Bargain shopper in training...

Brynlee has heard a lot of talk about the day after Thanksgiving sales over the past week. Yesterday I was clearing off the table and Brynlee climbed up on a chair to where she could see the ads on the end of the counter, she started looking at the one on top and said "Ohhh, look at this dolly, it's ONLY twenty dollars!" and she pointed at it(she couldn't really read it, she just made the price up, I think it was really $10). I was laughing so hard at her! I guess I didn't realize she was listening to me so much. I also have to laugh at her when she asks me for a coupon and uses it when she plays "store" and when I am looking through the weekly coupons she always asks, "Are there any good ones this week?"

Sad face

Maybe I am a mean mom, but I think it is so cute when Gracen is being all whiney and pulls out his sad face! I was out and Nate took this picture of Gracen after he sat in his drum and got stuck.He said he could have taken some better pictures, but the camera batteries died. Here are a few more, just so you get the full effect!

We were having a snack, he had been upset about something, but mostly over it. All I had to do was say "ohh" and give him a little sympathy and he would get going all over again. He'd start curling up his little lips and pull out his sad face, then seconds later he was fine.

He is just so cute, even when he is sad!

Here he is being happy, I really wasn't torturing him.

Playing in the Snow!

This morning we woke up to snow! I walked outside to to take Brynlee to school to also find that underneath the snow was a big sheet of ice. Got to love those midwest ice storms! Brynlee was so excited to get out her pink snowpants and princess snowboots and go out and play in it! This afternoon when the sun decided to show itself we bundled up and went out to play!

Gracen was a little top heavy in his coat and fell head first into the snow. When I heard him getting mad I looked over to see him bent at the waist with his head down on the ground, lucky for him he only got it on his hat and not his face!

This girl loves pink! She just ran around and played!

Very nice snow angel! She made lots of these!

I love this picture! Just look at those eyelashes!

Neither of them wanted to sit still for a picture, this is as good as it gets!

This picture is too cute! Heather and Kimberli joined us and Kimberli wasn't too sure of the snow and cold!

She's warming up to the idea as long as she can stay on the sidewalk! Gracen was having lots of issues with being top heavy, he's on his way down in this picture!

Yeah!! I finally got a smile out of her! She is looking very stylish in her snow outfit!

Mug Shot?

Nope...just Brynlee practicing her picture taking skills!

I was in the bathroom and heard the flash, I walked out and Brynlee was standing there holding the camera and said, "I took a picture of myself!" I waited for it to load, and this was what we got! Not too bad, at least she didn't cut her head off!

When I sat down to put it on the blog, she couldn't stop giggling about her picture and that everyone would see it! She is still giggling now, funny girl!

Trick or Treat?

We set out with some friends on Halloween night to take the kids out into the neighborhood behind our apartment to go trick or treating. As we walked down the street and into the neighborhood we were noticing that there weren't many kids out. We thought maybe we needed to get back into the neighborhood farther. We walked down another street and decided on a house to start at. We walked up, still no other trick or treaters in sight, and knocked. No answer, we were confused, it was Halloween after all! Earlier in the day we had even looked it up online to see what times and to be sure that we could go that night, we were wrong! We saw a couple going for a walk and Leanne walked over to them to ask about it and was told that the neighborhood did their trick or treating last Sunday the 26th. We were feeling a little tricked, but not too worry, the night still ended good. We just had to drive a couple miles into town and were able to have some great trick or treating success! I can only imagine what all the people from that neighborhood were thinking when they saw us walking around with our kids all dressed and ready to get some candy, ha ha!!

My beautiful Wendy, posing for the camera!

Peter Pan, dressed and ready to go! He even kept his hat on the whole time!

The whole gang!

Brynlee and Gracen loved it! Brynlee was so fun this year! I loved watching her get in to the whole thing from what to dress up as, to running up to houses and actually saying "trick or treat!"(she got tons of practice at preschool) Gracen enjoyed pulling candy out of bowls, as long as mom was right there with him! He loved being outside and really enjoyed his little pumpkin that he kept throwing around on the grass until it was time to go!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Gracen's birthday party

I just wanted to post a few pictures from Gracen's birthday party last Saturday. We celebrated with some friends and had a great time!

Happy Birthday!

Gracen's friends came to help celebrate!

(Josh is the little pumpkin hiding in the corner!)

Nate made this awesome airplane cake! It turned out great, Gracen really liked it!