Photos for Friday

Caught being naughty, and nice...

Nice...

Naughty...
Nice...


Naughty...

You make the call Santa.

Thirteen Thoughts for Thursday

1. With only one week until Thanksgiving, I am getting a bit nervous. I'm cooking! My poor family! Nah, it should be fine. I got the Rachel Ray magazine, and have already planned the menu in detail.

2. Did I forget to mention that last time a cooked a turkey it took me, Mike, & the new Mrs. Stevenson 10 minutes to figure out which side was the breast side? That turkey turned out fantastic!

3. I am way too excited about picking our my holiday wrapping paper and gift tags! This is a big deal people!!

4. We are getting our holiday photos taken this Sunday. Prayers for no incidents like our Santa experience!

5. The holidays bring out the OCD in me, I have lists like you would not believe...

6. That kid still hasn't crawled out of her crib, AMAZING!

7. I used to call Children's Place my baby clothes Mecca, but I'm so over it now. Nothing fits! It's all short & boxy, and C&P are long & lean. Well, Paige is long & lean and Cam is just lean. We are liking Old Navy & Gymboree!

8. I'm ready for C&P's birthday & Christmas...I'm so over the toys they have now. I think they are getting bored of them too!

9. This whole 5 o'clock getting dark thing is already old! No more evening walks :(

10. To the lady at Kohl's that asked the cashier to silence the "alarms"...and alarms being my whining children, SHOVE IT!

11. I really thought that I could buy Cam a Christmas gift with him there, he's not even two after all! Well, I was wrong. The second he saw Toy Story Mr. Potato Head he FREAKED! I still don't think the lady at Kohl's could have just kept her mouth shut.

12. Still thinking about how I could possibly ruin Thanksgiving, because ya know, I'm cooking! It will be fine, right?

13. 31 days until C&P turn TWO!!! Need more coffee.

Seeing Double

Last week was our favorite day of the week/month...Lyda/Seyler Family Fun Day! We started with a bounce zone experience, and then followed it with lunch at Nana's!...errr Fridays.

Paige ate her weight in honey mustard.

The coolest families around!

Could her pig tails get any cuter?

Santa or Bust

I really thought we would have had good luck with Santa, but sad to say THAT WAS NOT THE CASE! C&P had quite the Santa encounter when we took them earlier in the week. We thought since it was a weekday we would have a short wait & could kind of take our time. Well, we did have a short wait...about 15-20 minutes...but we were 3rd in line! The Woodfield Santa display is very pretty. Before you go see Santa you walk through a "snow globe"...GREAT, now we look like we have dandruff! Next was a cozy bench where they take a family photo....and here's where we lost C&P. The bench was meant to look like ice, and it was cold. Toddlers don't want to sit on a block of ice!! They then made us wait a moment before stepping up to see Santa...this just gives toddlers time to evaluate the situation. Santa looks creepy to a toddler, so they don't want to go up to him & smile for a photo! Here's where I freak out on the "elves"....when parents actually get their TWO kids calmed down...TAKE THE PICTURE!!...even Santa had my back on this one.

Needless to say, we left without a photo, and a sour taste in all our mouths. The "elf" actually tried to sell me a $20 photo of Cam crying (hysterically) & Paige with a face like she was going to throw up...and I quote (said with enthusiasm), "This is the best photo!" Um, I am not paying $20 for a photo of Cam crying, I can take that photo at home for free any day of the week. "This is the best??"...that's kid of like saying this poop smells the best. Maybe we'll try again (but I won't be sad if we don't). I have no documentation of this "adventure," but it looked something like this...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

It's SANTA!!

Saturday we went celeb spotting at Woodfield...for SANTA! Well, really we went hunting for ugly sweaters for an upcoming party, but then we saw Santa. C&P know all about pumpkins, ghosts, monsters, & witches after an awesome Halloween season. Now it is time to teach them about all things Christmas. While strolling through the busiest mall in the world, we spotted Santa on the escalator & then again in the elevator while he was schmoozing with some kids. On the way home we taught them what Santa says, because every thing/ person/animal must say something. So, by the end of the weekend they figured out that...

1.) Santa wears red & works at the busiest mall in the world
2.) Santa says Ho Ho Ho
3.) Santa brings Toy, which he gets at Toys R Us (the place where Paige spilled an entire bagg of crackers & pretzels, awesome!).

FYI...Stay Away From Woodfield!

Leaf It Here

It was a windy one today! C&P had a busy little Sunday. First we hit up Toys R Us to do a little window shopping. They had a great time cruising around the store checking out all the great toys for 2011. High on their list were Mickey Mouse and "guys." Paige pretty much has an emotional breakdown when we pass anything Mickey, and Cam loves toys that come with "guys." Before we left we picked out a small toy for each of them, we're weak! For Paige, a $1.98 Mickey figurine...SCORE! For Cam, chunky GI Joe "guys." Cam wasn't thrilled with his purchase, and Mike wasn't thrilled that he wanted Mickey over Gi Joes. I believe the quote from Mike was, "Unbelievable!" Before the Bears game (Win!), we headed outside for some fall fun! With almost 50 MPH wind gust, I'm surprised we didn't see Dorthy & Toto! C&P had a blast sliding into a pile of leaves, and throwing leaves on each other.

Baby It's Cold Outside

Well, since it snowed for the first time today...and since our neighbors have turned on their Christmas lights and tree (really?), we might as well buy some winter coats! C&P were excited to put on their puff coats and hats, but were disappointed when they found out the only place they were going was to bed!

Can we say puppy-dog eyes?

Paige dancing around, trust me, she was dancing.

They did this on their own...Old Navy plug!

The laughter stopped when they found out it was bedtime, sorry!