Fitness Friday and Halloween Fun

Halloween Fun!

This is the first year that neither of my kids were young enough to Trick or Treat. Yes, that is a rule of mine, and most people don't agree, but hey I am not one to care much. So, this year we planned on handing out candy to all the little munchkins. We had a ball getting ready, carving and painting pumpkins, messing with props, and just having fun.

It was an interesting evening. It was quite warm, and the mosquitoes came out right after dark. They were biting like crazy. I couldn't find any bug spray, but I had read the mouthwash works. So, in the house I went to apply mouthwash. I took some out for the kids, and as I was applying it to DJ, a huge frog, ok huge to me, jumped off the roof onto my chest, and partially on my face. Needless to say we all had a good laugh, and the mouthwash ended up in my hair, and the frog, well he got a free ride to the other side of the yard. There were lots of little cuties, but I do know that I do not need as much candy as I bought. Will keep that in mind for next year. How was your Halloween? Got any funny stories? Share them here.

Caitlin, and I have a few projects for her History class, that hopefully we will be getting to soon. She is studying the fur trade right now, and needs to make a journal from the Lewis and Clark chapter. This week for Science, she will be starting some country research, and then closer to Thanksgiving, a Christmas Around the World series. She is writing at least three days a week, so some of these lessons could end up on her blog. She is currently doing letter topics, for writing. We are enjoying, The Yearling. Our first quarter ends the week of Thanksgiving, so I still have time before I have to stress about catching up on grading, lol.

DJ continues with all his studies, and is progressing quite nicely. Guitar, Marine Ecology, and Youth Band are going awesome, plus our regular 4H group. He volunteered twice this month at Camp Kerusso, and that has been such a blessing for him, and them.

Fun Friday The Letter B: Bats

Well again this week, I could not decide what I wanted to write about. I don't do well with so many choices LOL. So I decided to go with bats, since it is Halloween time. I do not find bats cute, not even a little. It looks like a big rat, with wings. But, they are quite interesting, and do serve a purpose. For example did you know that mascara, you know the stuff you put on your eyes everyday, contains bat poop? It is true, OK so it is only synthetic bat poop, still gross if you ask me. You can read all kinds of cool facts about bats, here. I also found all kinds of bat recipes. Like bat soup, yes bat soup. Here are some more cool bat recipes. These are all great for Halloween parties, or just fun to make with your kids. They will get a kick out of them.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/bat-sandwiches-recipe/index.html
http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/special/recipe/famf0900batchips/
http://healthycooking.suite101.com/article.cfm/halloween_dinner_recipe
http://healthycooking.suite101.com/article.cfm/halloween_dinner_recipe
http://recipe.aol.com/recipe/worm-soup-with-bat-wings/78601

Some of these are very interesting, be sure to check them out. Let me know if you try any of them, and if you liked it.