Much to be Thankful for.....

Wow, how the holidays seem to rush by....It has been busy around the Broussard household. My husband suggested we get new countertops for the kitchen. He suggested granite and of course I was onboard. However, little did I know that they would be installed the week before we hosted Thanksgiving. I guess I survived however, after mopping up sheet rock dust and tile and grout around the house, I have beautiful new countertops! Of course the new countertops and black splash make our cabinets look a little outdated so I guess it's on to project number 2.

We hosted a Thanksgivig dinner on Wednesday for all of Davy's employees. He cooked a turkey and then did it again today to have both of our families with us to celebrate the hoilday. I am reminded how thankful I am for such a great family. Jayden and Lauren are excited that tomorrow brings the beginning of the Christmas holidays with the start of us buying our tree and hanging lights and decorations! Jayden is growing up right before my eyes. He has made not only one but two trips to the "duck" camp. This is also a milestone for Davy as this is the first time he has complete responsibility for our "little" boy. Jayden however, absoulutely loves this guy time and it allows for Lauren and I to tend to "girl" stuff here at home. I decided that I would share some of Jayden's duck camp moments for this particular post. Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was a lot of fun. Jayden was at an age where he knew exatcly what this holiday was all about. We started browsing through costume magazines in September and after changing his mind a few times he landed his eyes on the Robin costume. Robin, as in Batman's sidekick. Needless to say Robin was out of stock on this website as well as countless others....I finally ordered it from a website I came across and we left to go on vacation. While on Vacation I got an email stating they were "sorry" to cancel my order but thier distrubitor was of course out of stock. This of course occurs the week before Halloween (remember I started all this in Septemeber) So much for my preplanning. So,I bring my little four year old to the store thinking like most four year olds he will see a costume on the shelf and want it becuase "What four year old goes into a store and walks out empty handed?".... apparently mine. Jayden walked down the isle looking at costumes of every imaginable super hero and says "No Robin here let's go." Of course, I'm beginning to panic. So I visit a few more costume stores with no luck and turn my hunt back online. I go to Ebay and I find one ...in Hong Kong ....wont make it here in time. So after much surfing on the web I finally find a costume store that only sells super hero costumes. Im not taking any chances I wait until they open and call them to talk to someone in person. They have it in stock! I go to place the order she asks for his size and of course they are sold out of that size. I think okay well lets do the next size up, he will just get plenty of wear out of it. To end my little costume story. I will simply state that while I spent more in shipping than I did on the costume Jayden was a very happy Robin.
Now on to Lauren...I found Laurens costume in a magazine as well and thought it was adorable, a cute little leopard print cat with the brown and black feathers. I got online and search for it, placed the order, and it got here the very next day....weeks before Halloween. This was with just standard shipping... She was an adorable "kitty cat".
Trick or Treating was a lot of fun this year, we brought our golf cart and we were able to comb the streets twice as fast! Jayden was jumping off at each house before we could stop and by the 10th house or so Lauren had figured out that when you say Trick or Treat you really do get candy! Jayden vistied his first Haunted house this year and even took pictures with the actors inside. He and Alyssa had a great time playing at the after party at Mrs. Sarah's. They have the same sense of humor and each though thier jokes were terribly funny! Lauren's highlight of the night was finding the real cat and getting to pet it. They are growing so fast and we had such a great night with them. Now if only I knew what to do with all this candy????