McGrath Moments

Let me start by saying that I know that there are a lot of you who really enjoy and take "Black Friday" very seriously...I read about it on your blogs!! Well, late Thursday night my cousin Miranda's boyfriend had to stop by Walmart to get some items for his hunting trip. We saw people sitting in the isles in lawn chairs waiting for the specials to begin and we just found it funny. So not to make fun of any of you, but Miranda and I decided to kind of spoof the whole "Black Friday" thing. I see images of people on TV acting crazy and fighting over items and I just find it so humorous.

Our shopping adventure took place at Walmart. I think it was technically Black Friday because it was after 12am, but as you can see by the parking lot, not many people were there yet. The deals were probably not offered for a few more hours, but these are some pictures from our shopping adventure!



Here I am with my shopping cart ready to take off to fight for the deals!! Where is everyone else??



I can't believe this crazy person was trying to take this baby stroller from me!! Notice how empty the store is behind us. :)




Okay, I will have to admit we had a few cocktails before our shopping adventure and before any of you start judging and ask ...where were her children?...they were at sleepover at my parent's house! We just had a fun evening!!

Last night we were riding in the car and this was part of our conversation:

Brenna: "Mama, new ring!"

Me: "What?" (I understood what she said, but was confused as to what she meant.)

Braeden: "Brenna, shhhhh...that was to be a surprise...for Christmas!!"

This same thing happened for Mother's Day. Braeden couldn't wait to run home to tell me that him and Daddy bought me a "shiny, black purse!" One of these days Ed will learn to go shopping by himself!!! Love you, Ed!

Braeden: "Is it tomorrow yet?"

Ed and I have tried to explain (sooooo many times) that it is never really "tomorrow". How do you explain this to a 4 year old? :)

I have noticed that as the kids get older, the more they enjoy holidays, which makes me more excited about them as well. The kids loved sticking their hands into the pumpkins to pull out all of the seeds and mushy insides!!







This year the kids dressed up at their school for Halloween. Braeden has been at Tots and Tales for 3 years now and they have never been allowed to dress up, but instead had "Pajama Day" for Halloween. That was what I was expecting they would do this year.
When I got a note home from Brenna's class saying they were doing a "Disney" theme for dressing up, I decided I better check with Braeden's teacher too. I found out the day before their party that his class was dressing up as The Wizard of Oz characters. I panicked. How was I going to come up with a Wizard of Oz costume in one evening?
Well, Braeden was a scarecrow for his first Halloween. He was only 9 months old. I decided to dig out the costume and see what I could do with it, if anything. Well...here it is and I must say not too shabby. I stripped out the elastic and cut slits under the arms. The hat still fit!!




Presenting my KU football player and cheerleader!!!




I LOVE, LOVE this picture!!

For my birthday we celebrated with friends and family at Tasso's Greek restaurant. SO MUCH FUN!! I really recommend this place if you haven't been there. The food and entertainment is fabulous!

This is Tiffany, my Mom, and I getting ready to break our plates...a Greek tradition.

This is what the floor looked like when we were done!!

Ed's boss knew we were going to Tasso's for my birthday, so he called and paid for a round of their house specialty Blue Ouzo shots! How nice was that? We all had such a fun time!