Adventures at 37 below!

Today Caleb and I ventured out for Extra Foods Family appreciation sale day.  It's hard to miss out on the $30 savings that I get when I spend $200.  I try to get the bulk of our groceries at the beginning of the month and just pick up fruits, veggies and dairy as needed.  It was a pretty fun adventure, in spite of the -37 temp.  Scott had the van warmed up for us and the stores were warm, as usual.  We made up a song on the way there and Caleb fell asleep on the way home.  He was very helpful and politely told the checker lady to "Have a nice day!"  Scott worked the second half of the day and before we knew it, bedtime had arrived.  I still hear two little boys talking to their daddy, as they shine their flashlights around the room, and quite possibly in his eyes to make sure that he's not asleep yet:).  The middle part of the day didn't involve much sitting for me.  It was straighten up the house because the children had fun dumping stuff kind of day.  Thankfully Elyssia finished her school work quickly and we were able to listen to the beginning of an audio tape.  We didn't make up stories today, but I'm sure we'll have time to do that tomorrow.  Here are some funny pics from our day:

Kiersten on the counter under the guise of "helping" me put groceries away. She managed to eat almost a whole chicken sandwich too!

Caleb measuring the distance between the counter and the light(or trying to get away with being on the counter.) I'm sensing a trend here:))).

The child LOVES brushing her teeth!

Or eating the toothpaste:)  Elyssia found her in the sink like this.  Apparently she can get in there all by herself now.

A clean kitchen! ( a rare sight sometimes)

Fresh banana walnut bread for tomorrow.

Meet Samson!

Caleb ran off and came back saying, "yook, I have yong hair too!) He was so pleased with himself.

The part where Samson tied the two fox tails together and set fire to the fields(the kids had to stay back and only Scott touched the candle for this part of the story.)

Samson drinking out of the jawbone after defeating his enemies with it.

Carrying the gates of the city.

Leaving them on the mountain...

Delilah trying to figure out the secret of Samson's strength.(The hair has become unmanageable:).

Indiana Caleb made an appearance, thinking that it was perhaps time to stop for a snack:))).

Samson working for the Philistines after his eyes were put out.

Between the pillars.

And the pillars come down.

   Caleb got very upset after this happened.  He said it wasn't funny and the didn't like it.  He pushed all the chairs across the room and dragged the blanket to the kitchen.  He was so upset his face turned red.  Maybe we'll have to give him more warning before doing something like this again:).
  Caleb also informed us that March is his birthday.  He said that he's going to get underwear for his birthday and be potty "tained".  It's so funny, especially since he keeps bringing it up.  I'm thinking that he's finally ready.  Our plan was to train him after we got back from vacation, but if he's going to take the initiative to do it now, I don't think we'll stop him.  It will be interesting to see if he keeps bringing it up and what he does in the next couple weeks.  He also picked out something for his brother and sisters while we were out.  Here is a pic of the boys with theirs:

Thomas and another train Pez dispensers.

Elyssia got the pig from toy story.  Garrison had asked for a Buzz Lightyear one, but I haven't seen any.  They have all the other dispensers from Toy Story now.  We didn't start out to collect them, but I'd gotten some of them with a free gift card that I had for the dollar store.  Now the kids really like them, so we've picked up a couple since then. Kiersten got Arrowroot cookies and Scott got a Cadbury egg.
  Well, that was our day.  It's still really cold, but it's quiet and I'm looking forward to getting under the nice warm covers and staying there as long as possible:).