Ok.. oppps.. that's all I can say. Last weekend... (the 22nd-23rd) We had hockey and Kim & Co came to town and we celebrated Thanksgiving. Tanner also got more b-day presents. I really think his favorite gift this year is his ICarly DVD's. They are in the DVD player all the time. He loves that show... she is so hot.. LOL. Oh and Rick ate 4 pieces of my my moms pumpkin pie.. and I got none!

On the 26th I surprised him and took him to Sesame Street Live. He had lots of fun, he got to high 5.. the count and also Grover.. Twice.... We also bought an 8 dollar.. yes I said 8 dollar balloon! and a little Elmo. He really got into it in the second half and was yelling for the characters to come over by him. We had row B seats but there was an empty chair in front of us.. so he was hanging on that!

Turkey days was a quiet day and we just sat around and ate.. it was just the 3 of us.... it was relaxing. Michele and I went to Kmart and to Michaels that night.. I bought Tanner a little light up red tinsel tree for his room. Tanner fell asleep at 600.. and then woke up at 8.

Yes I did go out shopping on black Friday. I was at Kohls by 430! I was home by 8. I went to Walmart and Target (which was the worst). At Target there was this insane guy behind me that was trying to pick a fight with some women. He said she kept banging her cart into him on purpose so he would get out of line.. WHAT.. who does that. He just kept swearing and stuff... Dude.. if you cant handle crowds.. do not go shopping on Black Friday!

The rest of the weekend was quiet.. Michele came over on Saturday night ans we scrapped. I did almost 30 pages this weekend. I really need to get rid of some of the stuff I have.. So hopefully I will be doing some power scrapping.

Rick and Tanner played in the leaves on Saturday afternoon.. it was nice out. I put up the Christmas lights outside.. thankfully as today it snowed!

been awhile

Ok so its been a while. We've been busy.

Thursday Tanner and I went to Target and he picked out a new toy and used his money from Grandma Mi. We also went to Kohl's and picked up a few things there... I needed new pants for work....as I have not many that fit.

Last Friday night we wet to the hockey game. Holly and Ron also came to the game. About all I can say about that is there was a good fight in the first period. They played like crap!

Saturday night we had a party for some of the Grand folks. That was fun. I had not had that much to drink in a while.. and boy did I have a headache in the AM. There was much laughing and Tanner I think had fun too. We let him open 1 b-day present. He opened his Creative Arts Studio. He played with that for a while that night also.

On Sunday we celebrate the BIG 5. We went to Bowling and Beyond for the party. He had 11 kids come to his party and they had fun bowling and eating cake. It was a bit chaotic... as all of the kids wanted there own balls and did not want to share. He got a lot of nice presents and of course when we got home he had to open them all. We had BOXES everywhere! We had to buy extra tags at the grocery store to put out more garbage.

Sunday night was a sad day as Renee called to tell me that Elle Grap had passed away. She is a coworker and has 5 children.. the youngest being only5. She had a heart attack. It was a sad day at work on Monday. Right now they are trying to figure out how to best support her sister (another medline co-worker) and the kids. She was a neat lady, great laugh. I had a few emails from her that I saved.. and I am forever glad that I did so that I can go back and read them. Its very weird when someone dies suddenly.. I really keep thinking that she is going to walk back up those stairs and into the building. I am not going to the services as seeing her that way is not a memory that I want to keep. I would like to keep the happy go lucky gal in my mind.

RIP Elle!

Today we got Tanners Advent calendar for this year. I got it from Playmobil. It has a pirate theme. It is way cute!

I will get a few pics up soon of Tanners party!

Sunday was a lazy day for us. We didn't do anything or go anywhere. But those days are my favorite. Tanner did want to go outside at about 5.. but I said Brrrrrrr. I also made and Advent Calendar and a mini Holiday recipe book. I have been wanting to compile all my sweets in 1 book.. so I was pretty happy. Its VERY basics. but that's all I need.. everything together.

