| Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 |
| 2:49 pm |
I am now officially addicted to Facebook. It's great! |
| Saturday, March 15th, 2008 |
| 12:58 pm |
I am just PISSED, ANGRY, MAD, UPSET in general about everyone in my household and everything that is happening around me. ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! |
| Sunday, March 9th, 2008 |
| 9:02 pm |
So after thinking about this all day Kevin and I decided to go on our church's retreat. It's just for a weekend and everyone that we've talked to said they've always had a good time. The good thing is that the kids get to go with us. I'm nervous though. Growing up we never did anything like this with our church. I'm really hoping to get to know the other families that will be there. I went to a great baby shower today. Two friends from church are expecting and all the girls from our sunday school class and some others were there. We talked about the craziest things and the last time I remember doing that was in college. I had a great time. Even our paster's wife and associate paster's wife were there--they're not that much older than me-- and were telling great stories about their husbands. Hearing those stories about them made them normal, not that they weren't before. I can't explain it that well. Mom's night out is tomorrow night, those gals like to stick to the safe conversations. Funny, I guess I tought it would be the other way around! You know, the church people keeping it safe and the mom's getting crazy. |
| Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 |
| 2:21 pm |
Productive scrapbooking among other things :)
I'm feeling productive today. I cleaned out a desk drawer that had been neglected for a while and found a whole bunch of my craft stuff in it. I also cleaned out a scrapbook drawer and got rid of some things and now I know what's in it. When that was done I started working on Meghan's growth scrapbook page. It's in a calendar format and I write in her weight and heights for the months they were taken. Then I punch out a whole bunch of squares from several pieces of pretty paper to decorate the other spaces. I'll also add stickers. Once that page is finished I'll just be doing the finishing touches on her first year album. Owen's 3rd birthday pages got finished yesterday and I have a plan for 2007 Christmas. (I'm watching UK play Arkasas as I type, so forgive me for any misspellings or things not making sense.) Soon I'm going to start a travel scrapbook and Meghan's birthday album. When the next baby comes I'll have another baby album to do. It looks like I'll have 4 albums for events that happen once a year--the kids birthdays, vacations, Christmas. I hope that gives me enough to scrapbook for the monthly crops I go to! There are 6 years of vacations to catch up on so I should be okay!! After Easter I'm going to stay with mom and dad because Kevin will be out of town on business. It will be a nice mini vacation for me and the kids. I'm hoping to be able to visit my cousin that just had a baby and visit with my mom's friends. We should have plenty of time to do everything. If the weather is nice enough maybe we'll get to go to the zoo! I'm hoping to get mom to come down to our house and teach me how to plant flowers. I just posted in kookamess's journal that I would love to plant my favorite flowers and be able to have them in a vase on the table. So far I haven't had much of a green thumb! I'm in the process of planning our vacation this summer. We're going to Chattanooga to the 3 story aquarium, the imax, the children's museum, and perhaps a train ride. Then we're going to the zoo in Knoxville and Dollywood in Gatlinburg. We'll also do some things near us that we haven't done yet like the Jonesboro water park. It should be nice because the longest we'll be in the car is 3 hours and normally we go to the beach and this is something different. Everytime I think about it and make plans I get excited! |
| Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 |
| 8:36 pm |
Aunt Leslie!!
