Trust

Some thoughts:


Trust

Trust is something that is earned, not given. It takes a significant amount of time and effort to build trust, but it can be lost in a moment.

Transparency is required for trust to exist. Trust is difficult to maintain in a judgemental environment.

If trust exists, communication is forthright and unhampered. Without trust, information is withheld.

Dinner with Lisa

Lasagna (beef and ricotta)
side salad (make balsalmic, get italian)
loaf of bread
make cheesecake
drinks? lemonade, beer, ?

Sunday, 4:30pm...

Halloween Decos

Cover Front porch light
cover driveway lights
graveyard scene with wheel barrow, bones & tombstones
carved pumpkins
orange lights in screened porch and patio
fake candles
spider webs over closed doors
Jack over staircase
hang spiders
GET traveling ghost on wire
JACK-O’-LANTERN LANTERNS Item Number: IN-25/3294
GHOST GARLAND Item Number: IN-3/328
SPIDER AND COBWEB LIGHT-UP LANTERNS Item Number: IN-70/4190
ZULTAN ANIMATED CRYSTAL BALL Item Number: IN-25/5588
PUMPKIN LIGHT SET Item Number: IN-42/117

Halloween Treat Bags

Hieroglyphics Card
Glow Stick/necklace
Egyptian Sudoku
Halloween Jelly Pops - Oriental Trading Item Number: IN-25/2837
HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY SETS Item Number: IN-25/2167
HALLOWEEN COLORING BOOKS Item Number: IN-25/1728
MINI HALLOWEEN YO-YOS Item Number: IN-25/223
6 JACK O LANTERN TOY BAGS Item Number: IN-46/345
6 CANDY CORN TREATS BOXES Item Number: IN-46/343
SUDOKU BOOKS Item Number: IN-43/39018

Halloween Menu

Menu

Hot Dog Mummies
Jack O Lantern Pizza Buns - Gummy Faces - OrientalTrading Item Number: IN-25/3921
Harvest Vegatables

Witch's Brew Punch

Gorp
Candied Apples
Popcorn Balls

Boorthday Cake

Halloween Hunt

Provide Tools (either in individual bags, or en masse):
tiny flashlight
3D glasses
magnifying glass
kaleidoscope

Clue Stations:

1. Rice Bin - dry, colored rice; dig for clue(s)
2. Telescope - light, spot clue(s)
3. Bob for apples - clue(s) inside apples - OrientalTrading Item Number: IN-16/849
4. 3D glasses - clue in either red or blue
5. Kaleidoscope - clue in pattern
6. Mirror - reversed clue in bathroom mirror
7. Message Tape - different diameter cylinders, find correct one
8. Microscopic Type - use magnifying glass to read clue
9. Tape Measure - how tall was King Tut? pull out tape to find clue
10. Charcoal Rubbing - rub charcoal to reveal clue
11. Pumpkin Memory - hide color-coded clues on a few - OriTrad ItemNum: IN-60/7040



Write found clues in glow-in-the-dark crayon to solve puzzle.

Warning!

On the Fourth of July, Daddy was away in CA. I had Missy and Man home and we were expecting to go out to see fireworks after dark.

All day long the threat of thunderstorms was present and we were under a tornado watch. By late afternoon, we were intently watching the radar. Sometime after 4pm, the storms were bad enough that the National Weather Service announced a Tornado Warning in our county. This means that a tornado has been spotted and residents should take cover immediately.

We were already prepared for this possibility and I had told the kids that if a warning was announced, we would go sit under the stairs. So, this is exactly what we did. We took flashlights (kid comfort), a book to read to them, chairs (for some amount of comfort under there), and the weather radio. After about 20 minutes under the stairs, the radio announced that the storm had significantly weakened (fell apart) and that the tornado warning was cancelled.

We came out from under the stairs with our things and Man said, "I'm sure glad that nortado is over!"

NORTADO! That's a keeper!