Freebie Friday

So, as I mentioned in the last post, I was supposed to take it easy and lay low this past weekend.  Mission {mostly} accomplished!  Hahaha.  Especially on Friday.  After getting back from the doctor's office, and knowing Scott was working from home, I thought the easiest way to ensure that I could lay down and do nothing for most of the day was to give the kids a "freebie" day, since they didn't have school.   Unlike the last Freebie Day I gave them -- wear messes galore and chaos ensued -- they really knocked it out of the park last Friday!  Lots of TV was watched, the computer was played on, and iPods were used aplenty.  BUT, there were also some really crafty and creative moments going on throughout the day {and weekend}.

Selfie at the doctor's office.  As you can see, I was super stoked to be there.  Hahaha.  :)

Like for instance, when Grace turned the vanity area in their bathroom into a photo booth.  Complete with props and ready for glamour shots.  Hahahaha.  At one point or another throughout the course of the last few days, Grace has photographed every single kid in the family except Ethan.  She's now exclaiming she wants to be a photographer when she grows up.

#FALL!  Hahahahaha.

Our tripod has a gimpy leg.  Grace solved that problem. 

Ethan, meanwhile, decided that he didn't want to wait for October to start getting the Halloween decorations out, and -- towards the end of the day -- hauled up our pumpkin can army from the basement, to grace our mantle for the next several weeks.  Alex was too young the last time around that we created these pumpkins, and REALLY wanted to get in on the action.  Ethan was inspired as well, and after cleaning out a few cans from the recycling bin and waiting a whole day for me to get to to the store to buy paints and whatnot, Ethan, Jane, and Alex created some masterpieces.  And after a few fights over the cans and who they "belonged" to and then scrounging up some extras, Grace and Sophie concocted some creations as well.

Grace's creations -- she and Sophie decided to add some ghosts to the mix.  And just in case you're wondering, she promptly brought these up to her "studio" to use as props.  Hahahaha.

Sophie's handiwork.

Jane's...

... and Alex's.

Nothing, however, was cuter than Jane asking me midday on Friday if she could search Pinterest for Halloween decorations.  Unless you count the actual creations she made.  She is one Krafty little Kid.  :)  Just give her some mason jars and a sharpie and she's all over it.  Hahahaha.

A pumpkin and a ghost.  Using mason jars, sharpies, oranges, and toilet paper.  She wanted to make a frankenstein, too, but I told her we didn't have green paint to paint the oranges with.  Hahaha.

All in all, it was kind of a PERFECT day.  I think everyone needs the luxury of doing nothing/whatever they want every once in a blue moon.  :)

Bonus shot of me and the girlie bugs before the Women's Broadcast on Saturday night.  This was before Grace consumed four helpings of raspberry shortcake and Sophie ate a mound of Oreos.  It was also the calm {if you could even call it that, with Grace and Sophie hopped up on goofballs and doing "The Whip" and "The Nae Nae" in the gym while waiting for their food} before the storm of Grace's EPIC meltdown at the end of the meeting because she was "starving" and wanted me to stop and get food on the way home.  Which I refused to do.  It was quite the drive home, with Grace SCREAMING at me the entire time, and Sophie crying in the backseat because she was scared that Grace was going to cause me to get in a wreck.  Parenting is not for the faint of heart I tell ya.  Luckily we made it home in one piece, and Grace finally snapped out of it and calmed down when our power went out along with the rest of the neighborhood's, thanks to a tree falling on some power lines on the main road.   Silver linings?  Hahaha.