Marching to a New Beat

Yesterday we went to Gabriel Brothers in Akron to get some inexpensive stocking hangers, but as we walked in the door we saw something else that we had to have. Whitney and I both love just about anything to do with Mickey Mouse. There at the front of Gabe's was a Mickey Mouse toaster for $14.99! We already had a toaster, but not one that not only had Mickey on it, but also toasted the shape of Mickey onto the bread! Needless to say, we decided that the ability to have Mickey become a part of our breakfast was worth the small price.


When we got home later that night, we read the box more carefully. To our delight and glee we read that the toaster played the Mickey Mouse March when the toast popped up. This got Whitney excited (and me a little bit too). So, we hurried and plugged it in. We'd been trying to decorate our kitchen in Mickey things anyway, but now we had theme music!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

Post Thanksgiving De-tox

"Shopping!" Jacob said this morning as he attempted to wake me up around 3:30 am so that we could get to JC Penney in time to get the free Mickey Mouse snow globe they were handing out. Kinda ridiculous to get up that early, but we are big fans of pretty much anything with Mickey Mouse on it. Plus, it was free and we like free stuff. (When Jacob went into work around 8 am at JC Penney, he found out that they had set a snow globe aside for all of the employees.)

So we started our day early and hit the big sales, but not looking for anything in particular. We hit JC Penney and Wal Mart, then headed to Bob Evans for breakfast. Then we went to Staples until Jacob had to go to work. While he helped the mad rush of shoppers buying shoes, I continued to shop. I went to JoAnn Fabrics and spent some time with my mom, then went to Target (where I was able to complete most of Jacob's Christmas shopping).

I finally got home around noon, and attempted to watch a movie while wrapping gifts, but I was quite tired. I decided to take a nap, but my phone kept ringing, so I really didn't get a good nap. Then, before I knew it, I had to go pick Jacob up from work. We made a couple of last minute stops, then headed home where we had leftover Thanksgiving for dinner and got out the Christmas decorations!

We started playing Christmas music and watched ELF while we put up the Christmas tree. Even though we aren't going to be in Ohio for Christmas (we are spending it in Thatcher, AZ with Jacob's family), we still wanted to put up all our decorations. Here are some pictures of our Thanksgiving, as well as our apartment "beginning to look a lot like Christmas!"

The place cards that Whitney and Melinda made.


The final table setting.

Dad carving the turkey.

Us before leaving around 4 am this morning.

The snow globe from JC Penney.

"O Tannenbaum"

The beginnings of the Lauritzen Family's Christmas Village.