Five For Friday

1. You can tell Weston is definitely the baby of our family. He not only gets away with murder, but literally is ALWAYS hurt. He takes it like a champ and is pretty tough. Last week (all on the same day) he was stung by two wasps on his arm. He ran in from Angie's house screaming. I found the culprit at the top of the swing set. Darn them anyway! Luckily I had some Benadryl handy and he was fine. Later that evening we went to grab a bite to eat before heading on to the football game. He was screwing around (like most boys do) and managed to fall out of the booth on to the floor. He had an instant goose egg. It was sad. Today he seems to be very congested again. He can't seem to catch up!

2. Doug is famous for wanting to try new restaurants around town, especially if they look appealing. I on the other hand tend to stick with my favorites and call it good. However, I willingly went a few weeks ago with him to Dickey's BBQ and it was so yummy! It's no Rudy's, but you can't beat a close decent restaurant AND it even has a drive thru. It is a chain from Dallas, so there may be future ones in more cities. The downfall is that it is pretty much always crowded, so you have to wait a bit to eat.

Halloween 2007

3. We are getting closer and closer to Halloween. I was getting a bit panicky last week when I was reading about all of you going out getting Halloween costumes. Normally, I have them at my fingertips by now. If you don't know, our family is pretty hard core when it comes to Halloween. I think it stemmed when we started doing a entire family theme. It makes it more fun and exciting. Luckily, are kids have cooperated thus far. I really wanted to be Harry Potter this year, but I was booed about that. I will have to give Doug credit for our decision this year. We made an executive decision on being___________ (sorry to be a tease, but it would spoil ALL the fun--for those of you who know shhh!) You'll have to wait until October 27th when our family has been revealed. Here is a photo of what we were last year just for fun. (hey and it kinda goes with the in honor of pirates day this week) Arrg!

Spunky Luke and a very serious Weston

4. Luke and Weston are such good troopers each morning. I get them up extra early (they really would be getting up anyways) get them dressed and into the stroller. It's quite a production with the toys, snack items (normally 2nd breakfast), and a sippy cup full of liquid. I have it down to a science-phew! Anyways, I have started adding on an extra mile to my walk, not only to change scenery, but I figured I have been doing 3 miles for the past 2 years. The thing I love is the "bumpy" road we go down on our way back home. I always welcome this bright cheery yellow mailbox. It stands out and happens to be mile marker 3, which means only one more mile to go!

Isn't it cool?

5. We finally started getting the newspaper. I signed up for "Sunday" only, but apparently you get the rest of the week thrown in for free. In my opinion, it's a waste of paper, an extra tree to cut down and more trash to contend with. After picking the paper up for a few days and automatically chucking them it the trash, it dawned on me I could use them. Several months ago my grandma told me that using newspaper was a great tool to use for your windows. It not only leaves a nice clean mirror but without the streaks. Yesterday I decided to test it out and actually used the paper on my car windows. It worked like a charm. The only drawback is your hands become a little black, but that is easy to fix with soap and water.

good deed: printed and mailed something off to grandma.