Puttin' on my big girl panties...

...and just gonna deal with today...

WHY?

because it's a milestone birthday for me today!

...not gonna say what number...

(most of you already know anyway, so let's just leave it at 29 forever!!!)

i woke up this morning before the alarm clock because the bunny was stomping his foot loudly in the living room ( a rabbits way of signaling a warning if scared or danger is near )....and again...WHY?

because my husband blew up a bunch of surprise birthday balloons in the living room and one of them had popped and scared the poop out of the bunny! -literally-

HAHAHA...it was actually kind of funny when i went in there with one eye open to see what had Oliver so alarmed and frightened to wake me up with foot stomping to see all these rabbit shaped balloons all over the living room floor!

(and oliver liked running through them once he realized they weren't any threat afterall....)

...and a little fun from the weekend...

friday night, i played with paper and made this new layout for tyler to document his 'pumpkin week'.

...i had a smile on my face the whole time putting this one together..

:)

on saturday, miss courtney had her first fall dance competition...and she danced very well and had great results!  (she did 7 dances and won two 2nds and four 3rds )

...so happy for her and all her efforts...

AND thank you to Grandma (#1 cheerleader) and also to Syrella for coming out and spending the afternoon with us, being supportive and encouraging!  we were happy to have you with us!!

(and thanx again Syrella for the tea and the muffins - wink! )

...and sunday evening the kids were ECSTATIC to try out their Wii on our new toy...

(thank you Jan for a great deal...the kids -all 3 of them - are most happy to have living room electronics and not have to go down to the rec room!! )

...we are currently working on painting and updating tyler's bedroom, so hopefully in a couple days i will have photos to share of the finished labour of love...

...be back soon...