Random Thoughts by Sydney......

Honesty, there's not much going on around here. Jared is off playing "war" which has limited our time together as a family.

I was able to go to "the city" yesterday and have a little retail therapy. It's amazing what some time in Costco can do for a gal. I was quite excited because as we were wondering down the aisles trying to waste time I found the ginormous cans of fruit. Peaches, Pears, Fruit Cocktail in the paint can size containers. I stopped to check them out because my boys eat fruit every morning for breakfast and I was shocked...these ginormous cans of fruit were only $3.29. Yeah. I've been paying $1.29 for the soup can size....Oh, I was so excited to find such a find!

That's what I love about Costco. Every trip you find something new that after you find it you wonder how on earth did you ever get by without it (like the uncooked flour tortillas, thank you Sarah for that tip).

So the reason I went to "the city" and had some time to shop is my sister Chana is in town for work and me and the boys were able to pick her up once she got done and do some shopping and go out to eat.

We went to shop at Steve and Barry's which if you've never been there, nothing in the store is over $20. The store in our neck of the woods is new, so nothing in the store is over $8.98! Yeah, good times! So Amanda Bynes and Sarah Jessica Parker both have clothing lines there. I grabbed a few things from each and headed off to the dressing room. In case you're wondering, they are sized differently. Oh, how sad I suddenly became when I couldn't slip my right toe into Amanda Bynes' cute black walking shorts that I had pulled in my size. I was able to get a shirt I had chosen over my ears but for fear of ripping it, I had to stop there. My guess is, Amanda Bynes is geared more towards tweens and I'm a few ripe years (and sizes) over my tween years.

Sarah Jessica Parker has some adorable things out and if you're tall and skinny like her, you might even be able to wear some of them! Luckily, her sizes come in "short" which Chana and I quickly discovered was our length! Such fun times. Bring me another round of those bottomless steak fries I tell the server at Red Robin. That will make me feel better (and it did).

(Did I mention that Gibson fell asleep on the way to the store? When we got him out of his car seat he was wet. Yup, he instantly got a new pair of jeans from Macy's. Pretty smart kid.)

Speaking of this smart kid. His new favorite show is Word World. If you haven't seen it or heard of it, check it out! Gibson LOVES it and wonders around the house singing the songs and building words.
We're entertained so easily around here it's pretty sad! Give me my Costco coupon book and give Gibson dancing animals and we're content. Throw in some chocolate for me and some yogurt covered raisins for the boys and we're content AND happy!