Stride Rite

• My Wee View is giving away the winner's choice of shoes from Stride Rite.
• If I win...I'm picking the red and grey tennis shoes for Mica in a bigger size for next year.
• Enter to win!

Classic Toys Make a Comeback This Holiday with Babalu

• I just love these felt boards at Balbalu Inc.
• There are also these Do Re Me stacking blocks that are xylophones as well at WJ Fantasy.
• Jolly Mom is giving away your choice of toy from either site.
• Now What Baby is also giving away your choice of toy from either site.

Holiday Memories

• Two holiday memories stand out to me when we come to the season of Christmas.
• The first memory is when we were in Hastings, Nebraska visiting Grandma and Grandpa Kent. We usually went there for Thanksgiving and not Christmas.
• One year that we did go there for Christmas, I remember as a child laying on the floor with my sister's trying to go to sleep because I knew Santa wouldn't come if I didn't.
• I had a hard time falling asleep because I was soooooo excited for the next morning.
• I swore that while I was laying there, I heard reindeer footsteps on their roof top.
• Being in a different place makes every unusual sound amplify.
• The second memory is when my mom knew someone from work that didn't have enough money to buy anything for Christmas. We went out as a family and picked up toys for her kids. I think we got a gift card for a grocery store too. It seemed like we had the works.
• We drove a block away from the house, my dad ran up to the house with the gifts, rang the doorbell and ran away back to the car. I felt so excited for them and glad that they would have a good Christmas after all.
• Still to this day I don't think the family ever found out who left them the Christmas gifts.
• We did the same thing when we were adults for a different family.
• Go Graham Go and Jolly Mom are having a Christmas party going on right now. If you are in the spirit, you can enter the giveaways. If you win you can keep the giveaway items, or send them to someone that isn't fortunate enough to have a Christmas.

Scarf, Gloves and Hat Giveaway Plus an Umbrella Giveaway

• My Wee View is giving away an adorable set including a hat, gloves and scarf from Kidorable.
• My Organized Chaos is giving away the winners choice of an umbrella.
• Mica has their frog rain boots and they are just too cute for words!

Kids Eat For Free

• There is a website for Omaha, NE called Kids Eat For Free.
• It has all kinds of places that tell you what days you can go to feed your kids for free.

Condiment Kid's

• For some reason we have condiment kid's in our family. It started with our nephew Ethan when he was little. He LOVED Ranch dressing. But...there was a slight problem...his skin would turn bright red when he ate it.
• Our nephew Elijah is the same way.
• Isaak loves nacho's and pretzel's dipped in hummus. He dips, sucks hummus or cheese off, and tries to double dip.

Music Awards

• Michael Jackson was going to make a come back.
• Whitney Houston has made a come back.
• When is Prince going to make his come back?

Not Impressed!

• I took the boys out to get some candy corn. I need some candy corn to decorate cookies.
• Mica's been kind of snotty today. I put him to bed a little late last night because we were watching a movie. My bad with that, his bad with being snotty.
• He gets so snotty when he's tired. He's one of those kids that needs a lot of sleep. Sometimes he's just really a brat when he's tired!
• Today was one of those days!
• When he says something rude to me I'm mad at him; when he says something rude to someone we don't even know I'm down right boiling. This does not happen except for today. Sure sometimes he cuts people off in the grocery store because he's walking too fast, but he's usually pretty friendly. A good kid.
• I'm almost embarrassed to say what he said. He asked a lady, "Why are you in that thing"? She was in a wheel chair. She explained that her legs just don't work. Mica said, "Ya whatever". I was boiling. I covered a little by saying, "Mica Grandma Spiehs has to get surgery on her ankle, and will have to wear a special shoe." Mica replied, "Ya whatever".
• To be honest I wanted to slap him in the face. I didn't of course! The lady said, "Man he really knows how to bring a lady down". I was so embarrassed!
• In the car we had a talk the whole way home about people that are different, being sensitive to other people's feelings, and his bad behavior.
• I work with a couple people who think that you just can't talk to kids. Spanking is the only way. I don't believe that. Mica feels bad when I'm upset with him. My kids have always responded to time outs too.
• He told me that he'd love to be in a wheel chair, so that he wouldn't have to walk. He said, "I can fly around in a chair with wheels". I just don't think he gets the severity of some people's problems.
• I remember when my niece was about Mica's age. She said to my sister, "Look Mommy that man is fat"! My sister tried keeping her quiet. My niece repeated it over and over again. Then my niece said, "Mommy I love my Grandma and she's fat". They just don't get that line between fact and rude.

Straightened Hair

• I straightened my hair this morning. I usually do not have time to do this in the mornings. It was a weekend, so I figured I'd try doing something with my hair.
• I so wish I was blessed with my younger sister Terra's thick hair. Then I could cut it in all kinds of layers. Instead I have thin hair. It's going grey fast! The more kids I have the greyer and kinkier my hair gets!
• Of course if I plunk any grey hairs that stand out, they grow back little and stick up.
• I've thought about dying it, but Daddy wishes I go all natural. I guess I don't mind that much. But there are days where I feel like my hair is lifeless.

Dinner Last Night

• I made bow tie pasta for the boys. I added spinach fetta sausage, white sauce, asparagus sauce and Parmesan cheese on top.
• Mica loved it!
• Isaak mostly ate his grapes and asparagus. He threw the pasta on the floor. This is pretty typical for him.
• With the asparagus sauce I just steamed the tail end of the asparagus, and ran them through the mini food chopper. I saw this on a Rachel Ray show, except she used her's for a soup.