Nothing much really...just life in general...so I'll keep this short so as not to bore you ;)
It is almost Thanksgiving and creeping up on my deadline that I gave myself for Christmas shopping. Every year I say I am going to get it done early and every year I am going out the week or days before and rushing...this year I said December 1. And its gonna be close! I think I've got the majority of the shopping done...at least for our family. The stuff for my parents etc. I figured the kids can help, they will like that, and it doesn't matter if they see it. There are a couple of things left I need to get for Dustin and myself ( I have to play Santa EVERY year) but I think I am about done. And I even have alot of the baking grocery shopping done. Not to brag...but I am pretty proud of my usual disorganized and procrastinating self!
I am also trying to get ahead on a few projects that I'm working on for Christmas and just in general. I will post pics when I am done so I wouldn't hold your breath! LOL! I am working on corduroy blankets for the kids. I have 1 down...2 to go and Gracie's I've decided to go completely creative and I'm a little worried to tackle it so I am hiding this fear behind some other thins I'm working on. Like the cutest bow holder EVER! Not kidding. Seriously. One of my favorite projects I have ever done. Made one for my niece and in the process of making one for Gracie. SOOOO CUTE! I often feel a little guilty that I make all these fun things for Gracie and I don't make anything for my boys. I am working on my crocheting , but really, its not so good, so maybe one day I'll make up for it. But its hard to make things for boys. I am really good at toilet paper horn and telescopes though!
Gracie had to go to the dentist, AGAIN! Seriously tired of that place. She had a cavity on her molar and a tooth coming up behind, so the dentist had to pull the baby one. And then she said "While we are at it, we'll pull the top one since its gonna go pretty soon." Good thing that other one is coming or she would have a really bad lisp going on. She does sound a little funny...but its cute and I can't believe she's lost 6 teeth already...crazy.
Brody has just about taken permanent residence on my bedroom floor. Every night he comes in and I make him sleep on a blanket in the corner. Yes. I know. I am an awful mother. But, I cannot sleep with the kids in my bed. Even with a king. Tried it, doesn't work. So if they want to sleep in there, they sleep on the floor. But it has gotten to the point where he is there EVERY morning when we wake up, so I've told him that if he wants to sleep on the top bunk (to which we have no mattress yet) he has to start sleeping in his own bed. Everyone has their own rooms and their own beds, so he needs to sleep there. And it has actually worked not to bad. The first night he came to me like 4 times but the last two nights he has stayed in bed. And last night, he came to me and I just told him to go back to bed, and he did! Bonus! So hopefully he'll get back into the habit of sleeping in his bed and then we'll get him a mattress for the top bunk.
Cooper is just cute. Plain and simple. He does have to do everything that Gracie and Brody do. For instance. Brody went into his room, comes out with a car and proceeds to drive it around the house on the walls. And 2 minutes later, here comes Cooper, with his car upside down, doing the same thing. Its so funny. And he loves to dance! Oh he loves to dance! He can't talk, but he will come up to you and babble away pointing at the DVD player or computer (where we play music) and then start to dance ad if you ask him if he wants to dance he gets all excited and babbles some more! And he can really boogie. I'm gonna have to get it on video because its pretty funny to watch him dance. He really likes 'I like to move it' from Madagascar 2. He's just a little Big person, at least he thinks he is. And he keeps us laughing with his antics.
Dustin just been busy at work. He's taking the kids to the hockey game tonight and they were pretty excited to get to go with just Dad. I am so grateful for my husband for the fact that he is such a great Father. He loves our children and even babysat them all day yesterday so I could go out and shop by myself. I love that man.
So that's what's news....almost thanksgiving for my American friends...almost December for my Canadian friends....I get to put up my tree in 7 days!
