I mentioned before, that Scott and I have not made any decisions regarding the size of our circus crew. Some days we feel quite complete with our trio, others there’s that desire to add another little one to the crew. So, we haven’t done anything drastic and we’re spending some time praying and thinking on it. But the crew members are starting to share their feelings on the matter. Not that we asked them their opinion mind you.
We have a few daily battles here at the circus which I have to mediate carefully. One involves who buckled their top straps first in the car seat and the other is over who gets to eat off of the coveted plate at meal time. I made the innocent mistake of purchasing three different animal face plates last year at Target. I also bought some basic color plates as well. I was careful to make sure I got red and purple (my son and daughter’s favorite colors as well as 2 others since they baby didn’t yet have an opinion on colors and it was nice to have extras for when friends are visiting).
Wasn’t able to snap a picture of this one, because it was too disgusting for me to do anything but stop it right away…
But if anyone wondered why I call it life at the circus…
…just caught my 18th month old brushing her teeth with her brother’s tooth brush, in the dog bowl…
gross on so many levels…
My Daybook: Monday January 12 **Outside my window…**the sun is shining brightly and Christmas lights still hang on the front of the house (though no longer on the roof…we’re half way there) **I am thinking…**I really need to stop putting off folding the laundry piled beside my bed I am thankful for… the Steelers victory last night advancing them to the AFC Championship **From the learning room…**working on Catechism questions From the kitchen… Scott will be making pancakes for him and the kids for dinner tonight **I am wearing…**jeans and my Steelers Superbowl XL Champions Tee I am creating… I am not that creative, I do hope to tackle hemming my sons pants this week, does that count?
Much like the decorating of the pumpkin, the constructing of the gingerbread house didn’t happen according to the traditional time line. We here at the circus like to do things in our own time, thank you very much!
I mentioned before that this year I decided to go with the kit over baking from scratch. I bought the kit in early December and kept waiting for that evening when we were all home and not already busy with something else.
Christmas provides you with many gems…photos which capture the moment, in real life. Nothing like posing in front of the tree to bring out the true personality of your child.
Yes… this is def what I meant when I said , “Smile in front of the camera so Mom can have a picture of you in your nice church clothes.”
I love this pic… I am entitling it Christmas bliss… I love that it is not posed.
2 days before Christmas, Scott was talking with our son and he mentioned how he asked Santa for a remote control Lighting Mcqueen car.
OK here’s a slight problem because we hadn’t gotten him a remote control one. I had just gotten him a little matchbox size mcqueen car for his stocking (because Santa does the stockings at our house).
So, I went out to Target on Christmas Eve to try to find a remote control Lighting Mcqueen car, with no such luck.
We decided to take a spontaneous trip to DC this Saturday. And by spontaneous, I really mean spontaneous. When we left the house we were deciding between a trip to Hersheypark or the local train garden and drive through light display. Basically, we were looking for a fun evening out enjoying some holiday cheer. As we were driving, we got the idea of going into DC to see the National Christmas Tree.
When I was little if you wanted to make my mom mad, all you had to do was ask her who was visiting when she was cleaning house. Oh how I remember the look she’d get on her face when I would say that….seems my turn has come…
After decorating our cookies yesterday, I realized it was time to deep clean my kitchen. Once I scrubbed down the icing covered counter, it only made me realize how scummy the other counters looked.