Last week of October

Wednesday, October 24th:We went to the Treehouse today for Joy School. Eloise had two huge tantrums--yikes! She can be a tough one when she's tired and there's no pacifying her when she has her mind set on something (like cutting up the Treehouse Art Garden's stencil with scissors...).

Hey mom, that was my alter ego that screamed bloody murder and woke up my baby brother a few minutes ago. Coffee?

Oh, Edison. Look at those Toms. They used to be Ellie's.

I don't know how I got all three to look at me but I'm sure I was making some kind of animal sounds and not using an inside voice.

Just warming up by the campfire.

Cheetah print is taking over the world.

My goodness she looks so innocent here.

When we got home, I put the girls down for naps and then heard a little rustling in the bathroom...I walked in to this:

A curious monkey named Charlotte had opened up my makeup and tried it on, mashing my eye shadow to bits. I took a deep breath, tucked it all away into a safe place, waited until I felt in control of myself and then quietly had a talk with her. I told her that she'd have to have a consequence and decided that she'd owe me two chore coins for my make-up. She said, "Ok, but please don't take away my new coloring book." So I had to change the consequence. Her coloring book is in time-out until Friday. 

It didn't help that she was stinkin' adorable with my mascara all over her face. Do you see that tongue sneaking out of her mouth?

She was not happy that I took this picture but I was not happy to lose some of my make-up so I felt justified. And I wanted to remember that face.

I feel like a pro anytime I cook with a bayleaf. Felt so good, I put in half of another one.

After violin lessons, we got a last minute invitation from Kevin and Vicki to eat dinner with them at Ravoli's. I thought they were brave to invite me with all the kids, but we had a nice time! David was down in Bountiful buying our new van! After we turned in the rental, we realized that we enjoyed having all that space too much to go back. He got online and found a STEAL on KSL. It's the same van as our rental, a Dodge Grand Caravan, but older and with leather interior. I'm in love.

We have arrived. We have a van!