My 911 baby

Monday night Bailey was playing with the phone while I was putting the other two kids to bed. I didn't think anything of it until the phone rang, I went to get it, and Bailey had already answered it - to my "hello" I heard, "this is 911, is there an emergency?". I'm totally confused and say no, and she says that someone had called from this number, I tell her it must have been my baby, and she says, "ok, I'll cancel the officer". So I'm dying as I tell Derek that Bay had called 911.
Then today I'm telling my friend that she called 911 and she says, "oh, last time Bailey was at my house she called 911" - same repeat as what happened to me, 911 called back, what's your emergency, blah, blah, blah - isn't that crazy that she could call 911, not only once, but twice?! I'm learning my lesson though to be more careful with her and the phone!

Halloween Fun

Halloween was a totally fun and crazy day. I had to make the dinners for the co-op and get them delivered, and then O came over to make frosting flowers for our class on Thursday. It was way fun to get together to make them and she brought over her 2 little boys and they played great with my kids. We fed the kids lunch and got the boys on the bus (with not a minute to spare - we didn't even make down the driveway before the bus was there). Then I headed to the school to do Tyler's Halloween party - and, I hate to brag, but I successfully orchestrated complete chaos. The hour was nothing but chaos - I'm sure I gave his poor teacher an ulcer at watching me run this party. But I guess the bright side is I'll probably get fired from this job! I got the kids all dressed, Tyler was a cowboy - the easiest costume I've come by, Emily was a skeleton (I wanted a girly thing, a princess or a fairy, and she wanted a skeleton, so we compromised on a skeleton with pink bones, and Bay was a Piglet hand-me-down). Then we ran to the church for the trunk or treat and started the candy collection of the night.
Derek took the 2 big kids trick or treating - and this was the first year that we took the kids from house to house, not just specific houses. Tyler was hooked - the kid loves Halloween now. Derek asked if they were cold and wanted to go home, and Tyler just said, "but if we go to that house over there, we'll get more candy" - nothing seemed clearer to that little boy. And then when Derek finally said enough trick or treating, Tyler asked if he could go again in the morning. When Derek explained that this was a one night deal, Tyler asked if Derek could go for him. The kid loved it. Emily didn't last as long because it was so cold, but Tyler could have gone all night. All in all, the kids loved it and I'm loving that it's over!