What Christmas Tree Are You?

I saw this quiz on RAE's Blog and thought I'd give it a try.

You Are a Traditional Christmas Tree

For a good Christmas, you don't have to re-invent the wheel. You already have traditions, foods, and special things you bring out every year.

What Christmas Tree Are You?

I would say the results were true. Some of my favorite childhood memories and also adult memories have to do with our annual Christmas Tree! Each year we search for the PERFECT Christmas Tree early. For the past 9 years, Shaun and I have gone out the day after Thanksgiving and searched for the perfect Christmas Tree. It is a long process, but each year our tree is perfect--for us!! Well, maybe not last year...Last year was the year of the Spiders! We had a spider family living in our tree! It was crazy! There were little spiders and there were BIG ones too! They seemed to make their home in our Angel on top of our tree--so we chucked her outside with the tree as soon as Christmas morning was over! We sure hope our tree is insect free this year! IKKKKK!!!

This year it's been difficult not to break out the Christmas decorations super early. The kids see all the Christmas decorations being sold at all the stores already and they want their tree and to get all our decorations out NOW! Can't we can celebrate Thanksgiving first!?!?

Wolfpack & GNO

Tonight, Christopher, Shaun and my dad, along with a bunch of Cub Scout friends, went to see the Hartford Wolf Pack. He had a blast! I heard he was hyper, dancing and screaming and just having a grand old time. I had to post this picture Shaun took with his cell phone at the game. Definitely the picture of the week!!

Where did we get him!? Is he ours!?!?

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While they were at the game, Anneli, my mom and I had fun going to dinner and then shopping. My little Anneli is on a shopping kick right now. She LOVES to go shopping! She is so cute. As she passes things she wants, which is just about everything, she says, "I'll put that on my list." I love it--but her list is rather long!! We are definately in trouble!

Here is a picture of Anneli circling another item for her never ending Christmas List.

Yes folks, that is an American Girl Doll--Kit to be exact. I think we are going to have to make a little trip to Boston or NYC to get her one soon, very soon...

Finally!

I was pretty excited this afternoon when I pulled in to pump gas and the price was $2.27 a gallon! I only spent a little over $30.00 to fill my tank--that's the cheapest I've seen it in awhile--except when I use my Price Chopper Gas Advantage Card. Anyways, that's pretty good for Connecticut, considering about a month ago we were paying approx. $3.36 or so. Hopefully we can enjoy the drop in price for awhile, before it jets back up again...

Thankful Thursday! - CHRISTOPHER

Every Thursday for the month of November, each of us here in the St. Lawrence Family will take a minute and write down 5 things we are thankful for!

This week, we will hear what Christopher is thankful for.

• "I am thankful for my family. I wouldn't be able to grow up without them because I wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for my mom."

• "I am thankful for my clothes because if I didn't have them I'd have to walk around naked and freezing cold."

• "I'm thankful for school. I like to go there and learn to read and write better."

• "I am thankful for paper because I wouldn't be able to write my stories or ideas down to share with others."
  

• "I am thankful for books. I like books because they teach me facts, like at school."

Stay tuned, next week we will hear what Anneli is thankful for!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARTER--400th Post!

Happy 4th Birthday Carter!

Aunt Crystal with Carter when he was first born.

Carter just a few weeks ago!

Oh how time flies...

We hope you had a great day at the Zoo with Mommy!
We love you and miss you!

IT'S ALSO MY 400TH POST!!!
Here's to 400 more!!

We voted, did you?!

What a beautiful day to get out and vote!

We hope you all got a chance to do so--no matter who you voted for!!

We'll keep our fingers crossed!

Our Halloween Weekend Review!

Let's see...our weekend...well, it was just as busy as usual!

Friday started out with Christopher getting out of school at 3:30pm. Anneli, or should I say 'Dorothy', and I went to pick Christopher up and then rushed him home where he and I quickly changed into our Halloween costumes. He was 'Luke Skywalker' and I was the 'Wicked Witch'. Then we jumped in the car and made it to the Town Recreation Centers Halloween Party before 4pm. We watched the annual magic show waiting for the Costume Parade down the center of town. Fun, fun, fun!
Then we went home to meet up with Shaun, who got home a little earlier than usual. (Not really, but 5:15pm is pretty early for him!)

The kids quickly ate before heading off Trick-or-Treating with Dad and Aunt Valerie. I stayed home and handed out candy to the kids who came around our neighborhood. At one point I got a little nervous, here's what happened. I heard a car door, so I peeked out the front door. A car had parked going the wrong way in front of my house. The car was an old Crown Victoria--sort of like an unmarked police car with an antenna and large mirror on the side. Anyways, the guy inside got out, in full army fatigues. Okay it's Halloween...He went to his trunk, opened it, and pulled out the biggest gun! Thank goodness it was Halloween, right? Then he closed the trunk and laid the gun on the trunk and grabbed a black hat/face mask out of his pocket and put it on. He then grabbed the gun and attached it to his fatigues and stood in the road for a few seconds... Even though it was Halloween, I'll admit it freaked me out a bit! I locked the door and called Shaun to see where he was...it was all good, it was funny because Shaun and I saw the guy later and it was a little freaky. The gun looked so real!After the kids were Treated out, we dashed off to my parents house where the kids went with Aunt Val to a few additional houses in their neighborhood. Then we dumped out and inspected all the kids loot, had a few treats, they brushed their teeth, got into jammies and we went home. Luckily, they fell asleep on the way home!

Saturday was a crazy day. The kids started off with swimming lessons at 10am. Christopher and Shaun then ran to his LAST Soccer game! YIPPPEE!--sorry! I met them after Anneli's swimming lesson--without Anneli. Anneli went with Memere, Pepere and Aunt Valerie to Massachusetts to visit Grandma Fox. After Christopher's soccer game he had a Pizza/Awards Ceremony. He was pretty excited to get a Medal and a Trophy! Super cool!Right after the Pizza Party, we jumped in the car and headed off to Massachusetts to catch up with my cousin Laurie who is up from Georgia and Soup Mem & Ray and Aunt Donna & Uncle Jim who came to Massachusetts as well. It was great to see you all! I didn't take too many pictures, but here are a few.
Luckily Sunday was a little more quiet. Christopher had a talk in his Children's Class at Church, about how he is thankful to be a beloved Child of God. He read it all by himself and did a fabulous job! We are proud of you Christopher! Then we spent the rest of the day with Memere, Pepere and Aunt Valerie. What a fun weekend! :)