Monday, October 27, 2008

Busy, Busy, Busy

It was a busy weekend with Homecoming festivities and parties and guests--oh my!

Friday: Hubby took a 1/2 day off to help decorate for the alumni band party. My mom came down to watch the kids and help sew Halloween costumes. We made a very cute dalmatian costume in under 2 hours--we both manned a sewing machine, she sewed the top and I sewed the bottom. Hubby and I went to the alumni band party from 7pm-midnight. It was a fun party, we got to see people from college whom we haven't seen for many years. We inherited another child, my nephew, whom my mom got to watch in addition to our two girls.

Saturday: Hubby and I were off to band practice by 9am. Found out before we left that my nephew had gotten sick in the middle of the night; lovely. I was home around 11:30 am. Decided pumpkin carving would be a fun activity for the kids. My two took one look inside and decided that was good enough. Grandma and I carved an intricate spider design (which the kids chose) while the kids played. Hubby was home for 45 min (remember, he left at 9 am) and had to be back to the stadium by 4pm for a 6pm kickoff. My dad stopped by to pick up me and my nephew to go to the game. Watched the Cyclones lose (but they did keep playing until the very end) and got home after 10 pm.

Sunday: Finished details for the dalmatian costume. Sent Grandma home in 50 mph winds--hope the drive was okay! Got the girls off to early naps in preparation for neighborhood Halloween party. Went to said Halloween party, it was fun but all most too many kids/people there. Dalmatian costume came home with blue paint on it, as did my favorite pair of jeans. So far my jeans are fairing better than the costume getting the paint out. Hubby mowed the lawn in 50 mph winds and 40 degree temps--just about as bad as the rain.

**A side note about the band party. You see, ISU is a big engineering school so the majority of the marching band is actually made up of enginerds (hubby included). One of the people on the band board happens to be an electrical engineer. One of the games at the party was "Tuba Hero" where you could play the game Guitar Hero by using an actual tuba--each of the three valves co-incided with three of the "strings" of the guitar. I wasn't brave enough to try the tuba hero, but hubby and I had fun playing against each other in guitar hero. We may just have to get a PS3 for Christmas. ;)

It was a fun weekend, but it is time to get back to "work". Emma doesn't have school today due to a teacher inservice, so I have an extra one at home. The dishwasher is going, there are dirty dishes in the sink, the washing machine is going, there are 3 baskets of clean laundry to put away, and I have enough work to keep me busy for awhile.

5 comments:

Glenda said...

What sort of party was this which involved paint flinging as a game? How is it that two people in your group got painted? This makes the party sound much more exciting than it probably actually was. Inquiring minds want to know how the paint was distributed!

You may want to try straight rubbing alcohol on the paint, that did the trick for me when K. came home from a film shoot with his new work jacket splattered with blue latex paint. Probably depends on the type of paint....

kmm0305 said...

Actually it was pumpkin painting--dangerous when you set a bucket full of random paints (obviously some not washable) in front of kids under the age of 7. I will try the rubbing alcohol, but it seems to have permeated the fleece. Option #2 is to sew a small patch around the spot to cover it up. Option #3 is to use the yard of leftover fabric I have to sew a new top. That is probably not going to be happening at the moment.

Bad Mommy said...

I second the rubbing alcohol. Just don't drink it.

Your weekend sounded a lot like mine, only insert Girl Scouts for ISU football. I STILL have loads of laundry to fold....

Hey, did you win?

Glenda said...

I would leave it and re-title the costume "Dalmation who has had a run-in with 'Blue' from Blue's Clues"

Minyo said...

I like Glenda's twist on the explanation of the blue paint on the costume.

The good thing about mowing the lawn in 50 mph winds, NO RAKING!! Yahoo! My husband did the same thing.