Halloween Treatmaking

I thought I'd take a break from my assembly line of ghost making a show ya what I'm handing out this year for Halloween- thought I'd get a lil creative this year.. whadda ya think? do they look too goofy? I used Blow Pops for the heads, tissues for the ghosts, googly eyes and glue for the eyes, colored pipe cleaners for the neck to hold the tissue in place and a black sharpie to make the mouth. that way kids can get to the pop right away and was in expensive to make too. I bought two bags cause DH said we got alot of kids last year- theres 50 in a 1 pound bag- hope they all go! Do they look alright? anyway , heres my lil ghosty friends.. half a bag... and a whole bag..
well...back to ghost making- just thought I'd show ya what i'm up to tonite! talk to ya later!

Thomas' Pre K Pics

I got Thomas' Pre K pictures back this morning after I dropped him off at school, and well, I can't decide which pictures to pick! They both came out so cute! Do I go with the classic "arm on chair" pose, or more modern pose with the "baseball glove and leaves?" I go through this every year with pictures- whether I go to Penny's for Christmas pics, or school pics, I always wind up spending a ton of money because the portraits come ut so darn cute that i wind up taking more than I should cause I can't decide ! As far as pricing goes, for one pose-andI get 4 sheets and return 4 sheets its 43.00-if I get all 8 sheets its 60.00 - otherwise a 100.00 value if I get just the 8x10along with the 4 sheets of one pose of the barn shot its 50.00- I donno! hellp! LOl why do they do this tome! I guess I'm gonna go for the more modern one - the "barn shot and one "chair" pose to play around with to satisfy both worlds-that won't kill me.. There that settles it. :) Now off to pay for them tomorrow..

AFP Test Tomorrow..

Tomorrow I'm going for my weigh in and AFP test to test for Downs on the baby and I'm really kinda nervous since in my last pregnancy one of the twins had Downs and a real bad heart problem and they {doctor's} didn't give him any great odds at chance of survival and reccomended selective reduction which is what I had to do. I pray so bad that this time it's not the case because I don't think I'll be able to go through that again. I'm still not over the last one.The chances are kinda goodof getting it again I read since I'm over 35{just over] and I previously had a pregnancy with a child with Downs that another could have it, So I'm kinda freaking out a bit, I'm gonna be pullin my hair outta my head till the test comes back anyway,{which hopefully doesn't take too long-then I get to find out whether I need an amnio or not- {boy I love 2nd trimester testing -NOT -yeah like gettin teeth pulled. well anyway wish me luck!

Movie Day

I took Thomas to the movies today to the Dollar theater at the mall. Since it was Tuesday, all movies are .50 cents. So I let him pick the movie that he wanted to see and he picked Madagascar. We just saw it over the summer in the regular theaters, but figured what the heck? it was cute, I could see it again. He was soo good! In fact, I got to wondering if he was actually enjoying himself! He just sat there in his seat motionless eating his Gummy bears I got for him and then finishing off my popcorn {which were WAYYY overpriced I might add!} The "dollar" movie turned out to be 11.00 after a small Hi -C for him, A med Sprite for me, a small popcorn for me and a Gummy bears for him- all of which you BET were gonna get eaten and drankand not a drop wasted for that price!}anyway he didnt laugh or move or nothin! Then when the movie ended, he said," mom, I want to leave now.." I said o.k" Then when leaving he said" Mom that was Fun!" You're my best friend! I said You had a good time then? he said Yeah! I was like "I thought you didnt have a good time-I'm glad you did" and then he started recalling parts that he liked about the movie. I was like okayy.. "as long as you had a good time Im glad." Guess everyone processes information or things in different ways. It was nice to get out and spend some time doing something different like going to the movies- just us-was fun - Lil Mommy n me time ya know? Just thought I'd share

Daddy's Lil' Helper

It seems Thomas has been trying to earn some extra brownie points to add to his chores to add to his allowance at home lately- He's been eyeballin' this Transformer toy at Walmart lately that costs too much money in my eyes to spend on a toy- 40.00- and I told him if keeps doing his chores and helping out around the house he can buy it himself -that way it will mean more when the time comes to buy it if he really still wants it when he saved up enough money. So these past couple days I've spotted him helping daddy mow the lawn! He must really want that Transformer Or just likes Being Daddy's lil helper! Too cute! anyway, here's a couple pics I snapped Of the two of them workin hard....

