Cards, cards, cards

On Saturday I walked past the bedroom and saw that the boys had been laying out Pokemon cards. How did they accumulate this many? And, I was told, that these were only SOME of Noah's. Well, at least it is still an interesting pastime for them.

Triangle Cake?

Friday we had another birthday at our house...and that added another TEENAGER to the mix. I only got to see Joshua for a total of about 30 minutes on his birthday because he was at school, came home, then went on a scout overnighter. We celebrated on Thursday night and again Saturday night to compensate. At our house you get to choose what kind of cake you would like for your birthday. We have had quite a variety over the years. This birthday Joshua came up with the idea of a triangle cake. Let me tell you, it turned out to be a little more difficult than I had imagined. Hope he liked it.

Thanksgiving Tradition

Each year we approach Thanksgiving almost always needing to be reminded of what we HAVE instead of what we WANT. In our family we take time to write down things that we are thankful for on cutouts of leafs and then we string them around as decorations. Some years we have written on one leaf each day, others we do it once a week.

Weekend Company

This weekend we have had some company visiting. His name is Darth Squeeky. We have enjoyed having this little visitor, but are relieved that he will be returning to his place of residence tomorrow.

Lucky winner!

This is the year for me to actually be lucky enough to actually win something. A few days ago I found out that I won the new book "Paper Crafts Gourmet". It has some great recipes and some fun paper craft ideas that I will have to try. What a fun thing to win.