Thankgiving Thursday: Turkey Day Edition!

Gobble Gobble!!! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! It's time for Thanksgiving Thursday, the Turkey Day edition! I am thankful for:

• My wonderful husband Scott! It's been a pretty rough year (hasn't it been for all it seems?) and through it all he has been the rock for us and by far has sacrificed the most for us. I love you and thank you for everything you have done!

• My kiddos! I am so thankful that they are healthy (minus the plague from a few weeks ago) happy and entertaining to say the least!
  

• My parents! To say I grew up lucky is an understatement. I had the best of everything growing up and still do. I am thankful for all the sacrifices you made so we could all have the best in life!

• Scott's parents! You guys are the best in laws I could ask for! I truly feel like a part of the family and I appreciate everything you have done for us over the years! I don't know if there are enough chocolate chips in the world to show you how thankful I am :)

• My brothers and sisters (including brother/sister in laws)! Even though you guys picked on me all the time (actually you still do...hmmm) I am so thankful to have all 5 of you in my life, you're the best siblings a gal could ask for!

• Great friends! I truly have some of the best friends around, you know the kind that would bail you out of jail at 3 in the morning, and the ones that would be right there with you going "God that was awesome!".
  

• A great business partner! Lani also falls into the previous friend category (I will not say which part of that category), and I am so lucky to have her as a part of Multiples and More! She is by far the more creative one and is always more willing to take a risk than I am. Without her I don't know where the site would be.

• The Wiggles, seriously! How else do you think I got all that stuff done yesterday??? ;)

From my family to yours have a very happy, healthy and joyous Thanksgiving!

Thankgiving Thursday

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Yes, it is finally Thursday! This week I am thankful for....

• Scott and the fact that I have gotten to sleep in pretty much every morning since he's been home.

• Scott not hitting my back to be funny :)

• All the support we have around us

• My kiddos having the craziest personalities that constantly have me laughing!

• The Wiggles. You are like crack to my children, and I am totally ok with that.

• My sunburn almost being gone.

• MoM's only day at the beach!
  

• The creepy guy telling me I was turning into a lobster, otherwise who knows how long we would have stayed in the water!

• Nicole sending over her new books, Scenarios for Girls "Truth or Dare" and "All that Glitters". I think it's awesome I got to be one of the firsts to read it and be able to write a review. Click HERE and HERE to preorder yours for your tweens!

• Being able to be apart of Multiples and More. It was definitely a thought I had for a while and without Lani, I don't know if it would have happened so quickly. You rock Lani :)

Play along with Nicole at What a trip! And be sure to check out our Shout Out of the Week on Multiples and More, she's from Chicago and HILARIOUS!

What chapter would I find that in?

We had another really chill day today. Scott was gone for most of the morning/early afternoon so it was nice (no offense) to have some time alone with the kiddos. I miss our routine and alone time (again, no offense Scott). So where was Scott you ask? Well he had to take the Criminal Justice Basic Abilities test today because he is in the running for a sponsorship with Orange County. This is something he has always wanted to do, but never pursued because he didn't want to take the pay cut. Now is the perfect time for him to follow through on his dream, and I couldn't be prouder of him (is it prouder or more proud?). He passed the test with a 96%, which in case it wasn't obvious, is an amazing score! He is actually being processed rather quickly, which is exciting. He also has an interview on Monday, so fingers/toes/eyes/any other appendage crossed!

After Scott got home we needed to do a quick Walmart run and the kiddos got a new DVD, The Wiggles Go Bananas. What's great about this DVD is that a portion of the proceeds go to UNICEF. And as an added bonus Kylie Minogue makes a special appearance as the Pink Wiggle.



So then, my graceful daughter, hit her head on God only knows what and has a giant...excuse me...GINORMOUS bump/knot on her head. I'm hoping it goes down quickly because it is smack dab in the middle of her forehead. She also started grinding her teeth today. Seriously that is nails on a chalkboard for me, I wanted to lose my mind! UHHH! Hopefully that doesn't continue.


Aaron was super whiny today. I think he's getting his remaining three molars, plus a couple more teeth all at once. This would explain the river of drool on his shirt and sheets. Oh his sheets are gross, I almost have to change them daily because of the drool, it is disgusting. I don't remember reading that chapter in What to Expect, I'm just saying.

So that's about it over here. Hope you had a great Wednesday!

Diamonds on the soles of her shoes...

