don't usually go hand in hand. Unless you live in Southern Georgia. This week we attempted to get back into our normal routine after having Lucy home all of Thanksgiving week.
Cole and Sadie practicing their photography skills in the shopping cart...Lots of fingers and legs! haha
Eddi has a special bond with Po that I don't quite understand. Po runs up to Eddi as soon as Eddi is in the pen, then Po sits there and lets Eddi whack at him a few times, then he will run away and hop around the pen waiting for Eddi to follow. If Eddi doesn't find him quick enough, Po will come back to find Eddi. It is the cutest thing to watch. And it only happens between the two of them.
We pulled out our tree, turned on christmas music and decorated the tree on monday. The kids were so excited, I was so excited. I love this time of year, I love the nostalgia it brings and the joy it brings as I teach our kids about the Savior and as we carry out traditions.
The kids helped with every part of decorating this tree. They helped "fluff" each section of the tree, place the star, wrap the ribbon and hang the ornaments. We did a better job evenly distributing the colors this year. I love our tree. We are still deciding on what kind of ornament to make this year, if you have any good ideas send them our way!
I bought this set a few years ago and have never regretted it. I just love all these movies and they bring back so many memories of my childhood.
After putting out all our decorations I realized we have a lot of nativities! The baby Jesus from our felt nativity was lost last year. It is fitting since he technically wasn't born until christmas, and that gives me some times to make another one! Haha.
We have been transitioning and testing out different nap times around here. One day it led to Eddi lying down on the floor while I made dinner one day. He was sitting there just crying and crying. At the time I was chopping and couldn't hold him. The older three were running around playing. Lucy stopped and asked, "mom, why is he just crying?" "He is tired and probably hungry, but I can't help him until I'm done with this." Immediately she responded, "I can help him be happy!" my little helper! She sang him songs and played with him then said, "Mom, can I get him some animal crackers? I know he likes those."
He ate some animal crackers and just rolled around. Until dinner was ready.
He is lucky to have at least one sibling who cares to help him through some rough times.
We needed a wreath. So we bough a cheap one from walmart and spruced it up a bit! The kids collected pine cones and leaves from around the house. Then we spray painted everything with either silver or gold glitter paint. and Voila!
Please don't look too close at the paint job...I need to finish up our door and shutters! lol...it may be a while yet.
Every now and then I feel the need to torture the children and myself and go to the petStop to hold the puppies and see all the animals.
All the kids holding a Jack Russel Terrier. He was adorable. I wasn't as tempted with this one because I know I don't want that kind of dog. But he was sweet and puppies are always cute.
This dog is another story. She has been at the pet store for a long time. We have held her multiple times and was recently bought so seeing her back at the store got all the kids excited again.
She is a peek-a-poo and just full of energy and loves the kids.
I really want this dog, but we aren't sure if we are ready. We need a fence for sure, and we are trying to get through some home renovations, so adding a dog isn't the most desirable thing to do right now.
But sometimes I think that I really wouldn't mind too much!!
Lucy has been reading a lot lately, she really enjoys reading to others. They aren't always up for it but sometimes I look around and find them like this and it makes me happy!
Sometimes I bribe the kids to be good with promises of frosty and shakes....
We have been looking forward to going camping for a while. The summer is just too hot, it doesn't cool down at night. So we got some friends from the ward to go with us this weekend! We went to Seminole State Park.
I think the kids favorite part was the fire. Eddi was enamored and didn't understand the danger that lied within. Sadie still spatially clueless very nearly burned her little bum multiple times. Cole was just excited about it all and wanted to do whatever the daddy's did. Lucy was a little more cautious, she stayed the farthest away and didn't enjoy any disruption to the fire.
We roasted hotdogs and brats, then came marshmallows, s'mores and starbursts.
The park was lit up with christmas lights so we walked around after dinner and looked at all the different scenes.
The night brought very little sleep for a certain 1 year old and his parents. But we all made it to morning.
I forgot how cold 45* is in the morning, so we were a little underprepared as far a coats, but we had plenty of blankets and a lovely fire to warm us up.
The kids played at the playground and wanted a picture next to this set up, we didn't come by the workshop the night before to see the lights.
We went on a hike, made some lunch, packed up and headed home! It was great that the site was close enough to make one night doable and enjoyable! We are grateful we had people willing to go with us and that we could all have such a great time! We are hoping to try another place next month!
Lucy has had an ear ache on and off since thursday. We finally got her some medicine for it but she has been a trooper with it all. Today on the way home from church she asked if she could 'skip a meal.' I asked her what she meant and she explained that last week they talked about fasting and her teacher challenged them to fast for just one meal. She had forgotten to talk to us about it and so she wanted to fast for lunch today. We decided that would be ok and when we got home she started her fast. I was really impressed with her excitement and ability to do it. She and Devin even made cookies for some friends this afternoon. She was happy and didn't complain or seem upset that she couldn't taste test things until about the last hour of her fast. I was so proud of her today. She is going to be six in a week. It is exciting, and kind of scary that our little girl is growing so much. I had to get a picture of these two talking over a bowl of popcorn. I love this family of mine.
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