10 Things I Learned This Week

1. Ethan had his first BIG BOY prayer at dinner ... and mama had tears flowing down her cheeks, as usual.  He usually does his go-to "God our Father..." prayer but this time he asked to pray and did an actual prayer thanking God for his parents , and jumping on the bed.
2. I am obsessed with consignment shopping. Is it sad when I come home from getting deals and I'm ready to turn around and try to find more?
3. We are going camping in November with my family in Tennessee!  So excited to expose Eli to his first camping trip (don't worry - we're staying in a camping cabin - a step above tent camping) and take Ethan again.
4. Sometimes God calls us to do something we don't want to do and certainly do not understand.  It's so hard to put all our trust in Him sometimes.  Man it's just hard.
5. Man this fall weather has me ready to pull out the jeans and long sleeve shirts.
6. Pumpkin Spice Latte.  That's all I need to say.
7. Ethan has one awesome preschool teacher.  I LOVE Miss Mellen.
8. My mom is one traveling fool.  She is off to Russia for two weeks.
9. There is nothing more manly than an man who has a heart and deep love for Christ.  God - thank you for my husband.
10. Pray for us - we officially start our Journey Group tomorrow!

Home Sweet Home

Our awesome hubby and daddy stayed up until the wee hours of the morning making an indoor playhouse for the boys!  When they awoke the next morning they were thrilled and have played in it every day ever since.  I need to capture pictures of all the crazy things they do in there!  They certainly feel right at home.

 

Ethan's First Day of 4K Preschool

 

Today was Ethan's first day back at school, and boy was he ready to go!  He cooperated well with me in getting ready, ate all his breakfast and immediately got his bookbag on.  He had it on for litererally 30 minutes before it was time to go because he was so ready!  We got to school early but everyone was already heading on in, plus he saw two buddies so we just HAD to go in.  It was a great first day back!

 Buddies Lael and Quinn

 Signing In

 He does so well writing his name!  So proud!

Training for the Upscale Weesale

 

 

Y'all remember this commercial last Christmas? I remember when I first saw it I laughed my butt off ... but mostly because that's how I feel about getting ready for the Upscale Weesale consignment sale. When the time comes around for us consignors to log-on and begin tagging our items, I am giddy!  Literally chomping at the bit and giddy.  Ohh but then comes the washing, ironing, hanging, bagging, batterying (yes I just made that up - ya know putting new batteries in), tagging and then I'm officially done.  As in I'm DONE and ready to throw in the towel.  But then I remember all the benefits that come from all that hard work.  A check in the end .. and all this stuff out of my house. I'm motivated once again to make it to the finish line and drop off day.

 

  Then comes the BIG day - an hour before the sale begins I'm fueled up, hydrated, got my comfortable gear on, in line waiting for them to open the door and then I'm ready to roll. I mean get my roll on - my rolling laundry basket that is.  That's what I have to put all my goodies in, and two of them to boot.  Man - do I look like a dork.  But hey, it pays off . I've got a wardrobe for both my boys that they can be stylish and comfortable in, and even some other things, and I didn't pay anything close to what I would've spent if I was buying it directly from the store.

If you're wondering what in the heck the Upscale Weesale is, well it's only the BEST of the best of children's consignment sales here in the Rock Hill or York county area.  I've been to quite a few sales and this is by far my very favorite.  I'm so lucky it's right here in my hometown!  A few years ago when I first discovered consignment sales I literally went to all the ones in the area including as far as Huntersville, NC and Weddingon, NC.  As the seasons came, I started to narrow down which ones I spent my time driving to and I finally just narrowed it down to one.  The Upscale Weesale!  It is the most organized, has the best quality and selections, has a friendly staff, has the easiest and quickest check-out and offers incentives to those who volunteer.  Moi!  It truly is a pleasure to shop at and I can't wait for tomorrow to come!

 

Disney Update

We have officially booked our Disney trip!  Yay!  After what seemed like weeks and weeks of planning, questions, advice, pricing and researching this is what we've come up with so far ...

We're staying at the Art of Animation in a Cars Themed Family Suite.  The boys are going to LOVE what they've done with the place!  We've watched every video on disneyparks.com regarding the resort and we just fell in love.  We were back and forth with staying at the Camp Wilderness Campground in a cabin but we finally landed on this and I'm so glad we did!

 

 

We've worked out an itinerary of which days we are going to which parks.  We've made reservations for dining, including some with characters such as Winnie the Pooh at the Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom, Chef Mickey and all his buddies at Contemporary Resort and all the Disney Jr. characters at Hollywood Studios.  I think the boys are certainly going to get a kick out of eating with these guys.  We even made a reservation for me and Chris.  My choice was Be Our Guest in Magic Kingdom ...

I am SO beyond excited about this!  Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney classic movie and I can't wait to feel like I'm Belle in the ballroom!   Luckily I got online and made a reservation just in time, although our reservation time is 4:35 for dinner!  I got back online to recheck if there were any later times and they are completely booked ... THE ENTIRE WEEK!  Whew!  So thankful I got this!  Chris choose a Hawaiian luau themed dinner called Ohana at the Polynesian Resort...

We are so excited and January cannot come soon enough. I've got to cool it with the Disney talk however because Ethan is now talking about it non-stop.  It's supposed to be a birthday present so shhhhh if he asks you about Disney.