After today, I’ll have 4 sets of keys. I spent two hours looking for my car&house keys so I could take the children to school and so I can go to school. Needless to say, that didn’t happen this morning. My house is literally in shambles and it resembles nothing short of a pig’s sty. Who do I have to thank for my frustration this morning? No one other than my 1-year old son.

Have you ever found yourself at the mercy of a toddler? Imagine my agony while trying to plead with my 1-year-old to try and remember where he put Mommy’s keys. The problem wasn’t getting him to answer; rather, it was getting him to explain to me what he meant by “over there!”

“Over there!” meant the trash. So, here I am, sifting through dirty diapers, food containers, soda cans and the like. They weren’t in there and at this point, I’m so frustrated because now I’m almost late for work. It took a while for the idea to check ALL of the trash cans in my home, to register in my head. And what do you know? The keys were in the kitchen’s trash can.

I learned two valuable lessons today: make extra sets of keys and hang them in high places.

I know I’m extremely late with these posts but I’m still counting down the days until the semester ends. I managed to take the kids trick or treating this Saturday and we all had a blast. Iyanna’s birthday was November 2nd and she had a party with her Pre-K class and there’s a big party scheduled this Sunday. Word is, she’s getting an iPhone. A 5-year-old with an iPhone–go figure!

Anyways, here are a few pictures of Superman, Cinderella, and our carved pumpkin a la Carla. Carving a pumpkin wasn’t as hard as I thought and for my first time, I think I did rather well with a pair of scissors from Dollar Tree and a permanent marker. Even Princess Tiana from Princess and the Frog stopped by to wish my princess a happy one!

Here are the pictures from Iyanna’s Classroom party:

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As I mentioned, the party is this Sunday if the weather permits us to do so. Saturday, we’re going to the fair and I’d never hear the end of it if I don’t take her to get her nails done. *Sigh – Where did the time go? It didn’t seem too long ago that I was still changing her little diaper and playing with my walking 7-month-old. Seeing her grow is a blessing but it’s all happening too fast. I never knew it’d be so hard to keep up!