Fitz

First of all, you guys are awesome. You really came through for me this weekend. Because of my blog post about J being gone this weekend, Kiran and I had lunch at CFA with an old middle/high school friend and we walked around the beautiful lake at Furman with a college friend and her son. And I fully intend to blog about that later.

But this blog is about the Fitz Fam. Last night, I was able to hang out all my brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews on my side as well as my dad's brothers and sister-in-law. I always love it when my dad's two brothers come to town. There is always lots of laughing (Did you know there is a Medal of Honor Museum in Charleston?) and singing and just plain fun.

Unfortunately, the reason for this reunion was not so jovial. We found out this week that my dad's mom has cancer. Its an aggressive form of lung cancer that doesn't have good long term prospects. We would appreciate your prayers as we deal with this the best we can. The destination is certain, but the path unknown.

Uncle Scott surprised us all by flying in from the Middle East. Mom Fitz was quite surprised!

Uncle Will with his stylish nieces!

Mom Fitz with her sons and great-grandchildren

Linens-N-Things

I didn't have time to read our local newspaper yesterday so I decided this morning to go ahead and put it in the recycling bin. At the last second, I thought well I'll just flip through to see if there are any good ads or anything. Wouldn't you know that there were 11 Linens-N-Things 20% coupons sitting in there. I'm not a big fan of Linens-N-Things because they do the whole -N- thing but thankfully Bed, Bath and Beyond accepts competitors' coupons.

On another note, Kiran just dropped her second cookie down the air vent in our kitchen floor.

I'm counting this as today's thing for Kiran's room. I have a really cute lamp that goes with her bedding but it needs a shade. It needs a small shade that clips onto the oblong bulb (you know what I'm talking about?). Where can I find these lamp shades? I just need a solid color- maybe pink or yellow. I checked at Target while I was there and didn't find anything that fit the bill. Thanks!!

If you were wondering what to get me for Christmas...

I just saw this.
Its a giant cupcake pan. It makes cakes that look like this:

How fun!!!

We did something in Kiran's room!!!!

It was a learning experience. We are calling this one our practice house. In a few years, we will sell it and all its holes to new owners. So I used a drill for the first time tonight...

And we hung what was hopefully the hardest thing: a picture frame with hooks.

I just wanted to make sure you knew this was a joint project. I couldn't have done this without J's expertise. And sense of humor :)

South Carolina

I am working on a book about the States for a 4th grader's project (Sorry Mert it got "lost" in a stack but I'm getting it done now!). The book is being sent from person to person, state to state, all school year until it finally goes back to the 4th grader. Each person is to write about their state. So..... help me brainstorm what to include about South Carolina.

I've thought of:

• mountains
• beaches and Charleston
• Fort Sumter and the Civil War
• something about the capital?
  

What else should I include?

Amazing Race

My favorite show started tonight- The Amazing Race! I live vicariously through these people. I desperately want to be on the show, travel to all the cool places and perform cool cultural tasks. But I can't go on TV. I make fun of the stupid things that people say on there (My ox is broken!) and I know people all over the world would be making fun of some of the things that would come out of my mouth. I just can't handle that.

J is going to be out of town Thurs- Sun for tournaments. Does anyone have any good ideas for fun things for me & Kiran to do while J is gone?

playing in her crib

A Ferocious Lion

Our first trick-or-treaters showed up at 6pm. It was two young boys. Kiran ran to the door and helped me give them the candy. They turned to leave and Kiran began WAILING. She stood at the door and SOBBED. The boys looked distraught. They didn't know what to do. Eventually, they moved on and Kiran recovered.

a rough start

But Kiran really enjoyed the rest of the evening.

Kiran was a little unsure about going up to the neighbors' houses for candy but we convinced her it was a good thing to do.

She never kept that mane on for more than oh 2.4 seconds at a time.But she hung on to her one-of-a-kind trick-or-treating bag from Jill!

We ended up staying at our neighbor's house for a while. They have an 11 month old baby girl. I spotted them weeks ago and pegged them as our top contenders for our new best friends. And every time we hang out with them, my initial impressions are confirmed more and more.

Caskey jack-o-lantern

Kiran helping with the trick-or-treaters

Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday to Uncle Jordan!