What the Wednesday!

Jarom's youngest brother moved in with us

He's a great kid and my kids love having a live-in jungle gym

Now I have a slight idea of what it's like to have a teenage son

And how much they eat!

Every time I look in the fridge, we're out of something

But he cleaned out my workout room

And takes out the trash

And did my dishes

So I guess he can stay

Thanksgiving is tomorrow

Pie cookin' day is today!

Oh, how I love Thanksgiving

Last week, Cannon and Jarom watched

How it's Made

It was about sardines.  gross.

Cannon was obsessed and talked sardines all week long

So when I made our grocery list and I asked him what snack he wanted

Of course, he said "SARDINES"

I wrote it down but hoped he would forget when we got there

Oh no

He saw them on the aisle with the mustard and pickles

A can was only $.75 so I let him carry it through the store

Anytime he could get someones attention

He would go into great detail about how sardines are caught and packaged

He would talk about how he couldn't wait to get home and eat them

So that night, Jarom opened them up

And the smell alone sent Cannon running out of the room

"EWWWWWW!"  He screamed

And he hasn't spoken of them since...




Meanwhile on that same shopping trip
I had a couple bunches of kale in my cart
And I didn't notice for a little while
But Hazel scarfed down two whole kale leaves
Like they were made out of candy
That's what you get when you have a child who can't eat anything!

I'm running a turkey trot tomorrow

It's a good think I haven't run the entire month of November

Heaven help me!

I'm thankful for scarves

I'm thankful for my van

(never thought I'd say that)

I'm thankful for naps

I'm thankful for you

Have a thankful Wednesday!

What the Wednesday!

Tuesdays are officially dubbed my most dreaded day of the week

Why?

It's shopping day

Hazel refuses to keep her boots on 

I lose Cannon at least once an hour

They whine, they cry, they bother each other

Yesterday it was Good Earth, Costco and Walmart

By the end of it my face was red, I was flustered, disheveled, ornery

I just can't win

It's time to look at my week and see when I can possibly go shopping without them

Grrrr...

 Piano music has made a huge difference in my house

It calms us all down and makes our mornings go so smoothly

Okay, sometimes I get sick of it

But my taste in music is that of a 13 year old girl most of the time

Try the Jon Schmidt station on Pandora

So,

Jarom got called into the bishopric on Sunday

He'll be over the youth which he loves

I have mixed emotions about the whole thing

I'll actually see him more often on Sundays which is great

And I love the men and their families that will be serving with him

Plus, the bishop is awesome!

I just feel so very inadequate

It will be good

I just realize I have a lot of growing up to do

Starting with complaining less

And not yelling at my kids as much

And wearing pants more often

That's for you, Kendra ;)

Got these at Costco yesterday

(sorry I can't find a better link than that)

I can't describe how yummy they are

Just buy them, please

The way Hazel says pumpkin

Makes my insides turn into soft, whipped fluff

Po'nkin

Speaking of pumpkins

I think I'm going to try out 3 or 4 different vegan pumpkin pie recipes 

In preparation for Thanksgiving

I've got to get it just right

Hazel best be prepared to enjoy herself some pumpkin pie

I'm a Thanksgiving-ist

Just so you know where I stand on the ever-polarizing 

Thanksgiving comes after Halloween issue

Thanksgiving is a holiday, too

And it's certainly one of my favorites

I could do without the football

But other than that, it's just perfect

I don't think we'll be making a tofu turkey, though

Just FYI

Jarom rented a carpet cleaner and cleaned my carpets on Saturday

It's amazing how good they look

He's a keeper

Have a refreshing Wednesday!

A Few Favorites

My sweet friend, Mandi, did a great job this year.  We threw together this photo shoot in about 24 hours and I'm so glad we did.  I was kind of planning on just not having our photos done this year because we were running out of time and I couldn't imagine putting outfits together.  It's a very daunting task.  I put these outfits together the morning of our shoot and I borrowed about 75% of my outfit from Mandi's oldest daughter.  The dress is mine and that's it.  I desperately need some cute boots, though.  Just FYI.  Without further ado...

This is Halloween

Cannon all ready for his preschool party

 

He's the "fastest motorcycle rider in the earth" just in case you're wondering.

And we didn't have to purchase anything for his costume.  It was all in his closet for riding his little quad.  Score!

And my pretty little Belle

Together all ready to trick-or-treating

Yes, she's wearing mascara.  I felt kind of weird about putting it on her - like a toddlers and tiaras mom.  But, seriously.  Check out those lashes. 

Oh, man.  What a great year!  They were both so excited about Halloween.  Hazel loved knocking on the doors and seeing the people all dressed up.  She was a little scaredy-cat at some doors and would repeat "I won't be scared" over and over as a positive affirmation while clinging to me whenever she saw something that was even slightly alarming.  Cannon was a total professional.  He would say "trick-or-treat" at each door followed by "Happy Halloween" as he walked back to the sidewalk.  They loved carving "po'nkins", visiting the pumpkin patch, seeing the farm, the hayride and going to see the pirate ship (a family in our neighborhood builds a whole pirate ship in their front yard and fries donuts and makes rootbeer on Halloween night).  So fun!  Halloween hasn't ever been my favorite holiday but I like it much better now that I can do fun stuff with my kids.  I hope you had a great Halloween!