So I forgot to mention that last night while looking for something else Kathy found a stash of candy wrappers in Emanuel’s room… so I have an idea now where the candy has been sneaking to! But the best part was when we were cleaning it up (not a huge pile) and Emanuel was running the wrappers to the trash when Trinity walked in. She took one look at the stash and said “that’s not where you hide candy wrappers” and walked away! ACK! We waited til she was out of earshot and laughed our bums off. Although now I am wondering if my bottomless pit was the only candy snitcher! 

THE socks

The rest of the Hello Kitty potty training swag

Speaking of Emanuel – today was his official NEW BED DAY! Thank you Freecycle! Not only did the woman have a lovely single bed BUT she also had the sheets to go on it! Actually TWO mattresses and boxspring so we are debating what to do with the second mattress as that puts the bed up a bit too high. He is one excited boy, though we had to clean up the whole room to move things around and keep his nightlight where it is. Now we wait and see if he falls out of it tonight! Thank goodness his floor is carpeted. 

He set his bed up just how he wanted it

It was an Emanuel day. Ken has been slammed with work due to someone else’s error so he was unable to take the twins to the gallery for the drop in but they made up for it with movies in the basement and Trinity went with Karyn to the library. Emanuel and I had our afternoon fun! First a walk to the convenience store to get a slurpee (mittens were a MUST). 

He IS his mother's son

Next on his list – a bubble bath! I used lots of soap and he had a blast on his own… with his slurpee in hand. 

Ok so he needs a good book to finish it off as a proper relaxing bubble bath!

And then STORYTIME! We read some of our library books and let Echo and Trinity join us in the end. 

Storytime on the new bed

Hammy picture to celebrate the day

I got totally side tracked this afternoon while cleaning the floor and sorting the extras. While my livingroom is starting to clear out for the tree my kitchen table is a jumble. After finishing Trinity’s original Kitty’s friend I checked out a link a friend sent me and got started on THESE! I posted some up for sale on my Facebook page It’s a Hoot, but I figure there are so many bows out there for sale I will focus on these as mainly gifts! 

I think they are sooo cute

Kristen and Fydo dropped by to pick up some forgotten keys and visited for a bit so we have still have company today! I just wish Ken could beat these deadlines into submission and have a day off! It has been about 2 weeks now since he has had one! Cranky and unshaven Kenny is not much fun for the rest of the family… or for himself either! Thank goodness Fydo was able to spend a little time in the basement with him talking about programming. Thank you Fydo!

Another at home weekend of course. The van is not yet fixed, Ken is swamped and the house is still not to the point where I can pull out the trees. The never ending list of chores just seems to build up, but we are making progress… tomorrow there is no Sunday School with Remembrance Day and all so we will just have to work doubly hard to catch up! OR at least make some progress getting into two of the final closets of boxed items! 

She climbed in all on her own!