A Daily Dose of the Mitchells

2012-11-21

My Day Off...

I had forgotten what it was like to have a day ALL TO MYSELF! Since I've had kids I've always had at least one of them home when I was off from school...but today - they both went off to school.

The cat and I slept until 9! We rolled out of bed, watched morning talk TV, and ate sugar cookies (from scratch)!

Went to the mall...didn't have to get out the stroller, anyone out of car seats, or rush through the mall before someone had a fit. I went to the post office, the UPS store, and the grocery store. I've watched one Lifetime movie, ate ANOTHER sugar cookie, made my food for Thanksgiving tomorrow, started dinner, washed laundry - including my bed sheets...and sitting down again for some more TV before I go for a run and pick up the kids.

I'd say, in the words of Ice Cube, "Today was a good day."

2012-11-18

Tradition

Our family tradition is to put our tree up the weekend before Thanksgiving. It just takes so long to take each one of my 200+ Hallmark ornaments out of their box (yes, most all have their boxes, even those I got when I was a kid) and hang them on the tree - I want to enjoy them for a little more than a month!

After we put the tree up (while watching, "Christmas Vacation" and "Home Alone"), we go to Hallmark and pick out an ornament for this year. Liam picked out E.T. - which was so fitting, because that was his favorite movie this summer!
One day, Liam was walking around the bedroom bumping into walls. I ask him what he was doing, and he tells me, "I drank too much beer, like E.T."

2012-10-18

Christmas Card Preview...

None of these are the ones used on my card, but as you can see, it takes about 100 shots to get 3 or 4 good pictures for the novice like me. I didn't even bother editing these...so here they are in their raw form. Kara was not a willing participant, and would only maintain composure for small increments of time when I would feed her crackers. Bless my sweet Liam...who loves to have his picture taken.

2012-08-26

ET

Liam says, "Kara walks like ET."

2012-08-21

School time!

Baby Kara's B-day Vid!

2012-08-12

Last day of summer...

This has been the best summer break as of yet! I enjoyed my babies more than I imagined I could... Even when I was hiding in the closet on those stressful days! This is me. Today. Back to it tomorrow!