I'm going to be an Aunt!!!! Matt and Brooke are going to have a baby in September. She's about 11 weeks along. I've actually known for a long time now but have been waiting until she had her doctor appointment. They called the day she "peed on the stick". I am so excited!!!!!!!!! She said today at the appointment the baby hopped and Matt said they're going to have a ninja baby! He also said they're going to come see us for about a week in June--two great pieces of news! I'm going to try to check out the lunar eclipse tonight--hopefully the clouds will have moved! |
| Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 |
| 3:43 pm |
I love the Ellen show! I try to watch it every day and I record it if I don't get the chance to watch it. I even try to time the kids naps around the show. Luckily it comes on at 3 here (at home it comes on at 4). Right now I'm trying to win a GMC Acadia. She's just so funny and generous and real. I got Owen registered for preschool today!!! I was so stressed about it because each school said they didn't have many spots open for his age group and I kept thinking he wouldn't get in! He got in to the school we wanted and he is so excited. We went this morning to drop off the paper work and he really didn't want to leave. They also have a parents day out program that I signed both kids up for. This is so exciting! |
| Thursday, January 31st, 2008 |
| 9:03 pm |
Married Single Parent
This is what one of my friends has summed up her life since her husband started traveling for his job. I'm beginning to feel like one. I hate even writing this, but it's better than talking to Kevin about it. He really needed a change of jobs and I want to support him. After all if he's not happy, then we're not happy. I'm terrified though. I have to give this time because it all could work out just fine and everyone will be happy. Last week he was gone for 3 nights and yes I had help but I won't have help every time he's gone for 3 nights. This week he was only gone one night but it was still hard. I was yelling at Owen all day because he was just being awful and of course it was a day when Kevin was out of town. I'm afraid every day Kevin is out of town one of the kids will be awful and I will yell at them all day. I hate yelling at my kids, it doesn't make me feel any better and I know it makes the kids feel like shit but sometimes I don't know what else to do. I really do not want to be a single parent. It's not just his traveling that is taking away time. It's conference calls and working at home and all day Friday meetings. I was so spoiled with his other job. He had a very flexible schedule and was home Friday's by 11:30 am, yes am, and if I had to go to the doctor he could come home from work to watch the kids. Not anymore. He's only been at this job for about a month and I realize I haven't give it enough time. I'm just so scared of how things could be. I really want to have another baby but can I do it by myself with two older ones?? I hope I'm freaking out over nothing but from the other mom's I know in the same situation I don't like what I see. They seem okay with things but I'm not sure I'll be okay with things. I don't want Kevin to miss any of the kids events (once they get older) or family things, I feel like I'm being selfish. I guess I'm also afraid of losing touch with Kevin, like all we do is live together. We are getting away on Saturday night, the first night away from the kids. We'll still be in town but we won't be staying at the house with the kids. Kevin's parents are coming in town tomorrow to watch the kids. I might get up the courage to talk to Kevin about these things over the weekend but I don't want him to stress out about me feeling like this. I don't want him to feel like he made a bad decision by taking this new job. After all he made sure to talk to me a whole bunch before he accepted and if I had said I didn't want him to take the job he wouldn't have accepted. |
| Sunday, January 27th, 2008 |
| 9:00 pm |
Kevin has finished his first business trip, for this new position at least. My mom ended up suggesting that she come and stay with me from Tuesday through Thursday and I accepted!! Having mom here was fun. I can't remember the last time its been just the two of us. We watched chick flicks after the kids went to bed and she taught me how to hem pants! My mom is fantastic. Thursday night a friend asked us over to play and have dinner because her husband was out of town as well and thought it would help both of us out. The kids played and got along great and dinner was awesome. I still need to ask for the recipe. I just uploaded all the pictures that I'm going to scrapbook for Owen's birthday and Christmas. When I went to order the pictures I ordered some of the Christmas in wallet's that way I can fit more pictures on a page and I don't use 6 pages for one Christmas. The total was outrageous (wallets were $.54), so now I'm not sure what I'm going to do. In the past I've limited each Christmas to 4 pages (2 for us and 2 for the extended families). I don't want to do more than that because I'm afraid it would get out of control. I've seen people make accordian type cards and then cut the protective page so that the accoridan card can be opened without taking the protective page off. Maybe I'll have to start doing my Christmas pages with those on them. We just organized the front room and rearranged it and I love it. I used to have two huge buckets and would put the kids toys in them. The toys on the top always were played with but of course the ones on the bottom were forgotten. Only when the buckets were dumped out did the kids see what toys were in there and that just made a big mess that no one wanted to clean up. We bought some of those cubicals that ClosetMaid makes and I love them. All the toys were grouped together by category, such as baby dolls, cars, pretend play, etc