Wednesday, November 25, 2009

My Blessings

























Eight for Dinner

Last night, I went out to finish my Thanksgiving Day dinner shopping. We always just celebrate with our family....me, hubby and the kids...which is plenty, I know there are some people who have dinner for eight people with relatives included. It's sort of funny that our eight is just our family.

Anyway - after I made my list of everything I needed, minus the turkey (which I got free from work - a 13 pounder) and the potatoes (I had gotten them on a previous trip), I ended up spending ------

Are you ready for this???

70 Dollars!!! For just eight people!!

And that was after I used the store discounts and coupons I had. Man, I'm thankful that I had the money to spend. I'm grateful that Rich thought it was crazy, but didn't really complain. And I'm thankful that I get to make a great dinner, albeit an expensive one. Can't wait to get started cooking and baking everything! I hope it's worth it!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Great Turkey Project















Ready To Go.....

I told Nathan that there was Story Hour this morning and that he needed to get ready to leave, so he ran to his room and dressed himself..........



......then I had to explain to him that it was way to cold to wear flip flops and shorts. He did a pretty good job otherwise though, don'cha ya think?

Monday, November 09, 2009

Being Eight is Great!!!


The Birthday Boy!!

The Cake (which I ended up breaking in half when I picked it up to move it - oh well, it still tasted yummy)

Card from All of Us to him

Card from Grandma and Pap Pap David

New toys

Looks like he likes it!

Opening presents

Yes, we're cheap, errr...I mean thrifty and green - we wrap the kids birthday presents in recycled newspaper.

Daddy putting it together

I don't think you're getting it back now Nicholas - looks like Dad has a new toy ~LOL!
Quite the *happy* birthday boy, isn't he??
Nicholas (with Anthony in the background) eating his birthday dinner - Pizza
Don't the twins look so thrilled ~ LOL!
Nathan showing me his balloon
Nicholas' birthday dinner ~ pizza and chips!
The decorations ~ He LOVES the color Orange!

Singing Happy Birthday

We must not sound so great, since he was more interested in playing than listening to us sing

Getting a "blowing" head start ~ LOL!
Time to play
Love New Toys
It's always nice to share with your little brother