So we are continuing with the state of busy here. This weekend we had a fall festival at the kids day care complete with game booths, silent auction, foods, petting zoo, pony rides, and prizes galore. The kids just loved it all....we have no pictures but trust me it was a good time for all. I think the highlight for Macy was the pony ride, Dale sank a teacher at the dunk tank on the first throw, and Reid riding to and from the carnival in Daddy's Jeep.

Macy and Reid having fun

Dale also had a football game immediately after the carnival and although they did not win...they played HARD...I had to miss the game and help at the festival but Duke said Dale is so entertaining to watch....dodging the other players and spinning and cutting... Dale had a great time and said afterwards "it is just a game....and we had fun," Duke said the other team was all bigger kids....as big as our biggest players if not larger....score was 18-6....at least we scored right.

My little man with his team

There he goes!

We then attended a Halloween Party at our neighbors house Saturday night.....much fun was had by all...good times and even better pictures were taken but will refrain from posting as to not tarnish any future political careers....hehehe you know who you are

Spidey, Princess, and Optimus Prime ...Reid wanted to save The flash for Halloween Night

Sunday we did the neighborhood pumpkin carving and we made a little monster, a goofy face an old school pumpkin.... the best tool had to be my battery operated pumpkin saw I got at Michaels for 8 bucks.....so fast and easy it made carving 3 pumpkins pretty easy.

Monday we went to the Dr. and got flu shots for the little crew....Dale and Macy took them like champs and Reid was last and cried..."Why did she hurt me?" The notion that it keeps you from getting sick is lost on the young child. And I really think that the shot is compromised when you have to go to the pediatrician to get it....where all the sick kids are....so my three healthy kids go play with the toys some kid just coughed all over with his undiagnosed strep.....hhhmmmm do I sound jaded maybe b/c Macy came down with a very speedy case of diarrhea tonight....the uncontainable, total surprise kind....she came to me with her brand new elmo undies and said...."I got Elmo yucky mommy." I put her on the potty and bathed the boys and told her I would clean her alone since she had diarrhea...for the rest of the night it was her in song no less..."I have diarrhea.....nope not time for diarrhea now....b/c I have diarrhea....oohh too late I have diarrhea....nothing more heartwarming than a convo about poo.

Now to add more insult to injury when changing them for baths Macy has a huge red lump from the flu shot. I gave her Benedryl all night hoping for the best and woke up the same today....it looks like someone slapped her little leg but it is HOT and hard. I call the pediatrician and she says could be a reaction, or infection from the shot itself or even the needle....we would like to see her. So 30 mins later we see the Dr and yes it is in fact an infection looks like from the shot or needle....need meds. Clendymician....which is a YUCKY tasting concoction even with flavoring from the pharmacist, and it will most likely give her diarrhea.....yea more songs to come soon I am sure. And to top it off.....my parents will have the kids this weekend so Duke and I can go visit Troy and Carolyn so I feel bad that I will have to burden Grandma and Bepaw with Nasty medicine 3 times a day and funky poo.....now that sounds like fun in a bottle!!!

Busy times in the Daniel house

So this week has been action packed for the Daniel clan. Duke turned 37, Dale had his first football game, Reid; Macy and I went to the pumpkin patch....this included with the regular work, practices, ballet, and such has kept us hopping.

So Duke.....is 37, but feels older some days and younger others but is crazy busy all days. He has been given control of another subdivision, in another side of the city....which is only 15 miles away, but it takes much longer given San Antonio traffic. Plus he is maintaining all that he had too.....ok we have laughed at the thought of a 40 hr work week......sure ...monday-wedensday....given that 12-14 hour days are pretty regular for us....which might very well be a goal to strive for in the next few weeks until he figures out a schedule of some sort....either that or he can try to expense a helicopter...or better yet a clone.....I JUST BETTER NEVER GET THE "B- TEAM" DUKE if that were to ever come to pass.... He had his birthday on Friday, and the kids and I got him gifts. Dale decided he needed the Fantastic 4 movie, Reid picked out a digital 20 questions game, I surprised him with a Longhorn hyde, and Macy, sweet Macy, she picked out a "pretty chickie, for Daddy," which was a black crow with red beady eyes from the Halloween section at Target....and she insisted he needed it and that he would love it.....if he loves it as much as her then it will be very well loved. We also baked him a heart shaped brownie and gave him cards....Dale actually picked a card that said DUKE on it with a GI Joe guy, Reids was a huge spongebob card and a pop up card he made at school that has a saw that pops out of a box? a little random yes, but he KNEW daddy would like it b/c he uses a saw sometimes, and Macy gave him a giant Hello Kitty card....it was a close call between Hello Kitty and a Your the best 3 yr old princess ever card....kid picked gifts are the BEST.

