Friday Favorites

This little lady visited the doctor yesterday and got TUBES in her ears. And while it may be a little painful for her now, I am hoping that it will help her have fewer infections. I am (not so) secretly hoping that is will help her to start sleeping through the night again. Ever since January (and the endless train of ear infections) she has been waking up from two to four times a night!!! Mama needs her beauty rest!!!! The patient is doing well and has had no complications so far.

Playing in the Cabinet

When you were growing up did you have a favorite cabinet that you loved to play in? For my brother and me it was my mom's china cabinet. She left the bottom portion empty so that we could crawl in and out of it. Who knows why we found it so interesting. Were we pretending it was a house or maybe it was our pirate ship? We would spend hours pretending and it gave my mother an opportunity to cook dinner without us directly underfoot.

Earlier this week, my own kids brought those memories flooding back. I had Tom put kid locks on all our our lower cabinets except for the Tupperware cabinet (Do you have one of those??? Does it stay neat? I can never find the right top or bottom!) Maybe if I didn't let Abbie Grace play in it every night, I might be able to find those pesky tops!!! Normally Lucius and Maggie will be playing in their rooms or watching the Backyardigans. This night, however, they decided to come help Abbie Grace play in my Tupperware cabinet.

They proceeded to empty out ALL of the containers.......

And show her how it is really done.....

Maggie really like to get up on the shelf in the cabinet. She said it was her top bed.

And don't worry...only a couple of fingers got squished in the process.

I wish that I could find one of the pictures of Brandon and me playing in the cabinet. If I can find one, I'll scan it and re-post. Hope that you all have a great weekend. Check out some more favorite things over at the Hilary's blog: The Other Mama.

Better Late than Never.....

Merry Christmas

from the Renshaw's

Free Fun!!!

Has anyone ever seen that Lowe's does a workshop on Saturday's? It's for kids and their parents and its FREE!!!

(we brought Abbie Grace along to watch!)

Today we headed over to the Southside Lowe's (this is also offered at the New Lowe's) and signed up for the class. I believe that it is held every other weekend.


They had these cute little aprons for the kids to wear and they both got patches for completing the project. (Which of course I have already sewn on.....and am way more excited about than them!)



This week was Halloween themed. Each station had a kit and a hammer. They also had safety glasses. Tom helped Lucius while I took pictures and helped Maggie. The kids had a great time using the real hammer and nails. I can't believe that they do this for free!



After the class, we took the kids over to the firetrucks. The police, state trooper, and fire departments were all on hand giving out kid safety info.