We've Been Elfed

We were sent this link today, and had a lot of fun creating new videos. Hopefully this link will work...I tried to link it directly, but I don't know how. So....we''ll try it this way!
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9576460787

Enoy! Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm Thankful...Yes, truly Thankful!

My children are both in bed, (both of them have been sick this week, and Kaelyn was up all night last night.) I now have had a few moments to contemplate on Thankfulness, and these are my thoughts....

When it comes to being thankful there is so much for me to be,
I am surrounded by those who love me and have blessings all around me.
My children's laughter fills the air and I have a front row seat,
They share their hearts and love so freely, they make me feel complete.

I have a wonderful house where we can daily be,
But the house becomes our home when I'm with my family.
I have a job that I love touching lives one heart at a time,
Teaching little children makes me feel blessed and so alive.

I'm thankful for the greatest gift from God the Father above,
Who sent His Son to die for us, the ultimate gift of LOVE.
I love to hear my children pray and know that Jesus is near,
For Jesus lives inside of us when we ask Him to be here.

I'm thankful for the sunsets and the water all around.
I'm thankful for the roses and the trees so green and brown.
My friends are so important, I'm thankful for each one,
I'm thankful for their listening ears and time to spend in fun.

My heart wells up with Thanfulness when I can stop and think
Of all the blessings in my life, I think I'm on the brink
Of discovering the gift that each day brings to me.
To release the sadness,and the stress or frustrations that may be.

Each new day is a brand new day to experience joy and love.
I want to see each daily gift and know what it's made of.
So I'll take some time out of each day to stop and say, "come look!"
For blessings abound and I'm filled with joy. I'm Thankful for this time I took!

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm grateful.

Learning to Wink

While we were waiting to get the oil changed the other day my kids were trying to learn to wink. It was so funny! I think it's so interesting to think of the learning that happens in our lifetime. Tying shoes, blowing bubbles, and of course winking!

Off To Grandma's House!

My kids have been so excited to go to my mom's house! They have been counting down the days to Sunday. They will be there until Wednesday unless Grandma decides to bring them back on Tuesday:)
They packed their bags, and Kaelyn was so mad that we had to go to church this morning, because it was Sunday and she was going to Grandma's! She packed ALL of her underwear which mommy traded out for some pants and shirts.
Kathryn is excited to bake cookies...my mom lets them make the roll out kind with cut outs and sprinkles. I typically go for the drop cookies, so Grandma's cookies are fun for them to bake!
They have been so excited...until I went leave my mom's today. At that point Kathryn freaked out, and then proceded to cry that she wanted me for over an hour. I honestly can't remember the last time she cried when I left her...talk about heart wrenching. Well, she called me a few minutes ago to tell me she had eaten 3 bowls of mac and cheese, milk, applesauce, cereal, and carrots. Apparently she was Starving! Lesson learned. She''s back to her "happy to be at Grandma's house self!"

A Funny Memory From the Pumpkin Patch

I was just remembering something funny that happened at the pumpkin patch. I had taken a picture...but unfortunatley they are gone...so here goes the picture from my mind...

We were getting ready to leave and Kathryn needed to use the bathroom. There was a lovely green port a potty out in front. Kathryn headed over there, but then abruptly stopped. She looked at the side of the building and there was a No parking sign on the side. It was the kind with the P inside of a white circle with a slash through it.

She said, "Oh no mom. I can't go in there!" I said, "Why?"
She said, "Because look. It says there's no Pee allowed!"

It took a while to convince her that it was safe to use the bathroom, they just didn't want people to park next to it. Eventually I guess she believed me.

It was so cute! She is such a rule follower...so much like her mother at times. But it was definitely a cute story!

Halloween!

About five weeks ago, we found costumes on sale. Kathryn wanted to be Tinkerbell, and Kaelyn wanted to be Snow White. We came home tried the costumes on, and prepared for the day. Fast forward to the 30th. Kathryn is trying on her costume so that everything was ready for school the next day. She reported, I don't want to be Tinkerbell. I don't like this costume. Well, I could have argued the point, but instead I said, what do you want to be? Well, I think a butterfly. I processed that for a moment and decided, O.k. So she was a butterfly at school. (I got to go help at her party too which was a great treat!) That night, when we got home, we realized that she had left the leotard at day care...GREAT! Well, she was completely unphased and decided she would rather be a cheerleader anyway. So...here you have it, a cheerleader and Snow White! I guess Tink goes into the dress up box. We went trick or treating in the cul de sac, and then up to a fantastic carnival and trunk or treating at our church. We had a great time!

The Car is in the Garage!!!!!

Halloween, Pumpkins, and Carnivals Oh My!

We had such a busy week last week, I haven't had a chance to Blog. We had a gorgeous day here last Tuesday, so we headed to the pumpkin patch. Unfortunately, we have no pictures because the camera I borrowed, deleted them somehow...we haven't been able to figure it out. If we find them I'll post.

Anyway, there was a hilarious goat there that was up on a ramp on the top of a second story barn ledge. You could buy feed from a gumball machine, put it into a cup, and the goat knew to pull it up the pulley system and eat it. It was hilarious!

The kids each picked their pumpkins--Kathryn was searching for one as big as her, and Kaelyn was COMPLETELY amazed at the fact that there were green pumpkins in the patch. I really thought we might be going home with a green one, but she decided on an orange one at the end. I actually thought a green pumpkin would have been interesting!

The trip was topped off with HUGE ice cream cones from the little farm store.

The kids had a great time this year carving pumpkins. Kaelyn loved pulling the guts out, and I really think Kathryn's favorite part was coloring the parts of pumpkin that Tim cut out to make a face.