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Well we just got home from trick-or-treating with the monsters.  We had a blast!  Quinnie was the cutest bumblebee ever.  Lou was a ninja, go figure, and Buffalo was a hockey player.  They looked so cute.  C took pics so I'll get him to add some so you can see.  They got a TON of candy.  I told them there was a mommy tax, if they wanted to keep their candy they better share the love to which Buffalo stated, "I don't think I like this mommy tax to much".  Oh man you just can't fool a 2nd grader like you used too.

Buffalo and I made a Spiced Pumpkin and Banana Bread.  HOLY COW it was delicious.  You gotta check out this blog, http://www.kitchenbelleicious.com/.  I had some over ripe bananas and some pumpkin in the fridge and wouldn't you know this blog had a recipe that used both.  I wasn't to sure about the combo, however, I was pleasantly surprised.  You gotta try this one.  I think little one would love this too.

I'm missing you something terrible tonight.  Give my love to the gang.  Your little one is so stinking cute.  Tomorrow is November and the count down to a reunion will be in full swing!!!!  YIPPEE.  Turkey trot 2011 here we come.

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Oh my gosh Kiki you are hilarious! I have to admit I bought Halloween candy last week and I helped myself to a few pieces here and there too. You're not alone!
Okay so no need to be jealous of my night on the coast because get this, I got hives! Can you believe it! I noticed a few dots that morning but didn't think anything of it and itched through out the day but not horrible. Well, I go to change into my jammies and I am covered! No idea what I did. Mr.I thinks maybe something at the petting zoo I was allergic to but who knows. I am better today but still itchy! What an annoying feeling.
We went to and had a family get together over at Uncle Bs this afternoon which was fun. It is always so cute to see the 3 kiddos run around together. K, J, and I were talking about how crazy that they are 3 months apart, have the same color hair, close to the same eye color, and same height. If one of us took them all out I am sure we would get asked if they were triplets. Last week when I was helping with H I got asked by everyone if they were twins. I guess the B side of the family is strong in all of them. I still think Little One looks like Lou though ;)
My craft for today is Little Ones Halloween costume:

She loves Minnie Mouse but I just can't justify the amount it costs to buy the real outfit. So, I bought the onesie and then made a tutu for the skirt. All you need for the tutu is elastic that is 3/4" width and I buy the tulle in the wedding decoration area so it is already 6" wide and then cut the strips to be however long you want the skirt. I wanted a 10" skirt so I cut 21" (you fold it over) and I then went and bought white felt from Jo Ann's which was like 25 cents and cut out white circles. I sewed them on to the tutu to make Minnie's polka dots. Done and done! so simple and she loves dressing up with the tutu :)
I am excited to see your monsters all dressed in their gear! LOVE YOU

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So I am all by myself tonight.  The monsters are in bed watching a movie.  The in-laws are out on the town. C is working.   So I thought I would take advantage of the peace and quiet and sneak a little treat.  Oh Tia.  This is where the story goes downhill.  On Friday my office had a Halloween party.  One of the gals in my department brought a pinata to use for decoration and she didn't want to take it home so she gave it to me.  What a doll.  The monsters went nuts and have been waiting patiently for me to let them break into it.  Well it was just sitting there staring at me... Eat me, eat me.  I decide why not have a little taste.  There is a hole in the top where you can stuff in the candy. My hands are pretty little so I stuck my fingers in and grabbed a pack of skittles.  Skittles? Okay I was going for the chocolate.  I decided instead of sticking my fingers in I'd stick my hand in a little further. I felt around and I knew I had gotten something good.  As I was pulling my hand out I realized it was stuck.  I mean STUCK! The more I pulled the more the hole pulled. Oh great my little sneak is going to break open this whole stinkin' pinata.  Well since I am writing this you can figure out that I got my hand out but holy cow I kept thinking the whole 5 minutes that I was stuck with my hand in a pinata full of candy.  HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE TO C.  I know I know... what can I say I was hungry.

I absolutely love the wreath.  I am totally going to have to make one.  You are so right instead of buying a new wreath each season just change a few little decorations and call it a day.  You're so smart.  I also love how you give me a knitting pattern knowing full well I have no clue what it means.  Oh well.  I guess I'll have to watch a YouTube video and figure out how to knit.

Well little Quinnie just got out of bed so I should probably go put her back in.  Enjoy your night on the coast.  I'm jealous.  Although I am sitting wrapped in a blanket with the fireplace going.  I love when it gets chilly at night like this.

Love you!

