I WON!!!

So all the people out there who thought nap time could have been better spent cleaning my house or doing laundry this past week were so wrong. I Won! What did I win, you ask? What didn't I win, would be a better question. To start it off I won a $25 Mastercard from Mimi's Jewel Box of Tips and Treasures! My mind is already swimming with all the possibilities of things I could purchase. Maybe I'll save it for a rainy day. Probably not.

And then...I also won a Bloggy Makeover from Flibby Pie Graphic Design and Where the Kudzu Grows! A Bloggy Makeover that entails a header, side buttons, and coordinating background to my specifications! I have been wanting this for so long, that now I'm not even sure what I want. So you'd better keep checking back because one day soon my little blog will be all spiffed up!

Thanks to everyone who hosted a giveaway, can't wait until next time!

The Winner...

*Drumroll* And the winner of my $5 Starbucks card Bloggy Giveaway is...tes283! Congratulations tes283, thanks for entering my giveaway!

Be sure and come back in three months for the next giveaway hosted by Shannon at Bloggy Giveaways. I'll be giving something else away, or maybe the same thing, who knows that's three months away!

Snow pics for Anne

Anne can't believe all the snow we have and wanted to see pics. (She lives in California where there is no snow) I don't think these pics do it justice. I have no idea how much snow we actually have now, I think 2 feet or more. We got snow last night and are supposed to get more tonight. The schools have been closed all week.

Here's one of the dogloos on our back deck. Currently you can see that I need to shovel a path to it and widen the opening so one of the dogs could actually get in.

Pic from our front steps.

The driveway. Can you tell how high the snow is next to it?

Shawn's car. It's lowered so it does not go out in the snow,

as you can tell from the snow on top.

Guess who turns 2 today?!

I can't believe he's two already!

Nothing big planned for today, his birthday party is on Saturday.

It's a Thomas party, of course!

WooHoo!

So guess who went poop on the potty. That's right...Maddox! However, I think we made too big a deal out of it because now he doesn't want to. This morning he told me he had to go, we went into the bathroom, and he was adamant that he wasn't going to go on the potty. Instead he sat on the potty, fully clothed, and we read a book about using the potty. Better than nothing.

The Bloggy Giveaways Carnival is Here!

UPDATE: It's crazy over there! I'm giveaway #327, and it's only 9:00 am on the first day. This one's going to be BIG!
It's Baaccckkk! WooHoo! Do you know how much I LOVE this?!?! You should. I'm a SUCKER for a good giveaway! I always host a giveaway of my own and I always win at least one. Good times. Click on the button above to shoot directly to the action. Last time there were over 500 participants! It took hours of my life to enter most of the giveaways, but so worth it! (What else do you think I would use nap time for, cleaning?) Don't believe me? Click HERE or HERE. So here's what I'm giving away, the same thing as last time since everyone seemed to want it... A $5 Starbucks card! What's better than coffee? (The picture on the card might look different since I haven't bought it yet, but you get the idea. If you didn't know it's snowed 15 inches here in the last 48 hours.)

My giveaway is open to all US and Canadian residents, whether you have a blog or not, the cost of shipping is covered. To enter just leave a comment (if you don't have a blog be sure to leave an e-mail address so I can contact you) on this post by noon, Friday February 1st. I'll use a random number generator to pick a winner that afternoon. Good Luck!

Croup...

This would be an actual spider monky.

So Maddox has croup. YUCK!! His doctor has him on a prescription for steroids for three days. The steroids hype him up and turn him into a fever laden, germ spewing, crazy jumping spider monkey. So I get no sleep at night AND have to chase after my snot-nosed, bouncing child all day with a head cold of my own. Oh the joy. To top it all off, as if he didn't feel crappy enough, Maddox will miss his much anticipated field trip tomorrow morning to Jump n' Bounce. Nothin' but good times here at the McQuary house.