November 30, 2008

We are home! We had a fantastic time over Thanksgiving! It was great to see Nana and Poppa and it is always so much fun to get to spend time with the whole family on Thanksgiving Day. :) We also got to do some shopping, which is always nice. We all enjoyed every minute of our trip, except for Carson who says he enjoyed everything except for sliding down the bank into the lake on Thanksgiving Day, lol. Can't blame him for not liking that too much.

We got home tonight at 7:45, after leaving Atlanta at 1:25, so it was a long drive with lots of traffic. We were happy that we avoided all the rain this afternoon, though. The kids were up a little late tonight, but they all went right to sleep. All that fun has worn them out! I am about to head to bed, too. Back to reality tomorrow. :)

November 25, 2008

The kids headed off to school this morning and Caleb and I spent the day packing up and getting ready for our trip. He likes to help me pack by throwing random things into the bags and by unpacking things that I have just packed. He did take a good nap, though, which let me get a lot done.

This afternoon we were outside watching the garbage collectors do their thing on our street, as we do every Tuesday and Friday. The arrival of the garbage truck is big excitement for Caleb. Caleb got a special treat today when one of the guys actually walked up and talked to us. It made his afternoon to get to talk to the garbage man.

We picked up Carson and Jamie and played for a while on the school playground. Then we went to the library so the kids could pick out some books for our trip. They are so excited to be going to Nana and Poppa's house!

I won't be updating the blog while we're gone, but I'll be back Sunday. Have a great Thanksgiving, everyone!

November 24, 2008

I got a double dose of Thanksgiving fun today, first with Caleb's preschool and then with Carson's class. I dropped the kids off at school and then rushed to Publix to get an ingredient I had forgotten for the beanie wienies I was making for Caleb's preschool feast today. I rushed home because I was expecting a visit from crazy termite man this morning so he could spray for us.

He never showed up, so I just cooked the beanie wienies and took off for Caleb's preschool. His class was wearing turkey hats and they were all very cute. Caleb didn't really sing. He just messed with his turkey hat and climbed on the rail. He was still cute. :) After the show, we went to the fellowship hall for a pot luck Thanksgiving feast. I shared a plate with Caleb and then he went home with Grammy & Grampy and I drove over to have lunch with Carson's class. I had the cafeteria's Thanksgiving meal and Carson had his usual lunch from home because I knew he wouldn't eat anything on their menu. I think next year I might bring my lunch too. Carson had the right idea today. The cranberry sauce was good, at least.

Vic went to Jamie's lunch today because it was at the same time as Caleb's school program, and I have not yet figured out how to be in two places at once. He said it was very loud in the cafeteria and that Jamie was surprisingly quiet. She tried to sucker him into staying and watching her play on the playground like I did on Friday, but it didn't work on him, lol.

I picked up Caleb and took him home for a nap, then we went and got the big kids, came home and played, ordered pizza and are now about to get them all in the bed. They are so tired and whiny, so the sooner the better!

November 23, 2008

This morning was another cold and windy one that made it hard to get out of bed. In fact, when Carson and Caleb came into our room this morning, I told them they could go into the office and play a game. Usually, Caleb likes to watch Carson play games on the computer. Then Jamie woke up in her floor bed in our room and we chatted for a while. I noticed Caleb was being very quiet, so Jamie set off to find him. She reported that he was eating mints. She brought me a "mint", which was actually a chewable aspirin. Great. The little bugger had climbed up into the medicine cabinet and found himself some cherry flavored aspirin.

I figured it couldn't be too dangerous if it didn't have a child proof lid, but called poison control anyway, to be safe. The guy on the phone told me he couldn't have consumed anywhere near enough aspirin to cause a problem, considering the low-dosage and the number left in the bottle. So, the little rascal went on with his day, and probably felt no pain all day!

We made it to church, and almost on time! We got to walk in with the massive wave of people who walk in after the opening prayer. I still want us to make it for the announcements one of these days.

