It has been brought to my attention that I am being out-blogged by my siblings. Well, I have had a bit on my plate lately. But I intend to up my participation level to that of C quality work for the remainder of this year. And then pledge to do B- level work to start the new year.
As for today's post I will simply put in some pics of events happening around here since we moved into the house 3 weeks ago. Not really any of the house, but you can see some of it in the background.
Christmas came early for me (thanks to Costco and the awesome coupon for kitchen aid mixer!). Ellis and Celie helped me break it in with some rockin' M&M cookies.
Angry cook?
Went to the local toy store with the kids on Saturday. This was taken as we were leaving 1 hour after arriving! There is nothing more challening than taking 4 kids to a toy store at Christmas and ask them to chose gifts for others, while trying to keep your list in your head straight about what they are looking at for themselves! The kids did GREAT! We even made it through Target happy and without any pestering. Things were going so well, I attempted to take the kids out for a special Christmas shopping lunch at Chili's. They were awesome! We had a great day!
Just a note, Brad was at the state wrestling tournament all day. I did this ALONE and I would totally do it again!
This is a giant Playmobil Santa. It may be the only one we can get Celie anywhere near this year.
Still Saturday. Brad picked up a tree on his way home from wrestling. Put lights on it, Brad went back for finals, fixed dinner and let the kids watch White Christmas (my FAVORITE) while they ate. This picture explains why when the bonus room is finished, there will be no TV in the living room. HA!
