Some blessings from today!

1. The girls were both extra cooperative with their school work today :)

2. The Wiggles (unfortunatley) are Brady's new best friends.

3. I had 20 minutes to run an errand and grab a latte by myself today!

4. 1 hour photo development!

5. Thanksgiving dinner with Haley's BFF club.

6. Triple chocolate cheesecake.

7. Preparing for my CSI (crop scene investigation) crop tomorrow!

8. Knowing I will be scrapping in Hershey all day tomorrow!

9. Did I mention I will be cropping at the Hershey outlets tomorrow?

10. Twilight is out! (Hopefully, I can see it soon!)

Day 2!

1. Haircut day coinciding with Christmas picture day! One less thing to get the kids ready for.

2. The kids feeling comfortable with Deidre, our hairdresser. Even Brady didn't make a peep while his hair was cut.

3. Lollipops. Work for haircuts, too!

4. Having a private shopping experience in the Gymboree stockroom! Nothing better than clothes that cost $1.49!

5. Having my mom with us at the mall. Things always go smoother with 2 vs. 3!

6. French fries. Have magic powers like lollipops.

7. My photo lights to get awesome pix of the kids. Thanks, Honey!

8. Photoshop- for correcting my less than perfect shots.

9. The fake immunity idol- that had to be one of the best moments on Survivor in a long time! Even Brady was laughing at it- although he may have been laughing at us.

10. Grey's anatomy- my favorite show is getting better again.

7 Days of Gratitude

In the spirit of being thankful, I thought I'd add each day until Thanksgiving some of the little things that are blessing my life right now.

1. Going shopping with my Mom without the kids:)

2. Finding a great product incentive for a customer by accident ;)

3. Sampling one of my brother's soft and chocolaty cookies.

4. Listening to Brady laughing with the girls.

5. Lollipops at the bank- the promise always gets Brady in clothes and in the car.

6. Reconnecting with friends and my cousin at my retreat.

7. Having me time last weekend at the retreat.

8. Coming home to a family who missed me.

9. An awesome husband who can handle me going away (even if he misses swim class and gives the kids a day off school;)

10. Seeing that time can heal some pretty deep wounds.

Got it bad!

As in Haley is all things Jonas Brothers lately, specifically Nick Jonas, the 14 year old rock star! Last night she decide to make another one of her recycled creations, a guitar. In a conversation with her dad, they were talking about her guitar, being a rock star which led to Nick Jonas. And Haley said to her dad about Nick, "You know my weakness!" Oh Boy! Not sure if he was ready to hear that.  

While we were watching Dancing with the Stars last night, the girls were playing with magnetix, and Haley decided to make a couple dancing with them. (only my kid!) Guess who the couple was. Give up? Haley and Nick, of course! (and they needed a chaperone for the dance)

And today in her Camp Rock t-shirt (Jonas Brothers were in this) she decided that listening to her J-Bro cd would make her spelling work get done faster! And a little concert with her guitar was needed before moving on to geography. Check out her little groupie dancing and singing. He stopped doing what he was doing for a minute to boogie! He was, as he told me, "I make a mess." 

It seems that our 9 year old

 has her first crush and a daddy not sure what to think!

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Gotta Get to Petco!!!

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Repetition

Why is it that a 2 year old can take the same few cars and run them down the same slide again and again and each time have the same delightful reaction- a gleeful surprise giggle? 

Or a 6 year old can create fairy after fairy online choosing hair color after hair  color, a dress, wings and a name and always want to share it with everyone in the family?

 Or a 9 year old can take box after box and create webkinz house after webkinz house for her pets knowing that the garbage fairy ends up with the house in the end? 

If the act of repeating an activity over and over again teaches us or calms the soul, why is it that putting those gorgeous dishes I loved the first 1000 washes away day after day has not taught me the secret to a less messy kitchen nor has it brought me inner peace?

If anyone can answer this, please leave me a message!

Halloween Happenings

It is hard to believe Halloween was just last week~ it seems ages since the big day, but the evidence, all of those yummy treats I'm trying to avoid cannot be hidden from our thiefin' little pirate! Even behind safety locked doors he has found his treasure and can open the doors just enough with the lock on to squeeze his chubby little fingers in to steal the booty. And there is no fighting this screaming pirate, although his Daddy, Captain Jack (?) thinks he has total control over him! (Think what you will, my dear, but we all know who is really in charge!)

The lil pirate was quite amazing Friday night! It didn't take much for him to get the idea of what was going on! He watched his sisters and her friends walk up to the door and open the bag and stick in some loot! Easy enough! And that's what he did! All the way up the hill and around the loop at the top- walking by himself- Surprised me- I never thought he'd walk it but I guess it is hard to pass up the opportunity to be like your big sisters!

The girls had a blast- this year was the longest route in our development. We had perfect weather and loved not setting the clocks back yet. After scouring the neighborhood, we headed over to my friend Kim's for a fun Halloween party with Haley's girlfriends. She went all out! Awesome decorations to set the mood, including a haunted room that neither of mine would enter for a long while, bobbing for apples, pin the nose on the pumpkin, and lots of treats to eat! I'm sure this night will be talked about for a long time around here:)

  The Little Pirate learns quickly how to add loot to his bags and carried his treasures around all night- they never left his side.