I Totally Caved......

Okay...so I totally caved! We usually don't put up our Christmas stuff until the day after Thanksgiving. I just have issues with skipping right over Thanksgiving. But...since many other people have their Christmas stuff up, my boys have been relentless at asking to put up our Christmas stuff. I finally caved after Bryton said to me yesterday "Mom! We're the only lame ones that don't have our Christmas stuff up! It's the holidays!". So I told them we could at least put up our Christmas tree, but the rest would have to wait until Friday. So last night for fhe we put up the tree and hung our homemade decorations from last year. I refuse to buy nice ornaments that will just be torn down and broken. Some day....some day. For now, to others, this looks like a sad, miserable tree. But to us it is fabulous and full of funny memories! The kids had a blast and Bentley kept freaking out saying "Mom! This is freaking awesome!". So...caving was worth it.:)

Gotta Love 'Em!

This kid is my big helper! I walked into the kitchen the other night and Bryton had "washed" some dishes and he was drying them for me. I wasn't feeling well, so he said he was trying to help me. He is such a sweetheart!

This is my boy! He was playing a "fideo game" on Nick Jr and wanted some "chocolates". So I gave him 3 Kisses. I walked upstairs and when I came down I found he'd downed his chocolates and stolen my Diet Coke. He's his mamma's boy, and his Nana's boy! lol

And this is just my Miss Sassy Pants! She is getting more and more sassy as the days go on! She's naughty! But with this face, it's so hard to get mad. I am a LOT better at it then Matt is. He finds it completely impossible to get upset with her. He just cannot do it. We're in for it!

Happy Halloween!

The kids had a great Halloween(sorry..the pictures are out of order!)!! The boys couldn't wait ALL day! The were so excited when it was finally time! Avery was hilarious. She was so thrilled about getting treats but she would NOT let us put them in her bucket. She was holding onto them for dear life. After a while she figured it out and put them in the bucket, all but a sucker I opened for her. The boys have been enjoying their candy freely, but once they are in bed tonight...all the leftovers(minus a few for bribes of course) are going in the garbage! You might think "How rude!". However, me being a diabetic and sorts I'm a little more strict on the white sugar intake! :) They know it's going away too and they aren't too upset. I told them I'd give them each $2 for their candy. So see....I'm not that mean. :) It was a fun day!

UPDATE!

Well...I have had a few people ask me what's up with the house and the flood situation, so I thought I'd update! We're still in a mess! It'll be 2 weeks on Tuesday! We're finally getting the family room painted on Monday and I am really, really hoping they can do both coats in one day. They said they usually do one coat, take an hour break and come back for the second. Then we'll have new baseboards up and painted and everything(we're doing this ourselves) by Wednesday night and HOPEFULLY they can lay the new pad and cleaned carpet down by the weekend. We found out that our bedroom needs new carpet which means we'll have to do the hallway and the stairs as well(I'm totally not complaining!). I ordered that yesterday and I am really hoping they can get that laid by the weekend too! We've been sleeping on the floor in our bedroom and we've had to keep the family room blocked off. The kids are super onery as is their mother! I want my house back!