On October 11th Me and Corey went to visit Lesa and Connor. The boys had lots of fun playing together. It was hard to get both of them to look at the same time though.
Connor and Corey
The boys busy playing
The Megers
August 27, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Fall leaf fun
Me and Claire were raking leaves and Claire wanted to jump in. The gnats were really bad so we did not stay out too long. It is hard to believe that it was October 6th and it was in the 80's.
Claire wanted me to get a picture of her jumping in the leaves and this is how it turned out.
Claire smiling for some pictures when she landed.
Fall family pictures
We took the kids out to Minneopa state park in Mankato for some fall pictures and then stopped by the trout ponds in Ottawa for a few more pictures. We wanted to get some before the leaves all fell off the trees. The past few days had been really windy and a lot of the leaves had already fallen off the trees.
Breanna, Claire and Corey at Minneopa State Park
Me and John at Minneopa State Park
Breanna, Claire and Corey at the trout ponds
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
Wednesday we cleaned house and finished getting ready for Thanksgiving, then picked up Breanna in the evening. The girls made birthday cards for grandma and grandpa and then helped me make the frosting for the apple cake.
Thursday morning Claire crawled in bed with daddy and farted in his face, then said, "dada, you like that smell?", It was so funny. She was even so serious when she asked him. Then I made the pumpkin pies and John made us a nice big brunch. Then we were off to my parents house to celebrate turkey day, and my mom and dad's birthdays. There was so much delicious food, lots of fun, and family. After dinner we played bingo and a new clue game. I forgot my camera, but did use my dads, so the picutres will be posted later. Breanna was such a big help with getting all of the food ready, I was so proud of her. She really enjoyed helping too! I think that Claire must have changed clothes 3 or 4 times and for a while was even running around in just underwear. I can't seem to keep clothes on her for very long. One of the dresses she put on was a dress that was my moms when she was a little girl. (I did get pictures of her wearing it too) I can't believe how fast the day went, but it was a great one. I always love getting together with the family for the holidays. Now we can start getting ready for Christmas.
Friday I tried the Black Friday shopping. I went to wal mart in Mankato and had plans to head to target and mendards. Wal mart was a disaster. I was there before 5am, when the doors opened, and there was not one spot left in the parking lot. I had to park at Arbys and walk. Then there was not a cart left in the store. By the time I got in the store everything was already tore open and people were crazy. I could not even move enough to find the items that I wanted. I was able to get the barbie for Claire that I wanted and that was it. Luckily my sister was at another wal mart and was able to get the other things that I had wanted. Then I stood in line for over an hour with my one barbie for $5. I really didn't feel like it was worth it, but after getting up and parking far away and finding my way through the croud, there was no way I was leaving empty handed. I know my sister is the best too, because she went to menards and target, and got everythinhg else that I had on my list. So I am just about done wtih Christmas shopping now. Friday night me and Claire cuddled and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. I am always busy making my pies thanksgiving morning so I record the parade and watch the next day. Claire loved the parade and said wow when she saw the big balloons. She got up and danced when the bands played, and she said that she liked Cyndi Lauper (which is neat, because I loved Cyndi Lauper when I was a little girl). I think her favorite was Yo Gabba Gabba.
This morning I woke up with a head cold, which is not fun, but glad that it waited until after Thanksgiving. I am cleaning house today to get ready to set up the tree tomorrow. I think that the bathtub and the bubbles are calling my name!!
Thursday morning Claire crawled in bed with daddy and farted in his face, then said, "dada, you like that smell?", It was so funny. She was even so serious when she asked him. Then I made the pumpkin pies and John made us a nice big brunch. Then we were off to my parents house to celebrate turkey day, and my mom and dad's birthdays. There was so much delicious food, lots of fun, and family. After dinner we played bingo and a new clue game. I forgot my camera, but did use my dads, so the picutres will be posted later. Breanna was such a big help with getting all of the food ready, I was so proud of her. She really enjoyed helping too! I think that Claire must have changed clothes 3 or 4 times and for a while was even running around in just underwear. I can't seem to keep clothes on her for very long. One of the dresses she put on was a dress that was my moms when she was a little girl. (I did get pictures of her wearing it too) I can't believe how fast the day went, but it was a great one. I always love getting together with the family for the holidays. Now we can start getting ready for Christmas.
