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On Sunday we had a friend visit for dinner. We had a wonderful visit and she brought some really neat things for the kids to look through. She homeschooled her children (now grown) and knew we were going to homeschool…so she brought a mini-science lesson with her!
The Pottery was BEAUTIFUL! Our friend’s daughter makes these and more. To see more samples visit her website : Michelle Schissler
WOW! This was the first time I joined the “psyco ranks” for the Door Buster Sales. We got up at 2:45AM and left the house for the 45 minute drive to the mall. Why, you may ask? Well…the flyers we had said that JCPenny opened at 4am and Target opened at 5am. We were looking for a new wedding band for me at the former and a Super Mario Nintendo DS at the later. So, here was our morning:
- 3:45am – arrive at Target to drop off MIL to get in line
- 4:00am – arrive at JCPenny to get in line
- 4:01am – enter JCPenny without waiting, because they actually opened at 3:30am!
- 4:20am – MIL shows up at Pennys and tells us that Target actually doesn’t open until 6am!
- 4:30am – after waiting for our turn at the Jewelry counter we find out that the ring we wanted was out of stock already. The nice clerk ordered it at the door buster price for us online. So really, we could have come in at anytime before 1pm and had them order it!
- 4:45am- arrive at Target to get in line (for real this time)
- 5:55am – late arrivers start standing around near the front of the line expecting to sneak into the crowd when the doors open. No security had come out and it was starting to get interesting.
- 6am – doors open and there is literally a mad rush into the store. My husband was brave (or crazy) enough to hold back some of the line jumpers until we most of us that had waited more than an hour could get through the door. Nobody got seriously hurt, but one of the line jumpers got through and when some young teenage accidentally bumped into him with a cart, he turned around and slammed the cart back at the kid. I moved out of the way, but he pushed passed me as well. I rushed to the electronics, MIL went to where they were handing out the GPS (she had a ticket that was handed out earlier) and Ben caught up to us after holding back the crowd…thankfully with no black eye or broken bones!
- 6:10am – after searching for the DS, I finally got the attention of a clerk and was told they weren’t sent any of them! Apparently not all stores received all the advertised specials. I think I’ll be calling the corporate customer service to let them know how disappointed we were. MIL did get the GPS she wanted, so it wasn’t a totally wasted wait.
- 6:30am – check out of Target…we were very impressed with their system and the line went from the back of the store to the front in less than 10 minutes!
- 6:50am – quick stop at Toys R Us to look for the DS. Bumped into my neice who had been waiting in line for an hour after spending only 10 minutes getting what she wanted. I guess it was good that that store was out of the DS already!
- 7:15 arrive at Sam’s club – DS Found!!! They had about 10 of them and they were only about $10 more than the other stores. Picked up a few other things and checked out.
- 7:30 enjoyed a free breakfast buffet at Sam’s club and rested our weary feet for a few mintues.
That was then end of our craziness. After that, we went back to the mall to do some shopping and eat lunch. We made it to Wal-Mart around 1pm, did some shopping there and finally headed home at 3pm.
My daughter called at 2 and reminded me that we said we’d be home at noon and we were two hours late! We arrived back at my MILs at 4pm, ate supper, played Scrabble and took a nap. We headed back home around 7:15 and the kiddos were ready to go to bed when we got home at 8. Ben and I went to bed around 10 and we all slept in until around 8. I’m still dragging a bit this morning, but I guess it was worth it 
What did we end up buying? Not much!
- Ordered new wedding band – mine lost 2 of 3 of the diamonds and my engagement ring needed some fixing as well. We had an estimate to get them both fixed and found it to be less expensive to just find one ring for now. After 12 years, they finally started to show how rough I really am on them!
- Frog rubber boots & an outfit for Alex’s bday present in two weeks
- A shirt for Sammi for Christmas
- Best deal? 4 Glade Oil Candle burners for $4 (after coupons) , 2 Glade Candle wisp refills for $2 (after coupons), 2 Glade Fan plugins and 2 refills (fans were free with coupons). You really didn’t think I could go shopping without using coupons did you??
I guess I’ll go out again next year…but I’ll definitely go to bed before 11pm Thanksgiving Day!!!
