THANKFUL THURSDAYS

THIS GIRL LOVES TO EAT....ALL THE KIDDOS DO EXCEPT FOR MADDOX..WELL, HE ACTUALLY LIKES TO EAT BUT IS SUPER PICKY AND PRETTY MUCH JUST LOVES CHICKEN NUGGETS AND SOME ROMAN NOODLES..AND YES, MY KIDS DO WEAR CLOTHES...I PROMISE..THIS WAS TUESDAY NIGHT RIGHT AFTER LONDON GOT HOME FROM TAKING HER BALLET CLASS AND WE ALREADY HAD DINNER READY SO.... SHE TOOK OFF HER BALLET GEAR AND STARTED CHOWING DOWN....BUT NO ONES FOOD IS BETTER THAN WHAT MOMMY AND DADDY ARE EATING...THEY WANTED SPAGHETTI...AND ..SCOTT AND I DECIDED TO EAT LEFT OVERS FROM OUR OLIVE GARDEN DATE NIGHT BEFORE THEY WENT BAD...WELL WHEN I SET DOWN TO EAT..TWO LIL' MUNCHKINS WANTED TO TRY SOME "FET-E-CHING-E"....

AND SOMEONE REALLY LOVED IT..SHE KEPT LAUGHING BECAUSE IN HER EYES, EACH NOODLE LOOKED LIKE A SNAKE :)

OOPS....YOU MISSED!

UMMMMMMMMM..."FET-E-CHING-E" IS SOOOO GOOD!! IS ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE OBSESSED WITH THE CUTE LIL' FACES YOUR KIDS MAKE WHEN THEY DO THINGS? BECAUSE I SURE AM!!

I GOT TWO PACKAGES IN THE MAIL THIS WEEK...I'M ALWAYS A HAPPY CAMPER WHEN PACKAGES ARRIVE....SINCE THE TWINS WERE BORN, I FIND MYSELF SHOPPING MORE AND MORE ONLINE..I DON'T REALLY THINK I STARTED DOING IT AS A "SAVE TIME" THING..BUT MORE SO I JUST STARTED READING BLOGS AND SEEING SUGGESTIONS BY OTHER PEOPLE ON BLOGS AND FACEBOOK ...WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT WAY TO FIND SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T FIND AROUND WHERE WE LIVE...THE FIRST THING THAT ARRIVED WERE THE CUTEST LIL' OWLS EVER!!!!

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THESE ROTTEN OWLS WILL END UP..THEY FIRST STARTED OUT ON MY FAVORITE PIECE OF FURNITURE IN OUR HOUSE....WHICH HAPPENS TO BE CLOSE TO THE COLOR OF THE YELLOW OWL..BUT THEN I FELT LIKE THEY BLENDED IN TOO MUCH..SO FOR NOW THEY  PERCH ON MY KITCHEN COUNTER RIGHT BESIDE THE SINK...THEY MAKE ME HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!! I FOUND THEM THRU READING A BLOG I FOLLOW...THE GIRL MENTIONED THIS CUTE STORE CALLED "WHIMSY WHOO" IN SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS...AND I WENT AND "LIKED" THEM ON FACEBOOK AND STARTED LOOKING THRU ALL HER GREAT THINGS..THE OWLS WERE MY FAVORITE AND KRISTEN (THE STORES OWNER) WAS SOOOO NICE TO WORK WITH..MY OWLS ARRIVED SAFE AND SOUND!! I'LL DEFINITELY SHOP WITH HER AGAIN :)

THIS WAS IN MY SECOND PACKAGE...I HAVE A LOVE FOR HATS..EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WEAR THEM THAT OFTEN, I LOVE A HAT!!! WE WERE IN SCOTT'S FAVORITE STORE, BUCKLE, OVER THE WEEKEND AND A SALES CLERK HAD ON THIS HAT..SOOOOO STINKIN' CUTE.. I LOVE LEOPARD (IT LOOKS LIKE KAH-KAH ON MY BODY..SO I DON'T WEAR IT....BUT I STILL LOVE IT) SO I FIGURED I COULD POSSIBLY PULL OFF THE HAT...AND I LOVE ANYTHING SPARKLEY AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE ANYTHING WITH A CROSS OR LE FLEUR ON IT...SO THE MANAGER, JARRAD..WHO HAS WAITED ON US THE PAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES WE HAVE SHOPPED THEIR SPECIAL ORDERED ME ONE AND MY M-I-L DROPPED IT OFF TO ME LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE BROUGHT MADO HOME FROM CHURCH...NOT MUCH GOING ON THIS WEEK..BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO A BUSY WEEKEND...FRIDAY NIGHT WE HAVE A FALL FESTIVAL AT MADDOX AND SAYLOR'S SCHOOL..IT IS SOOO FUN..THE KIDS GET TO PLAY GAMES IN EACH CLASSROOM AND OUTSIDE.....AND THIS YEAR SCOTT IS IN THE DUNKING BOOTH...FUN FUN FUN.......BUT THE BEST PART IS THE WHOLE GYM IS SET UP FOR A SILENT AUCTION AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE GREAT THINGS TO BID ON..LAST YEAR WE WON AN OLD SCHOOL DESK...THEN ON SATURDAY WE HAVE A FAMILY REUNION ON MY MOM'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND THEN SUNDAY IS LEGO FEST....SO LOTS OF PICTURES TO BLOG ABOUT...HAPPY WEEKEND!!!