Friday I tried the Black Friday shopping. I went to wal mart in Mankato and had plans to head to target and mendards. Wal mart was a disaster. I was there before 5am, when the doors opened, and there was not one spot left in the parking lot. I had to park at Arbys and walk. Then there was not a cart left in the store. By the time I got in the store everything was already tore open and people were crazy. I could not even move enough to find the items that I wanted. I was able to get the barbie for Claire that I wanted and that was it. Luckily my sister was at another wal mart and was able to get the other things that I had wanted. Then I stood in line for over an hour with my one barbie for $5. I really didn't feel like it was worth it, but after getting up and parking far away and finding my way through the croud, there was no way I was leaving empty handed. I know my sister is the best too, because she went to menards and target, and got everythinhg else that I had on my list. So I am just about done wtih Christmas shopping now. Friday night me and Claire cuddled and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. I am always busy making my pies thanksgiving morning so I record the parade and watch the next day. Claire loved the parade and said wow when she saw the big balloons. She got up and danced when the bands played, and she said that she liked Cyndi Lauper (which is neat, because I loved Cyndi Lauper when I was a little girl). I think her favorite was Yo Gabba Gabba.
This morning I woke up with a head cold, which is not fun, but glad that it waited until after Thanksgiving. I am cleaning house today to get ready to set up the tree tomorrow. I think that the bathtub and the bubbles are calling my name!!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
it has been a while...
Friday we went to Faribault to have lunch with Lesa and Tim. It was a nice surprise to have Grandpa Friesz come and have lunch with us too. We spent the afternoon with Aunt Lesa, and then picked up Breanna. Friday night John took Bre out to the deer shack for hunting again. Me and Claire just enjoyed our quiet night at home.
Saturday Bre and John went hunting up in Chaska, and did not see anything. They stayed the night in the deer shack again on Saturday night. I was doing some cleaning up around the house and tripped on the wheel of Claire's little 3 wheeler Barbie bike. I flew and hit my face into the bathroom door frame. Mt glasses scraped my face and it hurt so bad that I thought I carcked my head open. It was really sore to wear my glasses, so I iced my face right away. Then me and Claire just relaxed and watched movies. Other than that we had a pretty good day.
Sunday morning Bre came home early, I think she had enough of the hunting for the weekend. John went back out for the morning. Me and Claire went to church with my mom and dad. It was a great service. Everyone that went to Ecuador for the mission trip talked about something that touched them there. I don't think there was a dry eye in the whole church. After service, there was a big Thanksgiving lunch put on by the church. Claire went off with papa, and after we had finished eating went to papa and asked him where Claire was. He said that she was right next to him, and Claire was gone. We ran around the church looking for Claire, and Uncle Tim found her just wondering around. She was just fine in her own little world checking out the place. John said that it takes at least two eyes to watch Claire and grandpa only has one.
Monday I cooked up the pumpkin and got it ready for the pumpkin pie. Then me and Claire had to go back to the dentist to have our fillings polished. Claire wanted me to go first. She did awesome with letting them do her teeth, and asked for a toothbrush after they were done. She got a foam tic tac toe game with smiley faces insted of a toothbrush. It was really funny, when the dentist was doing my teeth I heard Claire say that she farted, and the dentist asked her what she had said and she told him again that she farted. The dentist said that she must feel comfortable there now. After lunch we made mini pumpkin muffins and Claire really liked them.
Today we made an apple cake for Thanksgiving and turkey hand cookies, that Claire has been so excited to make. They ended up taking me much longer than I thought they would, but turned out really cute. I also cut Claire's bangs today, and surprisingly they look really good. John was out hunting again in Chaska today and did not see anything again. Yesterday was his last day of work for the season, so he will be out there every day trying to get one.
Saturday Bre and John went hunting up in Chaska, and did not see anything. They stayed the night in the deer shack again on Saturday night. I was doing some cleaning up around the house and tripped on the wheel of Claire's little 3 wheeler Barbie bike. I flew and hit my face into the bathroom door frame. Mt glasses scraped my face and it hurt so bad that I thought I carcked my head open. It was really sore to wear my glasses, so I iced my face right away. Then me and Claire just relaxed and watched movies. Other than that we had a pretty good day.
Sunday morning Bre came home early, I think she had enough of the hunting for the weekend. John went back out for the morning. Me and Claire went to church with my mom and dad. It was a great service. Everyone that went to Ecuador for the mission trip talked about something that touched them there. I don't think there was a dry eye in the whole church. After service, there was a big Thanksgiving lunch put on by the church. Claire went off with papa, and after we had finished eating went to papa and asked him where Claire was. He said that she was right next to him, and Claire was gone. We ran around the church looking for Claire, and Uncle Tim found her just wondering around. She was just fine in her own little world checking out the place. John said that it takes at least two eyes to watch Claire and grandpa only has one.
Monday I cooked up the pumpkin and got it ready for the pumpkin pie. Then me and Claire had to go back to the dentist to have our fillings polished. Claire wanted me to go first. She did awesome with letting them do her teeth, and asked for a toothbrush after they were done. She got a foam tic tac toe game with smiley faces insted of a toothbrush. It was really funny, when the dentist was doing my teeth I heard Claire say that she farted, and the dentist asked her what she had said and she told him again that she farted. The dentist said that she must feel comfortable there now. After lunch we made mini pumpkin muffins and Claire really liked them.
Today we made an apple cake for Thanksgiving and turkey hand cookies, that Claire has been so excited to make. They ended up taking me much longer than I thought they would, but turned out really cute. I also cut Claire's bangs today, and surprisingly they look really good. John was out hunting again in Chaska today and did not see anything again. Yesterday was his last day of work for the season, so he will be out there every day trying to get one.
Here is how the turkey hand cookies turned out, Claire had her own idea of how to make some of them.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Crafty Thursday
Claire started out the morning with a pice of pumpkin cake that she frosted and sprinkled herself. Then we painted a scooby doo picture together. For her lessons we are working on Dd. Claire did really well with printing her Dd's, then we read a poem about donkeys and made a paper craft donkey. We also decided to make a Thanksgiving craft too. All the crafts must have tired her right out, because after lunch she took a good nap. Claire got the H1N1 vaccine yesterday afternoon and did really well. She was crying quite a bit, then when the nurse brought her in 2 stickers, the tears just stopped instantly. She was so proud of her butterfly and big bird stickers. I started cleaning up in Claire's room yesterday, is it gettting close to being done. She found toys in there that she must have forgotten she had, and was busy with them. She was taking her gun and pretending to shoot her dads deer that are on the wall. I didn't get a picture, but it was really cute. We were having a tickle fight and Claire laughed so hard that she peed in her pants a little bit. I guess that we had a pretty fun filled day.
Claire frosting her pumpkin cake,
and this is after she put on the sprinkles.
The scooby doo picture that we painted
This is the corn boc craft that we made for Thanksgiving. Claire had so much fun rolling the cotton balls, glueing them on, and painting them. She was very proud to hang them up on the wall when they were dry.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Dentist
Yesterday I got some house cleaning done, and cut up one of the pie pumpkins. Me and Lesa went to pick up my dad from the airport last night. He was in Ecuador for a week for missions. He was helping build orphanages. Lesa made a big sign that said 'Welcome home dad'. He said that when he saw it, his got teary. The way home he was telling us all about his trip, and how they have such a different culture there. You always have to carry your own toilet paper with you everywhere. He brought me back a really pretty bracelet.
This morning Claire was busy playing dress up as usual. Then we had dentist appointments after lunch. Claire did not want to sit in the chair. I had to hold her down a bit and do some bribing. Once we were able to get the gas on her, she was great. She was laughing and joking with the dentist and she told him that he was silly. The dr said that since she was so good they would do all 3 cavities and then be done with them. They did really good with her there. After we were done Claire was more than excited to go pick something out from the store. She chose a set of pots, pans, and utensils for her kitchen set. Me and Claire made a pumpkin cake from the pumpkin that we cut up yesterday. Time to watch a movie and relax, the numbness has just went away too...yay.
This morning Claire was busy playing dress up as usual. Then we had dentist appointments after lunch. Claire did not want to sit in the chair. I had to hold her down a bit and do some bribing. Once we were able to get the gas on her, she was great. She was laughing and joking with the dentist and she told him that he was silly. The dr said that since she was so good they would do all 3 cavities and then be done with them. They did really good with her there. After we were done Claire was more than excited to go pick something out from the store. She chose a set of pots, pans, and utensils for her kitchen set. Me and Claire made a pumpkin cake from the pumpkin that we cut up yesterday. Time to watch a movie and relax, the numbness has just went away too...yay.
My princess playing dress up, she always picks out what pretty dress she wants to wear.
Claire holding her baby Maya, just before we left for the dentist.
Claire loves that they have this keyboard at the dentist. She looks for the 'puter' every time we are there.
Claire laying in the dentist chair, just after her fillings were finished.
My little princess with the funny gas nose on.
Claire looking at all her dishes for her kitchen set that she got for being so good at the dentist. I was so proud of her!!
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