Nov 19

Yummy Lunch and Temper Tantrums

My Mother-in-Law was going to be in town today, so I thought it would be nice to take her out to lunch. We decided to go out to Pizza Hut, they had a buffet, and Thade would definitely eat there. She came by at 10:30 a.m., and Dylan had just gone down for a nap. Normally Dylan sleeps a half hour to an hour tops, today he decided to snooze for about two hours.

Finally he was up at noon, and Thade was starving. I fed Dylan quickly, and we headed out the door. We get to the restaurant and Thade has a giant melt-down. He was starving, but didn’t want to eat, he didn’t want to sit, he did not want Mommy going to the buffet at all. He calmed down a bit once he saw that they had Pepperoni Pizza. We had a nice lunch, and I made sure to get seconds 😉

I got all caught up on all the good gossip, and we went through some Christmas present ideas too. All in all it was a pretty nice day. The weather cooperated too, it is 70 degrees in the middle of November. I love it!

Nov 19

Gas Prices and Holiday Travel

Last Friday while running errands, I noticed it was time to stop off and put gas in the car. I drove past a few gas stations, and hoped the I could put off the task until later. Gas prices were up to $3.14 here, and are set to rise even higher with Thanksgiving this week. Ouch!

I have (maybe) three trips to make this week. We are driving to my Sister-in-Law’s for Thanksgiving, and then maybe to my Brother’s for Thanksgiving evening. I also have a day off planned (out of town 20 minute drive) on Friday. This is going to be one expensive week in the gas tank.

How are the gas prices in your area? Has the rise in gas prices changed your holiday plans?

Nov 18

Talking Christmas with My Toddler

Christmas seems to be everywhere. Locally it started at Walgreens and Wal-Mart before Halloween was over. Last week downtown was completely decorated. Snow may be on the way by Thanksgiving, and Thade is pretty sure that it is Christmas now.

We still have a little while before Christmas, and I know he is getting anxious. We sat down last week to talk about the upcoming holidays.  I asked him “what do you like about Christmas?” Thade quickly replied “snow, I love to walk on it, and listen to it crunch.” I thought how sweet, and then he said “and we are going to get a Playstation 3”. Snow maybe, Playstation 3 I don’t think so.

What are some of your favorite things about Christmas? Do you have any family traditions for the Holidays?

Nov 18

Dear Camera Please Talk to the Computer

I’m having a heck of a time getting pictures to load on to my laptop this morning. So camera please talk to the laptop and load already 😉

Last night went so much better. Dylan seems to be feeling pretty good, and yesterday he sat up all by himself without any assistance. He was pretty happy about that, and me too. I know any day now he will be up and crawling. Then again he will be up and crawling, and into EVERYTHING…

I’m feeling much better today too, the evil headache has left my noggin. I’ll be doing lots of cleaning up around the house today as Thade has turned every square inch of the downstairs into a toy box, and I’m sick of stepping on Lightning McQueen. As always the dishes and laundry need to be done too, and the trash needs taken out. Better grab another cup of coffee and get to it.

Nov 18

A Little Bit Accomplished

The day is drawing to a close, and I was ready to call it a day at noon. Both of the boys are still awake, so we are hanging out downstairs and watching cartoons. I ended up taking a second round of my migraine medicine, and it seemed to do the trick.

I did get a few things done around the house while Dylan took a long nap. I washed and folded three loads of laundry, but I didn’t get them put away. I changed everybody’s sheets, and stocked all of the diapers and pull-ups upstairs. I got a pretty good amount of the dishes washed tonight, and I got out of cooking too. James and Thade requested Pizza Hut, and with a giant headache, I couldn’t say no. We even have enough left-over for a super easy lunch tomorrow.

I hope to get the rest of the dishes and laundry finished tomorrow, but I always say that 😉