After church we picked up Subway for lunch and spent a quiet afternoon at home. I went to Walmart and to Publix. Vic stayed home with the kids and did some touch-up painting. Jamie played with the girl who lives across the street, Carson played Pirates of the Caribbean, and Caleb slept until 5:00 while I was gone. So, he wasn't all that tired at bedtime but he was still asleep by 9:00, so it wasn't too bad.

Now I am going to go restore order to the house and get some rest!

I put up a new video recently of Caleb using the ice dispenser on my drop shots page.

November 22, 2008

Today was very cold and windy, but the kids were eager to get an early start on the day anyway. This was one morning when I wished they liked to sleep in more. So, we were up with the sun, and pretty much spent all day inside. The kids played a lot of Webkinz, and I did a lot of work around the house.

None of the kids' friends came over today, except for a brief visit from the girl across the street. I guess it was too cold for any one to venture outside. Whatever the reason, it was kind of nice to enjoy a quiet Saturday. I got a lot done and it was very relaxing.

This afternoon we went to Target and then to Home Depot. We are finally trying to do something with the downstairs bathroom that has been wallpaper-less for something like six months now because we can't decide what to do with the room. Anyway, we have decided to get a new vanity, put up wainscoting and a chair rail and probably wall paper on top. We'd like to paint, but the walls are not in good enough shape. We didn't find any vanities we liked there, but it gave us some good ideas. At least we are making progress now. That bathroom is really ugly with bare walls.

After our shopping trip, we met Grammy & Grampy at the gumball restaurant for dinner. That was fun except that Caleb wanted to be anywhere but his seat. It was nice, though. I was glad to not have to cook!

November 21, 2008

I sent the kids off to school this morning and then sent Vic off fishing and spent my morning spending quality time with the laundry.

I brought Caleb home, gave him lunch and put him down for an all-too-short nap. Then, we headed out to go to Jamie's Thanksgiving "Tasting" party. This is where the pre-k kids and the kindergarten kids get together every year in the cafeteria to enjoy some Thanksgivingy(How's that for a made up word?) food. They wore turkey hats with feathers sticking up in the back. They were really cute, but I made the mistake of commenting about Jamie's "Indian" hat. She didn't like that too much. Caleb and Jamie shared a plate and they both had fun. They had pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, peanuts, popcorn, and M&Ms. I'm not sure what M&Ms have to do with Thanksgiving, but I guess you can really never go wrong serving M&Ms for any occasion.

After that, I was planning to run to Publix with Caleb before returning to the school for parent pick up, but Jamie was so sad when I told her I was leaving that I was guilted into spending the rest of the afternoon there. It was only about an hour, really. So, Caleb got to play on the playground with the big kids and had a great time. It was perfect for him since he thinks he's a big kid anyway.

We made a stop by Kroger on the way home from school. All of our bananas ended up smashed, Caleb opened a box of fruit roll ups that I then had to buy, and Jamie knocked the googly eye off of her turkey hat and we searched the store for it to no avail. Even with all that, it wasn't that bad of a shopping trip with all three kids.

They are all fast asleep now, and it is time for me to go do battle with some more laundry before bed. :)

November 20, 2008

This morning I sent Jamie off to school and then Caleb and I hung out at home for a little while. I dropped him off at Grammy & Grampy's house for a day of fun while I went off to have far less fun working at the book fair. It wasn't bad, really, just boring because there were very few customers today. It is closing tomorrow, and I guess everyone who wanted to buy books already has. At least I got to drive the Passat today. I like my van, but the Passat is more fun to drive for sure.

Caleb had quite the fun afternoon, though. He got to go to the golf course and hit golf balls and feed the ducks! He had a great time and then took a good nap and was still sleeping when I arrived to pick him up with Carson and Jamie.

Tonight, we all piled in the Passat and went to pick up my van at the repair shop. While en route to the repair shop, listening to the kids fight about 18 inches behind us, we were reminded why a mini van is such a great thing. Distance between us and the kids while traveling is a great thing. No wonder people used to drive really long sedans before there were minivans. They wanted to be as far from the kids as possible when traveling.

We made it to the garage, which is really only 10 minutes away, so not too bad. The van is fixed and no longer makes obnoxious noises everytime I turn the steering wheel. Yay! We are ready for our Thanksgiving trip. Except for the packing, anyway.

November 19, 2008

This morning Vic took the kids to school and then I met him at the repair shop to drop off my van. The power steering belt needs to be replaced, so we figured we'd better get that done before our Thanksgiving trip.

That meant that I spent a very quiet day at home today. Grammy brought Caleb home from preschool and then he spent a very quiet day at home with me. He spent his afternoon napping and I spent mine cleaning up the house.

Grammy brought Jamie home this afternoon in the midst of a four-year-old drama episode. They stayed to play on the playground after school and apparently a girl told Grammy that Jamie hit her in the stomach. Jamie never gave her side of the story to Grammy and instead launched into drama mode. When I finally got her to stop crying, Jamie told me that they were both on the playground bridge and Jamie walked by the girl and accidentally hit her with her hand. She said she told the girl she was sorry but that the girl told on her anyway. So, essentially, Jamie got her feelings hurt. She shook it off pretty quick after that and got busy making a card for a soldier her class is sending a box off for on Friday.

Carson went home with Grammy to spend the night, so I'm sure he has had a fun afternoon. The other two are sound asleep and I am ready to enjoy the quiet!

November 18, 2008

After the kids headed off to school and Vic headed off to work, Caleb and I had a fun morning of laundry and errands. We went to Walmart, where I needed to pick up a Christmas gift I had ordered online for him and had sent to the store. I figured I could distract him with a lollipop and he'd never notice. That would have worked great if the lady behind the counter hadn't said, "Oh, this must be his Christmas gift!" Thanks, Walmart lady. So, the rest of the shopping trip I heard, "My gift? My gift? Where my gift? That my gift? . . ." He was still talking about it while we were shopping in Publix afterwards. I think he's forgotten about it now, though, so it's okay.

Grammy brought home Carson and took Jamie back to her house to play. Jamie had fun and worked on her square for her class's Thankfulness quilt. She was also excited that she got a new dot-to-dot book to work on over there.

Vic came home and took Carson to Cub Scouts, only to find out that the pack meeting was last night and there's no den meeting tonight. Oops. That set the tone for the rest of the night.

It is super cold tonight, by our standards, anyway. So, we decided it was a great chance to have a fire in the fireplace. We don't get too many fireplace-worthy nights around here. In fact this is the first time we've had a fire in the fireplace in the 3.5 years we have lived here. It was lovely and warm for about 5 minutes. Then the smoke detector between the den and the kitchen went off.

It is hard-wired into the house, so we couldn't just take out the batteries. It is also very, very loud, which would be terrific if there was an actual fire outside of the fireplace. So, Vic is standing on a chair and I am handing him various things to try and shut the thing up. We tried taping it up, putting a towel over it, putting Vic's coat over it, etc. The highlight of the evening occurred when I looked over and saw all three kids in a line pulling themselves across the floor on their bellies. At first I wondered what they were doing, but I quickly realized that all that fire safety training at school paid off, lol. They heard the fire alarm and were getting the heck out of dodge! About that time, Vic pulled the thing off the ceiling all together, which was effective. Then the upstairs alarm went off. Then, we noticed that there was quite a lot of smoke in the den. Turns out the flue was only part way opened and that's not good enough.

There was also a spilled cup of milk and a knocked over pitcher of water during all of this. I think it will be at least another 3.5 years before we try this again. :)

Off to get the kids to bed now and then clean the soot off the outside of the fireplace. Good times.

