Oranges! We Have Oranges!!

I bought a bunch of Clementines at Costco earlier in the week, and when I'm getting things ready in the kitchen, Ellie has helped me out by sitting on the counter top, and she's discovered the oranges!



ORANGES!!!!!!!!


One tastes good...


Two is BETTER!


Now she's being responsible and putting them back.

So my dears, if you want a clementine from our stash, know that it's probably been in a 25 week old's mouth. hahahaha

Hooray for Days off!

I was semi- forced into taking a day off today. I'm not too sad to say that I was OK with it. Prepping for a sub wasn't nearly as time consuming as usual for some reason, and the kids were excited to have a male sub rather than a female.

So instead of the usual day of spelling tests, singing christmas songs, correcting spelling tests, eating with kids, I went and finished up one of my birthday presents! Drew had given me a couple pedicures to Indulge Day Spa. They have this cool thing where the pedi is ice cream sundae based (not real food, it just smells like it!). The foot soak I chose was peppermint, I got a caramel mud wrap, they do a fun sugar based scrub, and scented shea butter for the finish- I got chocolate flavor. And the best thing of all? You get to eat treats while you get your toes done! I chose a double chocolate fudge bar today- it was divine! I got red nail polish for Christmas with a cute little Rudolph on each toe! (I couldn't get the pic to come out in focus- so just take my word for it!)

We chatted about our kids, work, silly people, etc. I would definitely go there monthly if my budget allowed!

Afterward, I went and picked up Ms. Cakes and Drew to go eat Indian food for lunch. Can I just tell you how much I love that stuff? I do! (While I was enjoying myself, Drew had the unfortunate adventure of the after effect of me feeding Ellie prunes...the transition to rice cereal has been rough on her!)- it got EVERYWHERE! Poor guys- I'm sorry!!

So now E and I are home, I'm washing clothes, tidying up, and enjoying my day off. :D


She loves that thing- it has a picture of a baby duck on the other side, and she insisted I take it off her play gym so she could hold it wherever we go.


Drew promised her a pony for a hug! I think she realized she was getting away with something!


E wants to be a dentist when she grows up!


Another thing- I wanted to have some reason why I like Dallas, so on my drive back in today, this is what I thought up:

1. the sign that says 47 miles to Lincoln City
2. the random cranes in the middle of wheat fields, just chillin
3. hawks hanging out ALL over the place
   
4. the goaties that eat the side of their little house on the side of the road coming into Dallas
5. the skyline on the highway, especially at sunset
6. the skyline in the mornings from our patio, especially when there's some vibrant pink hues in the air
7. a small, very personable school district
8. my beautiful kitchen
9. and last of all, the sign that says 47 miles to Lincoln City ;)

Good day today!

We've had a pretty decent week. My back is starting to get better, and I'm counting down the days until Christmas break. I'm super excited to spend so much time with Miss Elliecakes!


Don't let the face fool you! hahaha



Looking cute



Found the lights and started pulling them off the tree


Oh how I love her beautiful blue eyes!


Cups are way better than tub toys!



Loving her dada


Oh frog, how E loves you :)

Good News + Bad News

Good news:

• I have our Year in Review letters printed out and ready to go out with our Christmas cards!
• We made it home from Seattle safely- although we were beginning to wonder with the traffic at Woodburn and a blown out diaper we couldn't get changed til we were out of there!
• We had a great, tasty Thanksgiving at dad and Laurie's house
• We get to spend Christmas in Oregon this year
• Hopper is the newest addition to the Clark household- and he sure is cute! --he had lived down in Cali- and was ~10-15 mins away from being euthenized when the fires hit. A rescue team went in to get the dogs, and Hopper was one of them. He then made his way up to Washington with an adoption crew and dad saw him at PetSmart and just *had* to have him. He has these long spindly legs- I like to call him Pip or Spidey. :D He's half chihuahua and half mini greyhound- so he has the body of a chihuahua, and the legs of a greyhound. He is awesome!

Not so great news:

• Sweet Honey pup has cancer :(
• My back tweaked out while we were in Washington and it hurts like crazy- I haven't decided to go to the doctor or not. With mass amounts of ibuprofin, I can keep it in check. I know that last time I messed up my back, it just took time to heal. I have a feeling this is the same deal- it just doesn't feel good, and makes me pretty grumpy.
  
• Drew's student loan payments start this month- which is making me thankful I have a job so my income can go toward them!
• We miss family :/

So, things go up and down around here, but we're still chugging along. Thankful for the great friends and family we have in our lives, and grateful for our jobs and our little girl.

And as promised- HERE is the TURKEY!!!

Hunter gave Elliekins LOTS of kisses! She didn't mind. In fact, she LOVED to pull on his ears. The poor dog was mauled but he kept coming back for more!


I don't remember what she was looking at, but this is a pretty awesome look!




Chillin with her goggie!


And here's some other random pictures from the past week or so:



Michele put this together to show the similarities between Elisabeth and me. Pretty awesome!


Happy girl!


We used the napkin as one of those lame scarfs!


Showing you her awesome new Legs she got!!! She's all dressed up for the Holy War game! (Utah Vs. BYU for those that aren't aware) :)

I got taggggered!

Here are the rules:

*Open your first photo folder.

*Scroll down to the 10th picture.

(if you dont have 10 in that one, then go to the next folder that does).

*Post that photo and the story behind that photo on your blog.

*Tag 5 friends to do the same.

This is my wee one when she was first born! What a great picture to have for the 10th picture!!!

I tag whoever wants to do it!