today is october 29th and,...

it's snowing!!!!! Yeah SNOW :)

Yeah! I made it through canning season without even being tempted to can apples! :) Yeah for me! :)

Aparently my life is really boring right now, cuz that's the highlight of my week! :)

so yesterday was my bday. (hippo birdie two me!) Had a fun day. {A} drew up a "plan" of what he wanted and then asked DH to help him execute! :) It was so cute! We all went to Best Buy and bought me a new camera--yeah!-- and then they stopped at Zurchers while {a} and I waited in the van. Then when we got home, I was asked to go downstairs for a few minutes while they got it all set up. They tied the balloons to the chair and piano, hid behind and called me back upstairs. When I came into the room, they all jumped out and said "surprise!" It was fun and totally matched {A}'s drawing. I thought it was very thoughtful of him to think of me like that. DH also bought me a cake, a card, and 2 paring knives. I feel quite spoiled this year!

Also, the other day, {A} and I were struggling with each other and he got sent to his bedroom for a timeout. When he came out, he handed me a note and this is what it said: "I thenk you are being to hord on me to day!" You know, he was right! So, I got down on my knees, told him I was sorry, that he was right and most of all thanks for communicating with me and for not yelling at me about it! Sometimes it takes my 6 year old to kick me in the rear! Thanks {A}!!!

Now that I have a new camera, maybe I can update with picts real soon!

I felt like baking today. So I whipped up pumpkin bars, banana-zucchini bread and my all time favorite Mrs. Fields cookie recipe. I doubled the batch, and froze a bunch of uncooked dough. I also forgot to add the baking soda, salt, and vanilla. Hope they turn out. :)

two days ago I inserted my foot into my mouth. I found out about it today. I feel so STUPID! Since I don't think I will be able to apologize, I would like to here... I am sorry. Not my place. I apologize!

I hope this is a lesson learned that I wont have to learn again.

update

awww life. here are a few updates of what is going on lately around here.

{a} is talking a TON! She learned a few new words this past weekend while we were visiting gma {D}. The two most important being "waktor" (tractor) and "no" (snow). Why would she learn snow, you might ask? Well, we woke up to 2 inches of beautiful snow Sunday morning. It was gorgeous, however, since I was driving home that day, I was not altogether thrilled.

{A} loves first grade and is doing very well there. I am totally amazed at the progress he has made in reading since school has started. He is progressing nicely!

{K} loves preschool. His teacher is so fun and I have seen him mature almost right before my eyes!

I finally got my canning done, I feel really good about how many jars I filled this year!

DH is off hunting with his brothers and nephews. It is that season again. :)