Insta Joys: i am so far behind and need to catch up edition

this is the oh my word i haven't posted any insta joys since october and its almost november post.

lots of pictures.

lots of catching up.

 mauryn doing her homework before our trip to the american girl store

 i read 99% of the time on my iPad

i was at the library the other day and they had some books i was interested in reading

so i checked them out 

it was nice to have a real {free} book in my hands for a bit

i still love reading on my iPad 

i am just waiting patiently for my library to start having ebooks available

 i ordered this wand from lisa leonard for mauryn for christmas

she is going to LOVE it

i may have done a little happy dance when it came in the mail

it is so stinking cute

 a little fire

a little hot chocolate

the perfect warm up after a night of trick or treating 

{told you i was behind}

 cutie in skeleton pjs warming up on the vent

smart cookie er i mean skeleton

 i am reading this with the kids in the morning for our devotional

we are all LOVING it

a little game of monopoly jr

the little man was dominating all of us

 have you had these? 

they are no trader joes peppermint joe joes 

but since i don't have a trader joes these will have to do

 my baby turned 5!

her birthday breakfast of choice.... a pancake in the shape of a 5

 catching up on the happy day project

{a post on that coming soon}

 tea party anyone

the art on the go tray has many purposes

 she's positive she does NOT need a nap

she still falls asleep almost every day

i love how she fell asleep on this day

 the monster cat loves bags

if there is a bag on the ground he finds it and camps out on it

instead of a big party this year, morgan decided to spend the day with a friend

we went to lunch at the olive garden and then went for manicures and pedicures

it was such a fun afternoon

and the perfect way to celebrate morgan

 sunday nights = lesson planning

working on making words lessons for landon

reminds me of my classroom teaching days

 my little fishy

we spent two days last week at the pool at our rec center

i NEED to make an effort to do this more often

the kids love it and it is a perfect burn some energy in the winter activity

 kids at their dental check ups = 30 minutes of reading for mama

i look forward to their dental check ups now

 winter jacket and flip flop.... that's how she rolls

 sweet breaking dawn swag from the awesome erin

if i couldn't be at her party at least i was their in spirit :o)

 big night thursday night: denver broncos game

they won 

i had two very very happy boys in my house

 waiting in line to get into the theater for breaking dawn

i was a little disappointed

usually there is really good people watching on premiere night

not so much this year

popcorn and soda

let the movie begin! 

the text conversation i had with morgan while waiting in line

 when i go back home there is one place on my list of must do

culvers frozen custard

i lovey love love it

i always always always get a hot fudge sundae

i heart hot fudge sundaes

 we went bowling one night while i was home

my baby brother came back in the last frame to beat me by one pin

its just wrong

 mauryn loves her uncle dave

he's so good to her

she is such a goofball

she collected my nieces empty shot gun shells and decided to be mauryn shell hands

there you have it.  weeks upon weeks of insta catch up.

what have you been up to lately??

linking up with jeannett for insta friday