Quirky Tag

I've been tagged. I guess I'm supposed to reveal 6 of my quirkiest quirks. Unfortunately, I have more than I can write, but here are some of my biggest oddities.

1. I look out the front window a few times a day for no reason at all. I don't know why I do this. I guess I'm just waiting for something exciting to happen.

2. I am OCD about light switches, hangers, and chapstick. Before I go to bed every night, I have to make sure all of the light switches are down (which can sometimes be difficult if there is more than one switch for one light). Unfortunately, the dumb electrician who wired our current house has made this impossible in the kitchen, family room, and downstairs family room. Chris likes to play tricks on me with the light switches, which drives me batty. My hangers have to be the same colors as the item of clothing that is hung on them, and my closet it arranged by color. My lips must be moistened to the perfect moistness. April and Chris will be happy to know I have relaxed a bit on this chapstick obsession. I do have several tubes of chapstick around the house, though.

3. I hate celery. I know this isn't really a quirk, but I had to get that off my chest.

4. I'm crazy about numbers. I mean really crazy. If I see numbers, I'll add them, subtract them, multiply them, rearrange them, ..... dwell on them till I go crazy...........or get a result I like.

5. I look at my own blog daily as if there might be something new or exciting on there. Usually, there isn't since I haven't written anything.

6. I use my bra as my secret pocket (for money, my cell phone, or keys). Chris and Tyler know my secret. My sisters think it's gross.

Well, I hope we're all still friends now that you know my secretest secrets. That's me. A little kookoo with a little normal in there too. I hope you'll want to share, too. Jill, cousin Anjella, April, Michele, and anyone else who might read this.

Wow!!!

While we were in town for the weekend, Chris and I decided to take Tyler to see the lights at Thanksgiving Point. My mom came along with us, which was fun, too. One the way there, Tyler got in a grumpy mood because he didn't want to sit in his car seat. No matter how hard we tried to get him excited to see the lights, it didn't work. He whined and cried and whined and cried. I was beginning to worry that it wasn't a good idea to go to see the lights with him being a miserable little pain. But as we drove into the opening where the lights started, Tyler finally looked up at the lights and stated, "Wow!!!" with so much excitement you could tell he meant it. He said "wow" a few times while we drove through the light displays. It was very cute. I didn't really think the lights there were that spectacular, but having a little child there made it so much more fun. Christmas is definitely better with kids around.

Two Thanksgivings

I love Thanksgiving. I love what it stands for - Gratitude (for making it through another year). I love being with family. And I love the food.

Since, we got married, Chris and I have started a tradition of doing our own Thanksgiving meal either the Sunday before or after Thanksgiving. This year we did it before. It's fun because I like to cook, and I am trying to find the best recipes to our favorite holiday dishes. I think I have found my favorite apple pie recipe (I actually got it off "Take Home Chef" - very yummy) and my favorite yam recipe. I'm still working on finding a really delicious stuffing recipe, though. Chris mainly just loves the turkey and potatoes. He kept wanting to go home from church early, because he was so excited. It was worth the wait. And the leftovers are wonderful, too.

We went to my mom's for Thanksgiving. This year it was just us, Mike's family, Becca, and my mom. For some that may sound big, but it was small for us since it was an off year for the rest of the family. It was a nice, quaint group for a wonderful meal.

Now, it's time for Christmas festivities to start. Woohoo!

Ma'am???

Yesterday, as I was walking home from church, a man passing by said, "Hello, Ma'am." Ma'am???...Ma'am??? I didn't realize I had become a Ma'am. What happened to the days when I was called "young lady"? I can't figure out why something so simple bothers me so much. For some reason, Ma'am seems so old to me (and proper). I don't feel like a Ma'am. Unfortunately, I can't think of a better way to be addressed. But, surely, there must be a better way.

Anyway, if you pass me on the street, please don't call me Ma'am. I prefer "young lady" or something younger sounding.

Happy 6th Birthday, Mom!

