Turkey for me, turkey for you, let's eat turkey in a big brown shoe

I'm getting up before 2am tomorrow to join Joanne and Kara tomorrow for Black Friday.

I have never done something crazy like this before, but it was their idea. I'm just along for the ride. I will for sure take photos of all the maniacs running each other down with walmart shopping carts.

But here's some pics of Thanksgiving, after my Turkey Trot of course.

Check out Baby R's cool H&M outfit. I saved it special for today. And yeah, those are skinny-fit pants with a big robot accessory on them. Awesomeness.

Kevin's aunts, uncles, cousins, grandfather, etc.

El Guapo!

baton wielding powder keg.

Everyone!

Baby Tuesday on Wednesday

I didn't forget.
Well I kind of forgot, and then I would remember. And then I would forget and now I'm posting this.

Thankfulness Homework Day 1

Mark said we had to write down one thing we're thankful for this week. One different thing per day. I think that means for 7 days.

So today, I'll do the obvious:

My babies.

I'm thankful that they are incredibly healthy, mentally and physically.
And thankful that they are pretty darn cute and loveable.

Even if I don't *really* pray at night. (by "really" I mean, focusing and making a real effort) I almost always thank God for my C & R.

(even if they drive me crazy ;) )

Baby Tuesday

My theme until the kids get into preschool is tiredness. Tiredness until January.

Baby R got sick and barfed at KidsPark and I didn't know my phone was on silent. So not only did I unknowingly bring a barfy kid to childcare, but I also didn't come and get him when he got sick.
I felt AWFUL about the whole thing. I took them some "apology cookies" this morning with a card to those women that had to take care of him.
I need to take them there tomorrow because I have a ton of projects I'm working on, but I'm kinda afraid of them giving me the look when I go in there. Maybe it'll be different people? Who knows.


After we bought our new fridge, we stood outside the store and there was this display with a real old Ford Fairlane behind the glass. Since it is her middle name, I made her stand next to it and take her pic.



Yes, the "l" is missing in the name, like it broke off.


Baby R had to get in on it too.


This is Kid C's pumpkin. She drew it out and Kevin cut it out.
I know I'm completely biases, but I was impressed with hers and Baby R's too.
But I felt like I would draw something like that on purpose to look "whimsical."
The scar on the head? So great.


Baby R's looked like something from Nightmare Before Christmas. I liked it alot too.


Kid C took these photos with the camera. It's like a tiny gallery showing of Mojito as her muse. The yawn one is actually a super awesome shot!











And the long awaited refrigerator serenade video. As the installers were putting our fridge in the kitchen, she sang to them in "spanish" which was just her making up gibberish, and a few Dora vocabulary words thrown in occasionally.

Baby Thursday

oopsie.

Tue and Wed were crazyville.


Today's still crazy, but I gotta put something up right?

Here's a collection of self portraits by the kids. Playing with "Photo Booth" on my laptop is one of their favorite games. I have hundred of Kid C's.





('sup, yo)










(peace out)






(this one is from a while back, I forgot to post it)

Sears Outlet is Da Bomb!

Here's the fridge we got, but we didn't pay NEAR that much crazy money for it!

I really wanted a Big Chill fridge, but they aren't practical at all. Boo.

Baby Tuesday

I'm really tired, here are just three for now:






(photo credits to the mommy of the angry little dinosaur and the very agreeable pink fairy)

not that I'm really qualified

I'm not an interior decorator, but I can try!

I made these in my campaign to save our tragic lobby.

You can plainly see the "before", which is in fact the present.

Baby Tuesday on Wednesday

Okay, it happened again. I think this means truly I am too busy.

Will I stop? Not anytime soon.

Mostly in reverse order, as usual.

Kid B getting ready for her Halloween party, as a pirate by her pirate mommy.

Baby R and Kevin milling about as the party begins.

All the kids at the Halloween party watching the pinata action.

Cute little babies.

I'm not usually a let-me-hold-your-baby kind of girl. But Baby L was so gosh darn cute I had to hold her.

The pirate showing the princess the jump house.

The pirate and the princess again, they're a year apart, but look how tall Kid C is!

Pirate's booty! (okay, I know, narf.)

Give it hell, my little prince!

They had this sort of community pumpkin, er, thing downtown a couple of weeks ago. I mean, what else are we doing with two kids on a Saturday? Not much.

Kid C is stoked about her firefighter stickers, handed out by real firemen.

I love this outfit of hers. If she wanted to wear it everyday, I might just let her.

A couple of weeks ago, a neighbor's fence caught on fire, and you would have thought the whole block was burning down by the number of firefighters on the scene. Holy moley there were a TON! I woke up Baby R out of his nap so he could watch them (I don't remember where Kid C was, maybe at school?).

We walked out to the sidewalk and a firefighter, in his full ensemble came over and handed Baby R a firefighter badge sticker. He was so smitten, it was a top ten cute moment.

Orchard Valley Coffee is the alt-coffee house 'round these parts. The free wi-fi and multitude of seating makes it super popular with pretty much everybody. It's not that stylish, and it's not that tasty, but wifi and seating, that's all we want apparently.

We sat and drank some chocolate milk before the used bookstore opened. They were, of course, spaz-tastic from all that sugar and chocolate afterwards. And there was slight mayhem in the bookstore when we finally got in there. Oh well, we traded some books and called it even.