Decorating For Christmas!!

Ok so first Friday aka black friday which now starts on Thursday which I think is ridiculous but we're poor so we'll do anything for a good deal, so we braved Walmart at 9pm and got what we needed...it was a joke, but a success all the same. Then we went over to Old Navy that opened at midnight but when it opened we noticed they could only let in so many people at a time(fire code) so we just went home and ordered what we wanted online...the selection on Tony's pants wasn't the best but it worked. Then we got a couple hours of sleep then at 3:30am we divided and conquered...Tony went to JC Penny to secure our snow globes and pick up a couple other good deals, while my mom and I went to Sears who had a coat for me(mine is 5 years old and just not cutting it anymore) I got a $150 coat for $30, the coat was on door buster for $40 and I had a $10 off coupon they let me use toward it as well! DEAL OF THE DAY!! Then Tony went to K-Mart but the line outside looked too daunting for him so he went home and got what we wanted online. After Sears my mom and I went to JC Penny for a lot of little things we wanted there. Then we went to Big Lots while Tony went to RC Willey for a $10 DVD player...which he got the 2nd to last one(thanks to me convincing him to stay and give it a shot despite a pretty long line) my mom got alot of good stuff for the Christmas party we're having at their house and stuff for her awesome family Christmas gifts! I just got some little things, then we went off to K-Mart. I found some really good deals there! Then we stopped by Madbrooks for breakfast and of course some delicious doughnuts!! My dad and Tony put a coat of paint on their ceiling and by like 6 we were all done in. Oh I nearly forgot Thursday night my mom and I went to Micheal's and scored big on things we wanted. Saturday Tony and my dad went to help my aunt who was having car trouble, and my mom, the kids and I went to Sears to exchange my coat which was the wrong size but it was all righted in the end. Then we went to Carter's as my mom wanted to get some onsies to get creative with and I got some great deals on some clothes for the kids. Then since we survived that without too much trouble we took Elizabeth to McDonalds to play at the play place. Then my parents watched the kids for us while we went to Desert Star's It's a Wonderful Life, which was soooooo good!! Very funny! Then my parent's brought the kids down and we put up our Christmas tree and decorated the house. Elizabeth had such a good time with it. And I have to say I'm so very thankful to be able to able to be a part of all the festivities this year! It was a great day!!

Thanksgiving!

We started Thanksgiving by looking through the Black Friday ads Tony kindly got up and got for us. We were able to get some of it done online right then which was nice. Elizabeth woke up and was super excited to watch the parade, which of course we did, and she was not disappointed! We enjoyed watching the parade, my favorite part was the Rockettes, and Elizabeth's was of course seeing Santa Clause! After the parade we all got dressed and ready for the fun day ahead. We went to my Aunt Julie's house for "the great Thanksgiving feast" as Elizabeth called it. It was great! Great food, great family, and a great time visiting!

Just Some Odds and Ends

I just wanted to post some pictures and videos taken over the past couple weeks. We put curlers in Elizabeth's hair for the first time and she did so good with it and it turned out adorable! Devin has been working on feeding himself with a spoon lately, usually I end up giving him his own spoon with just a little food on it while I feed him for real ;) There's a video of Devin picking up his puffs and feeding himself, which he's a pro at now. I took some more pictures of Elizabeth at her tumbling class. She absolutely LOVES it! She gets really excited every week for it, and she's getting really good at her front roll overs and back bend and is now working on a back flip over(she does of course have to be held up a bit for the back bend and flip) She's much better at listening and following instructions from the teacher which makes me very happy. I also FINALLY got a video of Elizabeth on her trike which she's got down pat and has for a few months but I just never got a good video of her riding it. Sadly she's getting too big for it, but we're solving that problem next Bunny Day(thanks to a great black friday sale) And that's about it! Enjoy!