Justin got a shiner!

Poor Justin he has his mother's grace, or lack there of. Maybe he will actually listen when I tell him NO RUNNING IN THE HOUSE!

Also after buying Lucas' halloween costume, I found this one my friend sent me.
Oh well.... they make cute pj's.

There is another post below this one, from last week's Harvest Party.

Harvest Parties

Hello! Well Justin had his first school party this week. They had a harvest party on Friday. Even though Justin does not go to school on Friday's, he could come to the party as long as I stayed at the party with him. Well Justin's class during the week is not all that big, because preschool is broke up into blocks. Well on Friday their were about 20 kids their, and a lot of parents. SO needless to say, Justin acted very shy. I did convince him to do some things like he normall would.

Friday night our church was having a Harvest Party. Well we have not gone to church for a few weeks, because Robert's work schedule has been so crazy. Someone quit, so he has been picking up the hours. Okay first of all, our next door neighbor stopped by to tell us about the party. So we go on Friday night, I am wearing jeans and a nice sweater, well we walk in and I notice that every single woman is wearing a skirt. So... I felt very out of place and uncomfortable. Also I am very very shy, and uncomfortable around big groups of people, and people that I do not know all that well. So Robert played games, which were very very funny to watch. The boy's got to do a pinata, and it was really a good time. I did cave in and joined a group of people for a very active game of chair volleyball. My next door neighbor introduced me to some women in the church, which was very nice. So they convinced me to come by myself on Sunday's when Robert can not come. Let me tell you going to church this morning, without my husband was so hard. First of all, I already feel like a part of me is missing when I am not with him, and he is my rock. You know? I am okay as long as he is with me holding my hand. But I always tell Justin he has to be brave in situations he is not comfortable with. So I went to the young adult bible class this morning (by myself), and to church this morning (by myself). One of the woman that I met on Friday night, asked me to come sit with her so I was not all by myself. While I am glad that I went, I still felt very lost sitting their with out my husband.
I am going to go to the ladies conference in Turner if I can get a babysitter for the boy's. I am looking forward to getting to know other women in my church and in Maine, really. I have heard that so many of them enjoy the conference so much, and they said it is really heart warming. So I am praying that I able to find a babysitter.

Oh yeah, I also found out this weekend what a small world Maine is. Ha Ha. I ran in to lady at the craft fair at our church on Saturday who knows Sarah, her mom, and her sister Stacy. The ladies daughter went to school with Stacy. Her name is Miranda. So I am suppose to tell Sarah, Stacy, and Mary, Hello from Miranda's mom!


Back to Friday night, other than me being the only woman not in a skirt. I am a jeans and a sweatshirt kind of girl. I have two boys, wearing a skirt all the time is just not practical. Anyway... the games they played were so fun. They played tug a intertube, which I took two videos of. In one of the games, Robert had a good hold on the intertube, and pastor was listerally trying to pull Robert off of the intertube. It was hilarious. So I hope you enjoy the pictures and the videos.

I did go to church this evening with my husband and the boys. It was so nice. Just to be there and hear the word of God with my whole family. It was nice to have Robert right beside me holding my hand.
I started writing this blog early in the day, and now it's almost nine. SO I was able to find a babysitter for my boys, and will have the privelage to attend the Ladies Conference in Turner. I am truly looking forward to that.


I hope everyone is doing well. Jordan I hope that you are starting to get some comfort.

Have a good week.
Cassie

The Portland Headlight

HELLO everyone! Well Saturay was a BEAUTIFUL day. We decided not to go to Pumpkin Land, because for all of us to go it would have been 25.00 to get in. The boys already had carved a pumpkin, so the only reason we would have been going is to just play. So we decided to take them to the Portland Headlight to explore. It was so much fun. The kids loved climbing in the rocks and running around. They both passed out on the ride home. It was such a pretty day out. It was 70 degrees, and very little breeze. The colors down by the ocean on the leaves, were so beautiful.
I tried to get some "scenic" pictures of the boys in the autumn surroundings.

Here are some pictures from our day yesterday. I hope everyone is doing well.

