We Are THANKFUL For Mervyn's Going Out of Business...& Many Other Things

We just wanted to thank Mervyn's for going out of business. All of their toys were super cheap and so Grandma Tammy bought all of their airplanes (only $1.39 each) for her house and let Cody keep two of them at his house. Cody was wheelin' and dealin' Grandma to keep more of them but Grandma stayed strong. I don't know how she did it. He was being pretty cute about it. As she was leaving our house he made sure she zipped up her purse in order to keep her airplanes warm on the ride home. He didn't let go of them the whole day and the only reason he let go of them that night was because we let him keep them by his bed. That night in his "Cody prayers" the airplanes were the only thing that got blessed. This kid is in love.

I didn't even plan it but I realized that our little Thanksgiving "Give Thanks" sign in the picture goes perfect for this week. I'm just assuming here, but I am pretty sure that Cody is grateful for his airplanes.

Happy Thanksgiving to You!

DoUBLe the pLeASuRe, dOUbLe the FUn

This week I am excited to announce that I now own my very own gently used Jeep Twin Stroller (from Craigslist for 1/2 the price!). The kids and I tried it out yesterday and no one was screaming during the entire trip to Michaels and back. Now that is worth $45, wouldn't you say? This stroller is awesome if anyone is in the market. I wanted one that was lightweight and one where the kids could ride side by side. This one is perfect. Now all we need is some more warm weather so that we can keep our newly found freedom when Steve takes the car for the day.

Halloween Leftovers

These are our apple witches we carved at the beginning of October. It has become a little tradition for our family. From left to right: Cody's, Steve's, Tiffany's. Kylee will have to wait until next year to join in. I am sure you are all going to want to copy our tradition of carving produce and then letting it rot for a month...tempting, isn't it?

Here is Kylee in her Halloween costume. Thanks to Aunt Gwen for her connections with the costumes.

Kylee is a Sugar Baby!!

Here is my pumpkin all lit up. I cheated and used a template this year. Steve and I have always been morally against carving templates, but if you knew what my pumpkin looked like last year you would be really glad that I cheated. I know I am.

Here is Steve's cheater cheater pumpkin. Looks awesome, huh?

I am so excited for the holiday season. Yahoo. Halloween has me all primed and excited for more holiday treats. Spending time with family is OK too  :)

How is everyone doing with their Christmas shopping?

Cody in Kylee's Clothes

Where did this kid come from? Sometimes he is such a crack up.  One night, when we were getting ready for bed, Cody decided to try on Kylee's clothes before putting on his pajamas. He has a long-sleeve onesie on and Kylee's jeans (backwards). On his hands and feet he is wearing his own socks. I think it is pretty funny that both of my children can wear the same jeans. And we don't even need to guess what side of the family he gets his weirdness from. All I know is he doesn't have my name for his middle name. :)

Halloween Partying

Steve's Spongebob pumpkin

Tif's spiderweb pumpkin

Cody was a turtle

Steve makes a cute baby

Tif is so heavy she's breaking her mother's back :)

Kylee was a bag of Sugar Babies. A picture of her to come.

Hope you had a Happy Halloween!

Grandpa Airplane

Grandma Tammy took Cody with her the other day to pick up Grandpa Airplane from the airport. Grandpa got permission to take Cody inside an airplane. Before Grandma came to pick up Cody he talked about going to the airport all day. He kept saying that Grandma would pick him up, Grandpa would take him inside the airplane, and he'd smile and Grandma would take his picture. We didn't think he would be able to actually get into the airplane, but Grandpa worked his magic. So it all happened just like Cody said it would. 

Gardner Village

We went to Gardner Village with Steve's cousin, Kori, and her two kids McKenzie and Carson. They put up tons of lifesize witches all around the grounds and so we did a little scavenger hunt to see if we could find all of the witches. The kids had fun together. We like hanging out with the Crookstons! Congratulations to them--they just had a new baby girl this week!