Kids always have a certain type of music that they absolutely love and will stop everything they are doing to dance/sing a long. While I was pregnant Aaron loved heavy metal, mainly Metallica, mainly the song Enter Sandman (messed up, right?), Jill my free spirit on the other hand loved Sublime, mainly the song What I got (better than Enter Sandman at least). When they were newbies they loved listening to country station on the TV rather than listening to the classical music on their swings. Then we were over the country and became fans of nature sounds, that was great, I felt like I had to pee every five seconds, but they were happy. Then we were fans of Beatles (YES YES YES) lullabies. Now that they are toddlers anything from Sesame Street or the Wiggles will make them "break it down" if you will. But now, my lovely daughter, she has a fascination with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. For real! The love affair started with Sesame Street's 25th musical celebration....


I passed this little nugget onto my sister Cathy and she sent me this...


I had no sooner hit play and Jill saw Ladysmith Black Mambazo on my computer and was in my lap dancing along to the song. Maybe this means I have a highly cultured child?
And what's Aaron's favorite? Well he'll dance to Dave Matthews Band (YES YES YES), and he laughs when the Andrews Sisters come on, but other than that he is quite content with Sesame Street and the Wiggles.

Whoops gotta run, apparently a room full of toys isn't enough and they need to have a knock down drag out over the same toy!

Thanksgiving Thursday

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A lot to be thankful for this week, so here we go! This week I am thankful for....

• Having a great husband who took care of the kiddos while I was sick!

• Waking up this morning feeling a little closer to my old self. Maybe this has finally worked itself out?

• The construction project next door looking like it is near completion. I think they are nailing on the last shingles (yeah at 7 am, seriously).

• My friends son responded well to chemo. He has had 2 of the 10 sessions and is doing fantastic, please keep him in your prayers!

• Alka Seltzer cold medicine, you rock.

• All the well wishes while I was sick!

• All the hugs from my kiddos, even though now I think those hugs were probably not a great idea (Aaron is starting to cough).

• Mimi and PawPaw taking Morgan to the vet for us, even though it made Jill mad.

• Morgan being a gentle puppy and letting the kids pet her whenever they want.

• Skype! Lani and I had a video call yesterday (yeah we only live 10 minutes away) about work and it was awesome, now if my parents could figure it out that would be even better!

• Sesame Street and Wiggles DVD's. They were lifesavers this week!

• Great blog friends who are excellent sounding boards and are always there to lend a helping hand!
  

Hope you had a great week! Play along with Nicole at What a Trip!

Doing the shimmy shake...

Yesterday I came to the realization that not only do I need to watch what I say, I need to watch my gestures as well, especially with my little angel Jill. Now, it's not as bad as you think, there are no middle fingers or anything like that flying around here, but there are some arm crossing and hands on the hips going around. Jill's been crossing her arms a lot lately, which I do all the time mainly because I never know what to do with my arms, so this wasn't really shocking to see her do. The hands on the hips though, and when we are either frustrated or being sassy, that's the kicker. I can't believe she knows when to break that out. The fun has just begun, right? Aaron knows when to throw in a smile to get himself out of trouble (just like his Daddy). It's hard to be mad at him when he throws his head back, closes his eyes and puts on his biggest drooly smile (Scott too, I'm kidding).
I forgot to mention this over the weekend, but my sister Cathy and niece Lorren saw Disney/Pixar's "UP" over the weekend (said it was cute by the way) and told me that the one character reminded them of Scott. Ok, he doesn't just remind you of Scott, he is Scott, seriously! So we're sitting here talking about it and Scott tells me that he gave the head of Pixar a 4 hour train tour when he still worked at Disney, and I'm like "Oh my gosh did you two take a picture together!?" Well he can't remember, but seriously, the resemblance is scary! Where are the royalty checks Disney/Pixar???? Needless to say Scott has a Halloween costume this year!

The kids are still on their Wiggles kick too. I'm not going to lie I thought the DVD was super cute and couldn't imagine getting sick of it. Week 2 of The Wiggles "You make me feel like dancing" and I'm over it. I mean it's a cute DVD, they love it, the songs are cute and catchy of course, but man.... I find myself singing "One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one nod of the head, stand up, turn round, sit down keep moving" in my head and the most random times. It's actually on right now, and there they are dancing along and laughing, and here I am having a hard time typing this because I'm singing along. This is my favorite song on the DVD, seriously, I love it. I would so put it on my iPod in a heartbeat....



Nothing else new to report. My backyard is a savanna again so no playing in the yard today :( Hope you have a great day!