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Happy Tuesday friends!! We are half way through September already! YAY!! Here’s to hoping that October brings some cooler temps and cloudy days!!

Ready for your weekly bits of randomness? If we are friends on Facebook, some of this is “old news,” but I am sharing again anyway! And speaking of Facebook, if I ignored your friend request, it was probably because I didn’t know who you were! Sooo…next time just include a little note letting me know who you are and that you are not some middle aged creepy guy stalking me and my family!

1. Although I am diligent about my kids getting their regular vaccines, I have never been too big on the flu shot. When they were both tiny they had it, but the last couple of years we have opted to skip it. However, with all the chatter about the Swine Flu this year, once there is enough of the vaccine available, we are all four getting the shot. Am I thrilled? No. I about send myself over the edge with anxiety when it comes to needles, but I would much rather endure a flu shot than get super sick. And even if the virus mutates and the vaccine doesn’t work, at least I’ll know I did everything in my power to keep us well!

2. Speaking of vaccines, IF we ever have another baby, I am definitely going to read this book {or one like it} and maybe do things a bit differently. Since having our babies, I have become SOOO much more aware of possible complications and “side effects” of giving your child too many shots at once that it is definitely worth researching more.

3. I probably shouldn’t make this public knowledge, but in the spirit of keeping it real, Huntler knows how to operate our TV remote like a pro! Yes, my children do in fact watch TV. Some days more than others…I am human and at times use the TV to entertain. There…I said it!! Anyway, back to the child at hand. He can now record shows, fast forward, skip forward, rewind and pause whenever he feels so inclined! He is BIG on the pause button. Whenever he is watching something and needs to run to the bathroom or to get a toy, he pauses it! Hilarious!

4. And speaking of Huntler, he almost has this entire song memorized! I had never even heard of the Nifty Fifty until I saw a clip on my friend Lacey’s blog of her just barely three year old reciting this little number! {It is on her personal blog so you won’t see it if you look back!} I of course looked it up and Huntler is hooked! We have since bought it on iTunes and he could {and does} listen to it over and over and over again!

He also got this puzzle for Christmas last year and LOVES it! So we put the song on repeat and bust out the puzzle and Huntler goes to town! The crazy thing is, he can totally recognize the states by their shape and is even getting good at reading their names. In turn, Gentry is also learning her states…and the song as well! I can ASSURE you I did not know my states at 5. So yes, he watches TV, but he is super smart anyway!!

5. More on Huntler! His birthday is coming up in just a couple of weeks and he has been counting down for days now. I am sure he has told his teacher ALL about it! He’ll tell anyone who will listen! He came home on Friday and told us that her birthday was on Monday. He knew hold old she was going to be and everything. And of course he wanted to take her a present! So, because he knew all of this, we just assumed that she had made an announcement and told the class that her birthday was coming up. Sunday night we put together a sweet little gift for her and Huntler took it in yesterday. He was on cloud nine to be giving her a present! Chris most generally takes Huntler and picks him up so I am somewhat out of the loop! Anyway, I emailed Chris at work yesterday to see if Huntler gave her the present. He did. And his teacher was shocked! Apparently she did NOT make an announcement! Huntler somehow overheard her talking to the other teachers about it and totally clued in! So, he may be an eavesdropper, but how sweet was it for him to pick up on this and think of getting her a gift and everything? Moments like that make my heart swell! I am so proud to know that we are raising good, kind, considerate, unselfish little people!! {Her birthday was actually Saturday, but hey, he isn’t quite five…he hasn’t mastered eavesdropping yet!!}

6. Pepsi has released Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash again! WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! For some reason that is beyond me, this drink is seasonal and only out around the holidays!! Bummer because I LOVE it! I don’t drink much pop, but this stuff has me hooked! I just happened to see the small bottles in the cooler by the check out stand at the grocery store Sunday night and bought four!

Bit of randomness…when I was looking for this picture, I saw that there is a Fan Page on Facebook for this stuff! No, I did not become a fan but I do find that hysterical!

If you want to score major points, send me some of this and a bag of tootsie rolls…we will be friends forever!

7. It is getting dark earlier and earlier! It is pretty much dark here by 7:00 now! LOVE that. It means that the “seasons” are indeed changing!

8. Here is my song and video for this week. Not super peppy by any means but still on my workout playlist! I only just heard it for the first time a couple of weeks ago and I love it! The clips on this video are from The Notebook. Would you believe that I have never seen that? Hmm…may need to get that one on Netflix!

9. The kids’ Halloween costumes came last night! They are SOOOOOOOO stinking cute! As in I can’t wait to take them out and get some fab pictures cute. As in they love them and have been wearing them around the house cute!

We had a really hard time coming up with something for Huntler. He is quite simply not into superheroes, Star Wars, Star Trek, Power Rangers or anything of that nature. He nixed pretty much every idea I had. Originally he wasn’t thrilled at the thought of being this cowboy, but the more he looked at it and we talked about it, the more excited he became! And last night when it got here he couldn’t wait to try it on!!

We didn’t get the jacket, but he has the hat, the chaps, the arm things and the little vest. I told Chris that we were going to make him an “urban cowboy” because I am not buying him boots to wear one time!! So…he has some shiny little black shoes and he’ll probably be wearing a short sleeved white polo because of the heat…so urban he will be! Huntler did ask where his boots were, but he is totally fine with wearing his black shoes so that is good!

And what is a cowboy without a little critter running around? I first saw this costume on Kelly’s Korner and KNEW we had to have it! Gentry LOVES pigs…loves them!! I was going to have her be this super cute Cupcake Fairy, but then I saw the pig! And so I let her choose! Without a doubt it was the pig!! And can I tell you how amazingly CUTE this pig is in real life? OH MY GOSH! The tummy is stuffed so it is puffy! The tail is adorable! And the black satin bow TOTALLY makes it! We are both in love with it!

10. Would you believe that I came up with all of these this morning? I usually start days in advance, but time has been scarce the last few days!!

Happy Tuesday blog world!

Filed under random-sweetness, by Bethany