Good day!

We've had a really good day today!

We started off with Camden finishing his Articles of Faith.  He can sing all of them, with a little help on a few.  So, to celebrate, he got to choose whether he wanted to go to an indoor bounce house or choose a new dinosaur.  He choose to get Ankylosaurus, and was so proud of himself.  It made me smile. :)

Sometime in the morning, I researched how to get crayon out of clothes.  A yellow crayon got mixed in a load of laundry when we were in Maryland (promise I'll get pictures and posts about our trip).  It wasn't a large load, but a new pair of Brian's jeans, my favorite capris, a nice jacket, and a few other things had awful yellow spots all over.  The trick?  Borax mixed with Cascade Complete in  hot water.  Rub onto crayon spots, then send the clothes through a regular wash with the extra amount of Borax solution that didn't get rubbed in.  I'm so glad to save my clothes!

While Nate was napping, Camden and I got a few mean old rose bushes trimmed.  Glad that's done!  We also got the ice melt and shovels passed out to the buildings in our complex.   Now we're ready for snow, but happy to let it stay away a little longer.

Nate took a nice long nap, and Camden wanted to rest.  I was more than happy to let him rest.  So, I had some time to research candidates and issues for my mail-in ballot. 

When we went to put my ballot in the mailbox, we found a surprise.  Camden's Christmas ornament.  Each year, the boys get a new ornament that represents them somehow.  Camden is enthralled with dinosaurs this year, and really loves Spinosaurus (which is his Halloween costume, too).  It's supposed to be bigger than T-Rex, but a little slimmer.  Its head looked more like a crocodile than a T-Rex.  It also has a sail on its back.  The best fossils that scientists have found were destroyed in a German museum in WWII.  Anyway, I fond a Spinosaurus Christmas ornament for a price within our Christmas ornament budget on ebay.  Score!

Also, my house went from disaster area in every room to a little cleaner--not quite tidy, but much better.

One more thing.  My boys haven't been complaining all day that they are hungry.  Yesterday was rough, with "I need somping.  I'm HUNGRY!" nearly every 20-30 minutes.  I really do think they were hungry, but it didn't matter how much they ate or how recently.  Anyway, by the end of the day, I was grateful to leave to go visit a few women from church and let Brian put them to bed. :)

Hope you have a great day today or sometime soon!