He did mention that on Sunday he has now decide to marry Addy. Sorry.. Em don't know what happened. But his sights are now on Addison! Which makes Will happy as he digs Emma.. and you wouldn't want to upset the best of buds with romance.. LOLLOLOLOLOL

Today .. the first day of the week.. Blech.. I hate Mondays. It was payroll day and I actually forgot about it till I looked down at my calendar and was like.. oh duh! It got done in time but now as quickly as normal. I am also really sick of wearing dress clothes to work! I can not wait till the week of turkey day! It is Farmer's Market at work this week.. so W/th/F I may make some extra $$$ I do like that!

Tonight Tanner and I packed his goodie bags for his bowling party on Sunday. Of course he wanted all the extra stuff. He is pretty excited for that! We also got our new camcorder so mama is excited to use that.

Right now he is watching ICarly for the 1 thousandth time! Grandma Di.. he is going to LOVE LOVE those DVDs!

Yesterday I was oof. So Tanner and I slept in. I took him to preschool and then I went birthday shopping. I also bought him a couple of power ranger costumes... they were 75% off. He loves to place dress up so he was excited to have them. He wore them all afternoon. He was supossed to take a nap... ya right.

Today we went to the Kids Expo down at the Grand River Center. I was not really impressed. I didnt even see a city booth which I thought was odd. All Tanner wanted to do was play on the LT amusment things. I wanted to get him finger printed and stuff.. but he would not do it. For some reason he was scared of the Police.. I dont think that is a good thing. :( We have to get him over that fear! I wonder if all kids his age are.

Today Tanner asked Rick why he did not like to take baths. He then asked if it was becuase he did not like to sit inhis own dirt!

Monday was not a good day. There were issues all over. Some of them are still unresolved as of today. L I really do not care to get into it… but lets say I was disappointed in some people I thought were above pettiness. I am trying to put it behind me and move on.

Tanner has been talking about Obama and McCain now for quite sometime. He must have overheard Rick and I talking one night. I know on Tuesday he did ask me if I voted. I also know that they have been talking about it a bit in school. He also has been calling John McCain a nutbar. He also states that he is cheering for Obama… that’s what he always says. Today he did tell me that Obama won and that they talked about it in school. He is a pretty smart kid as we were watching the SNL show Monday night and he kept saying that’s not Obama and McCain.. that is people dressed up like them.

On Monday he also had his preschool conferences. They went very well. Ms Carsen stated that she thinks he is very intelligent. He likes to work with numbers and math, which is good because I don’t like that at all. She also stated that he is the leader in the class.. because if it is something he doesn’t want to do most of the other kids then follow in his steps and wont do it either, I am not sure if that is good or bad! He loves to do “jobs” in the room. He is one of the older kids in the classroom and also is in his second year of preschool.

Tuesday we spent most of the night watching the election results come in. They finally called the race at 10:00 after the poles closed on the west coast.. I stayed up watching the speeches. I thought John McCain gave a very gracious speech and tried to get the people to be unified as one nation. I also like how he mentioned Obama’s grandmother. Obama’s speech was also wonderful. He really electrified the audience of 160,000 people in Grant park! They showed Jesse Jackson and also Oprah a few times. I do find it ironic that Jesse Jackson was crying when just a few weeks ago he was not saying such positive things about him.

Tonight we have gymnastics and then also pictures for gymnastics so we have to be there at 530. I hope to be able to go to bed early tonight! I am tired. I am very glad that I am off on Friday

He also lost the bonding on his chipped tooth... but I am not paying 200.00 again to have it put back on!

Last night we had a couple friends over to the Wii. We borrowed it from some other friends. Tanner loved it. He is sad that i told him we have to give it back on Monday.

Today we went and visited Great Grandma Mi ... we showed her our costume and also took her a birthday gift. Tanner ran and ran all over her apartment until I thought my head was going to explode.

I also cleaned the house and took down all the Halloween decorations.

I went shopping at Michaels and sawy WAY to many Christmas things I wanted!

Happy Happy

First.. Happy Birthday to my mom.. she's the best!
and second.. hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween. tanner did 2 1/2 streets before he got tired. Rick said that there were alot of lights not on, so i think he lost interest. He came back and helped hand out candy. He loved that!