and then put in the cubes. Owen was so excited because he felt like he just got a whole bunch of new toys! Orginally I thought we would put cloth baskets in some of the cubes and take pictures of the toys that go in them. Then put the pictures on the baskets. After the kids have played this week I'll decide whether or not to go that route. Depends on how easy/hard it is for them the clean up. If they clean up fine, no baskets. If they have a hard time cleaning up then baskets it is! I've almost spent all my Christmas money (I asked for money so I could buy new clothes for the fall/winter since all my clothes for that time of year in the past few years have been maternity!). I bought a great pair of tall brown boots to go with two skirts that I all ready had. Boy was I depressed/angry when I tried those skirts on and they didn't fit! The last time I tried them was right when I weaned Meghan to see if I had anything that was going to fit for this fall/winter. They fit great back then. I guess in the last 6 months I've put on some weight. Part of me doesn't want to even try to loose this weight because we are going to have another baby and I'll just gain weight when I get pregnant (which I'm hoping will be May or June). The other part of me says loose the weight now so I don't have a lot of weight to loose after having the baby. Then I tell myself that I had 10 pounds left over from Owen when I got pregnant with Meghan and I lost all the weight from Meghan plus the 10 left over pounds from Owen. It could happen again, right? |
| Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 |
| 8:14 pm |
Last night we went and saw Sesame Street Live Super Grover Ready for Action. It was a lot of fun! Both kids sat in their seats and watched the show in awe, mouths gaping open and eyes huge. It was great! The show started at 7:30 and was finished at 9:00. Owen bought an Elmo light up toy and Meghan bought an Elmo stuffed doll. Today they were still talking about the show. I'm so glad we went. Tomorrow we're going to the doctor to see if Meghan has bronchitis--again. She just had it at the beginning of December or maybe it was in the middle. I think Owen might have it also, so I'm hoping to get him checked as well. Kevin will be doing the first of his travels for his new job next week. He'll be going to California for 4 days. It was only going to be 3 but today they asked him to attend another meeting, so now it's 4. I am so afraid and nervous to be home by myself with the kids. I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to cut it for that long by myself. Even though Kevin doesn't get home until 6 on normal workdays and the kids go to bed at 8, it is still soooo nice to have him here for those 2 hours. I talked to a friend of mine whose husband has been travelling for a while now and it might even be more than what Kevin will be doing. I asked her how she got through the long trips. She puts her kids in a mother's day out program, which we can't afford--right now. Other than that she says she tries to keep to a routine and if it's a bad day her kids watch a lot of tv. I think I can handle it if I've got somewhere to go every day or I have a playdate at our house on the days we don't go anywhere. When Kevin gets his next bonus or raise or whatever I'm hoping it will be enough to cover preschool for Owen in the fall and maybe mother's day out for Meghan. The other option I have to get through this first trip is to go to Louisville. I know we would have fun there and it would be nice to have the help, but do I want to drive there and back by myself with the kids, pack and unpack several times and work out sleeping arrangements that work for everyone. We were just there for Christmas and kevin's parents are coming in town the first weekend of February so kevin and I can get a weekend away. The weekend away is an anniversary gift for each other from this past june--we're just a little late! I guess I'm leaning to just stay at home but I'm not 100% sure. Very nerve wracking. |
| Saturday, January 5th, 2008 |
| 3:28 pm |
I've got mommy brain, the first bad expensive thing was our siding and boy will that be expensive in the spring when we get it installed correctly. So I am 100% sure all 3 bad expensive things have occured! |
| 2:30 pm |
I'm waiting for the third bad thing to happen or maybe not bad but expensive. First thing:On New Year's Day Kevin was backing out of a parking space and hit another car that was also backing out. Luckily we only have to pay for our damage but that's still a $500 damage. There's a huge dent in our bumper and the auto people told us to get it replaced because if they just pop the dent out it's really going to look like crap. Second thing: Today I was able to pull the van into the garage only to have the garage door break while it was in the process of closing. Luckily someone is coming today to fix it but for the moment we are trapped in our house. Kevin went out to try to open it all the way but it didn't work, he couldn't even get it closed all the way so it's halfway open. Since we've been home from traveling I thought it wasn't sounding right but didn't do anything about it because I know nothing about garage doors. I guess I was right though about it not sounding right! Maybe the third thing all ready happened. I had a babysitter lined up for a morning so I could go to the doctors without the kids. The night before she was supposed to come it snowed (less than an inch) and she called the next morning to cancel because she wasn't comfortable driving in those conditions. As I looked out our window I thought what conditions there's not even snow on the street! In the end I had to take the kids with me to the doctor's. I'm going to cross my fingers that we have indeed finished our curse of the 3's for now. |
| Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 |
| 2:02 pm |
Happy New Year!!
