Country Sisters - Take Two

You know we aim to please, so Sonnet, this "country" duet is for you! They did one take yesterday, but the sunlight was too bright, which was too bad 'cause I totally dig E's moves in that one. I will post it anyway. They shot another take tonight, and you can see 'em better, but they weren't as into it. Well, put them together in your mind, ok?!

"We're just two little sisters singin'

Hey, diddle day, Hey diddle day

Momma's in the kitchen singin'

Hey, diddle day, hey diddle day

Doggy is a runnin' and he's sniffin' at the

Hay diddle day, diddle day

We're stickin' together like paper and glue

Diddle day, diddle day

Now we're just ridin' home singin

Hey diddle day, hey diddle day, hey diddle day..."

Happy Times Farm

Two great events coincided today: great weather and a Saturday with Daddy at home! What better way to celebrate than by going to a pumpkin patch, right?!

There are many to choose from in our area, but our neighbor works at one and gave us a discount coupon, so of course, we decided that "Happy Times Farm" was the place for us.

(I have to digress a minute here, though. Many of you are familiar with Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of books, right? It's set in South Africa, and all the businesses seem to have names that describe what the owners hope you'll think about their services/store. Well, this particular "farm" was run by people obviously from Africa who don't really farm the land, but just make it into an October fundraiser. Their accents and personalities were charming, but it really reminded me of those books, as it was called, "Happy Times Farm!")

We've only done kid corn mazes before, and I think it will be awhile before any of us wants to do a "real" one again. It was fun at first, but after 30 (or more) minutes of muddy tromping around, and being able to see the road, but not get to it, we got a little antsy to get out. I already know that I don't like Haunted Houses, and today, I learned that I really don't enjoy corn mazes. I much prefer knowing where I am. I even said, "No one saw us go in here...how do they know when everybody's out?!" Let it be noted that I, as directionally challenged as I am, was the one who eventually got us out of there. A determined mother can do anything, right?!

The girls had some fun sledding down the dirt hill and playing on the swingset. The "petting zoo" wasn't much; just animals in a pen that you couldn't really reach. The advertised ferris wheel wasn't there; someone said it had broken. The brochure and the website really made it sound amazing: but, really, it was a little under-whelming.

Oh well. At least it was sunny and we got to tromp in the mud together! Yahoo!

Next week, we'll go to the grocery store and buy a pumpkin...

They Take The Cake

The girls' school held a Fall Festival on Friday night and had a cake decorating contest as a means to drum up some cakes for the cake walk. Of course, my little bakers (oh wait, I forgot...M kept correcting me, saying they were 'pastry chefs!') were inspired and motivated to participate.

E is hoping that she won the "Prettiest" category for her "Halloween Barbie" creation, while M is hoping that her "Alien Doggy" got some sort of nod for "Most Creative" or "Funniest."

I baked the cakes in the same sized Pyrex bowl - it's such a reflection of their personalities how they took the same shape and decorated it so differently!

Taking Requests

"Thanks, everybody, for the compliments! What kind of song do you think we should do next?" M & E

Another Smash Hit!

A note from M & E: "After we saw how much our fans loved our first song, the "workers" at Sis Recording Studios got busy to produce a second hit for them. We hope you like this one as much as our first performance!"

Lyrics:

M: The Sisters are in the house

E: In 2008

M: M. L. R.

E: E. J. R.

M: We're sisters

E: Uh-huh, that's right

Both: Do wacka do wacka do do do. Do wacka do wacka do do do.

Both: We stick together like paper and glue

Both: Uh-Huh. Shicka bow wow

Both: Sis

They Learn So Young

Last night during part of our weekly family home evening, Daddy was reading stories out of the Friend magazine while M worked on a puzzle and E was working on tying one of two quilts she & M have been making (one for our new baby cousin, Lily, and an identical one for the church's humanitarian project). He read and read and was ready for a break, so he said, "Do you want me to put a movie on for you?"

I said, "I don't know if she can concentrate on her sewing and a movie at the same time."

E replied, "Of course I can, Mom. That's what womens do! I can do two things at once just fine!"

Notes for M's Future Wedding Reception

Tonight, M wanted to know all about our wedding...what we did at the temple, (were there flowergirls? A ring bearer? No, and no) and then what we did at our reception (bed & breakfast locale, harpist, food, receiving line w/P&I and our parents). She said,

"I think when I get married, we'll have it in a gym and have a big dinner and lots of music. And then, we'll play bingo."

I laughed and asked, "Why bingo?!"

"Because it's a good party game and you need games to liven things up at weddings."

She's still deciding what the winners will get...