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The kids and I went to our local Heritage Days celebration on Sunday. It was loads of fun and very educational. I was able to take a couple of pictures, but with 3 kids, one mom and a gazillion people…it was a bit tricky! I have lots of pictures with other peoples various body parts in the way 
As I mentioned earlier, the girls are going to join the apprentice program this year. I think it’s important…an fun…for our future generations to have a better appreciation of what life was like for those that began our country. There are many things available for the girls (any adults too) to apprentice. Right now, Chrissy is leaning toward Spinning and Sammi toward Weaving. Once they decide, they are assigned a Mentor that will hold “lessons” and help them along the way. I may even pick something…maybe Spinning or Lace Making.
We’ll also be making appropriate clothing (as authentic as we can) for them to wear to parades and different events they may attend. I think they are most excited about that part!
Here are some pictures of the day…enjoy!
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- Crank Toy
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- Learning about Pioneer toys
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- Making a toy
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- Handmade Sting Toy
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- Cha Cha Cha
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- Making Music
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- Natural Egg Dying
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- Got Wool?
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- Canoe made by a Master Craftsman & Apprentice
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- Chrissy in Long House
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- Sammi in Long House
We had an awesome time visiting our friends in Rochester, NY a few weeks months ago. We spent Friday at Lake Ontario swimming, building sand castles and having a picnic. In the evening we went to ride on one of the oldest carousels in NY. Saturday we spent the day at the Rochester Science Center. We’re looking forward to another trip there very soon. The kids had a great time playing and the adults had a great time visiting and playing with the kiddies!
Here are the pictures of Friday…click on to enlarge and see the captions:
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- Alex “catchin some waves”
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- Building a Sand Castle
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- Ben & Maiya buiding up the walls
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- Hayden bringing water for the moat
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- Alex filling up the moat
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- What else would a gymnast do at the beach?
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- Quinn helping build
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- Feeding the ducks
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- Sammi, Chrissy, Maiya, Alex, Hayden, Quinn – Funtime Crew
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- Alex finds a new friend
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- Girls having fun
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- Quinn enjoying his ride
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- One more game before we leave…
As soon as we go outside…off go the shoes…no matter where we are!
Alex or Hayden?
Actually the spider and skeeters did! Poor kids!
Alex was so excited on Friday when we went to a community sale just up the road. I was really on the search for school clothes…but I couldn’t resist this for Alex. I normally wouldn’t dream of spending $14 on toys at a Garage Sale, but we have been looking for Rescue Heros since last summer when he first discovered these “cool guys” at our Rescue Zone VBS. It was definately a bargin…there are 14 action figures, 3 or 4 of the Rescue Pets and lots of extra packs and accessories. OH~ and the GIANT Rescue Station that, of course, makes all kinds of “cool” noises!
Needless to say…I didn’t get much else at the sales! But, I do believe Alex and Chrissy will have hours of fun playing with these toys!
Ben is having so much fun with his new camera…he has been getting some really great shots! I’m beginning to believe we won’t need a photographer now! Here are some pictures he took over the weekend…
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- Cutie Nephew…
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- Alex & Grandmal
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- Chrissy playing a new game…
There are more…but most have other people in them and I haven’t asked yet if I can post their pictures on the blog!
A few weeks ago we went to Knoebles Grove Amusement Park two days in a row! It was lots of fun…the first was for the end of the year school picnic for Connections Academy and the other way for a company picnic for Grandmal. I don’t have the pictures from the school trip…but, here are the pictures of the second trip!
The Merry Mixer
Alex put his arms up on just about every ride!
Sammi getting ice down her back…thanks to Chrissy!
As we were headed back into the park after lunch, we heard the unmistakable music from Chrissy’s All Time Favorite … High School Musical (this was from 2). We sat right up front to watch the performance and the actress that played Gabriella sat down right next to Chrissy! Ben missed the shot, but she has the memory!
Getting ready to get wet on the Flume!
We had a wonderful time at the park! The kids used up the remainder of our tickets playing the Dog Pound game. Alex won me a little stuffed dog, a frog for himself. Chrissy and Sammi both one a stuffed animal too.
