We are on break here at the circus. And I couldn’t be more excited about it. I have been looking forward to this week for ages. The week before Christmas. All I want to do is enjoy the kiddos and catch up on some house work. And bake. And do some shopping. And maybe see some friends. (ha, ha… can you tell I am an introvert? read over that list, when I proof read this and re read it, it made me laugh)…
We got our tree today!!!
We started decorating the house yesterday, but it wasn’t quite right without the tree. I don’t think our three year old remembers the Christmas tree b/c after we cut it down and tied it to our van he asked, “Can we keep it in our yard as our Christmas tree?” He had no idea it would go in the house. And then when we added lights, he was beyond excited.
Nothing like a back seat driver. Especially a 3 year old back seat driver.
At 1 am. On a Snow covered back country road.
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As we slip slided around the roads approaching my parents the other night, I seriously thought we might end up in a ditch and all the while my 3 year old was WIDE awake and chattering non stop about all the snow. He kept saying, “Dad, don’t get in an accident.
The thing that we most fell in love with when we first saw our new house was the back yard. We loved, LOVED the big, private back yard.
Clearly, it was not the fall when we had our love at first sight experience.
We spent the entire day tackling that beloved backyard.
Thankfully, we also made time for a little fun in the leaves.
Leaves can provide a great back drop for some smiley pictures.
As a mom, there are several roles I play in the lives of my children. One of my favorite roles is that of cheer leader. I truly enjoy watching them compete/perform in whatever activity they are involved in and cheering them on as they do so. Yes, that’s right. I am that Mom you hear above the crowd cheering and squealing. This fall my son began a new sport. After years of wanting to try martial arts, he started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
This wasn’t the first time my oldest daughter played the part of Super Girl for Halloween. 4 years ago she had the same role.
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She tells me that when she’s 11 she plans to be Super Girl again… guess we are on an every 4 year rotation with this role.
She’s been wiggling that tooth for weeks now… hoping and hoping it was ready to pull. I could see the tip of the new one peeking through behind it so I figured it was time for it to come out.
Daddy always does the honors round here, so she sweetly begged Daddy to pull it this morning before leaving for work.
Part way in Scott realized that maybe that tooth wasn’t as ready to come out as we thought.
A few weeks ago Scott and I attended the wedding of a friend of ours from high school. As we sat there watching, I had this rather startling realization. Weddings are different for me now than they used to be. I can remember going to wedding for friends when we were in college. As I rejoiced with our friends over the start of their life together, I also found myself taking note of things I’d like to do in my own wedding “someday.
This afternoon after church we took the kids to the county’s Public Safety Expo. The Police and Fire Departments for the country put on an INCREDIBLE expo. It was both fun and educational.
I think going into it my oldest son was a little like, “big deal we are going to see fire trucks” while my 3 year old was all “WAHOO We are going to see Fire Trucks” but everyone was surprised by all we got to see and do.