Elf On The Shelf Take One

Today at work a friend was sharing with me her weekend experience with the Elf On The Shelf.  She sold me.  And since I needed to run to Target over lunch I grabbed an Elf On The Shelf.  I was convinced that Abby was going to find it hysterical and love it.  Boy was I wrong.  She HATES it.  In fact she's scared of it.  Grace on the other hand, surprised me.  We read our elf's book three times. After which Grace went to her room put on her pajama's, went potty, brushed her teeth, and got in bed.  This is huge for her. 

Grace named the Elf "Sprinkle".  I'm pretty disappointed that Abby wouldn't partake in the naming ceremony, but what can you do. . . . . .

I took it pretty easy on them for the first day.  I didn't want to "freak" Abby out too bad, and I didn't want Sprinkle within reaching distance because Abby could possibly destroy her.  We'll see how it goes. 

Thirty Days Of Thankfulness - Day Twelve

  I've set a goal for myself for the month of November.  I want to focus on everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I don't focus on this enough.  I think about the things I don't have that I wish I did, or the things that I do have that I regret.  Therefore, every day I am going to think about everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I'm going to reflect on everything I'm thankful for, and help others in my family do the same.

Day Twelve

I'm thankful that we have such a wonderful children's hospital in our city.  All three of our girls have had to visit it at one point or another in their little lives, and I always feel better having one of their specialized doctors taking a look at our girls.  Today Abby is scheduled to visit because there is a concern that she may need glasses.  

Thirty Days Of Thankfulness -- Day Eleven

  I've set a goal for myself for the month of November.  I want to focus on everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I don't focus on this enough.  I think about the things I don't have that I wish I did, or the things that I do have that I regret.  Therefore, every day I am going to think about everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I'm going to reflect on everything I'm thankful for, and help others in my family do the same.

Day Eleven

Call me crazy, but I am thankful for the signs of late fall and winter that are coming our way.  I love winter!  I'm so excited for it to be heading our way!

Thirty Days Of Thankfulness - Days Nine & Ten

  I've set a goal for myself for the month of November.  I want to focus on everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I don't focus on this enough.  I think about the things I don't have that I wish I did, or the things that I do have that I regret.  Therefore, every day I am going to think about everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I'm going to reflect on everything I'm thankful for, and help others in my family do the same.

Day Nine and Ten

Somehow I overlooked days nine and ten.  Not good when I'm supposed to be being thankful all month.  Day nine would have been Friday.  One Friday I was thankful for some girl time.  After dinner my mom and I went and ran some errands free of kids.  I love my girls dearly, but I can run errands some much quicker on my own.  It also gave me the opportunity to do some shopping for Grace's birthday.  Thinking back it gave me two things to be thankful for.  One -- my husband for agreeing to keep all three girls in the evening (the hardest time of day around here) and two -- for my mom who went driving all over the city with me.

Day ten, I was thankful to be able to stay home ALL day long and not go anywhere.  I love these days, and don't get enough of them.  I sorted through all three girls rooms.  Tagged and bagged all clothes that will not be reused for a spring garage sale, and folded and toted the rest.  It took all day, but I felt like I had accomplished a lot at the end of the day.

Thirty Days Of Thankfulness - Day Eight

  I've set a goal for myself for the month of November.  I want to focus on everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I don't focus on this enough.  I think about the things I don't have that I wish I did, or the things that I do have that I regret.  Therefore, every day I am going to think about everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I'm going to reflect on everything I'm thankful for, and help others in my family do the same.

Day Eight

Today I am thankful that I got to have lunch with two good friends and my hubby.  I'm especially thankful for my tech savvy friend that fixed my iPhone for me.

Thirty Days Of Thankfulness - Day Seven

I've set a goal for myself for the month of November.  I want to focus on everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I don't focus on this enough.  I think about the things I don't have that I wish I did, or the things that I do have that I regret.  Therefore, every day I am going to think about everything I have that I should be thankful for.  I'm going to reflect on everything I'm thankful for, and help others in my family do the same.

Day Seven

I'm thankful that Obama was elected President for a second term.  My cousin said it best when she said:

My per-existing conditions, my student loans, and my rights with my future spouse are all going to be able to sleep tonight.

I think health care is one of the biggest things for me.   I will never forget the struggles we went through with Grace before she was diagnosed with cough variant asthma.  The doctor was hesitant to diagnose her with a form of asthma because she would then be labeled with a pre-existing, and she did not want to jeopardize her future coverage.  No child should have to worry about health care, and no parent should have to worry about whether or not their child will be covered because of an illness or disease they have no control over.  I think President Obama gets this, and that's why I'm thankful he was elected for a second term.

Little Girl Style

I love Carter's clothes.  I love them because most of the time I can either find matching outfits for all three of my girls, and if I can't find matching I can at least find coordinating.  I like my girls to coordinate.  Very rarely do we leave the house when they do not coordinate.  Cheesy, yes.  But it makes me feel good.

Over the weekend my mom came over because we needed to make a trip out to the Christmas Warehouse.  She needed lights for her house.  I needed lights for my newly planted evergreen tree.  So of course, the girls coordinated.  Grace and Emma both have on a Carter's outfit.  Abby has on Carter's jeans and vintage JCPenney's shirt.  (We don't call our hand me downs, hand me downs.  They are vintage.  It's much cooler that way.)

A smooch for the road.

Love this headband.  It's so much fun.  Only thing I don't like is that it's sewn onto the headband and is not on a clip, so when the headband is too small we can't use it any more.  Next time I order one I will request the clip.

Here's Emma in another Carter's outfit. 

Grace clearly did not want to stop to have her picture taken.

No one want to pay me any attention.

Finally someone wondered what I was doing!  Here's Abby.  Snagged this cute little number at JcPenney.  Except for the skirt.  That was leftover from summer.

You can also see the girls over here today.