I took the kids (or they took me?!) to see High School Musical 3 yesterday.  Pretty light on the plot I enjoyed the singing and dancing numbers, and there were many of them, plus any excuse to have movie popcorn is a good one.

I have been having trouble sleeping all week.  I don't know what the problem is, but I wake up at least once and lie there awake forever.  It's awful!  R was out of town the first part of the week so when he came on Wednesday I thought maybe tonight it will be better.  Unfortunately, I was awake again, just not alone!  It's almost worse when there's someone who IS sleeping, next to you.  Thursday was the worst of all.  A had woken up when I checked on her before I went to bed & wanted me to re-start her sleepytime CD, "Wiggles Lullaby."  I also put the new humidifer in our room to see if that helped us wake up feeling any less yukky in the head in the morning.  But, when I woke up, as usual - I heard -- the CD over the baby monitor, the humidifier puffing, the cat snoring, and then R's Blackberry started buzzing!!   So, I was really hoping last night would be THE NIGHT. 

But, I heard this kind of muffled boom and woke up and realized everything was pitch black and quiet.  The power had gone out!  Well that jarred me awake b/c what if it didn't come back on and the house got cold?  I nudged R and told him the power had gone out and he said, "OK."    Then at some point E came in our room to see what was going on, then a little after 6:30 A started screaming, when I went in there she said 'You forgot to turn my night light on."  She wanted to get up and I said that's fine but it is cold and there's no light and no TV and *I* am going back to bed and you need to be quiet!  Nice Mommy.

Didn't stay in bed a whole lot longer after that, got up and had some coffee and that helped me feel a little better.  I was in a really bad mood from Yet Another night of not good sleep.   Even though the power was back on the cable was out so I read yesterday's newspaper, chilled out, and read Harry Potter some with E.

R suggested that we all go out to lunch since he was volunteering at the homeless shelter during dinnertime tonight so we went to the "family sports pub," where I had the teriyaki chicken salad that I just love.  The teriyaki chicken is sooo good, it has this really firm, really tangy coating on the chiken pieces that is so good.  It must be realllly bad before because it tastes so good. 

When we got home A reminded me that we needed to watch the "Fourth Wise Man" video that the lady who is directing the church Christmas play had loaned us - before tomorrow!  So I put that in and kind of dozed through it but A and I watched it.  Then, I actually did fall asleep until E came to see if I wanted to read Harry Potter with him (we're on book 5).  Yeah, I'd love to jump up from a dead sleep and read to you!  Ack!  So I lazed around on the sofa a little longer then got up and checked to see if the kids were interested in going to Trunk or Treat.  E was not but A was over the moon at the idea.

Got her dressed in her "pink pirate" costume and she looked soooo cute.  I snapped some pictures of her before we left then we stopped at the store in case we needed candy to give out, too, and drove to the church that was doing the Trunk or Treat.  We ended up not needing the candy, they had about 8 vehicles set up which were thematically decorated (pink flamingoes, Marines, UNC, for example) and you went around to them and got candy.  There were also some (difficult!) games and a bouncy castle.  A had a great time!

We drove over to Mom & Dad's so they could see her in her costume.  Dad was just enchanted and also gave us each a mini Kit Kat and a couple to take home to E and R.  I had suggested picking up Wendy's for dinner and then A found a coupon for a free Frosty in her treat bag so she was so excited.  Unfortunately as I looked at it I noticed that it was not valid until 11/1.  At first I told her I'd get her one anyway, beause I knew how excited she'd been about it, but then I realized she probably would be wanting to eat some candy, too, and she didn't really need a Frosty AND candy so I was able to talk her out of the Frosty.

For dinner *I* had a slice of cheese & prosciutto quiche from Fresh Market, YUM I love that stuff, with some chardonnay.  Tucked A into bed, Read HP with E for an hour or so, and just tucked him into bed!  I'm about to tuck myself in, what are the chances that I'll finally have my full night's sleep tonight?!

I noticed a Xanga question, "Are you happy with your baby's sex," and I have to answer, YES, both times!  First of all, I don't think you should have a baby because you "want a boy" or you "want a girl," but because you want a child.  With that being my mindset, both times I was thrilled to have a child, regardless of the sex.  The first time I did lean towards having a boy, just knowing the "teen angst" I went through as a girl and wanting to spare my child that!  Then I did have a boy.  He was so amazing that second time around, at first I kind of felt like I wanted another boy.  However, the more I thought about it the more I realized that just b/c the child was a boy would not automatically make him "just like" E.  Also, I felt like if the children were different sexes, they might be less competitive and get along a little better.  So, second time around I was leaning toward a girl. 

Now, on to today!  Having a relaxing if rather unproductive weekend.  Friday night we had a Family Fun Night Out that was a blast!  Were planning to go to a movie and grab something to eat on the way, I saw a sign that said that the new "Five Guys Burgers & Fries" was open so we went there and we just loved it.  Then we saw "College Road Trip."  We all laughed so hard at it!  Very enjoyable.

Yesterday I slept in, played on the computer, took a nap in the afternoon, and we went to Macaroni Grill for dinner with J&B, Mom & Dad, had a nice time.  I saw that "Saw II" was going to be on TV.  I saw "Saw" one night when it was on and was glad to see it on TV since I figured it was not as gory as it would have been otherwise, so I figured this would be a good way to see Saw II and of course was curious to see how it compared to the first one.  During commercial breaks I graded E's math workbook, played Webkinz, and proofread my Yearbook printout. 

This afternoon I will work on the Yearbook a bit on the computer and then finish up tonight.  Hoping to print out the rest of it tomorrow and then I'll pretty much have the final page total so i can get my final quotes.  Then it's just a matter of making the changes from the proofing, getting the thing printed, and getting it distributed.  Of course the best part will be once it is distributed but once I get that first proof off to the printer I will be ready to do handsprings.  It is hard for me to get anything else done b/c when I'm NOT working on it, I feel like I shouldn't be doing anything else

Church family picnic this afternoon.  It's gonna be hot but we'll be in the shade so I hope that helps.  There will be a cookout, games, and vespers.