One Man's Junk Is My Treasure!

I LOVE the goodwill store! I sometimes peek in there on a regular basis just to see what things I can find. Lately, I've been going weekly to find a white sweatshirt for part of Hallie's Halloween costume that I'm making her and haven't found one yet... but look at some of the awesome stuff I did find this week!! Who doesn't love bargain shopping?

The water pitcher (that matches my dishes exactly!): $4
The ceramic pumpkin set: $3
The witch door decoration: $2
The spooky tree decoration that lights up and says "Ooooooo": $3
The "Trick" and "Treat" decoration: $2
The metal carved pumpkin that holds a candle: $3
Getting satisfaction out of the awesome finds: priceless

The Two Reasons Why I Love Being a Mom

Sing a Song...About Anything!

Hallie LOVES to sing. I caught her today singing a song about... well, just about everything she would look at! When I asked her what she was singing about, she said, "Jesus." Good answer kiddo!

Johnny Appleseed Festival

We went to the annual Johnny Appleseed Festival this past weekend with some of our friends kids in tow since they stayed with us over the weekend. The festival is known for all of its food being cooked over a campfire and they have the best caramel popcorn in town! So Cam and I and the kids enjoyed a couple bags of delicious kettle-cooked caramel popcorn... yum! It was neat to see so many people in costume and living the life of the old days.

Above: Kailynn and Hallie finish the hay maze! Hooray!

Kids Say and Do the Darndest Things

I know I post the funniest moment of the month on the sidebar, but lately, there are just too many to share. Here are some that will make you giggle.

~ "Funny Announcement"

Hallie always announces when she has "tooted" and we always ask her, "What do you say?" So she then says, "Scuse me." The other day, we were at the zoo and Hallie announced loudly, "Daddy, I tooted!" We were surrounded by people who were eating lunch and a couple of the adults looked at Hallie with this smerk on their faces as if to say, "Been there, done that." I noticed that a few of the adults kept looking at Cameron, wondering how he was going to react to Hallie's announcement, so Cam said, "Shh, Hallie that's good but we don't talk about that okay?" So Hallie thought for a minute and whispered this time, "Daddy, I tooted." The adults who were watching nearby, laughed to themselves at Hallie's response. I guess she thought it was okay to whisper it instead of just not talking about it.

~ "Co-sleepers"

We have moved Sydnee into Hallie's room (freedom!) so they are sleeping together at night perfectly. I thought I'd try having them take naps together too the other day, so I layed Sydnee (who was already asleep) in her crib and put Hallie down as well. I went downstairs to do some laundry and I hear this faint voice in the baby monitor singing, "Twinkle, twinkle, little star..." I started to get mad because I knew she would wake Sydnee up so I started up the stairs to their room. As soon as I reached the top stairs, I hear little footsteps running for the bed... she obviously knew that I caught her. I went in the room and Hallie is squinting her eyes hard, pretending to be asleep. I told her to stay in bed and to be quiet. A few minutes later, I hear, "Mommy, Sydnee's awake! It's wakeup time!," through the baby monitor. I'm sure you figured out that they no longer take naps together.

~ "Potty Manners"

Hallie was at her friends house playing the other day and her friend went potty but she forgot to wash her hands so Hallie took her hand and said, "Here (bring her back into the bathroom), wash your hands." Her friend just sat there and Hallie yelled, "Wash your hands! You're making me mad about it!"