I said something referring to Rebekah as my butterfly.
Elizabeth: She not a butterfly. She's Rebekah.
Mom: She's my Butterfly, like you're my Ladybug.
David: And I'll be your moth!
David got some Castle Legos from his cousin for Christmas. Finding the catapult, he said: Look at this rock launcher!
Mom: That's called a catapult.
David: Catapult?
Mom: Yes, catapult.
Later, referring to the catapult: Look what I'm doing with the casserole!
We're still celebrating Christmas around here! Today we'll be going to my parents' for my side. Pictures of all will come later. Have a wonderful last week of 2009!
Look what I found in our Christmas decorations! Perfect! I just realized today that I haven't bought anything that says, "Baby's First Christmas" this year, except an ornament with the year on it.
Looking beautiful in her first bow!
She
David thought her bib was cool.Oops... I forgot yesterday was Tuesday! It was after lunch before anyone noticed that I had wrapped some presents & put them under the tree last night. Elizabeth suddenly gasped, then screamed, "PRESENTS!!!" David came running across the room to see and started yelling, "I see a present with my name on it!!!" Elizabeth, "Me, too!! Me, too!!!"
Tonight he picked up his present and shook it. Must be instinct. Then he said reflectively, "Huh... it doesn't make any noise. I hope it's Legos." I said, "You don't want Legos for your Christmas Eve present, you wouldn't have time to play with them before going to bed." (trying...) As he walked away he asked, "Is my present pajamas?" Little stinker.
His bedtime prayer? "Help me to have no bad dreams, only good dreams. Help me to get Legos for my Christmas Eve present. Amen."
There he is diligently working on one of his presents that he's giving. : )
Elizabeth had to work on something, too. She asks, "Mom, can I do my school work, too?"
I made these Peppermint Meltaway Cookies this weekend, except we went all natural and left out the red food coloring and red stripped candy topping. Still they are really, really yummy! I love them, but they are a little too "melty" (aka crumbly) for the little folk. They're all gone now.
I used the extra peppermint icing on the last of Aunt Wee's chocolate pound cake... oh. my. The combination of chocolate and peppermint is heavenly. It's all gone now, too.
I was on a peppermint kick that day, so I added peppermint to the hot chocolate at lunch time. Elizabeth enjoyed it with her peanut butter sandwich.
Day before yesterday, Dad asked me when I was going to make *his* cookies. Here ya go. Made them last night.
Earlier I also made a loaf of bread, a triple batch of hot chocolate mix, a batch of chocolate milk powder, and a batch of Swiss Mocha mix. Washed a load of clothes, set a load of diapers to soak overnight, ran a full dishwasher twice. AND I cooked lunch AND dinner AND went grocery shopping! Now that was productive day!
Dad brought me the little Christmas tree that I wanted when he came home from work today. Isn't it cute?!?!? Thank you, Babe!
I collect nativity scenes. Unfortunately, most are not displayed these years... Maybe when the kids are bigger & I'm not worried about balls that aren't supposed to be thrown or twirling blankets bumping my pretties.
When David was a baby, I got the most practical nativity ever - Fisher Price Little People! It been fun the last few years to see who else comes to visit baby Jesus.
The first princess sighting in Bethlehem.
How did the diaper duck end up in the sheep pasture?
Apparently the Wise Men traveled by
For the first time ever, I have dressed 2 little girls in matching dresses with matching bows. They were sooooo adorable!
(my toothbrush tree)
Rebekah: Mama! Mama! Mama! and repeat...
Last Thursday I took David to the elementary Christmas party for our home school co-op. We were enjoying ourselves when a special guest walked in!
David had his back to the door, so I casually said, "Oh, look who's here." David turned around & started grinning. He said, "It's Santa!" in a hushed tone. Then he looked at me and asked, "How did he get here?"
That took me by surprise, so I replied that I didn't know, maybe you should ask him.
Santa mingled with the kids for a while, then went & sat down in a comfy chair in front of a cardboard fireplace. Without prompting, the children began to line up, as did moms with cameras... which I had forgotten to bring. : ( Fortunately, another mom was willing to take some pictures for me!
The first thing David said to Santa was, "How did you arrive here today?" To which Santa informed him that he came in his pick-up truck. I think he might have explained why he wasn't in the sleigh, and it was probably weather related, but I didn't hear all he said & David didn't tell me. He asked what David wanted & of course, David told him Legos.
Later, Santa was mingling again. David asked, "Is it ok if I walk around the room with Santa?" I saw no problem with that, so I said ok. They didn't speak to each other, but David just followed Santa around as he mingled. Santa would put his hand on David's shoulder occasionally. Before long, David was first in a line of about 5 kids that were just following Santa as he walked around the room.
I did not realize Santa was going to be at the party, because I left Elizabeth at home for her nap time. But Rebekah was with us. She just starred at him.
I intended to take the kids to see Santa when he stopped by a local bank, but Dad needed to run errands in the city during Santa's hours, so we caught Santa in the city so that Elizabeth could get in on the picture, too.
It was cold, as you can tell! Again, David told Santa he wanted Legos. Elizabeth said she wanted a kitty cat. (That's my girl!) I think she's referring to the pink kitty cat she's been talking about ever since we made the shoebox Christmas gifts.
Note to people who give my kids presents: You don't have to try to meet their Santa wishes... we've got those covered.
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