The true meaning of Christmas

Christmas Party

Tonight was our church's Christmas party. Here's a sample of the entertainment....

 

 This is Penny showing her friend her pretty shoes.

They are so darn cute together. 

They play so good and they always look for each other.

Lucy and Santa.

She asked for a trampoline.

Penny and Santa.

She didn't ask for anything.

She was thrilled he came.

She was the first one to march up there and sit on his knee.

Ellie.

She took this very seriously.

She also asked for a trampoline.

The primary children singing.

Oh Holy.....pose when the camera comes out!

I was trying to take a couple pictures of new craft.

Penny insisted she needed to get in on the action. 

It's a good thing she is cute!

The new craft.

The new craft in action.

and Darling Penny. 

The "C" word

commute.

We commute.

Dusty lives away from home while he is working. There's lots of couples/families who do this. It also brings a lot of opinions...

Well tonight...

I laid in bed and watched a movie that dusty would never, ever in 1 million years, watch. 

AND 

I had a snack.

 IN BED.

Although I miss him 

and

 I would of course wish to be

 independently wealthy so we could just be together always..... 

it is nice to watch what I want 

and 

eat in my bed 

AND 

have a job that pays the satellite bill. 

HAHAHA

Let a sleeping baby....

Sleep. The girls have head colds this week. Penny is exhausted and hun-gee. Sometimes there is a fine line when you have to wake your tired, sick baby just to run into the school for 15 minutes.
On a side note, it is chilly and frosty and the perfect weather for head colds. Soup and movies are on our agenda and maybe some on-line black Friday shopping!!!

Nothing motivates a kitchen renovation like a .......

New table!!!! Hurray!

Oh how lovely are your..... Rafia

I spent part of this Saturday crafting.... I would of preferred shopping but one trip to Costco kiboshed any further shopping excursions (I did politely suggest HE could stay home... Hahaha) ANYWAYs,
I managed to finish two out of my three trees and I love them so much I might just keep them up year round (although I say that about most of my Christmas decor).

The woes of black beauty

Lucy is known as "Lucy The Brave" to our family. Ellie is often frightened and Lucy will come to her aide and thwart off any lurking danger.
Lucy is rough and tough.
She loves monsters and scary stories.

Ellie got a new book to read.... Black Beauty.

Lucy came upstairs sobbing because Ellie was reading out loud. I couldn't really understand what was going on BUT then it dawned on me...
Last year I bought Lucy a child's version of Black Beauty and it gave her nightmares for a month (I wish this was an over exaggeration...)
Lucy The Brave is brave when is comes to the fictional horror of make believe but when faced with the horrors of the reality of human behavior (particularly towards our furry friends) she is an inconsolable mess......

After Ellie and I figured out what was the matter, Ellie put Black Beauty away and pulled out Dracula....
Hahaha

My little monkey

This will speak volumes about my parenting....

I was tidying ... Er.... Or full blown cleaning and realize I ACTUALLY completed a task!! I knew something was amiss. I began searching the house for Penny. I couldn't find her anywhere until I heard a tiny (okay not so tiny) voice coming from the tv cabinet!

What a kid!!

an old friend

Tonight I am on speaker with my sister. She is trying to start her own blog. It will be amazing... as most things she does are. Sitting with her on the phone, walking her through step by step made me remember how frustrating it was to get this here blog off the freaking ground. And now I have the "easy" part... just filling it with measly musing and yet I am a slacker. I shouldn't be. I enjoy blogging (probably because I am feeding the egocentric part of me). Anyways, maybe her awesome blog will motivate me to do better. Or at least get me on here because I'll have to check hers... haha