Belching in Lehman's Terms

Micah informed me last night, that while at the dinner table with the kids yesterday, Christian looked at Ava and said with pure excitement. . ."AVA, I just farted out my mouth!!"  Micah promptly informed him that what he had actually done was Belched, but this didn't seem to register in Christian's mind.  He thought he had done something that was of pure genius and talent.  Little minds!!  All I can say is. . .He gets it from his DADDY.

Aunt Anna's Famous Cookies

Tonight, my in laws came over to hang out and they brought with them cookie dough.  It was not just any cookie dough, but it was Aunt Anna's Famous Sugar Cookie Dough.  As the kids were watching Grandma roll out the dough, Grandma told them the story of how Aunt Anna, who happened to be one of Harry's aunts, always made these cookies and they would get them every year at Christmas.  She didn't have kids of her own, so she loved to spoil the nieces and nephews and she did a great job with it.  She always would get them a little something and ALWAYS had these special famous sugar cookies.  The kids loved the story and of course loved the cookies, rather it be the raw dough or the baked goods. :)

I lost count of how many times Christian said, "I eat this piece?" and Grandma would say, something about it not being good for his belly but he could have a little piece and then later this was repeated. :)  Fun memories.

It's going to be a Blue Christmas?

Earlier, I did a post on how my daughter wanted a "pink Christmas Tree" for Christmas this year.  That is what she told her Grandmother every time she asked what she wanted and so she got one.  It is still a magical tree since Ava has only had one night that she has slipped and come to our room in the middle of the night. . . which is a huge miracle.  :)
However, ever since the moment  Christian saw that PINK tree, he immediately decided he NEEDED a BLUE one.  This was a tad bit harder to find and who would think a Blue tree to be pretty.  I warned him they didn't have blue ones and we might have to buy a green one and put blue lights on but he was not deterred.  His faith in having a Blue Christmas Tree in his room was set in stone. . . .solid.

So out to town we went, Grandma, Ava, Christian and Mommy.  We knew what we were in search of and after a long day of shopping and hungry bellies, we decided to settle on a tree that was green and we would have to convince him that the lights could be blue.  Then, low and behold, across the way, on the bottom shelf, there it stood.  A BLUE Christmas Tree.  Were our eyes playing tricks on us?  There was no such thing, right?  But, yes, Ava had indeed found her brother his desired dreamt up tree.  I am not actually sure who was most excited, the Grandma and Mommy that were basically dancing in the aisle with excitement and slight disbelief or the little boy who's dreams were coming true right before his eyes.  What child like faith can do for a person.  There was only one blue one left and it was so cute.  Then we found a tree topper and blue tree skirt that matched.  We could hardly wait to get home and set up the tree.  Christmas for Little Man had finally arrived. :)

The fun was truly had decorating the tree.  We found some little orange basket ball ornaments that matched his room great and of course a few Toy Story ornaments.  The part that simply melted my heart was when I walked back to check on him and he was staring at his tree.  Here he had taken some of his trains and placed them around the tree.  So sweet.  It was perfect to scale.  :)

Christmas Cookies

It seems that the days I decide to do fun crafty ideas with the kids, they act up a little more.  I am not sure why.  Almost like if I take the time out to spend extra time with them, they then feel the need to have my undivided attention the rest of the day.  It is frustrating, but I still enjoy doing fun things with them, so today I tried a new craft.  It was a Crayola Christmas Tree Kit I got from B.B.s 

First we had to make up the batter, which I did by myself.  Then it was to be refrigerated for 5 minutes so it would sort of set together.  I took this time to have them both go wash their hands really good.  Then I started rolling the dough out and they got to cut Christmas Tree Shaped cookies out of the dough.

Then we had to bake the cookies and let them cool.  The kids were pretty patient through this process.  The next step was to ice the cookies and then we had to let them sit for 30 minutes to dry before we could paint them with the edible water paints.  This was their favorite part and mine too.  I loved watching them decorate and mixing the colors. 

 

Post # 100

Yayy, I can't believe it.  I am posting my # 100 post for this blog.  I knew I was having fun, but 100 sounds and looks like a lot of posts.  :)  I am having so much fun recording the life of my family, so I can look back and remember all of the good times we share. I started this to help keep my records straight, so when my kids are older and I have more time (ahhaha) I will be able to scrapbook some of the highlights. :)  This is very therapeutic for me and I enjoy documenting my favorite moments in time.  I feel so blessed when I look back over this year and see all that God has done for me in 2010.  I can't wait to write my yearly review. :)

Changes Can Be Fun . . . .and Sad at the Same Time

A small update for this past few months has to do with my family situation.  My mom, my best friend, went to spend time with her parents in Missouri.  We are all missing her more than we ever imagined and Christmas this year will be quite a bit different without her here.  It helps that she is loving it and enjoying her time catching up and hanging out with her mom and dad, but she is greatly missed by ALL back here at home. 

Micah has helped me tremendously with dealing with the changes since I don't deal well at all when things change, especially big changes.  He allows me to cry or laugh or just obsessively talk about these things over and over again.  He supports my mom's and my relationship and that is something I prayed for before I ever met my husband.  That my husband would love and respect my parents and respect the relationship between my mom and I.  He does, he loves my mom and he cries with me sometime, because he hates to see me missing her so much. 

One of the things that helps me to cope with change is by making new traditions.  Family time with my children and husband are very important to me and Micah has been great at helping me to prioritize and we are making awesome FAMILY memories together.  My favorite times are when we are all sitting in our warm and comfy living room and enjoying the company of our two silly kids.  They of course, love the attention and bask in it.  They act sillier and giggle and laugh a ton and this is so warming to my heart.  They love "famy time" as they call it. Bring on the Christmas festivities and traditions!!

 I feel so overly blessed and in love with my life and though I miss my mom, I know I will see her again soon and I am glad she is getting this opportunity.  I can't think of anyone more deserving than her, to get a dream come true.  She is so self sacrificing.

"Keep Me!!"

One morning, while we were in Missouri last month, we awoke to some rather loud clambering on our roof top.  Micah & I were in one bed in the pink room and Nana & Ava in the other and Little Man Christian opted to sleep on the floor that night.  So, when we were so rudely interrupted from our slumber, ;)  we were all a little nervous about what was going on.  It only took us adults a few seconds to remember that their were people scheduled to work on Grandma's roof that day, and so we knew then what was going on.  However, the kids didn't know and Micah crawled down to lay with Christian who was obviously half asleep and a little nervous about what was waking him up.  As Micah was laying beside him, Christian whispered so softly to his daddy, "Keep Me!!"  It was sweet and we started to laugh because he was really saying, "stay with me, I am scared," but it came out, "keep Me!!"  I don't think I will ever forget that little moment when we assured him that we would keep him and love him for the rest of our lives.  :)  What a sweet moment in our day.