November 17, 2008

I got to meet Jamie's class at Oatland Island this morning for a field trip. We saw lots of animals and had lots of fun. I hadn't seen the Wolves before, so they were really neat to see. They are such beautiful animals. The armadillos outside of the wolf pen, not so beautiful, but funny to watch. We had a picnic lunch there and then they headed back to school and I headed to pick up Caleb from Grammy's house and then home.

Caleb took a good nap today, and I did some Christmas shopping online. I'm closing in on it! I also did some laundry, of course. After that, we picked up Carson and Jamie, and played outside until we couldn't take the gnats anymore. Then we came inside and ate some yummy pizza and got three tired kids ready for baths and bed.

I have put pictures from Jamie's field trip in our web album.

November 16, 2008

It was nice to have power when we woke up today. I missed the coffee pot keeping my coffee warm when we were without power yesterday morning. Poor Caleb woke up with some stomach problems this morning. Vic went to church and I stayed home with all the kids. He was ushering this morning so he couldn't take any with him.

We spent the afternoon at home. The kids played around the house and I put away a bunch of laundry and cleaned up some. Then, I took Jamie to a birthday party at a big indoor play area place. What a madhouse! Kids everywhere! Loud kids everywhere! Jamie had fun, but I was glad to get out of that place as soon as the party was over.

Vic had sound duty at church tonight, so he took the boys with him to set up everything and I picked them up on my way home with Jamie. Then we went to Publix. That wasn't much fun with three tired kids who raided Jamie's party goody bag on the way to the store and were nice and sugared up when we arrived. Thankfully, I only needed four things.

We came home and ate dinner and then I got them all in the bed. They were all very worn out tonight.

I am going to go clear some stuff off the DVR now while I fold laundry. I need to fold some more since I put it all away today. It just doesn't seem right not having a couple of baskets of folded laundry around.

November 15, 2008

The power went out at exactly 7AM this morning, as scheduled. Shortly after that Caleb came to tell me that his lamp wasn't working. He turns it on first thing in the morning when he wakes up. He didn't quite get the concept of the power being out and was a little upset that I couldn't fix his lamp.

We ended up splitting up and having girls day and boys day today. Vic had to drive out and take pictures of a house he's about to list, and the boys wanted to go with him. So, he decided to take them with him and stop by the climbing wall at the Y on the way.

Jamie and I went to Walmart and then to a Fall Festival. The festival was fun, and Jamie was very good at choosing lucky lollipops from the "Pull a LolliPop out of the haystack" game, so she got a couple of extra prizes. One of the girls from her class was there, and they jumped together in the moon bounce.

Jamie and I got home before the guys and she spent all afternoon doing art work. She loves to draw and cut and paste, and I'm impressed with how creative she is. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all this art work, though. There is quite a pile in the kitchen!

The power came on a bit earlier than expected. I was very pleased with GA power for once. It wasn't too bad at all not having power for a while. It is a great time of year for it.

I would have thought the kids would be tired tonight. Carson climbed all the climbing walls at the Y. Vic tried one and said it was very tiring. But, I thought they would never go to sleep tonight! At least things are quiet now, and I'm going to go enjoy it. :)

November 14, 2008

Caleb made up for waking everyone up before dawn yesterday by sleeping in this morning until 8:15! Of course, Jamie and I were up at 6:50, but still not too bad.

Carson had a field trip today to the Juliette Gordon Low house today. He wasn't all that excited about seeing the house, but he was excited to get to go on a field trip. I didn't go because Caleb's school was closed today and I didn't want to spend the morning chasing a toddler all over downtown. So, Caleb and I hung out together again today. We played outside, read his new Clifford firefighter book a few times, went to Kroger, stopped by the school to drop off Carson's homework that was left at home, and, of course, did laundry. I am glad Caleb likes to help.

Caleb never did nap today, except for a brief rest in the car at parent pickup. That made today a little long but bedtime super easy!

