Not so fast with that Christmas trash!

Remember all that cellophane packaging on your gifts? Well, when you sew a few layers onto a piece of terry cloth...

... add ribbon loops and a flannel backing, and then zigzag the edges...

...you have a texture toy that makes a pleasant crinkle crinkle sound. A visual, aural, and tactile delight!

Apparently, it's also delicious. Look at those little fingers entwined in the loops!

Snow Day!

Well, today is turning out to be frigid and SNOWY here in New York! I'm excited because this may be the only snow I see this year, with Oklahoma being so unpredictable. And I can finally take the time to blog because everyone's out hunting except for me and my pregnant sister-in-law. Thanks for saving me from freezing my butt off in the snow, Baby D!

I'm having a great time here in NY. Visiting Adam's family is always gives me a strange feeling, because his younger siblings are all the same age and gender as mine, so it's like walking into an alternate universe and seeing how my family could have turned out. My siblings are pretty wild and tend to go off and do their own thing when at home, but Adam's family is extremely cohesive and moral and take much pleasure in doing things together. It's really interesting to see the contrast between siblings, like my brother and Adam's brother, both the same age, but one is a hard-boiled, pack-a-day-smoking ex-Marine, and the other likes leading worship and acting in musicals. At one time, I'm sure they were very much alike, but at some point, their lives took very different turns. It's so interesting to see how the choices people make determine even their personalities later down the road!

So Thanksgiving was fun yesterday! There was a ton of food, and of course, everyone had to say something that they're thankful for. Adam took the obvious one and said that he was thankful for Oscar, so I said that I was thankful to be with family for Thanksgiving. It's a fact that not only do you marry your spouse, but you also marry his family; so I have always been thankful to have such good in-laws. Well, all the hunters should be back soon, so I should get off. I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving!

What we were for Halloween

I would have put this up sooner, but my online time has been devoted to The Great Cloth Diaper Hunt. If I were any kind of a good friend, I would not mention it, because it will suck.your.time. If you need proof, consider the fact that I'm putting up Halloween costume pictures up four days after the event. :-P Anyways, on to the pictures!

Some very good friends of ours got married in the summer in Pennsylvania. They wanted a reception for all the Oklahoma friends who couldn't make it, so they threw an event on Saturday and called it a Hallowedding party. All the guests showed up in costume, of course! So what did we wear?

Baby D's real-life name is Oscar. I don't know why I don't just call him by his real name here; it's not like it's a big secret or anything! I guess I just like calling him Baby D. Why does this even matter right now?


Because Adam and I dressed up as the award-winning Actor and Actress who won an Oscar for Best Performance this year. :-D

That is not the best picture of me. If I were a real celebrity, that would land on Star magazine for sure. Maybe if if I put up a goofy picture of Oscar, you won't notice so much...

I took Baby D's costume off because he was starting to get hot. Speaking of hot, this is the most metro you will ever see my husband:

Would you believe all three of our costumes cost about $10 total? Adam and I pulled most of our getup from stuff we already had, and Baby D's costume was cheap to sew because he only needed half a yard of fabric.

So what did we do on the real Halloween night? My husband went out and bought two giant bags of candy because he was certain that we would be inundated with trick-or-treaters. And then we just kind of chilled around the house.  Unfortunately, nobody showed up, so we're still eating candy around here! No guarantees that I'll fit into that costume next Halloween!