The girls are busy making their cookies!
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Little fingers...
I had typed a post to put up on Monday morning talking about the weekend and all the fun stuff that has been going on and I was almost finished when this little finger (Sus) pushed the power button on my computer!!! AKKK! I was soo frustrated! So, I've just been biding my time and now I'm back, and hopefully Susie is busy watching Hercules in the other room so there is no danger of the computer being turned off! :)Life with children is always a fun adventure. I love my girls!!
Saturday, Aaron worked on the bathroom, spraying texture on the walls and ceilings and then priming while the girls and I made Christmas cookies. I should say, I made cookies and they ate them. We had fun and made lots of messes, it was great!
Yesterday was Grace's ballet/tap christmas party. They put on a little dance to "Frosty the snowman" with little black hats...it was really cute. Then they ate lots of junk food and we took them home. She is really enjoying dance and I'm so glad she is getting to do something fun.
Aaron was out on a job late last night (he came in at 5 am) and he brought donuts when he came home. I was so excited when he told me that we had donuts downstairs! If you know how much I love donuts and that the shop here is only open a few days a week and that just does not help a pregnant woman who is craving them!!! Anyway, I went downstairs with the girls, excited to eat our donuts and then when we got there, we were pretty disappointed...well, they weren't, but I was. They were Krispy Kreme donuts from Wal-Mart and the sell by date was today!!! Okay, I love Krispy Kreme as much as anyone...when we lived in Tallahassee, we went all the time for hot and fresh donuts right off the line. But, old and boxed donuts that they now sell at Wal-Mart. They were pretty terrible, sorry honey, I know you tried, but I even put mine in the microwave and it couldn't help it. Maybe I'll get the girls up early before Grace goes to school tomorrow and we'll go and get some fresh ones...if not, Mom, we will be there Friday night and you know how much we love the donuts in Searcy for Saturday morning!!!
I'm off to get some laundry done so we can start packing for our trip!!!
Saturday, Aaron worked on the bathroom, spraying texture on the walls and ceilings and then priming while the girls and I made Christmas cookies. I should say, I made cookies and they ate them. We had fun and made lots of messes, it was great!
Yesterday was Grace's ballet/tap christmas party. They put on a little dance to "Frosty the snowman" with little black hats...it was really cute. Then they ate lots of junk food and we took them home. She is really enjoying dance and I'm so glad she is getting to do something fun.
Aaron was out on a job late last night (he came in at 5 am) and he brought donuts when he came home. I was so excited when he told me that we had donuts downstairs! If you know how much I love donuts and that the shop here is only open a few days a week and that just does not help a pregnant woman who is craving them!!! Anyway, I went downstairs with the girls, excited to eat our donuts and then when we got there, we were pretty disappointed...well, they weren't, but I was. They were Krispy Kreme donuts from Wal-Mart and the sell by date was today!!! Okay, I love Krispy Kreme as much as anyone...when we lived in Tallahassee, we went all the time for hot and fresh donuts right off the line. But, old and boxed donuts that they now sell at Wal-Mart. They were pretty terrible, sorry honey, I know you tried, but I even put mine in the microwave and it couldn't help it. Maybe I'll get the girls up early before Grace goes to school tomorrow and we'll go and get some fresh ones...if not, Mom, we will be there Friday night and you know how much we love the donuts in Searcy for Saturday morning!!!
I'm off to get some laundry done so we can start packing for our trip!!!
Saturday, December 10, 2005
No room at the Inn
Yesterday afternoon was Grace's first Christmas play. It was titled,"No room at the Inn" and it was so cute. First they brought in the sheep and donkeys (the 2 year old class, wearing little hats that resembled animals), second came in Mary and Joseph (2 kids from the 3 year old class), and then came the angels (Grace's class-4 year olds)....they all walked in a line with their hands together like they were praying and they honestly looked like little angels. The funny part was that because we curled Grace's hair Thursday night, her halo wouldn't stay on her head, so she had to keep picking it up when it fell on the floor. After the angels came in to the play, the 3 kings arrived (more 3 year olds) and then they brought in the stars (the babies)...it was such a cute little play. They sang 5 little short songs and Grace's class had speaking parts. When it was Grace's turn, she just stood there. Her teacher was like, "Grace, Grace...your turn,"....Grace looked at her stood there some more and then walked to the microphone and said her lines as clear as day! She did a great job! She was really excited because she had an extra visitor there to be in her cheering section. Thomas Ritchie (a Harding Student from Mom and Dad's bible study) came down on Thursday night so he could see Grace. He actually had some job searching to do in Dallas, but he came to see us for one night. Grace was very excited to see him. I don't think she let go of his arm until he left last night.
After the play, we decided to go to Dallas for a little shopping and good food. We loaded up and had some fun in Big "D"....
After the play, we decided to go to Dallas for a little shopping and good food. We loaded up and had some fun in Big "D"....
Monday, December 05, 2005
It's the Christmas Season!
Aaron has been home the past week on his days off...we just love days off!! He has gotten so much done on the bathroom. The tub/shower done, he put new sheetrock up and patched all the seams for us to spray the texture and paint (whenever we decide on a color) and now he is going to start tiling the floor!! He is really getting into this re-model stuff and it's great!