Tomorrow, we are having a planned power outage in our area from 7AM - 1PM. They need to do some sort of work on the power lines. I'm hoping they really will get the power back on by 1:00, but if there's no blog from me tomorrow night, then it will probably be because we are still without power. We'll see how it goes. I am planning to take the kids to a fall festival tomorrow morning. The kids brought home a brochure today from school, and it says that they will have power there at the community center, so we'll be hanging out there for a while.

November 13, 2008

We all got an early start to our day this morning when Caleb woke up just before dawn. He knocked on our door, telling us, "I use wipes." Vic investigated and found that Caleb, aka Mr. Independent, had tried to change his dirty diaper himself, with disastrous results for the carpet in his room. So, I scrubbed the carpet while Vic washed down Caleb. This whole process woke up Jamie, so then we were all up before dawn. Good times. We got them both back into bed and I was thrilled that I still had a little time before my alarm went off. But just as I was falling asleep I heard Jamie saying to Caleb, "Look! The sun is coming up! Morning time, Caleb!!"

Jamie headed off to school with the neighbor and Caleb and I hung out for a while at home. Then I dropped him off at Grammy & Grampy's house, and I headed off to work at the book fair. I got there early and picked up Jamie from her class to take her to choose a book before my shift began. Carson will be going with his class, but the pre-k kids don't go with their class. She picked out a Barbie Swan Lake book and chose a Clifford book about firefighters for Caleb. She was very excited that I had shown up at her least favorite time of day - nap time. I returned her to her class and reported for book fair duty.

This book fair had far more customers than the last one I worked at, but no funeral in the building or EMS outside. So, it was a piece of cake. After that was over, I picked up Carson and Jamie and we headed over to pick up Caleb.

We had a very uneventful evening except that Caleb really didn't want to go to sleep. I just hope we have an uneventful morning tomorrow and that the sun wakes up before anyone in our house!

November 12, 2008

Caleb's eye was looking all better this morning, so I sent all three kids off to school and headed to MOPs. We had our Thanksgiving brunch this morning and also packed boxes for Operation Christmas Child. It was a very nice morning.

After that, I picked up Caleb and we headed home for lunch and a nap. I took a little nap today, too. I think the vacation has caught up to me, and I have been so tired today!

Grammy picked up Carson and Jamie and took them to her house to play for a little while. They were both offered the chance to spend the night, but Jamie decided to come home. So, Caleb and I picked her up and Grammy gave me an egg so that I could finish making the lasagna that I started to make without checking to be sure I had eggs. This is why I don't usually make things with more than say, five ingredients, lol. Too much to keep up with.

This was a very peaceful night with just two kids here. Plus, the cleaning lady was here this morning, God bless her, and that always makes for a great afternoon and evening. It's so relaxing when everything is clean, even if it only lasts a day!

Now, I am off to get some rest. I get to work the book fair at Carson and Jamie's school tomorrow - woohoo!

November 11, 2008

We had a nice Veterans' Day today. Caleb let us sleep in until 6:45, so we got a nice, early start today. Vic went to work, and we stayed around the house for a little while and then stopped by Publix, where the kids were active but surprisingly good. Then we headed over to the Dollar Store.

I gave them each a dollar to spend and told them they could spend a couple of dollars of their money, too. I have to put limits on Dollar Store spending, or I would have the whole toy aisle in our play room. Carson chose a snake that grows in water. This thing is already over a foot long and is probably going to freak out the cleaning lady tomorrow, no matter where I put it. He also got a polar bear that grows in water and some kind of freaky gel-filled ball. Caleb picked out a play police officer gun that lights up and makes noise. I hope that one gets lost fast. He also got some Diego Spinning tops. Jamie got some Disney Princess pom poms and a stuffed dog. The new toys made them very happy, and we went home, ate lunch and they played with their new treasures for a while.

After Caleb's nap we played outside for a while and then I took them to McDonald's for dinner. Vic had a meeting tonight, so I figured this would be a good way to wrap up the day. They ate and played and were all ready for bed when we got home.