14week 6day checkup

Today was my 14 th week 6 day checkup.I heard the baby's heartbeat-its at 135 - right on the mark- blood pressure I didnt catch but the nurse said it was perfect so I'll take her word for it! and weight are on the mark- I gained 2 pounds since my last visit theysaid I'm thin to begin with so alls well in 3 weeks I go back for my AFP test, then decide if I need the amnio or not. hopefully not. I went through that with My first pregnancy- and since I had twins- had it done twice in the same visit! not fun.On the1st from my high risk pregnancy specialist I'll get my results back from my triple screen &my nuchal fold sono to determine if the baby could have down's or not- been keeping busy and been trying not to think about it or I'd be going nuts all this time! I'm praying not and that it wasjust a one time thing... please please..Other than that,my visit went very well. Thomas had no prek today, so my MIL went with me to the dr'soffice and watched Thomas for me ,and I brought some of his transformers with him to play with in the office,and it turned out he was to too busy charming the pants off the nurses to be playing with his transformers! My lil heartbreaker.Needlessto say he left there with more than he came with! stickers, lollipops, whatever the nurses could dig up! LOL His father trained him well I guess !At least he was good I guess! I can be thankful for that !

Not ANOTHER ear infection!

Well, Thomas has an ear infection - AGAIN. UGH! same ear -4 th one this year- can't seem to get rid of it- each time they're getting stronger and stronger w/ the medicine- first-the reg stuff,Arithromyacin,{sp?} then Augmentin, now Omnicef- Poor kids gonna wind up with a tube in his ear this keeps up! - not per the dr. but you know what I mean!And the kicker was, we went to the Doctor's because he couldn't shake this hacking cough he would go to bed with and wake up with so I went to get some medicine for him,from a cold he was kicking and we left there with a scrip for an ear infection ! OY! - I was gonna go to Walmart and get some Robitussin for him, but this morning he woke me up at 6 am saying "mom, mom, wake up- my ear hurts really bad" I said Ohh no! which one - and he pointed to his left one-the trouble one- the one that keeps getting infected so that settled it - we were going to the pediatrician instead- she was right down the street from my OB that I had my appt with today anyway so figured we'd pop in after my appt -she's good like that -being able to squeeze us in and did -45 min after we went in . So we went to mcdonalds for lunch and bought him a Happy MeaL for being so good at my dr.s appt treated myself a lil then, went back and she saw us. and he was soo great. . let her do whatever she had to do and was out of there. with MORE goodies!{see post about14 wk checkup} NOW wit MORE stickers and lollipops and lizards from the front desk- I gotta make a drawer just from doctor's office visits for this kid! I think he's startin to know the deal! we go back in 3 weeks to see how his ear cleared up. never did get the cough medicine scrip, but hopefully this will take care of it?-{the fluid from his ear was dripping down his throat leading to his lungs collecting and making him cough? i donno just a theory since ears nose and throat are all connected...}Just a thought ahh well I've rambled enough So that was our day in a nut- shell.This kid deserves 4 stars for being so good at two doctors offices today.