Our Christmas was great. Lots of people to see and places to go. The kids did great everywhere we went. On New Year's Eve we went to a party for the kids. A guy Kevin worked on a project with invited us and we knew no one there. The kids had a fun time but it was akward for kevin and I since we didn't know anyone. That night we put the kids down at 8:30 and at 9:30 owen was up and crying until 11. He heard us watching tv and told us it was our bedtime and we had to stop watching tv. Kevin and i must have gone up there every 15 minutes to try and calm him down. we took turns and were worn out by 11. About 10 minutes after going to bed fireworks started going off so our dog was running around our bedroom panting. Once we got him on the bed he shook the whole time. We knew it was midnight because a huge firework show went off and the neighborhood kids went running around outside screaming. I wasn't too happy so I said happy f'in new year. It snowed here last night and Owen was so excited this morning. I had to drag the kids to one of my doctor appointments because the babysitter didn't feel comfortable driving on the roads. They did great and the nurses were so impressed they gave them lollipops. It helped that I gave them a sandwhich baggie full of cereal and sippy cups full of milk. The appoinment went faster than I expected so we were able to make it to playgroup this morning for an hour. When we got home we played in the snow on the deck. I've got to take down all our Christmas decorations but instead I'm watching Walk the Line. It will get done eventually. |
| Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 |
| 8:29 pm |
We got the siding temporarily fixed. The whole house will need to be redone because it was not put in correctly. In the spring we'll have a few people come out to do estimates. We know we need to start saving now because it will not be cheap. Noises still scare Owen but he's getting better about not screaming right away. We have to leave his door open and the hall light on. The first morning we left his door open he went downstairs after he woke up and started to play. I have no idea how long he was down there before I heard him. Of course I freaked out thinking about all the things that he could have gotten into. Now we have a gate on his door so he can't get out. Before the noises scared this child to death we put a child safety lock on the side of the door that's in the hallway and would lock him in his room. Trust me I know this is harsh but when he was 20 months old, not in a crib (because his newborn sister was in it) and would not stay in his room we had to do something and our doctor suggested this! Kevin and I just finished a nice string of Christmas parties. Every other night since Thursday we had Christmas parties to attend. The first was with Kevin's current work position, the second (two parties in one night) were sunday school and a friends, the third was for Kevin's future work position. He's changing positions after the new year. Today his co-workers had a roast for him during the lunch hour. It was a lot of fun and I'm going to miss all the people he works with. They are all so much fun. I know I'll see most of them but when they get together for social work functions we won't be able to go!! I don't know anything about the people Kevin will be working with. At the party last night they were all dressed really nice and didn't go out of their way to introduce themselves which really pissed me off. We talked to Kevin's boss and wife for quite a while and they were really nice. I knew a couple of people there and had enough time to talk to one of them and was able to introduce Kevin to a couple of people he would be working with. I was pissed that no one introduced themselves because I've always been an outgoing person and would never let anyone stand off by themselves. Most of the people there were my parents age so I'm not sure how many friends Kevin will make in this new position. I hope this position is good for Kevin, he needs a change. Saturday morning is our Christmas! All the shopping is done and now I can't wait to see how the kids react! Today my brother and his new wife surprised my parents and showed up in Louisville. They were expecting Brooke to fly in on Thursday by herself because my brother was supposed to be working over Christmas. He ended up working 4 weeks straight (24 hour days) in order to get 2 weeks off for Christmas. They set off yesterday afternoon, drove through the night and made it this afternoon. After we have our Christmas on Saturday we're driving to Louisville and will be there for 6-7 days. |
| Monday, December 3rd, 2007 |
| 1:40 pm |
stupid siding
My poor Owen has had a terrible night and an almost terrible nap time. Last night around 3:30, I think, Owen started fussing and calling for us to come in his room. When we did he told us the wind woke him up. Which it did because when the wind really blows it makes a lot of scary noise in his room. In the past we've explained that it's just the wind blowing on the house and he'll be okay and that he needs to go back to sleep. Normally we'll have to go back to his room several more times to reassure him before he actually does go back to sleep. Last night every time he heard the noise from the wind he screamed bloody murder and we can't figure out what's different from any of the other nights before last night. I ended up getting in bed with Owen in order for him to go to sleep. Even I was startled several times from the noise the wind makes against the house. It sounded like someone was ripping off the side of the house or a very large animal was scratching to get in. This morning I took a stroll on the side of the house where his room is and I watched the siding flap in the wind and then the siding surrounding the loose