November 24, 2007
We have one week until the big 3rd birthday. I can’t believe he is almost three! It has gone so fast. I have a train party to plan and lots of little things to figure out. I have the cake tin, but no idea of how I am going to decorate it yet. Initially I was going to “build” a train and it really would have been awesome, but I decided it would be a lot of work and I just wasn’t up for it. So, train cake pan, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (cut with a train cookie cutter if I can find one) and submarine sandwiches for the grown ups. I have lots of work ahead of me. Ethan is very excited and has asked for a pine cone for his birthday. So, I also need to get a pine cone in addition to the big boy bike we have decided to get him (we made a peanut butter and birdseed pine cone a few weeks ago and he wants to make a career of it).
We had a mellow Thanksgiving. I supplied the sweet potatoes and the pumpkin pies, which after my day of preparing the pies I have decided I will always be buying my pie crusts…not worth the attempts to make them. My grandma was a pie making master. She tried to teach me, but it didn’t happen…too bad.
Tegan was up early Friday morning at 3 and cried and yelled for about an hour. I was bummed because I had to work yesterday. I couldn’t understand what her problem was. On my way to work I remembered it was Black Friday. The girl just wanted to get up and go shopping. That is what I figure, anyway. Sorry Tegan, mama has to work! I don’t know it I could ever go out in those crowds to shop and enjoy it. I thoroughly enjoy shopping, but I have no problem paying a little more money for less crowds and craziness.
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Kristine:
I know what you mean about not having to deal with crowds or the craziness. I thought my little girl would wake me up earlier yesterday morning, but we ended up getting up around 7. We went to a couple of places, but didn’t buy anything, some lines were just way too long. I never understood what people end up buying on Black Friday. There seems to be one or two great deals, which sell out within 30 minutes of the store’s opening, and then everything else that is on sale is not really that great (the deals or the items).
Happy Birthday, Ethan! Three years old, wow, before you know it, he’ll be graduating from high school. My little guy will be two at the end of December. Time sure flies!
Good luck with the party.
November 24, 2007 2:14 PM
Georgia:
A shopper! Man, I love how you can make light of the situation. You are so funny! Can’t wait for the party. I hope Ethan likes my gift, if not I will feel really dumb I went out on a limb to get something out of the ordinary. You will know what I mean once you see it. Don’t worry it’s nothing bad, I already returned the 365 days of pinup girls calendar I got him for ‘08, but only because I remembered he cant read yet.
November 24, 2007 2:28 PM
shane:
can i have the pin up girls?
November 24, 2007 6:40 PM
erika:
I already told her she could give them to Ethan, as long as they were of 40s pin up girls.
November 24, 2007 7:30 PM
Tisra:
Big boy! It seems like just yesterday we were talking on the phone about how close our due dates were! Crazy!
And, sweet Tegan and the shopping- I can see you are going to have a blast with your daughter as she gets a bit older. Lael is turing out to be such fun! I get to buy dolls and play with hair. :-)
November 27, 2007 11:15 AM
kati:
hey erika! I bought Ethan a birthday present and was hoping I could drop it off Saturday morning? I hope you guys are doing well and I can’t wait to see how big your babies have gotten!
November 27, 2007 9:00 PM