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Another great dinner!! Can't believe you are 6 weeks away from your trip. With seeing how busy you are going to be, the time will fly by!! Love the pillow you made for Dylan and the shirts for boarding are cute too!
6 weeks - that will fly by!
And if you think your schedule is busy now, just wait a few years! I am so grateful that my son is finally able to drive himself to soccer practice - since it's three nights a week, plus the 2 games on weekends! Glad my daughter doesn't do soccer! (although she has PLENTY of other activities that keep me hopping!)
Love the seatbelt pillow - great idea!! And your embarkation picture is going to be adorable! Great job!
Before you laugh (okay, go ahead and laugh), I tried to make the seatbelt pillow for Cullen, but quickly gave up because it's way too much to hand stitch. Yep - I tried to do it by hand because I don't have a sewing machine. I'm going to make a 2nd go of it this weekend at my mom's - hope her sewing machine works For now, we cut a small piece off a pool noodle and my husband made a slit so we can insert it on the seatbelt. It works relatively well, but doesn't have the cool factor your Superman project has
As for turning off wi-fi so the boys don't purchase a car, I totally get that. I mentioned in Cam's TR that Patrick managed to download a Lady Gaga song, install it and set it as my ringtone. I didn't know it until the phone rang...during church. Now everything wi-fi is really, really password protected in this house
I also feel for you on the busy, busy schedule I'm still trying to focus on just the day at hand...so much so that I completely forgot to remind Coach he had a dentist appointment last night until the office called wondering where he was.
Yeah for 6 weeks!
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Yay or 6 weeks!!!!! I guess this means I'll have to be starting my TR soon? Time seems to really be flying now.
I your seat belt pillow!!! Great idea. I've been thinking of whether or not I'm going to have to buy Hope a little travel pillow for around her neck. She'll be in her booster seat by the time we go, and I definitely want to make sure she has enough head and neck support when she's sleeping...which I'm praying will be most of the trip.
another great theme dinner. Love the seat belt pillow!! Cute idea! Love the tshirts. You guys are going to have great boarding pictures taken! 6 weeks will be here befor you know it!
I love the "zebra domes" hee hee What a busy start to the fall! You'll be so ready for a vacation by the time your trip comes. Great job on the pillow!
I just Evan's soccer schedule and he has practice one night a week but it keeps changing - what a pain, just pick a night and stick to it.
I got Evan a seat pet when he had his summer drive to Florida - he loves it. We brought it into the house for a bit and he keeps the TV remote in the pockets.
Those shirts you made are so cute!! Can't believe you leave in 6 weeks. Where has the summer gone.
Thank you! It's finally feeling like summer - temperature wise at least.
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for 6 weeks!
Yay!!!
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Originally Posted by KMB733
Another great dinner!! Can't believe you are 6 weeks away from your trip. With seeing how busy you are going to be, the time will fly by!! Love the pillow you made for Dylan and the shirts for boarding are cute too!
It's going to go by really fast!
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Originally Posted by cubfancolleen
6 weeks - that will fly by!
And if you think your schedule is busy now, just wait a few years! I am so grateful that my son is finally able to drive himself to soccer practice - since it's three nights a week, plus the 2 games on weekends! Glad my daughter doesn't do soccer! (although she has PLENTY of other activities that keep me hopping!)
Love the seatbelt pillow - great idea!! And your embarkation picture is going to be adorable! Great job!
I know it's only going to get worse as far as running here there & everywhere.
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I bet those six weeks will start to fly by now!
I think they're going to!
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Before you laugh (okay, go ahead and laugh), I tried to make the seatbelt pillow for Cullen, but quickly gave up because it's way too much to hand stitch. Yep - I tried to do it by hand because I don't have a sewing machine. I'm going to make a 2nd go of it this weekend at my mom's - hope her sewing machine works For now, we cut a small piece off a pool noodle and my husband made a slit so we can insert it on the seatbelt. It works relatively well, but doesn't have the cool factor your Superman project has
As for turning off wi-fi so the boys don't purchase a car, I totally get that. I mentioned in Cam's TR that Patrick managed to download a Lady Gaga song, install it and set it as my ringtone. I didn't know it until the phone rang...during church. Now everything wi-fi is really, really password protected in this house
I also feel for you on the busy, busy schedule I'm still trying to focus on just the day at hand...so much so that I completely forgot to remind Coach he had a dentist appointment last night until the office called wondering where he was.
Yeah for 6 weeks!
I did actually hand stitch Dylan's pillow as we didn't have a sewing machine.
