Happy New Year!!
The boys and I decided to stay up late and welcome in 2009. We watched some movies and then watched the ball drop in NY. We look a little over tired and sugared up in this photo, because we were. Levi called about 5 minutes will midnight, but he's in California right now so really he won't be in 2009 for another hour. So I guess you could say we are in the future and he is still in the past. Anyway, I am off to bed. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Snowman
We made a snowman today. We thought we would hurry before all the snow melted away. It was up to 40 degrees here today, which was a great change from 22 degrees. Here he is, he doesn't really have a name, Oliver thought he should be called Indiana Jones, Kaleb said it should be Rudolph the Snowmen, and Josef calls him Fred. He has a plastic christmas bulb ornament nose, yarn ball eyes and pipe cleaner eyebrows.
Zebra Mix
My Brother-in-law Birney, gave me these cool kids baking kits for Christmas. You can see them and order them here. The ingredients are all natural and organic. These are like Betty Crocker mixes for kids, but way funnier! They come with a cool Safari map that gives step by step instructions to how to make teh mixes- along with fun learning activities. The kids can be more independent and the Mom doesn't have so much mess. This was a quick, easy, and fun activity for the boys. I give this product five stars for Mom and Kid friendly.
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
View of our house at night from our driveway.
I am so tired of shoveling the walk!
I am so tired of shoveling the walk!
The Things We Do
The Things We Do
Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, & try not to be a SCROOGE! Copy this entire post & paste onto your own new post!Change all the answers so they apply to you. Then tag a bunch of people you know....Tis the Season to be NICE!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper.Nothing like ripping open a wrapped present
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. I like real ones but they are a pain, so I think next year we are going to cut our own down and take pictures and then we will get a nice fake one to have. The real ones are kind of a waste also. You cut down a porr tree just to throw it out in a month.
3. When do you put up the tree? After Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? After Jan 1st some time...once we left ours up till February and made it a Valentines tree.
5. Do you like Egg Nog? Ya, but not straight i put milk in it.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A blanket my Mom gave me, still have it
7. Hardest person to buy for? My Grandma, she has everything!
8. Easiest person to buy for? My kids-they are never shy about telling you what tehy want for Christmas
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, but it needs a stable.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? No bad gifts here
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? All of them!! I about died laughing watching This Christmas last week
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Novemeber, I do it all online
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Everything, especially anything with chocolate
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, I like white
17. Favorite Christmas song? Silver Bells
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yep
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open one gift on Christmas Eve, and save the rest for Christmas Day
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? crowded stores and rude people
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Candy canes and snowmen is our theme
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Perfume, I'm almost all out
Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, & try not to be a SCROOGE! Copy this entire post & paste onto your own new post!Change all the answers so they apply to you. Then tag a bunch of people you know....Tis the Season to be NICE!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper.Nothing like ripping open a wrapped present
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial. I like real ones but they are a pain, so I think next year we are going to cut our own down and take pictures and then we will get a nice fake one to have. The real ones are kind of a waste also. You cut down a porr tree just to throw it out in a month.
3. When do you put up the tree? After Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? After Jan 1st some time...once we left ours up till February and made it a Valentines tree.
5. Do you like Egg Nog? Ya, but not straight i put milk in it.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? A blanket my Mom gave me, still have it
7. Hardest person to buy for? My Grandma, she has everything!
8. Easiest person to buy for? My kids-they are never shy about telling you what tehy want for Christmas
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, but it needs a stable.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? No bad gifts here
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? All of them!! I about died laughing watching This Christmas last week
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Novemeber, I do it all online
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Nope
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Everything, especially anything with chocolate
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, I like white
17. Favorite Christmas song? Silver Bells
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Travel
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yep
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We open one gift on Christmas Eve, and save the rest for Christmas Day
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? crowded stores and rude people
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Candy canes and snowmen is our theme
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Perfume, I'm almost all out