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Hi there sister,
It is 8:15 and I need to go to bed! This week has been crazy and of course on the days we need to be out of the house early to help the cousin I had to wake Little One so we could go! So annoying! Anyways, today was good. I took Little One and her cousin H to Zoomars which is a petting zoo by us. It was a lot of fun and they loved feeding the bunnies, BUT their absolute favorite part was the sandbox. Now this sandbox is not full of sand but instead corn kernels. Too funny! 
Tonight we went to a Trunk-or-Treat at a local church with Little One's best bud, they were both Minnie Mouse, it was adorable. Little One was running around like a wild child until she caught on that if she waited with her bag held out she would get candy, she did a great job after that :) 
Tomorrow we are headed down to Mr.I's alma mater and watching a football game, then spending the night on the coast. It should be a great time. Sunday we head back up and have another little Halloween get together with the cousins up here. As you can see it is a busy weekend as well :)

My craft for you: A Fall wreath I made :)  I bought the grape vine wreath a while ago and have just been changing out the decorations on it to match the season. It has been a money saver and I like being able to do different things. The spiral flowers were very simple to knit (the green and orange). I think they would be adorable on clips for hair ;) Here is the pattern for the spiral flower;
CO 100 stitches   size 9 needles
R1: purl
R2: purl
R3: Knit
R4: purl
R5: K2tog 
R6: purl
R7: K2tog
R8: purl
R9: K, (K2tog repeat to end of row)
R10: purl 
Bind Off 
Try it! Love you Kiki and miss you like crazy! Give your monsters lots of loving from Tia!

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I tell you what I can completely understand what an insane day looks like.  I feel like I have been going non-stop since I woke up.  I even didn't have time for dinner... I mean have you EVER heard me say I didn't eat dinner.  And you know what I don't even have the energy to get myself something so I guess I'll just go to bed.  Hopefully I won't wake up in the middle of the night starving.

So I thought about cobbler and then I emailed mom and said what is a great cobbler recipe and she said why don't you do a crisp.  YUMMO.  There is nothing better than apple crisp in the fall.  So here we go:

Grandma H's Apple Crisp
6-8 apples
3/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c flour
1/2 c rolled oats
1/2 c soft butter
3/4 tsp cinnamon

Butter a 8x8 pan.  Peel and slice apples, place in pan.  Combine sugar, flour, oats and cinnamon.  Blend in soft butter until crumbly.  Crumble over apple slices.  Bake 30-35 min @ 375 degrees.

How quick and easy is that.  So good.

Well I have to go to bed my tummy is starting to growl.  I love you!

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Oh my goodness Kiki what a day! You would think I would learn to schedule things so that one week isn't insane while the next has absolutely nothing going on. Well I obviously didn't learn. This is an insane week! Little One and I went down to San Diego to visit Grandma and Grandad B which was so fun! We actually went to a farm with the cousins (I know farm in So Cal is really no farm compared to NE but it's the best we got) and Little One went on a pony ride! She absolutely loved it and was waving the whole time. It was so cute I wish you could have seen her! We got home around 7:30 and I have been going since then. I am helping Cousin J tomorrow and Friday with baby C and H so I have to be there at 7:30 and I have snack duty tomorrow for Bible study. WHAT WAS I THINKING?
So I got Little One in bed, ran to the store, baked some pumpkin apple muffins (from the website weelicious.com amazing), made lunches for us, packed everything in the car, did day 5 of the study (hadn't done it yet and was tempted not to), got ready for bed, laid in bed, then thought oh man I didn't write to Kiki. So here I am :)
Okay I am so excited to get the wagon from great grandad H! He is the sweetest man! Touches my heart that he would do that for his grand babies! He emailed and said it should be here by tomorrow! Also, I can't wait for the cobbler recipe. I am going to need it by the end of this week ;)

DIY paper pumpkins :)

 Here is my craft for the day: 

I found this craft on your pinterest board :)
Instead of using ribbon I used fabric to tie the paper together. These were ridiculously easy and so darn cute!

Okay way past my bedtime. Love you sister!

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Hey Sister,
I have had a busy night.  I finally put all the clothes that were in boxes in the closet, WOW I feel so much better about this space now that I have tackled that project (okay slight exaggeration, I mean you can't really feel great about living in your in-laws basement but at this point every little thing that makes me a little more organized puts a smile on my face).  Not only was I busy but so was C.  Quinnie got a BIG package in the mail today (I hear little one will be getting her's soon too).  She was so excited to open the box and see the surprise from Great Gpa H.  It warms my heart that he still has the energy to spend the time hand crafting such treasures.  So now Quinnie has a  wagon that can not be mistaken as her brothers because it is PINK.  Yeah.  I was laughing while we were putting  the wheels on because Lou was pretty into it.  I'm sure he was more excited about using power tools that playing with the dolls but I still thought it was sweet.

Here's the finished product.

I love how Lou was trying to
get in the picture

 Much to say I didn't cook anything so alas I don't have a recipe for you.  I have to make a cobbler to take to work on Thursday so I'll totally get you a good one here soon, so stick with me.  I am counting down the days until Thanksgiving when I can see you!  Oh by the way the crafts are awesome.  Love little one's new hat.  And I can't wait to find out what all you are making with your latest fabric store purchase... I think it might be for me :).  Love you little sister.