Love,
Cassie

It's been a little while.

Hey everyone! Well I realized that it's been a little bit since I have posted anything. Well really there is not much going on. We have literally been battaling colds in this house for two weeks. Justin is doing GREAT in pre-school. He loves going to school, he is already writing letters on his own at home. So far the ones' he does really well are T, J, and F. He asked me the other day, why he can't go to school every day like some of the other kids. If preschool was not so expensive, I would put him, because he has just excelled so much in every day life since starting school. I can not sing the praises of this preschool enough! They are a Christian based preschool, and they are WONDERFUL! The teachers make a point to talk to every parent every day. They teach the kids the pledge of allegiance, bible stories, patriotic songs. I love where he goes to school. If anyone in Maine is reading this, it's A Joyful Noise, in Windham.

Lucas had a odd rash develop this week. I thought for sure he had the chicken pox, we took him to the Dr. on Monday. The Dr. said and I quote, "He has a viral rash, we don't know what it is, but it's contagious, and it will last 5-7 days. There is nothing you can do to treat it, but it's definitly not chicken pox". Tell me how this makes sense? All the advances in the Medical Field, and I get a dumb response like that? Seriously?

We are (weather permitting), taking the kids to Pumpkin Land this weekend. SO I will be able to post some new pictures of the kids soon. I have been occupied with scrapbooking a lot lately. It's my new passion/hobby. I am finally going to put to use 20 years of crazy picture taking!

Well that is about all for now. I hope everyone is enjoying their Autumn. I can honestly say with the exception of colds running rampant in the house, this has been a BEAUTIFUL autumn. Maine is so pretty this time of year, the mountains take your breath away.

Oh and ONE MORE MONTH and I get to go home and hug and love on my nephews, brother, parents, and my BFF! I can NOT wait to go home.

Alright... I am out! Stacy, I am keeping you and Jordan in my prayers.

The Num Num Song....

So this week, we had Jillie's birthday. Her party was a couple weeks a go, but Monday was her actual birthday. So since Auntie was babysitting her and her brother, we decided to take Jillie out for a birthday dinner. I had the wonderful staff at Friendlys sing happy birthday to her. She loved it. They sent her home with a HUGE bouquet of balloons.

Also this week, I finally got Lucas on camera singing his num num song. Since he was about 18 months he would quite often do this after he ate his dinner.
I think it is him thanking me for such a wonderful dinner.. LOL! Anyway... I FINALLY got him on camera doing it.

So I am putting in some pictures of Jillies birthday dinner, and Lucas singing video.

ENJOY!

Love ya!
Cass

Fryeburg Fair

Well we had a pretty busy weekend. On Friday night we went up to Rumford for Robert's cousin's homecoming football game at Mountain Valley High. IT was pretty cool, to be where Robert went to high school. It is still strange for me seeing what a big deal some things are. I swear most of the town was at the football game4, that so NEVER would have happened in Milwaukee. It was so bad in some parts of Milwaukee that we could not have our football games at night. Our homecoming game was always on Saturday morning. I don't know if I will ever get use to it, but I have to say it's kind of cool. It's like stuff you see in Movies (like Varsity Blues), except it's real life. Anyway... Justin loves going to see Nathan play football. So Nathan came over after the game and talked to Justin, well Justin got so shy, it was so cute.
Saturday we just ran a couple errands and had some down time as a family. Robert had to work on Saturday evening, so we just wanted to spend time together. After Robert left, I took the boys out to dinner. It was so nice to spend some time alone with them. Although, I kept getting sympathetic looks from other "families", because I was by myself. And I was in heaven having a "date" with my two boys. We surprised Robert at work with some dinner from Friendly's, and we were able to take his break with him. The boys were so happy about that.

Yesterday we took the boys and Jillian to the Fryeburg Fair. It was an okay day. Justin woke up in a "mood", and when he is like that, him and Robert go at it. So, it was not as much fun as I was hoping. Oh well, you can't have perfect days all the time. But their were brief moments of good times, and I got some cute pictures of all of them.

So here we go with out current slide show.