I finally got everything unpacked from our trip today. Now I'm off to work on some laundry!

November 10, 2008

I managed to get Carson, Jamie and the two neighbor girls to school this morning. It was hard to get back into the swing of things this morning after having a few days off. Caleb stayed home with me today because the poor guy came down with pink eye over the weekend. It is looking much better now. I hope he will get to go back to school on Wednesday.

We played outside and did a lot of organizing and cleaning out in Jamie's room. She has waaaay too many toys. I culled out some today and her room looks better. I know that Christmas toys will be coming in just a few weeks, so I am trying to make room. Caleb's room is next up. His is bad because he gets toys handed down from Carson and Jamie and new toys.

So, we had a pretty quiet day with just the two of us. Then we picked up Carson and Jamie and the usual chaos broke out. Vic brought home pizza and then we got them all in the bed a little early because they all seemed tired.

I am tired too. I guess we all had a big weekend. The kids will be home tomorrow for Veteran's day, so I had better go get some rest while I can!

We had so much fun on our trip! I am ready to go again!

We planned the trip so quickly that we never stopped to consider that this would be a great time to visit Virginia because the leaves are so beautiful this time of year. We don't get that around here. Our leaves just turn from green to brown and fall down. It was so exciting to see all the beautiful colors as we traveled north.

We stopped in Chapel Hill on Wednesday night and had a great time visiting with Greg and Julia. We ate at a cool place called Top of the Hill in downtown Chapel Hill. It was a beautiful night, and we got to eat outside on a deck overlooking downtown Chapel Hill. It is very beautiful there and the downtown is such a neat place. I hope to go back someday.

The next morning we headed to Alexandria, checked into the guest unit at Ben & Katie's apartment and then set off to figure out the Metro. The Metro was pretty cool. I think I enjoyed it more than anyone else who was riding on it because I didn't hear anybody else say "Wheeeeee!", lol.

We met Ben & Katie downtown and did a little touring around, which was fun even though it was dark. Then we headed to the arena for a very exciting Capitals game, which they won 3-2 with 11 seconds left in the game!

Friday, Vic did some work in the business center and then we headed into DC to eat lunch with Ben & Katie and one of Katie's co-workers. We ate at Ollie's Trolley, which was interesting and had an aroma that we're hoping was from the tuna sandwich they advertise on the menu. The fries were very, very good, though.

After lunch Katie and Ben had to return to their offices, and we walked and walked and walked all around the National Mall. We spent the most time in the Botanical gardens, which were absolutely beautiful. We also went in the Hirshhorn Museum. It was a little too, um, contemporary for us so we didn't stay there too long. I was disappointed that the Museum of American History was closed for renovation. I really wanted to go. Maybe next time.

Next we headed to the live Fast Money show, which was very cool. We walked in at just the right time since they had just started filling in empty VIP reserved seats with non-VIPs like us. So, we got a great seat about 12 rows back from the front. In fact, the people behind us were irritated because they had arrived four hours before we did and we got better seats!

It was really neat to see how a live show works and to see all the people we see on TV every day in person. They even took some questions after the show from the audience.

We met Katie and then headed back to VA to meet up with Ben for dinner at a great Thai place. We went out for coffee after that since the evening was getting a little chilly.

Saturday morning we went out for a great breakfast with Ben and Katie and then said goodbye to our fantastic hosts and headed off for a day in the Shenandoah National park.

The park was so beautiful! The leaves were amazing, and the weather was perfect. We drove through the park with our windows down and checked out lots of scenic overlooks. We also went for a short hike but didn't go to far since it was getting dark at that time. As we were leaving, the sun was setting and there were deer everywhere! We had to drive very slowly for the 21 miles it took us to get out of the park because they were all over the sides of the road. We stopped and took some pictures of some deer outside a ranger station. There was a whole mob of people photographing them. We were like deer Paparazzi. It was pretty funny. The ranger didn't think so, though, and she yelled down from the ranger station for us all to get away from the deer.

