Start of the Holidays

Just got back in town from a mini-vacation yesterday.  The hotel was decorated for Christmas.  I didn’t take many pictures.  After doing the 365 this year, I’m suffering from a little bit of picture taking fatigue….Looking forward to taking pictures being a joy again instead of a burden.

This is a picture where you might can see that the hotel was decorated for Christmas.  Flowers and lights everywhere.  I just like them sitting and relaxing at the end of the vacation as we got ready to check out.

My very favorite moment of vacation was when we got there and Emalee noticed that we had a desk.  She immediately wanted to “play work”.  I think it’s from seeing me write and answer the phone all day.  Isn’t she cute?

The other thing I wanted to mention is that I’ve been really into my cross-stitching lately.  I finished an ornament for Cocoa Daisy’s ornament swap yesterday, and I just wanted to brag a little.

Add a comment November 30, 2009

Chillin’

Kevin and I are currently chilling at home without the kids.  They’re at Nana and Grandad’s house having a “spend-the-night” party.  I hope they’re having fun because as much as I love my little munchkins, I find that they’re exhausting me a little bit.  I guess being 26 weeks pregnant might have something to do with that

I’ve been scrapbooking tonight with the October “Cocoa Daisy” kit.  It’s quite lovely, but it’s titled fashion week, and I have been amazed by the fact that three of the five layouts that I’ve made with the kit so far have been fashion related.  The most recent one, “Detail Man” is about how sweet Bennett’s love of accessories and the details in an outfit is.  He knows that no outfit is complete without certain details, including his Peter Pan costume.

Kevin’s been putting together a swing set for the kids.  He’s got enough of it together for them to play, and they’re really enjoying the parts that he has together.  It’s been totally awesome for them that they’re getting to enjoy this unexpected gift from Kevin’s uncle.

We had a library morning this morning.  Everyone chose some books to check out and enjoy.  Bennett picked one of his books just because it had the word “Bennett” in the title.  He picked out about 8 picture books.  Emalee would only pick out one book and it’s one that we’ve checked out over and over again.  “Pat Pat the Bunny.”  It’s meant for tiny babies, but she’s just never outgrown it, I guess.  I didn’t really look at it, but she kept carrying it around the library saying, “That’s my favorite book.”  I didn’t even realize that she’d picked up that particular book until we got home today.  Silly girl!!

Add a comment November 7, 2009

Halloween Letdown

I love holidays, and I hate to see this one end.  Halloween is the week of my birthday, and it seems as if Halloween is a great way to end a birthday party.  Our big event this year is that we had a trunk in this year’s trunk or treat party at the church.  (Held inside at booths because of the rain).

Kevin and I were very cute pirates, if I do say so myself:

We originally started with a Peter Pan theme, suggested by Bennett, but it all fell apart when Bennett decided to be “Super Bennett” instead:

Then, Emalee decided to be a witch, so the idea of Peter Pan was over:

Still, we had a great time, and we watched a couple of new to the kids movies–”The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “The Wizard of Oz”.   Also, we watched “House of Mouse:  House of Villians” for about the third time in a week.  They just love the Mickey Mouse cartoons right now!

Today, I’ve put away their Halloween t-shirts for next year (in the hopes that they’ll fit), and I’ve started thinking about taking down Halloween decorations to make way for Thanksgiving.  Yum!!….I feel the baby kick and move inside and know that the 15 weeks to go until delivery are going to pass very rapidly as these holidays pass too.  Happy belated Halloween everyone!

Add a comment November 2, 2009