ALEX'S HALLOWEEN PARTY

MLES AND LUKE ATTENDED ALEX'S HALLOWEEN PARTY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. MILES WORE HIS INCREDIBLE HULK COSTUME AND LUKE WAS PO FROM THE TELETUBBIES. THERE WERE ABOUT 15 CHILDREN THERE. KENNEDI CAME AS A PINK POODLE, MIA WAS A COWGIRL, AND AIDAN WAS BUZZ LIGHTYEAR. AUNT SHANNON HAD SO MANY FUN ACTIVITIES PLANNED. THE KIDS DID A BEAN BAG TOSS INTO A PUMPKIN, PIN THE NOSE ON THE PUMPKIN, A BALLOON STOMP, A MINI HAY RIDE, PUMPKIN PAINTING, AND A GHOST PINATA. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. THEY COLLECTED PRIZES AND CANDY AT EVERY STATION. WE HAD HOT DOGS AND LOTS OF FUN TREATS TO EAT. MILES ENJOYED JUMPING ON THE TRAMPOLINE WITH THE BIG KIDS AND LUKE ATE ENOUGH CANDY TO LAST UNTIL NEXT HALLOWEEN.

MILES' MEGA PARTY AT SCHOOL

MILES (A.K.A......MOMMY) SOLD 60 ITEMS IN HIS SCHOOL FUNDRAISER. HE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A MEGA PARTY AT SCHOOL WHICH INCLUDED GETTING INTO A MONEY TENT, SPINNING A MONEY WHEEL, MAKING A STUFFED ANIMAL, AND JUMPING ON SOME AMAZING INFLATABLES. MILES HAD 30 SECONDS IN THE MONEY TENT. HE COULD KEEP WHATEVER HE CAUGHT. IT WAS HARDER THAN IT LOOKED AND MY BABY MADE IT OUT WITH $2.00. WE WERE SO PROUD. THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE MONEY WHEEL WHERE HE SPUN $1.00. HE DIDN'T GET RICH BUT SURE HAD A GREAT TIME. MILES, LANDON, MASON, AND JACKSON HAD SO MUCH FUN GOING DOWN THE HUGE SLIDE ON THE INFLATABLE TITANIC. THE FINALE WAS SNOW CONES AND LUKE HAD TO HAVE ONE AS WELL. THEN IT WAS OFF TO T-BALL FOR OUR NEXT TO THE LAST GAME. IT WAS COOOLLLLDD. WE THEN HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL FOR A QUICK "COSTUME" CHANGE SO THAT MILES COULD TRICK OR TREAT IN THE HALLWAY OF HIS SCHOOL. IT WAS A BUSY DAY AND WE WERE ALL POOPED.....SPEAKING OF POOPED...LUKE TOPPED THE NIGHT OFF WHEN HE DECIDED TO POOP IN THE BATHTUB. THE JOYS OF PARENTING...

THE WANSTRATHS...PUTTING THE "FUN" IN DYSFUNCTIONAL SINCE 2003

WE PLAYED DRESSUP AT OUR HOUSE LAST NIGHT AND THIS WAS THE CRAZY RESULT. LUKE WAS A FIREMAN TOTING BINOCULARS AND MILES WAS A POWER RANGER. WE ALL HAD OUR PAJAMAS ON ALREADY AND THE BOYS INSISTED ON A LITTLE PLAYTIME BEFORE BED. THEN, WE BROKE OUT THE CLOWN NOSE AND ACTED GOOFY. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING A LOT OF NOTHING.

KYLE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

TONIGHT WAS KYLE'S REUNION. WE ATTENDED A DINNER AT THE BLACKHORSE IN CLARKSVILLE. I DIDNT KNOW ANYONE OF COURSE BUT KYLE HAD A GREAT TIME MINGLING WITH FRIENDS FROM THE PAST. EVERYONE WAS VERY NICE AND KYLE WAS GIVING ME THE GOSSIP ON ALL OF HIS OLD CLASSMATES. HE REMINDED ME THAT AT HIS NEXT REUNION MILES WOULD BE 15 YEARS OLD. I GUESS HE IS TRYING TO SEND ME OVER THE EDGE.

CAMPING AT BUDMAN'S AND GIGI'S HOUSE

WE WENT TO CLARKSVILLE TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH BUDMAN AND GIGI SINCE IT WAS KYLE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. THEY HAD SET THE TENT UP IN THE BACKYARD FOR A NIGHT OF CAMPING FOR THE BOYS. THE FIREPIT WAS READY FOR COOKING HOTDOGS AND MAKING SMORES. LUKE WAS UNSURE OF THE TENT AT FIRST BUT MILES LOVED IT. LUKE FINALLY WARMED UP TO THE IDEA AND THE BOYS PLAYED IN THERE ALL AFTERNOON. MILES SAID HE WAS GOING TO SLEEP IN THERE ALL NIGHT WITH BUDMAN. I DIDNT THINK HE WOULD LAST THE NIGHT. WHEN KYLE AND I RETURNED FROM THE REUNION AROUND MIDNIGHT, WE FOUND THAT MILES AND BUDMAN WERE STILL IN THE TENT SLEEPING. LUKE OPTED TO SLEEP INSIDE. THEY DIDNT COME IN UNTIL 6 A.M. IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT. BUDMAN HAD AN AIR MATTRESS AND SLEEPING BAGS IN THERE ALONG WITH A LITTLE HEATER. HE REALLY ENJOYED IT.

LUKE'S FIRST DENTAL VISIT

LUKE IS SHOWING OFF HIS PEARLY WHITES AFTER HIS FIRST TRIP TO THE DENTIST. WE DECIDED HE NEEDED TO GO A LITTLE EARLIER THAN MILES SINCE HE WAS A PREEMIE. PREEMIES ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING SOME DENTAL DIFFICULTIES. LUKE WAS A LITTLE SCARED AND UNSURE AT FIRST BUT LET THE HYGEINEST DO HER THING. SHE EXAMINED HIM AND "TICKLED HIS TEETH" WITH HER SPECIAL BRUSH. WHAT LUKE ENJOYED MOST IS WHEN SHE BRUSHED THE FLOURIDE ON HIS TEETH. HE SAID, "THAT TASTES GOOD." THE DENTIST CAME IN AND GAVE HIM A THUMBS UP. HE IS NOW PART OF THE CAVITY FREE CLUB ALONG WITH HIS BUBBY. HE GOT BALLOONS, A TSHIRT, A NEW TOOTHBRUSH, A TREAT FROM THE TREAT BOX, AND A BRAVERY AWARD. HE COULDNT WAIT TO SMILE FOR THE CAMERA AND SHOW EVERYONE HIS SHINY TEETH. GOOD JOB, LUKIE!!