Turkey Cake Pops

David is being baptized tomorrow and we are having a lunch afterwards at home. I decided to make it easy on myself and have the lunch catered. I then ran across these cute-as-buttons desserts on a website http://bakerella.blogspot.com/


I was inspired! And I figured since I wasn't making lunch...


It took trips to 4 or 5 different stores to get all the decorative ingredients (note to self- if doing this in the future and have more time, order on the internet and have it shipped!). Mama came over this afternoon to help put them together. First we hit the Holy Trinity Episcopal Holiday Bazaar (fabulous). Then back home to make Turkey Pops. Ours were not nearly the professional masterpieces on the website, but are very much homemade- and sorta cute. Chris, my ever-loyal hubby, is convinced they air-brushed the ones on the website. Hopefully the neices and nephews will scarf them up tomorrow, imperfections and all.

I'm tired

Got home a bit ago after a shift at work. I saw 28 patients today. TWENTY-EIGHT! Holy, moly. I've never seen that many before in a shift. My record prior to this was 23. It was busy ALL DAY/NIGHT LONG. I did manage to fit in time for pumping, so that's good. Didn't manage to eat a meal- I subsisted on prefab cappuchino (sp?) and a snack-bag of Doritos. So healthy. Now I'm tired. I've had my shower. Time for bed.

Comings & Goings

"Her poop is blue!" exclaimed hubby as he came out of the bathroom. He was rather startled. Nolia was giggling.
He'd forgotten about the brilliantly colored cotton-candy-flavored icecream she & Zach scarfed up 2 days ago. Wonder if Joy is having this same discovery about Z's "goings" about this time...

This morning at church Nolia asked for a penny to throw in the fountain so she could make a wish. She tossed the penny in, closed her eyes, clasped her hands to her chest, and whispered her wish. Afterwards she told me she'd wished for Jesus to keep her safe at night, and then mentioned something about witches. Maybe some of the spookier aspects of Halloween have stayed with her. Oh, dear!
This evening we're having a potluck supper and Nolia has decided it's to be her "dancing party". She wants all the little girls to wear her dress-ups and dance.
David has been having some trouble with his top 2 teeth coming in. He is in a constant drool-fest, chews on everything and is just out of sorts at times. Poor little thing.

Halloween Festivities

This past week of Halloween activities has been lots of fun.
Monday night I took Nolia to a party at one of UF's housing buildings. Still not sure if it was officially open to the public... but it was really neat with lots of games to play and a Haunted House. Nolia became quite the pro at the walk-around-the-chairs-to-music-game. And she was very excited about the Haunted House. She was very brave and made it through the entire thing without being freaked out. She told me afterwards she was "only a little bit" scared. For full disclosure, I did carry her throughout the whole thing, and kept whispering to her that it was just pretend. I was still very impressed with her. And no nightmares since, so I guess I've got a bit of a thrill-seeker on my hands (not something to be looked forward to come time she's a teenager...).
Wednesday at school Magnolia was distraught as we'd forgotten to send her Halloween costume and she was supposed to dress up for her ballet class. Luckily, Chris swooped in and saved the day. He said her face just lit up when she saw him arrive with her Gator cheerleader outfit.
Wendesday night we all went to the Halloween party, trunk-or-treating event at our church. They fed us dinner, had a little costume parade (v. cute), and had lots of games, a bounce-house and a cake-walk. Sadly, there was only one car there to do the trunk-or-treat thing. I suggested to Chris maybe we could try and participate next year, so maybe there'll be at least 2 cars then!
Thursday night we met Jennifer & Claire at the Ghouls, Goblins & Greeks event on Sorority Row. The different sororities went all out and Magnolia and Claire had a blast.
Friday night I took the kiddies over to the Denny's house for trick-or-treat festivities. John set up a table and chairs in their driveway. Kids dropped by for candy and adults stayed a spell for the "parent punch". Christine and I took Nolia, Ella, and David around the neighborhood. It was a very relaxing Halloween- luckily, as I was pretty darn tired from all the previous activities.

Happy belated birthday, Alison!
And welcome back to blogging, Joy!