I broke my FOOT !

I was determined to get the Christmas decorations down out of the attic before going back to school after Thanksgiving Break. John had tons of leaves to rake in the yard, so it was Me doing it by myself. (mistake #1) I was in the attic going through boxes getting my favorite items down one by one instead of the big boxes that were harder to manage. I have my brand new big wooden reindeer that I got at the end of the season last year in my hand. I was walking down the attic ladder front ways (mistake #2) and lost my balance and went tumbling down the steps. I landed on my foot and new immediately that I had broken it. Thanks to Casey L. working at the Orthopedic Doctor was able to get me in first thing Monday morning. Now I have a BIG BLACK BOOT that I am sporting with all of my cute Christmas outfits. Oh, and the worse part is that it is my right foot, which means that if I drive with that lovely boot on, I am not covered by insurance. BUT I know that God was watching out for me because it could have been A LOT WORSE!!!

LOTS going on at the Pearson House!

I haven't updated in about a week, but that is not to say that nothing has been going on. First of all, this was REPORT CARD week for the girls. They both did VERY well. Taylor Grace made Principal Scholar, which she worked very hard to get, and Mallory did great on her's too. She doesn't have letter grades. K-3 grades on standards. I am so very proud of both of them.

John built our first fire in the fire pit for this winter. We all sat outside and had some good family time around the fire on Friday night. I love days when things are laid back and we can all just relax and "smell the roses".

Then, poor John woke up this morning all stopped up, the head that is! He hasn't felt good all day, but I got him some FREE nose spray at Rite Aide that has pepper in it and he said that it opened him up BIG time. Who knows if it is allergies or a cold. Whatever it is, I hope he feels better soon and especially before this weekend since we are going to the mountains with friends. In between naps, he took the dinning room seats off the chairs so that I could recover them. You read right, I was able to recover the dinning room chairs by myself. Well, I say by myself... I cut the material from tracing one of the pre-existing material from one chair and then I hope to have John or Grampa John help me get them stapled. They are turning out so pretty. It makes me feel so proud to have done something so domestic!

Now everyone is quite and asleep getting ready to start a new week.

Sensitive Taylor Grace

Taylor Grace had a friend over today that she said doesn't have many friends. The conversation about how the play date went started after supper. She and Mallory were eating some lemon bars that the little girl brought from home to share with us. Taylor Grace said that the little girl always brings things when she goes somewhere to be nice because she doesn't have very many friends and is trying hard to make friends. She then told me about the little girl buying TG and another little girl popcorn at the school fair, but didn't have enough money to buy some for herself. Taylor Grace started tearing up and so did Mallory when she was talking about how sweet this little girl was. We talked about being friends with everyone and to think how they would feel if they didn't have many friends. Taylor Grace said that she was going to "talk up" her friend so that more people would be the little girl's friend. The little girl is a sweet little girl, she is just a little different than most because she is really smart. The rest of the evening, I could tell that TG was thinking about it because she would add more to the story and later told me thanks for giving her tips on being friends with everyone. It is conversations like tonight that make me realize that her heart is in the right place.

Halloween

We started the evening off not sure if we would get to take the girls Trick-or-Treating because it was really raining hard. We went over to the Dibrell's to eat dinner. While we were there, the rain stopped and we were able to all pile into the back of Phil's truck and take the kids to Heathwood. They had a blast. They all ran all over the neighborhood while we followed them around in the truck. Taylor Grace was a "Sassy Witch" which is so out of her character, but that is what she wanted to be. Mallory was a "Fairy" which is totally her personality! They both were cute and enjoyed wearing make-up. Taylor Grace looked so grown up with make-up on. I guess next year will be here last year to Trick-or-treat. So sad to think how fast they are growing up.

Crazy Hair Day

Today was Crazy Hair Day at Richmond Drive and Taylor Grace and Mallory wanted to spray paint their hair. This was a big deal for TG that she was doing this. It is hard to tell, but it was sprayed red on her ponytail. Mallory wanted her whole head done. I just woke up and sprayed my hair. Yes it looks like this most days when I wake up.

To Smart to take drugs

Today, was dress like a nerd day at school for Red Ribbon week. Mallory ONLY wanted to wear high waters and tuck her shirt in because her teacher gave that suggestions. Taylor Grace on the other hand thought the whole Nerd Day was a "bad idea" and that she didn't like it at all. She looked in the mirror with her high waters on and her shirt tucked in her pants and said, "I look UGLY!!!" She wanted to come to my room before school because she was embarrased. Once she got to school, she saw that everyone else was dressed up and some REALLY dressed up and she got into it a little more by pulling up her socks. She did look dorky! Her teacher gave everyone that dressed up a free ice cream, so that made it all worth while. Tomorrow is dress in Red day, and she has RED from head to toe, even her nails are painted red. I think NOW she is getting into the spirit.

Izzy's Painting, by Taylor Grace

Here is the latest art work that Taylor Grace did in her art lessons she takes from Roseanne Koellner. They were to do Pet Portraits. We don't have a pet now, unless you count 2 frogs she got from her class science project, so she painted Lulu and Casey's dog Izzy. Izzy is a funny dog and loves to lick people, which is cute that TG painted her picture with her tongue out. She took a picture I had of Izzy and used it to look at while painting. I think that it turned out GREAT!!