The gifts

The cards

Reid Macy and I went to Love Creek Orchards in Medina on Friday with his pre-school class. They did a hay ride, made scarecrows, played in a huge hay maze, made a craft with apples, cloves, and cinnamon....smells great, also groomed horses, sang songs, heard special stories, and enjoyed a petting zoo....Macy like the horse and petting zoo the very best and Reid liked taking pictures with my camera and playing with Max....his little buddy at school. Very fun times.

Macy loving holding the chickieReid only holding the chickie b/c Macy just did it and he is bigger than her and thinks he should not be scared.Macy and her Baby punkin....it came home with usApple craftThe very well groomed ponyThe donkey she lovedHay mazeMacy pulled as many stickers off the pumpkins and stuck them all over me and her.Our not so scary crow

Dale had his first football game today, we have a pretty good team kids 6-10, and some talented kids, the throws, catches, runs, and kicks were impressive and he was a big playmaker! He grabbed more flags than I could count, and scored 2 touchdowns, one was called back b/c it was a "no run zone".....I dunno his coach was perplexed as well, but he ran so great, screaming down the sidelines.....with all these bigger kids just chasing him and grabbing wind....it was really neat and he was on cloud 9. Little man can cut and spin like crazy and he is smaller so, it is hard for them to grab his flags. He said the other day....we might actually win a game this year, we lost all the games last year....and he was right they won...20-12 a great day to be a Longhorn..both big and small. Here is his teams website.... Longhorns-StoneOak

Dales Touchdown Run

I also promised some better pics of Macy doing her ballet and I got a few this week, it is hard to get them and not totally distract her...but she really likes it and loves wearing her BALLET...yep not ballet clothes...just I want to wear my ballet.

HHHHMMMM????

So Duke went offroading again this weekend and this picture was snapped of him. He said he wished that someone got the picture of 3 seconds later when he endo'd stood on the rear tires, but apparently everone including Duke thought he was going to roll over and was running for cover. Thankfully that was not the case.

A'cause I wanted to

"A'cause I wanted too"......where does being 2 and that mentality get you...?

For us it was the ENT on Tuesday Night after Macy stuck a sticker up her nose. Ok let me set the situation...headed home from day care with a sticker on each hand as a reward for a great day at school...FYI....these are highly coveted items.....we pull in the drive way and Macy anounces:

"mommy, I stuck a sticker up my nose."

"WHAT"

"I stuck a sticker up my nose."

"WHY" ( really who cares why but I asked none the less)

"A'cause"

"Macy because is not a reason...." (again not the brightest response)

"A'cause I wanted to"

"ok Blow it out......blow hard...." she blows and blows and no sticker

I called the ENT, "bring her in" they say, we go, and sure enough upon examination there is the sticker.....1/4" round sticker in the very back of the nasal cavity. Apparently she really got it up in there good. ( we aim for greatness in this family) We restrain Macy and he goes to work first with some thing to open the nose....then in goes a thin tweeser thing....up too far ...he sprays a saline solution that has a numbing product in it and tries again and no good...she is SCREAMING and squirming, then on one of the final attempts she inhales it down her throat and into her tummy we assume. He got a scope and made sure it was not lodged in the nasal cavity or in her throat and called it a done operation. We paid and departed and got a sucker and passed on the stickers.

She said "its gone, he got it out, I didn't eat it. I didn't, I didn't eat it, I put it in my nose."

So all is well and I think before she puts anything up her nose she MIGHT think twice. We were out front later yesterday evening and I informed the neighbors of our adventures. Lisa said to Macy when she walked up...."Macy did you have to go to the Dr today....Did you put something up your nose"....she said "YEA"....in a pitch that said yea did that happen to you too? as if she was reading her mind....

So here is Macy showing me where the sticker went.