December 7, 2013

Jeff's cute Christmas lights helpers.

December 6, 2013

  When Shelbi was little, I couldn't wait to start doing things with her that I loved doing as a kid.  One of those things was watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer at Christmastime.  This was before DVR, so we waited until it was actually on t.v., commercials and all.  She was four the first time she watched it.  I made apples and caramel dip to eat while watching.  Somehow she remembered that the next year, and every year after that and so a tradition was born.  
  These days we have Rudolph on video.  Not quite the same as anticipating the one night you can watch it.  But at least our treats have improved.  And yes, I did make the kids eat on sheets to avoid a mess.  If you had seen what the sheet under Ryan looked like afterward, you would understand.

December 5, 2013

  I want to be Ryan. This picture was taken at about five o'clock in the afternoon.  This is the time when the house is the messiest, the kids are the loudest, and I have to start making dinner.  How nice would it be to curl up on the couch, pull a blanket over my face, and ignore everything to take a nap.

December 4, 2013

Stupid plant.

  The first thing I saw when I walked into Sam's Club this morning were huge poinsettia plants for sale.  Poinsettias are my favorite Christmas decoration.  I bought one to put on my kitchen table.  When I got it home and removed the plastic that was wrapped around it, half of the stems fell out.  Then when I moved it, half of the ones left fell out.  In the picture above, only those tall stems in the back are actually still attached.  The other ones are just haphazardly stuffed back in the dirt until my dinner company leaves tonight.  

December 3, 2013

  Syd's been talking about her 4th grade musical for weeks.  She's been telling us it's hilarious!  We have different ideas of hilarious.  It was very cute.  Ironically, when Shelbi was in the 4th grade, she told me the same thing about her program.  Tonight, Shelbi could hardly sit through Syd's.

   I knew Sydney had a part, but it turns out it was a solo singing part.  If I had known that I would have taken video.  Oh well.

(I don't know why there's a skeleton.)

December 2, 2013

December 1, 2013

    Would you think less of me if I admitted that I still like Legos? Jeff was sneaky and bought this Christmas village set when we were at the Lego store.  I have to admit that it was a little hard for me to share.  (I might be a nerd.)

 My eager helpers.

 Isn't it cool?