Bonus + Labor Day Weekend Sale =

Happy Clemson fans.

Sheldon got our new 46" tv hooked up just before the most exciting 25 seconds of college football.

Happy Clemson fan. (Hayes has been putting post it notes on all our doors.)

Our newest Tiger fan.

He's just enjoying playing with the cardboard boxes from the new TV.

Our Friday Morning!

Friday morning we were trying to get out of the house to make it to a playdate at Barnes & Noble in Carbondale! Hayes happened upon his goggles and proceeded to wear them into Barnes & Noble. He did take them off before everyone else arrived. He did gets some strange looks and laughs from the Barnes & Noble employees.

And here is Eli not enjoying his exersaucer!

Birthday Festivities

After a visit to the newly opened Marion Fujiami hibachi restaurant we had cake.

Reese's icecream cake from Dairy Queeen. Nothing but goodness!

You know you want to try one!

Post twinkie consumption and on our way out of the fair we passed by the Krispy Kreme Doughnut Hamburger stand. That's right! They use half of a Krispy Kreme regular glazed doughnut on top and bottom instead of a regular hamburger bun. We've seen these on the Food Network when they were featuring different food sold at various baseball parks. Luckily they were sold out! (However, the baseball park featured is in Illinois not far from us.)

Leroy the Monkey

Well we were leaving the fair, and as we walked along I spotted this little monkey. Of course we had to stop along with everyone else. This is Leroy the monkey dressed up in this hideous outfit. He is a Capuchin monkey. Capuchins live up to 20 years in the wild and 40 in captivity, and they range through Central and South America. Leroy is 13 years old and eats monkey chow(?), fruit, veggies and snacks(?). He works about five months out of the year and then spend time at home(?) enjoying playing in a large enclosure with trees, swings, toys and a pool.

Okay so you could give Leroy a quarter and he would give you a high-five. Give him $1 and he would bring a coloring book or picture back. Of course you could get your picture taken for $5. So Hayes wanted to do it and we didn't have a quarter, of course.

Sheldon gives him $1 and here comes Leroy to get it. Leroy snags the dollar bill and what we didn't get on camera is this. Leroy took the $1 bill and started walking off to get Hayes's coloring book. Leroy all of sudden turned back around toward Hayes and gently grabbed his left thumb. Leroy proceeded to lick and lick and lick Hayes's thumb. I was panic stricken, but Hayes remained calm and so did I, but obviously didn't get a picture. Thankfully everyone remained calm, and the monkey trainer said, "looks like Leroy found himself a little treat."

We had just eaten the deep fried Twinkie with powdered sugar that Hayes was dipping his finger in and out of. Leroy licked it clean and brought him the coloring book.

DuQoin State Fair

Eli's First Meal

Last Saturday Eli had his first serving of rice cereal. I also mixed a little baby applesauce in it too.

Waiting...
(does this look like a baby that has been food deprived?)
Watching...

Open up...

What is this stuff?

Well after a week he is still learning how to actually get the cereal off the spoon. Most times he still thrusts his tongue out licking it like a dog. I was starting to get a little frustrated after a week, but this is probably the last baby I'll have to help learn how to eat. So now I'm just being patient and enjoying it. Even when he sneezes with cereal in his mouth or when he decides to blow bubbles with a mouthful!

A week of Firsts

Last week we had a lot of firsts for our family, so I'm catching up on putting them on the blog.

- Eli's first meal
- My first trip to a big State Fair (that I remember anyway)
- Hayes's first encounter with a monkey
- Our first deep fried twinkie
- Hayes getting in the crib with Eli
- Hayes's first week at school
- Our first ice cream cake from Dairy Queen
- My first month with top sales from my Thirty-One team

Read about most of these on the blog!!!

Thirty-One Thursday September Specials!!!

Wow! I cannot believe it is already September! Well August was my first month with Thirty-One and I have absolutely loved it! I had 2 catalog parties and 4 in-home parties and my sales were just under $4,ooo, so I had a VERY successful first month! Thank you all! So far I have two parties booked for September and four for October, plus the Crown event on October 15th!

So for all of you that might be wondering...the September customer special is a great one! When you spend $31 you can purchase the Demi purse (pictured below) for just $14.50. That is half off! The Demi Purse comes in 5 prints and looks really cute with a Thirty-One scarf tied around the handle! I just ordered it in Peacock Paisley to add to my kit for my September customers to see.

Here it is in Onyx Medallion. Thirty-One recommends the following embroidery threads: red, hot pink, lime green, aqua, platinum (pictured here) and white.


Here it is in the Floral Fanfare pattern, which I LOVE!
September Customer Special
Now I think this is a fabulous Hostess Special!
Have a $450 party and order the City Weekender Tote in Brown, Black or Onyx Medallion for only $25! Regular price is $89! With a $450 you would also get $45 in free products and two 1/2 price items. You can also purchase as many other Thirty-One items for 10% off.

Here is the City Weekender Tote in Brown. Suggested embroidery is turquoise, limeade, red, new blue, ivory and white. I'm thinkin' new blue would look great on this one!

Today is Sheldon's Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you!!!