speak.

Cora said her first two syllable words this weekend:

1. "outside"

2. "waffle"

that girl loves her some waffles.....

Friday 5

Yes, I've skipped a couple of weeks...moving on.

1. Cora has been sleeping in her crib for a week! She loves it! and it's so pretty and SO DONE!!

2. My Christmas shopping is well underway.  YAYSERS!

3. Cold weather is here! It's exciting to have cold weather this time of year...and it lets Cora rock super cute outfits like this fleece vest.

4.  It's the last day of classes at K-State before the students are off until after Thanksgiving...so that means lost of "Happy Thanksgivings" and "Have a good breaks"...and even though I will be at work next week, it is still sort of exciting that it's the "last day of class" for students before Thanksgiving.

5. TV....so I have been lobbying for a new TV for a while....you can see my college set above...it is old, has broken buttons, needs the assistance of a converter box to work.  And thanks to a "pre black friday sale" it will be replaced tonight with a shiny new flat screen!

Have a great weekend!

lead by example..

My mom is one of those annoying people that has their Christmas shopping done by the 4th of July....

and as irritating as that is to people like me that always seem to be in the "last minute boat", I think we can all learn from her example of buying me presents.  

Here are two excellent examples of how you can wrap and display my gifts (although feel free to not use an ENTIRE roll of tape on each one like my mother does). 

No need to feel limited to just two gifts, the more the merrier. (I'm so punny!) There was actually a third gift I spotted with my name on it...but it written to "Andrew and Sandy", which was probably just to make Andy feel good, but still, I feel that is a bad precedent.

She sometimes likes to throw in what I call a "decoy present" which is simply a present to someone other than me.  I don't recommend or condone this practice.  Seems like a waste of time, effort, energy, etc.  

Time to get your shopping on....

this is why we can't be friends: fart machine

So back in the day Andy added "fart machine" to a grocery list...see here.  Which actually inspired the "this is why we can't be friends" feature.  He later received a fart machine of his very own from my parents on Christmas...the gift that keeps on...well...anyway.  He has taught Cora how to use it.

This is why we can't be friends.

i go to college: what not to wear

Not sure how clearly you can see this...but it is in the twenties this morning so smartly this student is wearing a stocking hat.....and shorts....

Friday 5

 

1. Cora went to her 1st K-State football game last weekend -- she had tailgated several times...but it was her first time watching the game.  She LOVED it and was such a good girl...even napped for an hour!

2. This week it has finally felt like fall, and we hit the PRIME of fall colors.

3. Cora is changing and learning so many new things.  She loves to find mommy and daddy's noses and says all kinds of words, knows what a "puppy says", etc. 

4. Halloween on campus...hollah.

5. And of course our own little Tinkerbell enjoyed trick or treating as well.

Happy Friday!