Our attempts at a family photo in front of the tree.

We all look a little crazy in this one and you can't see the tree. Yes, those are ornaments in my ears that was Brent's festive idea.

I'm not sure what happened here.

So cute but a tad bit fuzzy. Don't you think Scout looks like a scary robot dog?


We're a little sick of it by now.
JUST FORGET IT!

Ham.

One morning I had to give Bridget five dollars to bring to school for a lost book. When she looked at the bill she said, "Hey who is that guy?" I told her it was Abraham Lincoln and she smiled real big and said, "Ohhh yeah! I love that guy, cause his middle name is Ham."

Walking to school with a maglight.

I'm a little behind on my posts but this was a picture of Bridget as we walked to school at the crack of dawn while my car was getting fixed. Bridget wanted to pretend like we were adventurers. I eventually had to take the flashlight away because she was too busy flashing stuff with her flashlight to walk and it was getting really cold. But it was an adventure nevertheless.

(By the way my car got fixed in time for Thanksgiving...yay!)

Getting a Head Start.

We're hoping my car gets better in time to make it to my dad's house for Thanksgiving. So, we decided to start putting up our Christmas stuff early so that we wouldn't have to do it when we got back on Sunday. Plus we needed the little pick me up because I was bummed out about the possibility of having to cancel our Thanksgiving plans. So, after cleaning the apartment we cranked up some Christmas tunes and started stringing up lights. We havn't trimmed the tree yet so keep posted to see how our Charlie Brown tree is doing.

Car Crash

Grrrrr!

This is my car at the auto shop. Poor little thing it has already suffered so much. But don't worry my friends this little Civic is a survivor. It's managed to survive being smashed to smithereens by a snow plow, door dings, flat tires, and other minor injuries. I think it can handle a bent wheel and a blown out tire. I'm calling the car doctor tomorrow to see what the exact prognosis is and how much it's going to cost. Poor little guy, keep an eye out for the blog about my poor little wallet.

A Day at the Park.

As soon as Bridget got out of school today we headed over to the park to see if our friends, the geese, were still around. Bridget likes to go to the park and feed them bread so that they'll be ready for their trip in the winter. Every time we go to the park she's always afraid that they'll be gone. But luckily today they were still there.

Bridget was so excited because Scout finally got a "Gentle Leader". It works like a horse harness and keeps dogs from pulling at the leash. It actually works really well even though Scout hates it. Bridget was just glad that she was able to hold the leash.

And of course when you go to the park you have to PLAY!

Chef Bridget and the Sloppy Taco

Today Bridget was inspired by food network. She spent her morning pretending to be the host of a cooking show. Apparently most of her shows involved sticking stuff in the fridge. After a while I took a peek to see what was going on in there and found a cabbage patch shoe full of chuck-e-cheese coins sitting next to my milk among other random things. So, it was no surprise when she announced that she had a great idea for her lunch. Her recipe was called...

"The Sloppy Taco"

It is composed of Nutella, grape jelly, peanut butter and chunks of banana crammed into a taco shell.

And for the taste test....IT'S GOOD!
(We're just going to take her word for it.)