thanksgiving 08

Peekaboo! (on the dining room table)

Longest train ever

Reading with MaMere

Sweater by E

Mr. Man got an ouchie

A shot from my camera phone of the cool head wrap O got at the ER. He got 2 staples in the back of his head. He's doing great now. :) What a brave boy!

big plans.

The boys are obsessed with the toy magazines that are arriving in droves. T was in NYC a few days ago and picked up new fresh copies of the Toys R Us Big Toy Magazine Extravaganza!!!
Mr. Magoo, concentrating on his selections:

Mr. Man, "I WANT CAR!":

Still concentrating:

"THIS one!":

The boys made wish lists at daycare! They love looking at them and telling us about the things on them. When we ask them if they want it, they say, "Yeah."

This next picture is the view down our basement stairs. At first, I tried to stop them from throwing every. single. piece of newspaper down the stairs from the Sunday paper. But then I thought, "Well, at least they aren't biting each other." Then I left it for T to clean up. Heh heh.

Happy Birthday Bampa!

One more year until our joint 30/60 Surprise party that I know they are planning.

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eight

Kami tagged me like an eon ago. I am finally getting around to her "8 Things"!!!


8 Favorite TV Shows
1. LOST
2. The Office
3. House
4. ER
5. New Adventures of Old Christine
6. Intervention
7. Big Bang Theory
8. Survivor

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Mediterranean Breeze
2. Wendy's
3. Olive Garden
4. 4912 Thai
5. Chipotle
6. Bagel Cafe
7. Milwaukee Custard (that counts, right?)
8. Bonefish

8 Things that happened yesterday
1. Had my nightmare 6th grade class
2. Laughed my head off at 3rd grader with "Little Miss Fucking Sunshine" shirt (not in front of her, of course)
3. Took a nap on the couch before dinner (big mistake!)
4. Ate soup for lunch - first soup group of the year, woo hoo!
5. Heated up a Let's Dish meal for dinner
6. Watched House and Fringe.
7. Gave a horrible interpretation of a mime stuck in a box.
8. Sang a lot of toddler tunes at the top of my lungs in the car.

8 Things I look forward to
1. Thanksgiving.
2. Christmas.
3. Cuddling with the boys
4. Seeing family
5. June
6. Winter vacation
7. winning the lottery
8. When home prices go back up.

Things I love about Autumn
1. The beautiful colors
2. The rustic/ cold smell in the air
3. The chance that snow days could come soon.
4. Halloween
5. Cozy evenings with family
6. Excuses to give presents
7. Shopping
8. Crunchy leaves under my feet

8 Things on my wish list
1. Decrease stress.
2. Keep in better touch with friends
3. Finish graduate school
4. Keep the puke streak alive.
5. Healthy kids.
6. Try to find joy in my job.
7. Win the lottery.
8. Travel anywhere with my hubby.

8 People I tag
1. Batonya
2. Alisha
3. Sharnizzle
4. Erin
5. Lisa
6. Shannon
7. Dawn
8. Christy

i feel....

I've been MIA for a while - I went to North Carolina with a high school a cappella group I direct. It was.....an experience.......that was........interesting. A few things I learned:
-There is a Finlandian a cappella group named FORK.
-I am too old for this.
-Mini-buses can drive pretty darn fast.
-Comfort Inn Durham is not so nice.
-If you mask your criticisms of others by starting your statement with "I feel...." then that makes it OK. Hmph.

While I was gone, Owen cut his foot and Jamison took a trip the doggy ER. All is well though, and the boys won't stop asking where GaGa and PaPa are. It's the first thing they say when I pick them up at school. :)

oh so happy

Last night rocked. McCain's speech was fabulous, Obama's was inspiring, and I can't believe how far our country has come.

But what is with Michelle's dress? Yikes.

Miss Tuesday

Make sure you head over to JK's blog to check on little Tuesday's progress. It's amazing!

YES WE CAN!!!

My favorite Obama quotes:

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

" I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

"My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America - there's the United States of America.

"We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

"We're not going to baby sit a civil war.

"Why can't I just eat my waffle?

"I've got two daughters, nine years old and six years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby.

tee tee tee!

Here we are, getting ready to go "Tee-Tee-Tee-ing!" Check out our awesome bags from our friend Wilma!!! (Yes, our mother knows she has not sent an official thank you note. She sucks very much.)
Mr. Man, cheesin':

Magoo: "'sup?"

The first (and only) house! (We got too scared to visit anyone else)

"What's in this bag???":

We did enjoy walking down the sidewalk, though. Just don't show us any costumed kids or candy or we'll scream!

Of course, this year's pumpkin masterpiece: