happy Thanksgiving week, lovelies! write your randoms and link-up below.
1. trader joe's chalks up 17 more awesome points in my book. have you seen their Christmas bags? the paper ones, can double wonderfully as gift wrap or gift tags. this is what all of my presents will look like without buying any wrap ~
2a. on friday night i ate 2 slices of papa john's pizza. which never happens.
2b. on saturday night i ate a mexican dinner.
2c. on sunday i was miserably sick and throwing up. connect the dots, much?
2d. which is why this gall-bladder-less girl has to stick to eating rabbit food.
3. younger siblings make the best (free) babysitters. can i get an amen!
4. last week our toilet bowl scrubber went missing. hubby and i knew who to blame... but the question was which little took it and what did they do with it? a week later, i found it in Hunter's long-sleeve shirt drawer. i think we lucked out. this could've turned out way worse.
5. this morning i caught my daughter trying to unwrap and eat a tampon. my kids have grossed me out way too much in the last week.
6. i think all of womendom have an obsession with target. well get this. i had a $5 off coupon and the gal at the cashier doubled it just because. she had to have been an angel and knew i was crying all morning over finances. God bless her.
7. if you live near me in Charleston, Riverfront Park is the best place to take pictures.
8. i am the resident family picture taker and i can't say that i mind. it's fun stuff. i hauled my mom, step-dad, and siblings out to Riverfront to get their Christmas card pictures taken. mom, here is your preview.
my bro and his girl ~
9. my grandmother and aunt flew in yesterday evening from California for Thanksgiving. it's bound to be a good week around here! hope yours is too.
now it's your turn. grab the button ~
now it's your turn. grab the button ~
49 {comments}:
LOL at your daughter trying to eat the tampon! Oh dear! :O
Darn, my link-up was SO close to being first! :P
good morning friend! i love the idea of using the trader joes bag as christmas wrapping paper! as far as the target associate doubling your coupon...God's blessings and favor upon you friend. He just knows what you need when you need it and in the most unexpected times....love that! fantastic pictures of your mom and the fam! yay, for your grandma and aunt flying in from CA! have a lovelee thanksgiving week with your family!
xo,
alely
We don't have a Trader Joe's around here. I love the pictures you took of your family. You could really do this for a living and get paid for it. Lovely.
Ack, no Trader Joe's here ... but love the wrap idea. I did a post recently on wrap for the the Homeschool Post, it will go up again in December ... my kids helped with the ideas ... I will remind you to look ;)
and I have a tampon story ... maybe i will write a post about it.
Your photos are beautiful and when we were in Charleston last year, my girls commented regularly on how lovely the people were there - a little different to Boca!
Have a great week and thank you for hosting!
sorry you were sick :( yuck! throwing up is my all time least favorite thing to do!
and question...is your family visiting for the holiday? for some reason i thought they lived in san fran? hope you're having a better day!
:) this made me smile.
I'm officially in love with that paperbag/wrapping paper awesomeness!
~simi
You have a beautiful family and you did a great job capturing them!!
#4 - Reminds me of when I found our oldest daughter licking the toilet brush. Ewww....what can you possibly do at that point??? However, now she's turned out to be this beautifully poised, paranoid about germs 11 year old - who grosses out when she has to hold her brothers' hands during prayer. :)
Btw, thanks for your recent encouraging comments...sweet blogging friends like you have made this bedrest thing more bearable! ;)
your kids are two much! definitely brought a smile to my face this morning. :)
BHAHAHA... your child is adorable. Hahahaha...
Makay
www.thebirdssay.blogspot.com
I'm still laughing about the toilet bowl scrubber. That is hilar! Have a wonderful week with your family!
Man, I WISH there was a Trader Joes by me! What fun packaging!! And the pictures look great! I'm the family photographer for us too. I have thought, on more than one occasion, I don't want someone else to take our family pictures, I want to take them! :) The remote has helped with that a little, but obviously I've still had to enlist some others. Great job, they're lucky to have you. :)
XO
Erin
Oh man, between the toilet scrubber and the tampon this may just be the best post I read today! So funny!
I love linking up here on Mondays! Please always stay miscellaneous! It makes me so happy! Will be catching up with every one else's madness later...Have a great week!
Ughhh I hate horrible this weekend too and was definitely feeling it this morning. Had to force myself to work out in hopes to feel a little better. I think it worked...at least for now!
I love your Target story. I always find something like that happens after I have a major meltdown about money. I like to think of it as God trying to tell me He has it under control :)
Hi Carissa,
Awesome Christmas wrappings. Beautiful family picture. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Food for Thought
I will give you the AMEN on the sibilings babysitting, but don't start taking them for granted, my sister did that to me!!
Your pics are great, what a wonderful looking family!!
Thanks for hosting
LOL @ 4 and 5!! It never ends!! I still have my GB and have to be equally careful. Oy vey! Beautiful Family!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Your little sister looks SO MUCH like you!
