and pick out our favorites of course!