The Replacements

The kids and I watched on Black Friday as the tow truck hooked the Jeep, complete with the Hawkeye emblem on the back, to it's truck. We listened until we couldn't hear the rumble of the tow truck anymore. Carson kept banging on the window saying, "Hey, that's my dad's Jeep! You can't take that!" But the Jeep was replaced by Friday evening with this...

a Dodge Charger!

I had to talk him out of a 2 door, rear-wheel drive Challenger, which is what he really wanted!

And here is MY replacement...

Carson put my boots on and said, "Now I'm the mommy!" If only that could work for a day. I need a break! (P.S. We're experimenting with Carson's hair...seeing if he can pull off a shaggy do. It's driving me nuts!)

(and the Hawkeyes on the TV in the background, they need a couple replacements too! Way to throw away the season!)

The End of the Season

After I took these pictures, I realized that these were probably the last pictures that would be taken in leaves and not snow until next year.

Jerrod was in a car accident Sunday night after getting called in to the hospital earlier that evening. Luckily no one was hurt, and it wasn't Jerrod's fault! He was heading home around 10:00pm, and the opposing car failed to stop at his red light, causing Jerrod's right front end to hit the other cars left front end. The pictures don't do it justice, but the insurance adjuster said it was "a total loss." I get attached to things like cars and other inanimate objects like houses and such, but Jerrod has already started shopping! I think I know what I'll be thankful for this Thanksgiving...a happy, healthy, unharmed husband, even if he does have to work all the time!

Oh, Carson!

Last night Carson was sent to his room for talking back to me. When I put him to bed later that night, he said, "Mommy, I'm sorry for talking backwards to you. We only talk forwards." I laughed, he laughed...I just can't stay mad at that boy!

This reminds me of a funny thing Camryn said when she was about Carson' s age. Jerrod had told her she needed to remain at the dinner table until her plate was clean and that was "the bottom line." She looked at him in all seriousness and said, "Daddy, what's the top line?"

They may raise my blood pressure multiple times a day, but not a day goes by that I'm not thankful for these two "turkeys"!

Knock, Knock!

Knock, Knock jokes have been the topic at the dinner table lately. Carson's favorite is...

"Knock, knock."
"Who's there?"
"Stinky Cat."
"Stinky cat who?"
"BOO!"

No idea what that means, but he thinks it is just the funniest thing! We thought he was trying to do the joke where you say, "Boo who" and then he say, "Aw, don't cry. It's just a joke." But he made it clear that was not the case! Silly boy!

Trick-or-Treat Night

Camryn went as "A Box of Puppies for Sale" and Carson was a "Struction Worker!"

Pumpkin Carving

Camryn was the master gutter this year! She was so good, she helped Carson with his. Jerrod and I wouldn't have had to help with anything other than the carving if we didn't want to! I can't resist squishing the "guts!"

Ultimately, we ended up carving a bunch of dog bones on Camryn's, and Carson wanted a "sad pumpkin!" Forgot to take pictures of the finished product.

Zoo Boo