piece balloon up with air. WTF!!!! Before Owen was born there was a huge piece that did the same thing and we had it fixed. I'm not sure if it was in the same place as this loose piece but it still pisses me off. When it came time for nap I took Owen outside and showed him what was causing all the noise hoping he would be okay with it and go down for his nap. Well he was not. As soon as the noises started he started screaming. So he's in our bed. Until we get the siding fixed he'll be in our room or Meghan's room. I'm afraid I've done two things wrong in the process of getting him to sleep. The first is I can't believe I got into bed with him. Kevin and I never wanted to do that with our kids and now I'm afraid I've started something and it's going to be a bitch to get out of. I know I've only done it once and it was only for a few hours but that's all it takes for bad habits to start. Last night it was the only way for us to get some sleep and it turns out that when I got in bed with owen it was time for Kevin to get up for the day anyway (which I feel horrible about). Second is I'm afraid that by having him sleep in our room and Meghan's room I've made him afraid to sleep in his room. As long as it's not windy I want him to sleep in his room and I'm hoping he'll be okay as long as he doesn't hear any noises. Someone is coming out tomorrow to give me an estimate on how much it will cost to fix the siding and I'm crossing my fingers it's reasonable and that they can come soon. |
| Saturday, December 1st, 2007 |
| 3:30 pm |
This was the first holiday that I spent with Kevin's family when I wasn't wishing I was with my family. It's only taken me 5 years to get used to sharing the holidays! His family is really great and very nice but every time I was with them I kept thinking about what I was missing with my family. My family used to get together so much and for no reason. Lately though it feels like I only see them for the holidays and I wasn't happy about not being able to see them. I've learned that family traditions evolve and slowly ours have started this process. My mom had Thanksgiving at her house this year and that's a first. My grandmother said she would have Christmas at her house but it might be the last time she'll do that. For two years now we've not had Thanksgiving at her house and we had Easter at my Aunt's instead of my Grandmother's. When we do Holiday's at aunts and uncles we can't stay the night because there's not enough room for everyone. I will say I'm looking forward to the day when the only trip we have to make for the holidays is to Louisville. When we get together with Kevin's family we drive to Louisville (5 hrs) then have to drive to Fort Wayne, IN (4 hrs). We end up being on the road for 4 of the 5 days of our holiday and pack and unpack a lot. When we get together with my family we drive to Louisville and then drive to Lebanon (1 hr). It's less time in the car but still the same amount of packing and unpacking. The dilemma we're going to have, possibly next year, is what to do about Christmas with the 4 of us. Since the kids are still young we've had Santa come early and they don't know the difference. Next year Owen might understand the concept of a calendar and I don't want to ruin things for him. This year he'll probably come on the 21st or 22nd. Growing up Santa came to our house on the 24th because we visited Dad's family on Christmas eve and mom's family Christmas day. Since we're 5 hours away from Louisville we pretty much loose a full day being on the road. We don't have enough time to do Christmas with both families if we wait until Christmas Eve or Christmas morning to have our Christmas. The years we travel to Fort Wayne there wouldn't be time to do anything with anybody! People have suggested taking the kids presents with us and let them have Christmas where ever we are but then we'd have to rent a trailer or something to get everything there and back. Not that we get the kids a bunch of stuff but we also have luggage and travel beds and what ever presents we get while out of town. It's probably going to come down to us deciding what WE want to do and then everyone else dealing with our decision. |
| Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 |
| 1:20 pm |
Owen and the dentist
This morning was one of the most stressful and emotional mornings I've ever had. Owen has been going to the dentist since he was 18 months old, so he's been at least 3 times before today. He had no problem going back to the room and sitting on the table/chair thing. The nurse had puzzles for him to play with until the dentist came in. Meghan was in tow as well. Once the dentist walked in all hell broke loose. Owen jumped up on the chair and onto my lap screaming. I had one arm around him and one arm around Meghan to make sure she didn't fall off the table. The nurse eventually got him off my lap but then he lunged for me again and got my hair and started pulling it to get back on my lap. Meanwhile Meghan looked terrified. The dentist asked if I wanted to leave the room so Meghan didn't get even more scared. She hasn't had her teeth looked at yet and because Owen freaked out there's a good chance she's going to remember that at her first visit. So I had to make a decision that tore me up inside. Leave my scared boy alone with the dentist or have my little girl traumatized. So I left the room hoping that Meghan will be okay for her future visits and I thought I was going to break down in sobs. Owen eventually did calm down and I think that if I had stayed in the room he would not have calmed down. I just hope he still trusts me and knows that I'll be there for him. The word I've been trying to think of is abandoned. I hope he didn't feel like I abandoned him or that I'll do it again in a different circumstance. Since he did so well for the nurse maybe next time I'll try sending him back by himself if they feel he's old enough. He's growing up too fast! |
| Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 |
| 9:15 pm |
I think Meghan has a shoe obsession. I bought her a pair of black mary janes the other day and it was all of a sudden that she noticed her shoes. She brings me a pair in the morning for me to put on her feet. I hear her saying 'shoes, shoes, shoes' until they are on her feet. 15 minutes later she has chosen a different pair, until we've gone through all 3 pairs. She gets very upset when it's time to take them off. When she gets upset about something she yells instead of crying. Sometimes she'll cry but lately she'll let out a short yell 2 or 3 times until she feels her point has been made. It's hilarious and hard not to laugh when she does it. Two new words in her vocabulary are 'no, no' and 'mine'. Normally she only says 'no, no' at mealtimes and she only says 'mine' when she's looking at her board books. I'm just now able to read her short books and I'm surprised she knows as much as she does. If I ask her to find such and such, about 85% of the time she will point to it. I've been worried about how much she is learning because I don't get much time to sit with her and point things out. It also doesn't help that she won't sit with me for long. In this regard she is completely opposite from owen. He would sit for hours and let me read to him or point things out. To this day he is sooo observant. Owen loves to 'play' football and soccer. We throw the football to each other and he gets a little silly and doesn't catch the ball on purpose and laughs like it's the most hilarious thing that's ever happened. Soccer is more serious. He has fun kicking the ball and laughs the whole time we're playing but he's serious and wants to know how to do it better. Right now the two of them fight like cats and dogs. They want what the other one has but won't share, so it's a lot of pushing and pulling and taking things away. At first I was putting Owen in time-outs but that was happening so often I didn't want it to loose its effectiveness. Now I just take what was taken and give it back to the one it was taken from, but I feel by taking the toy away it just reinforces the idea that taking something from someone is okay. The next idea is to take the toy away that they are fighting over. I hope I have enough room somewhere else in the house to put all the toys that they fight over! I wonder if I will end up taking ALL the toys away, and if this happens I wonder what the kids will do in an empty playroom. When we put up the Christmas tree we have to put away a significant amount of toys to make room for the tree. The process will soon begin to figure out what toys will keep their attention for a month. I put away a few toys they like a while ago, so I'll get to bring those back out. |
| Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
| 3:48 pm |
The internet search for Christmas gift ideas didn't go so great. I had no idea where to look or what to look for. It seems like my lists get shorter and shorter every year. My parents hardly ever get anything off our lists but they still like for us to send them one. My in-laws always get things from our lists. We make two seperate lists so there are no duplicate gifts. We tried to make one list and ask the two families to communicate with one another but it was a disaster. Our parents communicated fine but brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles didn't communicate with our parents. Back to my point, I'm having a hard time coming up with enough things for two lists. I want to make sure to provide a variety of ideas but I don't want cd's and dvd's like I used to, so that cut chunks out of my list. The things on there now are probably more expensive than what people want to pay but it's all I can come up with. |
| 1:59 pm |
I went to the mall yesterday and noticed it must be Christmas. All the Christmas decorations are up and even santa's little village was all ready to go! Did i miss Thanksgiving?? I know, I know I should be used to this by now, but for some reason I was not prepared! I also saw the first Christmas commercial of the year and about choked! I'm ready now though. I bought the Fisher Price Little People Christmas album but told Owen we weren't going to listen to it until after Thanksgiving. We had to make our Christmas lists for my brother because he only has two weeks to shop before he has to go to work for a month. He's got a two week off two week on kind of job, but he's going to do 4 weeks in a row so he can come home for Christmas. So now I'm going to go idea searching on the wonderful web. |
| Friday, November 2nd, 2007 |
| 8:56 pm |
Halloween was great! Owen was really excited and Meghan loved walking around with Owen and Kevin. The past two nights as it has gotten darker owen has asked if it was time to go trick or treating! Tonight I got out the winter hats and mittens to see if we needed to get new ones. Both kids didn't have their clothes on because they got them dirty during dinner, but they were running around and dancing with winter hats and mittens. It was hilarious! Luckily I got it all on video. We're taking Owen to Lowe's tomorrow for the kids workshop. Our neighbors told us that their girls have been going for years and they love it. We'll see how it goes! I'm hoping he enjoys it. Then we're heading to our new Target!!!!! I've been several times but Kevin hasn't been yet. I've made a long list of things to buy! It's so silly I'm so excited about having a Target in our city, we also got a Kohl's, Dick's sporting goods, Starbucks and Old Navy. Christmas shopping will be so much more convienent now. |
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