That's funny about the Lady Gaga song, although I'm sure it wasn't at the time.
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Yay or 6 weeks!!!!! I guess this means I'll have to be starting my TR soon? Time seems to really be flying now.
I your seat belt pillow!!! Great idea. I've been thinking of whether or not I'm going to have to buy Hope a little travel pillow for around her neck. She'll be in her booster seat by the time we go, and I definitely want to make sure she has enough head and neck support when she's sleeping...which I'm praying will be most of the trip.
Get on it girl!
They both have a pillow but it doesn't seem to work well, at least for Dylan.
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another great theme dinner. Love the seat belt pillow!! Cute idea! Love the tshirts. You guys are going to have great boarding pictures taken! 6 weeks will be here befor you know it!
Thank you!
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I love the "zebra domes" hee hee What a busy start to the fall! You'll be so ready for a vacation by the time your trip comes. Great job on the pillow!
I looked into making real Zebra Domes, whoa, that's a lot of work. And I wanted the Zebra Cakes by Little Debbie but the store didn't have any.
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I love the Ants on a log - too cute.
I just Evan's soccer schedule and he has practice one night a week but it keeps changing - what a pain, just pick a night and stick to it.
I got Evan a seat pet when he had his summer drive to Florida - he loves it. We brought it into the house for a bit and he keeps the TV remote in the pockets.
Yours is super cute!
I think it may change, but so far mainly Friday nights is practice. Although they cancelled it tonight because of the heat.
Another busy weekend for us! I took Friday off as Dylan didn’t have school. I got A LOT done. We went to CVS, Sam’s & Aldi and then I came home and cooked for the next 4 hours making meals to put in the freezer to have later as life has become so busy. Originally Dylan had soccer practice Friday night, but it was cancelled due to the heat (was over 100 for the past few days, but only a high of mid 80s today thankfully!) so we had movie night instead.
Breakfast sandwiches (egg, cheese & bacon)
L: mini meatloaves R: sloppy joe cups
chicken taco filling
The theme was Beauty and the Beast since we’re eating at BoG. The menu consisted of: cheese soufflé, baguettes, zucchini gratin, and the grey stuff (it’s delicious you know). The boys even enjoyed the Princess movie more than I thought they would – we even danced at the end.
wine for the adults!
grey stuff aka oreo mousse, which tasted WAY better than it looks
Saturday we went to the new outlet mall (yes again) to return the shoes I bought Dylan as they bothered his toe. We didn’t stay long as it was very crowded & HOT! (All the stores open to the outside.) I did some laundry and yes I pulled out the suitcases and commenced packing. Yes I know I’m crazy but with the schedule between now & then I need to start now. I’ve packed all the swim stuff, out shirts for boarding, the Nightmare before Christmas shirts, and all the costumes are out and put together and I started a list of things I need to remember to pack.
Sunday we finally made it to church. Then we had a 4 hour standoff with Lukas about going to the bathroom. TMI, but he refuses to go #2. I made breakfast cookies while Mike was on his watch. We eventually gave up and headed to the Botanical Garden for the annual Japanese Festival.
chocolate & white chocolate chip with pecans; white chocolate chip with craisans & almonds
pulling candy blindfolded!
chicken Tokyo tacos - yum!
pork shish kabob - also very good!
cooling off
A little girl gave the boys her octopus balloon
dancing to the music
source of said music
feeding the koi fish
watching the drum show
lanterns at night - garden was open for night walks, but in all honesty it was too dark to see anything
Today not much has been going on. Dylan has soccer practice tonight and that’s the only planned thing right now.
We did receive both Mike & Lukas’ passports so we’re all ready to leave the country now! J
You've been busy! I make-ahead and freeze individual meals, too. Much cheaper that way when cooking for one! It's a nice feeling when the freezer is stocked. The Beauty and the Beast meal looks great and I'm glad the boys enjoyed the movie. It's such a good one. The Botanical Gardens looks so beautiful! What a great outing. (Hope you had success with Lukas later on!
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For now, we cut a small piece off a pool noodle and my husband made a slit so we can insert it on the seatbelt. It works relatively well, but doesn't have the cool factor your Superman project has
. Now everything wi-fi is really, really password protected in this house
your seat belt pillow!!! Great idea. I've been thinking of whether or not I'm going to have to buy Hope a little travel pillow for around her neck. She'll be in her booster seat by the time we go, and I definitely want to make sure she has enough head and neck support when she's sleeping...which I'm praying will be most of the trip. 
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I love that octopus balloon - so creative.
"Sparky"(My first trip.)
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