Getting To Know You

Getting to Know You {Copied and Pasted from Mommietalk}

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1.WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME? Noreen Ann-Marie Higdon
2. WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? Blue
3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The eerie yet peaceful silence of an empty quiet house
4. WHAT'S THE LAST THING YOU ATE? A bananna
5. DO YOU WISH ON STARS? yes
6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Mulberry
7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? 75 , 79? yucky-drizzly
8. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My Mother in Law Phyllis
9. DO YOU LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE?Oh Yeah- the weather's beautiful 90 percent of the time, the people are friendly,the price of thing are inexpensivefor the most part, I just miss the hell out of my family up north but yeah I can't complain.
10. HOW OLD ARE YOU TODAY?{you can lie-I won't tell{ never know I might have!} 35
11. FAVORITE DRINK? Alcoholic-Mudslide or Kahluah & milk, Non alcoholic- Pink Lemonade
12. FAVORITE SPORT? Volleyball
13. WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR EYES? greenish brown
14. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? NO
15. SIBLINGS? 1 sister and 2 brothers that it kills me everyday that I don't get to see them as more often that i get to
16. FAVORITE MONTH: December
17. FAVORITE FOOD? Chicken cutlets and my sister Debbie"s Stuffed shells - MMM!
18. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Disney's House of Villians with Thomas last night
19. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?Christmas
20. WHAT DO YOU DO TO VENT ANGER? Go to my Mommietalk site and post it and write it out and get it off my chest
22. DO YOU LIKE SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer But not August summer's here- too unbearable!
23. DO YOU LIKE HUGS OR KISSES? Hugs-although I love kisses too, my immune system sucks and I'm forever getting sick for no reason and take forever getting better so I'm safer with the hugging route!!LOL
24. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA? Chocolate I'm a woman and pregnant what more can I say?
25. DO YOU CARE IF YOUR FRIENDS TO E-MAIL BACK? Yes
26. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? My girlfriend MIA she is my preggo warstory buddy- we're pretty close.
27. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? My sister Debbie but that's cool though cause the works her a$$ off as a Top Insurance consultant head from sunup to way after sundown plus heads a family and life on top of it- has dinner at 9:30 at night...-I bow at the woman's feet!
28. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT? made dinner for Thomas and I as Tom is out of town again on business, gave him a bath, popped in a dvd,and after it was bedtime for him, watched a lil CSI on the tube, then hit the sack .
29. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS My husband Tom, Son Thomas and Me and our Cat Buster.
30. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? A couple weeks ago after getting having a test done testing for Down Syndrome on the baby I got myself all worked up wondering "what if" and Please don't"and jst got scared - you know hormones!
31. WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED? assorted cable wires in a tupperware clothing bin and sweaters in another tupperware bin and Buster the cat snoring away!
34. FAVORITE SMELL? Mom's fresh crumbcake or fresh bread baking in the oven! {when we were kids we would just float into the house by the smell whenever she would be baking!}
35. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? Spiders and bugs! I'm a terrible arachnophobic!
36. POPCORN...PLAIN, BUTTERED OR SALTED? butter and a touch of salt- too much my lips purse!
37. FAVORITE CAR? Excalibur
38. FAVORITE FLOWER? Stargazer lilly
39. NUMBER OF KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING? 2
40. CAN YOU JUGGLE? only two balls- I'm too spastic for any more
41. FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK? Saturday
42. WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY? Went out to dinner to this awesome restaurant called the Beachouse where you dine on the beach overlooking the water with live entertainment as you eat awesome seafood and stroll the beach after dinner to walk off you meal with my two favorite men in the world - my husband and my son.
43. HOW MANY STATES HAVE YOU LIVED IN? 2-New York , Virginia and Florida
44. HOW MANY CITIES HAVE YOU LIVED IN? too many at least Mineola,Westbury,Hempstead, Centreville, Manassas, Bradenton- 6 45. HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE YOU LIVED IN? 1
46. HOW MANY CARS HAVE YOU HAD & WHAT WAS THE FIRST CAR THAT YOU HAD? . I've had 4 cars including my current one- my first was a Chevy Cavalier courtesy of my Ex you all know so well.psha.-we know that story-woman goes for groceries,light turns green ,woman makes turn, man runs light,hits womans car, sends woman to ER, car goes bye bye .
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Long Island Jewish Hospital, Queens, N.Y.
48. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?Message In A Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
49. BEACH OR MOUNTAINS Beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50. FAVORITE MOVIES -Legends of the Fall, Mists of Avalon, Legend,Big Fat Greek Wedding,Titanic,Harry Potter & Lord of The Rings Movies
51. FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST(S Usher, Black Eyed Peas, Creed, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks { So I like a 'lil variety! }