We spent last night in Richmond and drove home today. We were glad to see the kids and will be glad to be back in our own beds tonight, but it was such a fun trip! We are hoping to go back this summer and take the kids with us.

We don't have a whole lot of pictures, but there are some in our web album.

November 4, 2008

I got up with the sun this morning and headed out to vote. The kids were out of school today, so I had to vote before Vic went to work if I didn't want to take all of them with me. I wanted to vote in peace, so I headed out early and found the line out the door and backed up to the street. It moved quickly and I was done in exactly 1 hour. When I got home, everyone was still sleeping except for Carson, who was in his room getting dressed.

I spent most of today refereeing the kids and doing laundry. We made a trip to Publix and we made a trip to drop off some food for a MOPS mom who just had a baby. Other than that, we stayed around the house and we all ate too much candy. That Halloween candy needs to go!

Tonight we went to Beef O'Brady's for dinner again. Carson was much less lucky with that crane game this time. He didn't win at all. Poor guy. I was a little bit glad, though. Maybe now he'll believe me again that those things are a waste of money.

I still have tons to do, so I am going to go get to packing while I watch the election coverage. I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog while I'm traveling, but I will write whenever I can. :)

November 3, 2008

I dropped all our kids and two extras off at school this morning and then headed out to run some quick errands. I came home and cleaned up around the house, then went and picked up Caleb.

Caleb was super tired when I picked him up and was in a very bad mood. He was mad that I had carried him inside. I had carried him inside because he refused to walk inside, but those sorts of details don't matter to a tired two year old. He picked up the brand new 64 oz container of apple juice and hurled it across the kitchen. That made a nice mess. Then he ate a little lunch and began falling asleep so I put him in his bed. Thankfully, he slept until time to pick up Carson and Jamie.

We didn't play outside this afternoon after Carson and Jamie came home because it was very windy and overcast. Plus, I have so much to do to get ready for the trip that I don't know how I'm going to get it all done. So, I let Carson play some games. I don't usually do that on school nights, so that made him very happy.

Here's what they did later:


They get creative when they're stuck inside, lol. They were playing robots. Caleb actually has his head inside the back of the pillow sham. I don't know how he was walking around like that. At least he was well padded when he bumped into things!

November 2, 2008

We all went to Sunday school this morning and then we headed to Subway to pick up lunch - love those $5 footlongs! After lunch, the kids played with their friends all day.

I made a trip to Publix to stock up so Grammy has plenty of snacks and food on hand for the kids while we were gone. I am so excited about our trip. We'll be leaving Wednesday morning, so it's coming up fast!

Tonight Carson was asking Jamie if she had a boyfriend, I think just so he could tease her about it. She said that she did, which caught my attention because, well, she's four. So, then Carson pressed her, "There's a boy that you loooove?" She said, "Yes, I love my daddy!" Awwww. :-)

November 1, 2008

We had a pretty lazy morning this morning. I even got to sleep in until 8:15! I think everyone was still tired from all the Halloween fun. Vic and Carson went and got haircuts and when they came home we all headed off to Target. The kids spent some of the money that they got from Nana & Poppa and from MawMaw.

Carson got a Bakugan ball, which is a ball that transforms into a dragon-looking thing when placed on a metal surface. It is pretty neat. He is very happy and kept it with him all day. It is in his bed now.

Caleb picked out a ball with Scooby Doo on it. He was excited to find a ball pictures of Scooby Doo playing soccer, basketball and baseball on it.

Jamie chose a Barbie makeup set. She and I were both very sparkly this afternoon after a visit to her "Beauty Fashion" shop in her room. Very Sparkly.

We spent the afternoon at home, with our kids and neighborhood kids in and out all afternoon. They were all very tired tonight. I hope they will sleep in the morning. I want my extra hour of sleep!