On the way to school on Friday, Grace and I were talking in the car about the "Toys for Tots" program and why she was taking a toy for the kids who wouldn't otherwise be receiving one for Christmas. She was excited about the Barbie that she had picked out and even Susie picked one out, too. Grace knows that we also have been searching for an x-box 360 for daddy for about 3 weeks and have yet to get one for him. We were joking around about it a few weeks ago, and I told him that once he got his x-box, he was getting nothing else for Christmas. Well, Grace remembered that and Friday on the way to school was getting very worried for her daddy. "Mommy, will Daddy be like the kids in "Toys for Tots" if we don't find him an x-box in time for Christmas? We really need to find him one or he won't get ANY presents from Santa, and EVERYONE needs at least one toy! Please go to Wal-Mart and find him a x-box while I'm at school today, Mommy!" She was (and still is) so concerned that he won't get anything....pretty sweet.
Thursday night was the Graham Christmas parade, and it was so good for a little town...over 70 floats! The girls had a great time and way stocked up on candy. We were at the very start of the parade and had some nice older couple that kept giving the girls all their candy, too. Caleb would have loved it, Amber, his hand would have gotten tired from all the waving, too! It was a long parade and a nice cool night for here (34 degrees!! We got to wear our coats!)
We had our Schlumberger Christmas party on Saturday night and we were lucky enough to find a friend from church that kept the girls for a few hours while we went out to the Graham County Club and had a great meal on the company. Aaron won a prize of a $50 gift certificate to some Feed store in Clebourne (2 hours from here), but hey, we didn't go home empty handed!
Yesterday though, was the icing on the cake. After church, we had what they call here at our church, the holiday potluck and it was wonderful!! I have never (that I can remember) gone to a potluck that had just great food and there was plenty leftover!! I'm not a big potluck girl...I like my food and the food my mom makes and that is about it, but this stuff was SUPER GOOD! Then after the food, we sang a few church songs and our preacher told a story or 2 and then the Christmas party began! Coach McCoy (The Graham Steers Football coach) took all the kids around the christmas tree and they sang kid christmas songs until they heard the elves (the high school kids dressed up) and Santa come through the door! The kids LOVED it and so did I!!! All of us parents brought a gift for our kids before church and put it under the tree, but, WOW, my kids were just so excited to see Santa and have him actually hand them a present! Grace got a Kim Possible doll ("Mommy, he got me JUST what I wanted! I LOVE HER!") and Sus got a little blonde headed doll....she could have cared less, she just wanted the candy cane from Santa.
It was great!! Now we are off to spend our last free day with daddy!!
On the way to school on Friday, Grace and I were talking in the car about the "Toys for Tots" program and why she was taking a toy for the kids who wouldn't otherwise be receiving one for Christmas. She was excited about the Barbie that she had picked out and even Susie picked one out, too. Grace knows that we also have been searching for an x-box 360 for daddy for about 3 weeks and have yet to get one for him. We were joking around about it a few weeks ago, and I told him that once he got his x-box, he was getting nothing else for Christmas. Well, Grace remembered that and Friday on the way to school was getting very worried for her daddy. "Mommy, will Daddy be like the kids in "Toys for Tots" if we don't find him an x-box in time for Christmas? We really need to find him one or he won't get ANY presents from Santa, and EVERYONE needs at least one toy! Please go to Wal-Mart and find him a x-box while I'm at school today, Mommy!" She was (and still is) so concerned that he won't get anything....pretty sweet.
Thursday night was the Graham Christmas parade, and it was so good for a little town...over 70 floats! The girls had a great time and way stocked up on candy. We were at the very start of the parade and had some nice older couple that kept giving the girls all their candy, too. Caleb would have loved it, Amber, his hand would have gotten tired from all the waving, too! It was a long parade and a nice cool night for here (34 degrees!! We got to wear our coats!)
We had our Schlumberger Christmas party on Saturday night and we were lucky enough to find a friend from church that kept the girls for a few hours while we went out to the Graham County Club and had a great meal on the company. Aaron won a prize of a $50 gift certificate to some Feed store in Clebourne (2 hours from here), but hey, we didn't go home empty handed!
Yesterday though, was the icing on the cake. After church, we had what they call here at our church, the holiday potluck and it was wonderful!! I have never (that I can remember) gone to a potluck that had just great food and there was plenty leftover!! I'm not a big potluck girl...I like my food and the food my mom makes and that is about it, but this stuff was SUPER GOOD! Then after the food, we sang a few church songs and our preacher told a story or 2 and then the Christmas party began! Coach McCoy (The Graham Steers Football coach) took all the kids around the christmas tree and they sang kid christmas songs until they heard the elves (the high school kids dressed up) and Santa come through the door! The kids LOVED it and so did I!!! All of us parents brought a gift for our kids before church and put it under the tree, but, WOW, my kids were just so excited to see Santa and have him actually hand them a present! Grace got a Kim Possible doll ("Mommy, he got me JUST what I wanted! I LOVE HER!") and Sus got a little blonde headed doll....she could have cared less, she just wanted the candy cane from Santa.
It was great!! Now we are off to spend our last free day with daddy!!
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