[ oh want fun it is to... ]

sooooooo...i've got to admit it's only been the second day of yoda, our 'elf on the shelf' & it's so much fun!! my boys are so excited especially when they go look for him & he's in a different place! the best time to move him is when we get in the car & i'll pretend to forget something & have to run back in... i do get a kick out of it & have caught myself doing a sneaky laugh!!

today was flynn's turn to open the star wars advent calendar ~ which he very excitedly reminded me of at 6am this morning...

i'm really not up on star wars at all... i remember when i told my husband the only star wars film i'd every seen was the new one... he face was the same one i pulled when i discovered our dog, lennon, had chewed up my drivers license...

i had no idea who the figure was behind door number 2 ... after some research i find it's nute gunray... of course!! he doesn't look very happy... probably similar to my look when i'm woken up really early. i definitely wouldn't want to be stuck in an elevator with him!

nute

the flynnster

[ december... december... ]

sooooooo... december is here already!!! so much excitement today ~ we started the STAR WARS advent calendar that the boy's wonderful godparents got them ~ VERY COOL!! & also YODA is back!! [ my elf on the shelf!! ] please read here

YODA!!!

STAR WARS ADVENT CALENDAR!!!!

[ HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! ]

sooooooo... i walked my son, oscar (6), to school ~ it was a lovely morning, a bit misty. My other son, flynn (4), trotted along happily with our old husky, lennon 11. lennon seemed really happy & enjoying the walk, his back legs seemed much better today, the arthritis not effecting him so much & i'm happy to say there were a few times that his tail even managed a curl, not seen that in a while.

oscar was asked to bring in a fruit today, to make a thanksgiving fruit salad with his class. we looked at all the fruit in the store & decided on a pineapple... then found a pineapple with 3 sprouty top bits instead of the usual one. so we had this pineapple in tow & i'd put in a brown paper shopping bag.

we reached school & said our goodbyes ~ i glanced behind me, as i walked away, to see oscar proudly showing off his pineapple to the kids in line, one of the handles had ripped off the bag & i knew it would only be a matter of time till that pineapple busted out!!

flynn & i continued home ~ the leaves seemed so much brighter today, beautiful colors as we high kicked through them... flynn asked me to carry his toy jet plane so he could hold my hand & he clung tight... i suddenly got butterflies in my stomach, the eve of a holiday my kids super excited, i was filled with childhood memories. we have a lot to be thankful for & i truly am.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all you wonderful friends & family x

flynn's center piece ~ gobble gobble

[ ...resolutions! ]

sooooooo...it's that time again to say goodbye to the old year & write a list of things that i'm going to attempt to keep hopefully longer than a week! i really don't know why i keep writing new years resolutions ~ i think i hope every year that this with be THE year that i'll keep at least one of them!!

so lets see:

i'm going to have the usual ones:

drink more water & take my vitamins...

drink less alcohol... is there any point in putting that on it's making me miserable & the new year hasn't started yet!!

make my kids eat more organic & or healthy foods... hopefully this will be more than me hiding jars of baby food vegetables in pasta sauce!

oh & try to put the washing away before it turns into mount rushmore, that way my socks might stay in pairs ~ i have no idea where half the socks go... all i can say is i'm thankful that humans only have 2 feet & we don't have to wear them in summer!

keep the house tidy.... mmmmmmmmm basically i'd like to be a domestic goddess

keep daydreaming about being a domestic goddess! (i have to put something on there that i can definitely keep!)

i'd like to 'de~clutter' too... i have no idea how to do this... but writing it down is a good start right?

make sure i send cards for everyone's birthdays... that kind of slipped last year.

surround myself with positive energy (sounds exhausting!!)

decorate the spare room

go on regular 'date nights' with the hubby. (& use a ridiculously small bag that has no baby items in it!)

i s'ppose it would also be nice if i went to bed earlier... but how am i meant to do all the other stuff & manage that!!

& the old chestnut... loose some weight. my husband was watching some tribute rock thing on tv the other day & annie lennox was on it. she looks AMAZING!! i had to look up her age... she's 55!! still not sure i like her hair-do but her figure is great! i remember being at school singing that song of hers with my friends ~ something about an angel, when we were meant to be doing cross country running, we were probably walking!! i'll give the weight thing a go...AGAIN... but i'll wait till the 2nd, my fridge has got too much good stuff in it at the moment... i love it!! it's like the fridge on tom & jerry. & lets face it.. in the words of bridget jones... I will always be just a little bit fat. ...




as long as we are healthy, happy, have clothes on our backs & food to eat that should do it!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

[ happy thanksgiving!* ]

> here's what we should ALL be thankful for!

[1] that we're not turkeys this time of year!

i tried to find a statistic on how many do get killed but i couldn't find a credible one, it's millions though!

[2] that gas prices have come down from those crazy $4 & something prices...

[3] that we have access to the internet

[4] that we have clean water & electricity... i can't even begin to imagine what an absolute nightmare it must be to have to deal with not having those. (it's bad enough when there's a power cut! i go to turn on the light switch 9 million times!!)

[5] for things that make you smile & laugh



> what my son oscar is thankful for (he's 4):

[1] that he loves his mommy!! (i can't believe he came out with that!! i feel like a walton!!)

[2] for daddy ~ that's cool too!!

[3] the fire truck piñata

[4] pizza (cheese pizza)

[5] his super man cape

[6] handy manny

[7] the fire station auntie val brought him

[8] push pops (cherry ones)

[9] his towel (he uses one like a security blanket)

[10] rescue heroes


> as a mom what i'm thankful for!

[1] the health of my boys (including my husband)!

[2] the love of my boys (including my husband)!

[3] my friends & family

[4] wipes

[5] coffee

[6] my washer & dryer

[ *HAPPY THANKSGIVING!* ]