I blink my eyes and she has turned into a (almost 100%) potty trained, Primary going, super smart, creative, funny, strong, thoughtful, beautiful young girl.
I have to say that they are relatively quiet, but man do they stink! I'm just glad it's winter and I don't keep my windows open.
And they're pretty lazy too. There's a whole field for them to graze and frolic in but they choose to lay around on the dirt road right behind my house. Whatever. I think they do it to torment me; you know, like an annoying neighbor kid.
They aren't very friendly either. I mean, I just went out to say hi and take their picture today and a couple of them just walked away without so much as a "baaa"! They mostly just glared at me with their snotty sheep faces. Have you ever looked at a sheep's face?They have an expression that says, "I'm better than you so don't even bother!" As if!
So after realizing that they don't want anything to do with me, I yelled to them, "Hey McSheepy's! You don't know what you're missin'!" and went to leave when one of them gets up, turns around, and does this...
Can you believe the nerve!?! See if they get a neighbor gift next Christmas! Hmmmmf!
We have a tradition of going to my sister-in-law, Cristina's, house for New Years Eve. This year we made a big dinner and the whole family was there playing games and having fun. (By the way, Blokus is awesome!)
Uncle Jonathan kept the boys busy lighting fireworks from our arsenal of fireworks left over from the 4th of July. They had left over firecrackers and thought it would be funny to blow things up. They attached firecrackers to cd's, cans, action figures, you name it. Quite frankly, I really don't get the fascination with blowing things up or setting them on fire. It's a guy thing, I know. Anyway, midnight was approaching so we girls were passing out the party hats and horns (because what's a New Year's party without hats and horns?) and gathering up our pots and pans to ring in the New Year.
I knew the boys were going to set fireworks off at midnight, but I had NO CLUE what they had planned.
I was paying attention to Emma and my niece (the beautiful Savannah) and counting down that I didn't realize that they were planning on blowing up a stinkin' Gingerbread House. (It was a pretty big Gingerbread House too! Not a whimpy graham cracker one, but a real one made with gingerbread and tons of candy. Crazy!)
Well, midnight came and we're running around banging our pots and pans and yelling when... BANG!!!!!! The gingerbread house fell off the ladder and exploded towards us all! We're running around screaming in a chaotic mess! Sparks were everywhere! It was so scary and so funny all at the same time! Luckily, no one or nothing was hurt. It was just crazy!
Here's a video of it. You can't really see anyone (just the explosion) and it's a little slow starting but all the sound is there. It's pretty funny! I still can't believe no one got hurt!
Yeah, I think this is symbolic of the surprisingly great and fun things that will happen this year. I'm choosing to think positive!
******************************* On another note... My dad made the news! He's the one on the phone calling for Mitt NOT Obama. (I must make that clarification. If you know him, you know what I mean.) He's about half way through the video in a blue sweater. Way to be involved dad! (Isn't he handsome!) Is it me, or does Rod Decker sound a little tipsy at the end?
I have to say that I really enjoyed Christmas this year.
Even though I had to wait until the Friday before Christmas to start my shopping, it all turned out great. We didn't go overboard on presents and the kids we all happy. I love that my kids aren't the kind that get upset because we don't get them the latest and greatest Christmas gifts. I truly am blessed with awesome kids! We did a lot of fun things together this season and we really enjoyed each other.
What more could a girl ask for?
I don't expect presents for Christmas but my kids surprised me with this...
Elisabeth made it for me! Isn't it cute!?! The boys each wrote me a note and put them on it. I love notes from my children! But you know what made my Christmas besides this darling magnet board?
This note from Scott. (I hope he's not going to mind me sharing but I thought it was so cool!)
Like I said, I have awesome kids!
This was really cute too. Max wanted to go to Color Me Mine to decorate a plate for Lee for Christmas (Why a plate? Who knows.) but we didn't get a chance to go so he decided to decorate one of my white dinner plates with crayon. He wrapped this up for Lee without me knowing.What a cutie!
I hope you all had a great Christmas like I did!
**** Coming up next, What happens when you ring in the New Year with gingerbread houses and fire crackers...
I just want to know...
