Weekend Recap

It's been a while since I've posted. Sorry about that. So Wednesday I spent the day making a lot of deviled eggs and even more rolls! Dylan didn't have school on Wednesday, so he was in the living room watching movies while I was in the kitchen. Ethan did whatever. He stayed mainly in the kitchen with me and left Dylan alone.
Thursday of course was Thanksgiving. It started out a little rough, because we were late leaving. On the way, the front brake started to stick on the car. It happens from time to time. Luckily we were almost to my Aunt's when it happened. Food was good and I ate way too much. It was a nice day all around and we got to see a lot of family that day. Ethan had a short nap on the way home. Both boys were in bed a little early that night.
Friday morning, I took Dylan to mom's so that he could spend some time with her. He was thrilled of course. He ended up staying 2 nights! The second night after Ryan came home, we ended up going out to eat. I was craving mexican food! Ethan ate well and was pretty good for the most part. Dylan came home on Sunday morning. He said he had fun. I don't think he was ready to come home actually. And you would think that the boys would get a long well after being apart for a whole weekend. Yeah not so much.
Today was back to normal. Dylan had school. Ethan and I got groceries. It has been raining for 2 days now. And I guess we have a whole other day of rain to go. Dylan was so excited to get back to school. We had to get Ethan a new car seat. He has outgrown his current seat with his height. He outgrew that car seat much sooner than Dylan did. I think Ethan is taller up top rather than in his legs. So I ordered one like Dylan has. It should be the last seat we have to boy for him because it will change as he grows. Why do car seats have to be so expensive?!
We don't have plans for the week ahead. I am itching to get the rest of my Christmas shopping behind me. But I am trying to wait until the things I want go on sale. Dylan needs another game for his leapfrog thingy. I know he is getting one for Christmas, so I guess I will get him another. He enjoys that game system, but doesn't play it all the time, which is great. Its nice for quiet time in the afternoons. It gives him the down time that we both need. I still don't know what to get for Ethan.I want to get him something that he will actually like. I just don't know what that is yet!

Giving Thanks

I saw this on another blog as apart of a link up. I'm not linking up, but I thought it was a nice idea, and I'm sure that they wouldn't mind me stealing this idea.

The ABCs of Thanks

A- Animals. We love our pets!
B- Babies ( ok..I stole this answer too..). Human babies, animal babies, all kinds. Look at a picture of a kitten or a puppy, and especially a newborn, and try not to smile, try not to be happy you got to experience that personally.
C-cold weather. I know that sounds weird, but without the colder weather, we wouldn't have a chance of snow on Christmas morning, and we certainly wouldn't be able to appreciate our summer months.
D-Dylan!
E- Ethan!
F-Family!
G-Grandparents. Our boys have awesome Grandparents, and I am so thankful for that.
H-home
I-internet..yes I am thankful I have internet access.
J-job...my old one that is. Without that old job, I wouldnt have met Ryan and all of this would not be happening right now!
K-kids
L-love
M-mom. I have a wonderful mom that I talk to nearly everyday.
N-naptime!
O-oceans. I love the ocean
P- pizza! I love pizza
Q-quietness. I need quietness at some point each day.
R-Ryan!
S-sleep
T-television
U- USA. We live in an awesome country.
V-Veterans. Thank you all for serving our great country.
W-white snow...Its pretty when its not causing traffic problems!
X-xtra leftover pizza. I know, I know, that was a stretch!
Y-yellow sun!
Z-ziplock bags! Oh, you know you are thankful for them too!

Knock Knock!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

I hope you all enjoy your day. I am thankful for so much. Especially my family. All of them!

Dylan

Just a quick post to show Dylan's school picture! I had to take a picture of the picture, so its not a great quality, but you get the point. It turned out a lot better than I thought it would. You never know what you will get with some of these school photos.

Sunday Weekend Review

I have been fighting a headache all weekend. It woke me up very very early on Saturday morning. I sat up for a while after I took some meds because it hurt so bad to lay down. I was so tired on Saturday. We didn't do anything that day. Really. Nothing. It was bad enough that I actually had to make dinner that night.
Today I got back to life. I had to make a batch of rolls to take to Dylan's school tomorrow for their Thanksgiving party. If you have been here on this blog for a while, you know that I have a go-to roll recipe. Here is my post about them if you are interested. They are big fluffy awesome rolls. But I knew that they would be way too big for preschoolers! So today, I made them like I normally do, only instead of 12, I halved that and made 24 (or so...). They still turned out nice and fluffy and bigger than I thought they would, haha! Here they are:

And I think I am going to do that for the Thanksgiving meals that I am making them for. With a big meal like Thanksgiving, we just don't need those big ol rolls. But they turned out so well, that's what I am going to do! The house smells wonderful right now too with that fresh baked bread smell. Makes me hungry for Thanksgiving!!!!

While the bread machine was making my dough, I got some stuff done that I had been neglecting. I haven't felt like doing much all week and things around here have suffered. So I quickly got some things straightened up and laundry going. And then I sat down and addressed my Christmas cards. I know I know, its early. But I wont send them out until December sometime. I just wanted to get that part done, so that I don't forget. I like sending out cards. I like receiving cards. I know that stamps are expensive, and I think that sending Christmas cards are becoming a thing of the past, and that is sad to me. If you send out cards, thank you for keeping up a nice tradition. Lets not lose that.

When I got some of my pictures printed from this month, I finally decided to print a big print of one of my vacation photos. I normally don't print any of my photos big, because I don't think they are good enough. But I went ahead and gave this one a shot. So here it is framed:

I know its not the best picture of the picture, and excuse the flash. But what do you think?

So now the kids are having quiet time. Ethan is sleeping, Dylan is in his room playing. It is cool and very cloudy out. I am going to sit and enjoy my quiet time.

Do you send Christmas cards?

I send them each year. I look forward to sending them and really look forward to receiving them. It is fun to display them and use them as decoration.
If you DO send cards, maybe you could add a couple extra cards to your list. Say to a soldier or 2 (or more)?
Here is an idea. Click to go to the Red Cross website for more information. There are some guidelines. They need to be postmarked by December 9th. That gives the Red Cross time to give a quick security check and then pass them on. Please sign your cards too! If you want to send quite a few cards, you can bundle them in a flat rate envelope or box. You don't need to individually send each card. So if you send out cards, just think about sending one on to a soldier and thanking them. Here is the address to the Red Cross:
Holiday Mail For Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

But please, I do encourage you to go to the Red Cross website to double check the guidelines to ensure that your card is received.

Videos!

Here are a couple videos I wanted to upload yesterday.
This first one is Chloe, playing with the laser pointer. You can't move it very fast or she will lose track of it. She isn't one of those dogs who will chase it all around the room. She cant keep up with it!

And here is a video of Ethan hollering for Dylan. He calls Dylan "Abba" and has for a while. He can say "D" words, but chooses to call Dylan something totally off the wall. No idea why.

I think I maybe getting the kids cold. I can't be sure, but my head hurts and so does my throat. That just started today. I really hope that I am not getting sick. It has also rained the last 2 days. And it has rained quite a bit. Because of all of this rain, there is a good chance that Ryan won't be with us on Thanksgiving, which makes me very sad. This fall has been a lonely season for me around here. There has been so much going on with him, and harvest keep dragging out because of rain off and on. It just plain sucks. I wanted him to be with us for Thanksgiving. And now there is a good chance he wont be able to. I mean, I totally understand that he needs to get it done, but it doesn't mean that I can't be sad about it. It has happened once before since we've been married.