Fall is finally here and summer should be over.....

crossing fingers! Well the leaves are finallyl starting to change colors and fall off of the trees. We had a pumpkin stolen today out of our front yard, while we Troy was home. There were three cars in the driveway and they came into our fenced yard. I am so mad as Troy said they needed the pumpkin more than we did apparently. They stole mine I think although Troy it was his. Regardless it was the largest one we got. So sad! Thought I would share. I am working in the same adult class tomorrow as today. It is almost boring but not really. Learning lots of sign. Trying to use as much as possible, doesn't always work. Well I am off to go get tootsie roll pops. I am going to go visit the other class in Exeter tomorrow when I am done. They are having a party and I thought I would take them tootsie pop ghosts. Should be fun. Then tomorrow night I am going to Lemoore to go hang out with Cam, Logan and Owen. I am going to get a pizza from Papa Murphys its a Jack O Lantern shape pizza with pepperoni eyes nose and mouth. I am thinking about getting one for the kids on Saturday. I would like everyone who reads to let me know what I should do with our remaining pumpkins. Should I save them for Brett and Shay to carve on Saturday or should I do it tomorrow. If I do it tomorrow I had Troy get them to design a face this morning on paper of how they would do thiers. So please comment and let me know what I should do?!?!?!?! Anyhow hope all have a nice Halloween. Hope its not to ghostly!

Disclaimer and what I have been up to!

This week I have been all around. Mostly in Exeter, today I went to Hanford. I was an instructional aide for a preschool program. It was very interesting to say the least. They were all developmentaly not on task, some it was obvious and others it wasn't why they were there. I really missed my friends at Rocky Hill in Exeter. I love getting off at 3 in the afternoon to get things done. The whole point to this was a disclaimer about the blog under this. I have messed and messed with it to get it to look right and I can't get it. Well enjoy.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch on Saturday. The only time the kids were good this weekend. They were BRATS just about all weekend long. They are not being told NO at home and having a hard time with that here. Anyways. We had a lot of fun for the few hours we were there. We went to a pumpkin patch right down the street. They have a corn maze that is open til 10 at night. Would be interesting to go in the dark, but I am too chicken to go in the daytime. They also have sandboxes filled with corn, pumpkin painting, and all these cool cutouts to pose in.












Shay almost at the four feet mark, and Brett right behind her.












My Knight and Shining!









Troy and I as scarecrows, Shay couldn't figure out how to get us both in the picture. So I figured get what we could and it worked.










At the start of our hayride. Lots of fun, very peaceful. We were taken through the corn fields.









This is the pumpkin Troy ended with. Brett attempted on his own then Shay gave it a try. They both ended up doing it together. We all got pumpkins, I will post when I make them into Jack O' Lanterns.










On the hunt! The one ont right ended up being Bretts. The one below was just a pretty picture I got.

Its been a while......

I should have done this almost two weeks ago. We had a blast at the Ren Fair (pics are above). Their face paintings they were so proud of and Captain Jack Sparrow. I forgot my camera so I used my cell phone, better than nothing. The car show was nice but there was only one VW. We went to both with Troy's brother Billy and his son Zach(a year and half). We did a lot of walking that day and that just continued on Sunday. On Sunday we went to the MIQ Fall Festival. All three kids were with us. We went over to Troy's sisters house in the middle of our fun to eat. That was ok, we were all ready to go back. We pre bought tickets and bought more when we got there. We pretty much turned the girls loose with Cameron. They all three had a blast and it was really fun to see Katie as one of the kids for once. Brett and Logan bonded as well and were in all different directions and met back up at points. We had a great day, it ended with Katie remembering that she had homework to finish at 8 at night. So we headed for home and dropped her off. The other two passed out and went right to sleep when we got home. That weekend Mike was home(on his way to Iraq), he has been at training for the last 6 weeks. So he took his room back and the kids slept next to the bed both nights. On Sunday night we spread them out a little more under the bed. That sounds so bad but really just their feet were under it. They enjoyed it and had fun. I have kept busy with school and teaching. Lots of hard work. I was in a classroom in Exeter and will be there next week for a few days. I also took another proficeny test. I passed this time. I got an 88 in reading(last testing score), writing 82 and math 78. I brought the two sections I took up a lot. So I have also been getting nonstop automated calls from Kings County. So I will be busy with both Counties. This last weekend was spent cleaning and looking for shoes. I have lost all my shoes, not really just can't find the box that they are in. This weekend I think we will go the pumkin patch as I have been inspired to go. I am also planning on making some pumpkins to decorate the house up. Since I can't get to the box of stuff that has holiday decorations in storage. HMMM what else. Well I think that is all. Have a great weekend!

Friday Fall is coming Fast!

Well I worked in Dinuba yesterday and Exeter today. I will be in the class I was in today all next week. I got a call yesterday for that. Today was a wild bunch. I watched a child drag a teacher literally across the pavement today, she tripped on a ball and didn't let go of the kids hand and he just kept going. I had another child just cry out of no where. CRAZY! Mostly different forms of Autism, some MR. There is a young gentleman in this class teachers aide. He is there to sit on some of these strong boys. And we had one little boy throw a massive fit and he had to sit on him to calm down. He was deaf and not sure what else. So next week should be interesting. Yesteday and today they were impressed with me. Told me I have great patience, I don't feel very patient. I feel like I am teaching preschool all over again. That is the level that all of them are on. I have also learned some sign language this week. Please, Stop, More, No (already knew/refreshed), Yes (already new/refreshed) and I can't wait to learn more, this is truely the way to learn it while its being used. I will learn thank you next week I forgot to ask how today.

This is a wild weekend coming up. There is NDC tonight, I don't think I am going. Tomorrow is the Rennasaince Fair and The Cars in the Park. Sunday is the MIQ fall festival and we have the kids this weekend. So should be fun and a wild ride. I will take my camera and post pictures since I haven't done that in so long.

It is supposed to rain and be really windy tomorrow and be cold. Should warm up some on Sunday and no rain but a slight chance. Fall is coming for sure!

Wednesday

It was a fast day all together. I had no phone calls til late morning and got the message for yesterday too late. I also got a phone call asking for next week. I work all week next week in Exeter. So that was a nice feeling to get that booked up. I took Mary eggs from Costco before class. Went to class and watched yet another video, his way of taking a field trip. I guess it works. Then came home, watched some primetime. I watched Pushing up Daisys and Private Practice, I was just informed that Pushing up Daisys got a 9.5 rating on some website my roomate watches. Great show, very whimsical and fun like a Dr Suess book. Well good Thursday to all I am off to Dinuba today. Should be interesting, I don't think I have ever been there.

This is an after note, I also got a call for today while was finishing this........thought I would share.