This is Halloween!

What a fun weekend we had with friends at the annual Dierlam Family Halloween party.  Mark did an amazing job making our costumes while I worked on Lanie's to make her super cute.  We decided to be the Ghost Busters this year and Lanie was our ghost that we caught. Mark used his creative skills to make a pretty awesome proton pack that puts the real one to shame. Lanie sported a onesie ghost face with a tutu of black and grey that I actually made.  All the other families had some pretty awesome costumes too, we had Alice in wonderland theme, Artist, Peter Pan, My Little Ponies, Ninja Turtles, Smores, fire fighters, and many more.  We played some fun games with the kids and then the kids just played and the adults had fun playing Mafia.  We love that we have so many great friends with kids all close to the same age because we can do fun stuff like this. We look forward to many more parties and fun times with some really awesome peeps :)



Who ya gonna call???





Halloween morning before we left for work. Lanie has a big Halloween party at daycare today :)



Working Mom :) :(

Being a working Mom has it's pros and cons all wrapped up in one crazy, messy, busy, chaotic schedule.  I was pretty established in my career before I got pregnant with Lanie and I knew that there was no way I was going to be able to step away from my job.  I love teaching students with special needs and even though some day are extremely challenging it's part of who I am and what makes me, me! I knew when I had her and spent 9 weeks straight with her it would be hard to go back to work full time, but I missed my job and teaching.  I am a big supporter in that every mother should do what works best for her and her family.  I don't think you are a better mom if you stay home or if you go to work.  I get to play stay at home Mom in the summers when I am with Lanie, and I will be the first one to admitt that some days in the summer could be much more productive, but instead get spent watching way to much Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
It's always a struggle to know that when I drop her off that someone else is watching her for 9 hours.  We are extremly lucky though that we have some amazing people that love on her and give her all the support she needs all day until Mommy and Daddy can get to her.  Some days are harder than others to drop her off, but what makes it better every day is she gives me a big hug and a smile and has never shed a tear when I have to tell her bye bye for the day.

Praying

We always ask Lanie to join in with us when we pray before dinner, but most of the time she is to busy eating or doing something else to concentrate on praying.  I would like her to, but then I also remember that she is 1 1/2 and doesn't really understand all of it yet.  The other night when we were praying I noticed that she started folding her hands and bowing her head and was starting to realize that she might actually be following our actions.  So sometime last week I told Lanie to pray for Papa and Mimi and this had to be the sweetest prayer ever! I am so happy to know that our sweet girl is already talking to God. ( some problems with the video so I will have to hold you over with a picture until I can get the video to work)