My New Obsession

First of all, Jilian started ice skating lessons last week. She is the clumsiest kid I've ever known, so I was a little worried. But, she did really good. The coach came to us afterward to tell us that she did good, and our reaction was "Really??" But, apparently to them, she did better than most in her class. She barely fell down, but she was a little wobbly.

Here they are 'stomping'...Practicing getting up after falling down...First time on the ice!So, I have this new 'thing' I like to do - we'll call it my 'hidden talent.' I learned from a 'how-to' video how to make all kinds of bows. The more I do, the better I get. I have made, like, I dunno, 30 bows. Jilian has a bow for EVERY outfit! Well, Brad suggested that I try to sell them - he says 'because they're so good' but I think it's to make up for all the ribbon I bought! I couldn't help myself! So, I set up Jilian and Ella's pink Christmas tree at work and attached the Christmas bows I've made on it. It's real cute, and I'm only going to sell them for $5. Let's hope I can sell some......*fingers crossed*

And, our den has bee transformed into....And, just for fun....here is Jilian practicing her gymnastics in the living room - she has become quite daring since gymnastics started up again!

And, showing off her new bow!This month we, as well as Jilian's school, celebrated Veteran's Day. We brought pictures of our loved ones who were or are in the military to school and they posted them on a Veteran's Wall. The first one is Poppi, Brad's dad, and the second one is PopPop, my dad. Happy Veteran's Day - thank you for your service!Now, we're getting ready for everyone to come over for Thanksgiving. Looks like we'll have about 20 adults and a few kids. This is my favorite holiday - I love having everyone over. And, my house gets real clean because I deep clean every year right before this holiday. I spent ALL day on Saturday cleaning. It smells like Pine Sol in this place!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone - gobble, gobble, gobble!