Letters and Envelopes

I had a terrible, horrible cold this past week that literally had me shoving Kleenex up my nose just so I could have 2 mins without blowing it. On top of that I had a massive headache. So i didn't do much except lounge at home. That gave me time to scan all of our old love letters to each other since we met into the computer and compile them into book form. It's done and it's awesome. And it's "only" $310! I think I'll wait to see if prices go down a bit!

Selah's already vacuuming the kitchen :)

Each day (almost) in December, we've been opening "The Red Envelope" to see what activity or fun treat is written in there for that day.  Last Saturday, it was "build your own snowman breakfast"! The kids had a blast and mom & dad went against their usually healthy selves and let the kids have candy w their breakfast!  Other days so far have been sipping hot chocolate, eating a candy cane, & writing someone a letter.

Selah also thought she was pretty funny when she put her foot up on the table. Silly girl.

Thanksgiving wknd

Thanksgiving was spent this year at our good friends' house.  I knew the food was going to be yummy as soon as I stepped out of the van in their driveway, I could smell it! Reminded me of being up north at my grandma's and my aunt carol's house.  We brought over jello and I helped with the gravy, they did the rest. What a blessing!

We spent some of the weekend relaxing and some time reorganizing the entry way. For now it's a little less cluttered and makes for more air space making it feel bigger. We'll see how long we keep it like this before we change it again :)

On Friday, we didnt do any black Friday shopping but instead went into 360 cafe for free drinks and free erberts & gerberts subs! I love that place! Even all the kids got their own steamed milk with vanilla :)

We finally figured out what was causing the nasty burning smell when the ceiling fan or lights were turned on. (I noticed it quite awhile ago but had the switch taped down until we could figure it out.) Some part completely melted & cracked open!

We really wanted to watch football today but since we don't have tv, that's kind of s problem. Well we found our bunny ears antenna (that only has one full "ear") and tried to get it to work. No luck. So I had the idea of connecting 2 cords together so the antenna would reach outside. With a little fanageling of the wires, it worked! And we were able to watch the game! Patriots vs Packers & packers won :)

Birthday & office pic

Yesterday was my birthday and I got to hang out w Melissa! My mom had the 2 littles so I was free til school got out! I ran a couple errands, picked up my free coffee from 360 and met up w Melissa and her friend from out of state for some onion rings at the mall (of course!) & then lunch at mecican village! After school we headed out to moms to get the littles and have supper. She so kindly got all the stuff to make reubens! I was going to go to FPU w my dad but it wasn't done until 8pm and since 1) it's a school night and 2) Nathan and I go to bed at like 7:45pm, it was too late!! (4am comes quick!). It was a good day!! :)

The pic is before of the girls' room turned into an office for Nathan. I LOVE it!!! Now our bedroom is freed of all that clutter of the bookshelf, desk, smaller dresser, etc.  It's so nice!!

Girls downstairs

I moved the liytles kids playroom out to the big kid play room and the girls from upstairs to downstairs now that selah mostly sleeps through the night. In their room, we out Nathan's desk and the bookshelves and made a little office. So nice having all that stuff outta our room! When I told ariella that she would be sharing a bed with selah, she jumped up and down and thanked me over and over again, she was so excited.  There are 2 beds in that room buy selah has been sleeping in her pack n play so she is not used to a bed so I figured it would be nice for her to sleep w someone. It's actually the top bunk on the floor so it already has a built in rail, nice! So far so good and we haven't heard a peep!!

Selah has been pretty much running everywhere, it's so adorable to see her walk :) she still loves her bottle tho!

We went on a little date today for my bday coming up. We pretty much went grocery shopping the whole time...ya know.. also, Sam's club, cash wise...fun stuff like that. But it was nice to be able to do it without the kids.

We have recently decided to head down to Arkansas for cmas this year!! We havebt been there since caedmon was a baby and never gotten together with leah's family without other family with, so it'll be a good time that we are looking forward to!

Jaegs

What a silly boy. His smiles & antics are heartwarming. Best 2 yr old ever.
(Although he did cut his shirt again, the little stinker. Everytime he gets a pair of scissors, he cuts a hole in the middle of his shirt.)

Mops

I spoke at mops yesterday morning. My topic was about simplifying your home. Hard to fit all that in just a few mins but I did my best. According to some post I've seen on facebook, it motivated some people to start purging their stuff. So that's good!

Nathan finally went to work yesterday. He was home bc of the snow Mon and tues and then wed when he tried to go in, his car shut off on the interstate. We found our that it was bc it had so much snow packed up in his wheel wells and engine that it shut itself off before it did sny damage, which we were thankful fir. A good car wash solved the problem.

Caedmon brought home curious George for a school project. They had fun with him.

Snow day

Well yesterday it was nice out...no coats, tad windy but a nice fall day. Today...we have about 15 inches of snow and it's still coming down!  First snow of the season and it's a huge 3 day storm! School was canceled and Nathan made it home from show up and the chiropractor just in time to get stuck in our driveway. Once I got him shoveled out (I didn't want him shoveling, he just got adjusted!, but he ended up helping anyway), them I was over at the neighbors helping them with the same problem!

The kids had a blast playing outside, especially Tiernan. I stayed in & made some cinnamon rolls! They finally are knowing our driveway out & school is delayed til 10am start time as of now. Gotta love MN!