October Recap

OCTOBER RECAP

We were busy.  We had family drama.  We didn't blog.

So here goes.

Sam graduates from the Brownsburg Reserve Police Officer Academy.

He begins his field training soon after.

Graduation Day

So proud of my sweet husband!

Officer Leahy

Robbie's cousin Emma Wood turns three!

Birthday girl

Mommy's superhero

This child has no fear

Robbie (and Mommy) attend G.A.G. Night (Great Alternative Gig), a fall carnival, at church.

Face Painting - he picked a heart.

hmm... which duck will win me the most candy?

This candy is sticky!

 PUMPKIN CARVING

Ewwww! Slimy stuff!

 HALLOWEEN!

Spooktacular party at Brianna & Andrew's
Sam as Travis Junior from Reno 911.
I was going for Gypsy... ended up kinda piratey... oh well.

Robbie "Sir Hatestonap" trick-or-treating with cousins Jesse & Luke

Cute Lunch - Animal Punches

So I was telling a friend at work about my new attempts at cute lunches for Robbie and she told me she had something he would like.  The next day she brought me a dinosaur sandwich punch.  It is really amazing in that it punches the sandwich and has very little waste besides the crust.  Combined with some candy eyeballs I had left from Robbie's birthday cupcakes, we have a new cute lunch!  I've made these a couple of times now, but here is one we did one Saturday afternoon. 

Dino PBJ, 1/2 banana slices, a few cheetos, a few sweet petite pickles, and 3 baby oreos for dessert.

The dinos were such a big hit, that Sam came home from Walmart the other day with a few more punches - an elephant and a penguin.

Why, yes, elephants ARE adorable sandwiches.

Elephants, black grapes, sweet pickles again, and some chocolate & cinnamon teddy grahams for dessert... also some string cheese & juice for afternoon snack, and yogurt and pop-tart for breakfast.

Penguin PBJ, water drop American cheese punches, deli turkey, a goldfish cracker mix with a few pecans, and two baby oreos for dessert.  Yogurt & pop-tart for breakfast.  Some pears for afternoon snack.

We used to send veggies for lunch every day, but we've found that he doesn't eat them very well at school. We make sure he gets veggies each night at dinner and he seems to gobble them up at home.  We usually don't send PBJ more than once or twice a week either... but they have been a popular request from Rob since we've had the punches.  I really like our Sassy lunch containers for these kinds of lunches.

Cute lunches!  To be continued!

Time flies like an arrow...

"Before I speak, I have something important to say."

Today in class a students says to me, "Mrs. Leahy, do you want to hear something funny? Time Flies like an arrow..."  -- and so I finished it for him, "Fruit flies like a banana."  I even pretended to hold a fake cigar.

The student was shocked and confused and questioned how I knew the end of the quote.

I laughed and said, "Oh, I love Groucho Marx!"

The student replied, "Who's Groucho Marx?"

... and then I died a little on the inside.

So here's to you, Groucho.

A few of my favorite, you-isms sent out  into the void.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. 

A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

Women should be obscene and not heard.

Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!

......

And Ok, Ok, the fruit fly quote and the dog quote many say are misattributed to Marx... but they're still funny... so ... well... I'm keeping 'em.