Emma, Emma, Emma

This little girl certainly keeps me on my toes. She is much naughtier than her brothers were at her age. She has colored on walls, smeared Vaseline all over the play room and herself, and to top it all off, she smeared poop all over her crib the other day. No joke. She was supposed to be taking a nap, and when David went in to check on her, he found her completely naked and covered in poop. She had taken off her diaper and smeared poop all over her crib, her clothes, her blanket, and the stuffed animals she had in her crib. It was even on her mouth. I seriously almost puked while I was cleaning it up. It was so disgusting! My boys NEVER did anything like that! Crazy girl!

Twilight Craziness!

OK, you all know how obsessed with Twilight I am. I had so much fun in Forks with the Twilight Moms, that I decided to try to find a local group of Twilight Moms to meet up with. I found some ladies who live nearby, and convinced my friend Alison (who I met in Forks and lives in Ft. Worth) to come with me to meet them for dinner. We had a blast, and really enjoyed hanging out with the other ladies. We've all gotten together for dinner twice, and are going to the midnight showing of Twilight together tomorrow night. I love these ladies. Twilight Moms are the best!

This picture is from our first meet up: Jennifer, Alisa, Alison, Nina, Donna, and me.

This picture is from our second meet up: Me, Jennifer, Alisa, Donna, Cameo, Lori, and Alison


Then, last week, Rob Pattinson (who plays Edward in the Twilight movie) did a mall appearance in Dallas. A couple of my Twilight Mom friends and I decided we wanted to be in the group of 500 people that got to meet him and get an autograph. Unfortunately, the event was not organized well. We arrived at the mall at 4:30 am to find a big mass of people waiting to buy wrist bands for the event. There was no organized line, and security was allowing people to line up in different locations. To make a long story short, at 5:30 am when they allowed everyone onto the mall property, there was complete chaos as over 2,000 people rushed across the street, and we were shoved towards the back of the line. We were really disappointed. However, in addition to the signing, there was also a public Q&A session with Rob Pattinson planned for later that evening. We decided to come back to the mall for that. There were so many people there and everyone was screaming, so we didn't get to hear anything that he was saying, but it was still exciting to be there and to see him from a distance. I'm not normally the type of person to be "into" celebrities, but I make an exception for the cast of Twilight - especially Rob. I just love him! My pictures aren't good because my camera doesn't have much of a zoom, but you get the idea... right? The first picture is of Cameo, Alison, me, and a Twilight Mom named Kaly that we met there. The others are of Rob on the stage with the lady that was interviewing him. And by the way, the picture that shows the crowd only shows HALF of the people that were there. The crowd went all the way around the stage in a full circle.

Then, as if I haven't had enough Twilight fun lately, Alison hooked me up with a pass to an early screening of the Twilight movie. So, I got to see the movie last night - 3 days before it's official release date! It was so much fun, and I loved it! It really was pretty much exactly what I expected. No complaints from me. And, as an added perk, they were giving out a bunch of Twilight swag at the theater. Check out all the goodies I got!

And even though I've already see the movie, I'm just as excited as ever for the midnight showing tomorrow night! 27 hours to go!

School House Rock

On November 7th, I went with Isaac's class on a field trip to a production of School House Rock at the Plano Children's Theater. It was really cute, and the kids all loved it. Isaac laughed and laughed! He was sitting right in front of his best friend, Drew, so I snapped a picture of them before the show started. After the show was over, we enjoyed lunch together at Frisco Commons Park. Thanks so much to Stefani for watching Emma so I could go on the field trip!

33 and 30!

David and I both had our birthdays. He turned 33 on November 1, and I turned 30 on November 2. We enjoyed a nice birthday dinner on David's birthday (a Saturday) - thanks to Stefani and Quentin for watching the kids so we could go out.

My birthday, however, didn't go too well. It started out great with a nice breakfast cooked by David, but went downhill from there. After breakfast we headed off to Stake Conference, but we had to leave early because I wasn't feeling well. So, we came home and I took a nap. When I woke up, I knew I had the stomach flu (David, Emma, and Noah had it earlier in the week). So, I spent the rest of the day laying in bed feeling nauseous and eating nothing but Saltine crackers. Happy Birthday to me!

Halloween

We had a fun, busy Halloween day. We all went to Friday Morning Live to see Isaac (actually all of the 2nd grade) perform. Later in the day I joined Noah's preschool class for their Halloween party. It was lots of fun. All the kids were dressed in their pajamas (which Noah thought was really cool), and they got to decorate cookies, play games, eat snacks, and watch "Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin."

In the evening we went trick-or-treating. Cousins Haley and Julian came along for the fun, dressed as a princess and a red ant. Isaac, Noah, and Emma were Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Harry's owl Hedwig. First Stefani and I took them out, then we came back and stayed home with Emma and Julian while David and Quentin took the older kids back out. When Stefani and I were with the kids, Stefani kept telling Haley to ask for a candy for "her brother" (Julian). Haley would then get the candy and put it in Julian's bag for him. Well, when David and Quentin were out with the older kids, at every door Noah kept saying, "I need an extra one for my brother." So, people would put an extra candy in his bag. David couldn't figure out why he was saying that, and no matter how many times David told him to stop, Noah kept saying it at every door. By the end of the night, Noah had a bunch more candy than Isaac. What a little sneak!

I also had fun dressing up for Halloween. My costume consisted of a pair of honey colored contacts and a Twilight shirt. Pretty fun to be a Cullen for the day. :) I love Halloween!