Oh my goodness... I'd be freaking out about the toilet scrubber... I'd have to wash the house... too funny!
Hilarious stories about your littles. They make life so exciting, don't they? : )
Thanks for hosting this fun link party! It is my first time to participate although I have been reading for awhile! I am so excited to be a part of it! : )
Haha, this made me smile.
Thankfully those little moments are what keep us entertained and help us to keep going on. Blessings!
Oh no!! I am so sorry that you were sick!! I hope you are feeling better now!! And I am LOVING those trader joes paper bags!! How festive!
Love Papa Johns, and Target. And you're pictures are awesome!
I'm just running through all the places you could have found that toilet brush, and I agree that you did luck out! :)
i am going to trader joes to get some of those bags! ive actually never been to one, but i discovered my new city has a store... and i cant wait to go after seeing blogger's rave about it. any must haves i need to check out?!
love target. how awesome that she doubled your coupon :)
the pictures are gorgeous!
We don't have Trader Joe's anywhere in this vacinity, but I do love those bags. We do have Target about 25 miles from here but I never seem to get there.
The picture of Sage and your sister is just too cute.
Glad it's your Mom that has to pick the picture for her card, too many good ones to have to pick.
Blessings for a wonderful Thanksgiving week with your family.
1. I am also entirely too obsessed with the Trader Joe bags. They are adorable!
2. I legitimately laughed out loud at the thought of a baby trying to unwrap and eat a tampon. Kids are the best!
Have a great week!!!
i may be late on this...but your blog looks SO good! love it
Love the layout of your blog!
This is my first time linking up for MM - thank you for hosting!
LOVE the wrapping idea! And bummer on all the gross stuff : ( Love the pictures and I hope you have a great Thanksgiving!! xoxo
I adore TJ! Those bags are so cute too. Um, I can see why your kids grossed you out a little :( We had Papa John's last week too but didn't have the same reaction...I'm so sorry. Amen to the younger sibs...I posted about mine today too. Those are great shots of your family. Love the lady at Target...what a joy she is :) Enjoy your family this week :)
What a sweet cashier at Target! God def answers prayers :)
And, one time my mother was playing piano for our church and left my young sister unattended. She pulled a tampon out of her purse and began directing the choir with it! ha! kids :)
Our puppy has a fascination with tampons....YUCK! And your younger brother and sister look so much like you! Lucky children!!
I love wrapping my gifts in plain brown paper. Cheap and looks so good with pretty ribbon. Love all the pictures!
that gift wrap idea....genius!
and IT could have been worse, at least she had to unwrap the tampon first! ;)
oh...and the family pictures beautiful ~ as ALWAYS!
Wow kids are hilarious! Have a blessed week!
#3 - Absolutely amen! My sis is my kids' favorite aunt ever. She's just great with them!
I'm so glad mine haven't started running off with toilet stuff just yet. lol
WOW that is a good idea re: the Trader Joe's bags! :D
I'm falling in love with that store.
Trader Joe's such thinkers...
I hope you fell better!!
Bahaha on the tampon story!!
Your photos are amazing!!! You truly have a gift!!
Have a wonderful week and a great thanksgiving!
Liz
I can totally relate to #8 - resident family photographer. HERE! I love it. I love my camera. Planning on capturing some great pics over the next few days. You make me smile. Thank you!
Wow, I need to go look at the Trader Joes bag I came home with today. Love the idea of using it as wrapping paper! Okay, Sage and the tampoon, I laughed so hard! Yay for favor at Target. And you have a Beautiful family!
I'm pretty sure I'd be grossed out by all that too. Kids are weird. haha
Love the trader joes wrappings. Sooo creative. When we were little and super poor it became our family's 'thing' to 'wrap' all presents in plastic grocery bags. haha We still do it to this day. haha
Emily at Amazing Grapes
oh the messes kids get into! Mine are on a booger kick right now...gross.
LOVE Target, wish I could shop there for everything!
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Carissa!
Oh mercy! Thank God it was a clean one at least. I have to hide all trash from mine, bc she acts like a total hobo.
And you are welcomed to take my family pictures any time you want as well! Woman, you've got mad skills! True story :-)
My son is my free baby sitter..I feel bad though :( he says hes tired of watching her lol ( and its only for a minute at a time!)..and pizza is my favorite I cant believe you cant eat it often!
-barbie
i am a gall bladder less girl too so i completely understand your comments around that. non greasy food is the way to go without feeling miserable!
number five made me laugh out loud, when you said your kids had grossed you out too much in the last week. and i'd like to think that younger cousins make good babysitters, too, because in my family, i am the younger cousin in question. ;] unfortunately, i live too far away from my cousins to babysit, so my duties are reduced to keeping the kids occupied, and on thanksgiving, out of the kitchen. :]
What a marvelous idea. Oh, I wish we had a Trader Joe's. I had my gall bladder remove in the spring and even though my doctor said I wouldn't have any diet changes there are many foods I avoid. All kids have their gross moments. Mine seem to have a lot of them.
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