- It is cold here today! I can't say that I minded all that much. The kids still wanted to play outside, so we bundled up and played outside all morning until lunchtime! It was refreshing actually. Although, I don't know how I am going to walk with the kids on cold days like this. I may have to come up with yet another exercise plan. I think the devil really likes throwing curveballs at me as I try to become healthier! I just don't think it would be good to have the cold wind blowing in their faces like it would be as we strolled. I'll figure something out.
- I am so glad tomorrow is election day. Our phone has rung off the hook with political calls. It has gotten so frustrating today that I finally unplugged the phone. I hope anyone who needs us tries my cell! I even tried picking up and hanging it right back up, thinking that would stop them from calling. Nope. Same number calls back again and again, among others.
- Soccer is over on Saturday. I have to say, I am really glad! It's been a tough year. I think 3 is too young to play (don't tell my hubby I said that!). :-) I don't know what we'll do next year. I do know that I have watched my nephew play for 3 years now, and his 3 year old first year looked similar to ours. So maybe there's hope??? Emilynn did not want to play Saturday for some reason, and Carson doesn't like to play without her. It went downhill from there. Oh well. We tried.
- We went to a cousin's farm Friday to see turkeys. They raise turkeys for Thanksgiving so we had to go see them before they were "processed." Sorry, I know that seems mean, but, well, that's where meat comes from! It was nice to see them and pet them. We also saw chickens, cows, goats, pigs, lambs, and sheep. We had a great time, I will try to post a few pics soon. We got some local pork and headed home. I reserved some chickens that will be ready on the 23rd, and hope to eat a bit more chicken around here! :-) We are on beef overload right now, since we had 1/4 of a cow, then 1/3 of a cow in the past 3 months!
- Does anyone else's kids play with the weirdest stuff? For some reason my kids love to dump out all of Emilynn's hair stuff, and they play with the bobby pins. Carson has "Cranky" from Thomas, which is a crane with a magnetic thing on it. He picks up bobby pins with it and thinks it's so cool. Strange I know. Of course, they also play with anything that's not a toy more than any toys we have. Like cardboard boxes, rocks, sticks, fire wood (my sister and I used to play with fire wood all the time!). Anyway, today Cranky is lifting bobby pins like crazy. We have a lot of bobby pins for dance! Both of my kids also want alarm clocks for Christmas. I am not sure where they got the idea, but they actually pretend other things are alarm clocks, and sit them by their beds. I saw some really cute clocks on Amazon that teach them time, both the old fashioned way and the digital way. We'll see if we end up with clocks!
- The switch witch DID make a visit to our house. Remember the kids had told me they didn't want her to come, they wanted the candy? Well, Halloween night they ate all the candy they could possibly hold. On the way home, Emilynn told me she didn't want her candy, she wanted a toy instead. She happily gave me her candy, which was amazing because she's the one who has the biggest sweet tooth, and also the one who reacts the worst to the artificial dyes and sugar in candy. I was glad she gave it up! Carson didn't want to give his up, but the witch came and took the candy. We decided she could come back the next night and give him the candy back if he didn't like the toy he got, and pick the toy back up. Yep, it got a little complicated. She left the twins roller skates and Henry a nice wooden Tonka fire truck. I think she found the stuff for a great deal at consignment. ;-) She also left the things like chips, goldfish, fruit snacks, pretzels, chex mix, and all the toys/non-candy items they got. We had to have some balance. It worked out great and the kids were super-excited to get a special new toy. They have talked about her non-stop. Emilynn was also delighted to realize that she didn't check our car for candy, and she had dropped a good deal of candy Thursday night without any of us realizing it in the car. The witch definitely has to work out a few kinks in her methods, but I think she will come visit us annually. It was hard because there was no precedence for it like there is with the Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus, who've been visiting for years. I think she learned she will have to check the car as well as the house for treats! Oh, and Daddy has been thrilled with the candy stash we now have in our room. :-) Our dentist buys the candy for $1 per pound to send to troops, but we aren't close enough to justify going to do that. It's 45 minutes away. Anyway, it was all a success and we had fun. We cut our stops to a minimum and still got tons of goodies. I loved how so many people give out non-candy items now. We got color books, stencils, tattoos, cars, reusable totes, chips, cheese balls, chex mix, pencils, and all kinds of neat stuff!
- Our family is booked for a tacky light tour! I am so excited and I am excited for how the kids are going to love it. They LOVE looking at decorations. It should be a lot of fun, and we have a nice bus with a bathroom and can have snacks on it. Essential when you do something with kids! Yes, we are already planning our December activities so we make sure we do what is important, and skip what's going to be stressful.
- Speaking of December, I think we are going to read and Advent book each day in December and do an Advent calendar of sorts. I bought a thing with little drawers in the hardware section of Walmart, I think it's meant to hold nuts and bolts. I am going to make it an Advent calendar with small treats for the kids each day, after we read out story. I've been wanting to do this for years and just haven't. I hope we can make it a tradition.
- I am getting a much-needed haircut tonight. I have a friend who comes to the house to cut hair, wax eyebrows, or whatever else anyone wants done. It is so convenient! It was always so hard to manage going to the hair salon, with having to find someone to watch the kids or go the one night my favorite girl worked late which may not be convenient. Now, if I can figure out how to get pedicures at home! :-)
Well, that's all that's going on around here.
Here's what's on the menu for this week (I think!):
spaghetti, salad, Red Lobster biscuits (Have you tried these from Sam's club? So good for a treat!)
chicken broccoli braid, green beans, mac & cheese, applesauce
Broccoli/cheese soup (Panera brand from Sam's club-again so good!), stew for kids, grilled cheese
meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn
dinner out maybe?
leftovers
and I don't know what else yet!
As for lunches and breakfasts, we normally have eggs for breakfast and fruit. Lunches are leftovers, or soup, or macaroni & cheese (Annie's), or a snack-y lunch of cheese, veggies/dip, raisins, dried cranberries, fruit, pepperonis, etc. Sometimes we do sandwiches-peanut butter and jelly or meat/mayonnaise (Carson). It's just pretty much whatever we are in the mood for. I have been packing our lunch on the day we have swim class, instead of getting fast food. That has really saved us money, and I know I feel better not being so stuffed from fast food. When Dustin is home for lunch, we may have something heartier. After church yesterday, we had a pepperoni pizza twist that I make for lunch. We do stuff like that on Sat. and Sun. when Daddy's home a lot of times.
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