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Hi there,

I'm making this blog private so if you want to keep reading, then email me to let me know.  I know I don't post here much because I'm having too much fun with my other blog but sometime I'll update this one.  I just didn't want people from the other blog to be able to see EVERYTHING about me! ;o)  But you guys can!

Lots o' love,

Megan

NEW BLOG!!!

Hey Everyone!

I've started a new blog! Click here: My Kind Of Makeover documents my projects around the house.  I've posted about what my new project is, and I'll be posting other things and instructions for some I've already done.  Check it out!

Ahhh

I know a ton of you have gotten sick this season...now it's my turn. Ahhhh! I hate being sick. There are so many things I could be doing! I have chills, my skin hurts, I have a fever, cough, body aches, and a headache. At least I'm not harfing.

So what do you all do when you're sick to pass time and feel better? I need ideas since I've been down for 4 whole days now and I'm going crazy.

Primary 10/31

So last Sunday was Halloween. A couple of weeks ago was our Primary Program and I told the kids if they sang really well that we'd play a trick on the Bishop on Halloween.

So we actually started singing time with learning a Christmas song for the Sacrament Program, then cue Bishop. (He was prepped for what was going to happen and I gave him a tie beforehand to put on).

I told him that we were so glad he could visit us in Primary and didn't the kids do a great job on the Program, and the kids would now like to sing for him, and if he thought the kids sang the song well, we'd give him a surprise.

Well after the first song, he agreed that the kids did a great job and out came the scissors. I pulled his tie taut and got ready to snip and he put up a big fuss about how his wife gave him that tie and I cut a little off the bottom. He told the kids he could still wear it with his jacket buttoned and that nobody would know it was cut.

Cue next song. The better they sang, the more I cut. We went on for about 10 minutes until he a stub of a tie left. The kids never sang so well. ;o)

Also, since it was Halloween, I brought a pumpkin and I'd cut out black construction paper jack-o-lantern face pieces and wrote songs on the back. The child got to come up, choose a feature and place it on the pumpkin. They sang while I snipped. The pumpkin had a pretty funny face when we were all done.

I also gave the kids the pieces of the Bishop's tie and anyone who didn't get one during singing time, I snipped the little leftovers as they left so each one got a piece.

This was definitely a one time deal, but it was so fun, and yes, they never sounded better!

Jack-O-Lanterns

Tonight for FHE we carved pumpkins. Each of us chose the design we wanted and then got to carving.

From left to right: C, Mom, J1, Dad, J2, N.

This has always been one of my favorite nights of the year!

Primary Chorister

So a couple weeks ago I got another calling...Primary Chorister. I loved this calling (for about 3 years) in my ward growing up and I'm excited to do it again.

I'll be posting what I do each week just so I don't forget what I've already done.

So the first week I did a Primary Hospital because I was called with only 2 weeks of practices! I explained to the kids that I was the resident M.D. (musical director) and I needed to check on my patients. I made a paper nurse hat and had one of the counselors wear it. I also gave her a thermometer which she could move up and down depending on how well the kids were singing. I made a "chart" for each "patient" aka song. We took the stats after singing each one and decided if it could be discharged or if it needed to go to the ICU. The kids loved it!

The next week was just practicing for the program.

Yesterday was the Primary Program and they did SO well! I was very pleased. For singing time, I told them that because I was so proud of them that we were going to make cookies! Everyone cheered! Then I pulled out the pre-measured ingredients... a good set and a bad set. ;o) I told then that we were going to play name that tune. I chose a child to come up and choose a strip of colored paper. That color represented a song which were all listed on a sheet that I gave the pianist earlier. If they guessed correctly, they got to put the correct ingredient in...if they didn't, it would be the bad one.

One kid was really upset at the thought of actually having to eat these things. It was hard keeping my cover with him.

Once all the ingredients were mixed, I told them I was off to the kitchen to bake them and that I'd be right back after sharing time. I returned with real cookies and they were so excited/relieved!

It was lots of fun.

Oh, I also used a new little spray bottle with flavored water in it as "Magic Singing Spray" if they sang well, they got a spray and they were all surprised it tasted so good!

Such a fun day.

It's finally dead

Holy cow that is one resiliant spider ! It finally died a week ago...just forgot to post it. I can't believe it lived that long. Nasty.

Spider update...

So right after I posted this I called Dirk and he said I have to kill it to protect the kids!!! EEEWWWWW!!!! I told him that would be like killing a small mammal and couldn't do it without a gun, but I could capture it instead.

If you are at all totally grossed out then stop reading...

I COULD HEAR IT WALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got a jar and was getting it to go in it and YES, I heard it's eight arachnid legs walking which totally gave my entire body get goosebumps. If you can HEAR a spider it's too big!

So I got it into the jar and it's been in my kitchen for a few days. It laid an egg sack (glad I captured it, I don't need a hundred more of these) and it's laid a brownish/reddish haze on the bottom of the jar, although it's in a web at the top. Yesterday the egg sack appeared to be eaten...NASTY.

I wonder when this thing will die...

Oh My HUGENESS!!!

Here is a home with two yummy snacks awaiting the builder/master trapper... The main circular part is over 2 feet wide, and it's "anchors" stretch over 6 feet...
This is whats 10 feet beyond my backdoor right now!!! This is the BIGGEST spider other than a tarantula that I've ever seen! This pic below has an ant next to it for comparison. It's rear is the width of my index finger (which isn't small). Yeah, this sucker is pretty big.

"Does my butt look big?"

Happy Birthday Joshua!!!

I can't believe that my second child is 6 today. I know I say this a lot... but where does the time go? My sweet little first grader is growing up too quickly and I hate it. I love my little Joshie.

I made these mini cake ball cones for his class today. The kids LOVED them! I think I'll make them for all school birthdays. They were so fun and easy to make.

Classic Joshua