Even though she is our mom, she still seems like a young lady to us kids. This year was a, let's just say a "notable" birthday for her, so we kids decided to through her a special birthday party to celebrate. We went with the theme of a Six Year-Old Birthday Party. It was a surprise, so we sent out our invitations hoping no one would spill the beans.
My job was to get her to the church where the party was being held without her finding out why we were going there. At 4:00 p.m. on a Saturday, there aren't many convincing ideas to get her to a church without any suspicion. How about telling her I need to go to a wedding reception??? At 4:00 p.m.??? No, that would never work. What about inviting her to Jennifer's ward's Super Saturday (since it was at a church Jen's stake)??? Again, at 4:00 p.m.?? Too suspicions and unbelievable. What about a craft fair? At a church??? Needless to say, ideas were sparse. We finally ended up settling on making Jennifer tell my mom her kids were in a ward roadshow. It took some coaxing, because we Sego's are terrible liars, bu Jennifer pulled it off. Chris pretended he didnt' want to go, because that is very believable (he went to the church by himself and met us there). Then Tyler and I went with her to the church. It was a surprise for her, even though she did recognize some of the cars in the parking lot.
Our party was filled with fun kids games and mom dressed as a princess (sparkling tiara, wand, cape and all). We played musical chairs, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, pinata, and all. We handed out prizes to the winners just like you would at a kid party. We even had a craft table to make our own wands if we wanted. For dinner, we had pizza, breadsticks, and a kid birthday staple--cupcakes! It was fun to see my mom and our adult relatives playing kids games and just have a good time. I think everyone who came had a good time....being a kid.
Happy 6th birthday, young lady, MOM! We love you!!!

Little Sherlock

I have been very excited for Tyler's first real Halloween experience. Although I did dress him up for Halloween last year, well, due to some unfortunate events we don't talk about around our house, no one actually saw him last year. So, I have been excited to dress him up and take him trick or treating. This year he went as Little Sherlock Holmes (and believe me he was even more adorable than these pictures show).

We had a rough start............meaning Tyler didn't want to wear his hat or costume. He cried when I kept putting on his hat for one little picture. Please just one little picture to share with Grandma. Pleeeaaaasse!

Pllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssse. I'll give you a treat.

We almost gave up, but, as most excited parents, we decided to go along with our plans. We started out at the Red Cliffs Mall (since our ward didn't do a trunk-or-treat). He was tugging at his hat as we walked in. He was mad at me for making him wear the costume, so he would only hold daddy's hand as we walked. (I tried not to take this personally).

The first store we came to..........what? Tyler was stunned........and stared while the lady dropped some candy into his pail. She gave him two pieces since she felt bad since he looked so cute and didn't have any candy.

Next store, again he was bewildered - why were people giving me candy? By the third store, he had understood that his costume was helping his cause. He was getting candy for wearing his costume. The rest of the time, he walked proudly through the mall, holding tight onto his pail. And not to mention, a little proud of his costume.

We finished the night off by going trick-or-treating to a few of our neighbors houses. Tyler had a blast. Daddy gleamed with pride (and I mean gleamed). Mommy was happy, too, to share this first Halloween experience with her little buddy.And, this morning, he put his costume on again. Apparently, he had so much fun, he wanted to do it again. So he put on his coat and even put on his hat, and came up to me gesturing me toward to the door. Then he went up to daddy, grabbed his hand, and pointed to the door to go out. Mr. Wonderful and I have been laughing about this all day. What a cutie!

This was last year! For those of you who missed out (which is everyone).

???Halloween Tradition???

Ever since we got married, Mr. Wonderful and I have wanted to start a tradition of carving pumpkins. Last year we bought the carving kits, but never got the pumpkins. But this year we were really serious about starting our tradition. We have talked about it for weeks and even planned what each of us was going to carve. I even bought a baby pumpkin for Tyler to paint.

Last Monday, I suggested that we carve our pumpkins for Family Home Evening, but Mr. Wonderful said the pumpkins would wilt before Halloween. I disagreed! He felt Halloween day would be the perfect time to carve them, since he would be home and we'd have all day for Halloween fun. So, Halloween day came, and we became very busy running errands, getting ready for the trick-or-treating, cleaning the house, and who knows what else.

........And here are our pumpkins.......still uncarved. We still haven't started our "tradition"....., but I guess we're getting closer since we at least got the pumpkins this year.