Maggie's new store

Maggie's Dog Collar shop is open :) She's been busy sewing and is hoping to have $500 to give the Animal Shelter of Northeast Nebraska before Christmas. Her online store can be found at...

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MaggiesProjectShop?ref=hdr_shop_menu

...she's also planning on setting up shop at Thanksgiving, so if we'll see you Thursday, be warned :)

The dentist and Daddy's bday....

Tuesday was a big day around here. Gracie had her first dentist appointment and it was Arnie's Birthday!

Gracie's been asking when she can go to the dentist for a long time, when the day finally came it didn't seem like such a great idea anymore. I went first and she kept telling the hygienist and I that she didn't need her teeth cleaned anymore, she'd just do it at home. I was a little worried, but when it was her turn she handled it like a champ. She bit the dentist, but in her defense he told her to "bite together". In true Gracie fashion she did it with gusto!

Tuesday night was Arnie's Birthday. The girls and I surprised him with a snowmobile (good thing there was snow on the ground, otherwise we probably would have given him socks and undershirts). The girls LOVE the snowmobile. Maggie is of course cautious and rule following and Gracie just wants to go FASTER!

Everyone needs a super cool helmet.

 Here is what Gracie really wanted to get him.....

 ...I'm not sure he'd of liked it as well. But it sure is cute!

I've started working on a few Christmas projects so the house is a mix of Thanksgiving/Fall decorations and a few Christmas things. It's been to cold to work outside....the other day I had a nail gun on my dining room table....must be genetic. Next week I'll start tossing the pumpkins and pulling out the tree and Christmas stuff. This weather makes me want to turn on the twinkle lights and listen to Christmas music.

Here are a few more pictures...

Pops got a new toy and it was delivered to the office, so last Sunday we went and
rode it around the office. It's pretty fun. Gracie and I tried to buy it from him, but he
said no....can you believe he said no to that sweet little face??

A quick picture of Maggie at her table at school...I love my Wednesdays
in first grade!

Gracie made us lemonade for lunch yesterday....I think maybe she forgot a couple of steps :)

Maggie is working on a new project to help our Animal Shelter. Hopefully she'll be ready to start selling these collars soon. She's been working very hard. We'll keep you posted!

Last Saturday the snow was coming down so pretty! Maggie and I decided to try and take some pictures of Jude...Jude wasn't sure what to think of the snow between her hooves and the cement (she's usually inside or in the mud!) It took a minute of playtime to get her to stop eating snow and cooperate. She and Maggie are quiet a pair......

teenth....

Maggie wants to know who invented numbers....and when they did it, why 11 and 12 aren't one teenth and two teenth? Oh ya, and yesterday she brought Animal Farm home from the school library and didn't understand why Arnie and I wouldn't read it to her. She's going to be ready for college soon.

November??

How did that happen? It's time to take the Jack-O-Lanterns down and shortly we will replace them with trees and lights :)

It's been business as usual around here. We've had Elsie with us for a few days, which has been lots of fun. She's been SO good and we love having her. At times keeping Gracie from hurting her seems like a full time job :) We sure will miss her when we have to give her back.

Halloween was a little different this year. We've spent every Halloween for as long as I can remember with my cousins (and the rest of the family too). This year, everyone was out of town, so we were on our own. I'd be lying if I said I was a little homesick all day, but we had good time Trick-or-Treating with the girls in Norfolk. It was pretty cold and their was a district football game in town (LOTS of porch lights were off), so we didn't stay out too long.

Elsa, the ladybug and Saige (an American Girl)

The girls took their Jack-O-Lanterns to Grandma and Pop's house since nobody would
see them all the way out at our house.

 

I let Gracie try gymnastics again this week....she promised she wouldn't throw a fit and gave me several very convincing pleas about how she wanted to go....guess what....it was exactly the same. I reminded her several times that the teacher would still be a boy and she said that was ok, then she saw him and that was it. I made her sit in a chair and watch them for most of the class, "the boy" tried to coax her to join them several times, those attempts always ended in screaming.....so now we're done trying. No more gymnastics for Gracie :(

 

Here are a few other pictures from the week....

I think Jude likes whatever story she is telling :)

You never know when you might need an umbrella?

Maybe she thought if she closed herself in a horse corral, she'd be safe from Gracie....

.....she was wrong :)

"Mom, my steffoscope might be a little bit cold. Take a deep breath."

hmmmmmmm? maybe we need more furniture.

On Sunday Miss Lauren (and Collin too) came and asked the girls to be
flower girls in their wedding. You can imagine how that went. Maggie was just beside
herself and Gracie ran upstairs and got her silver shoes and told Miss Lauren she had her
fancy shoes ready!

Silly silly gilrs! Thanks to $5 PJ week at Costco they get to be twins!

A year ago I was appointed to the Northeast Community College Board of Governors...Tuesday I was officially elected to retain my seat. My race ended up with 42 write in votes against, next week I'll start hunting down those 42 people  :)

Another safe place to hide from Gracie!