MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hope your day was as wonderful as ours.

The day came and went and in the end, all of the kids got exactly what they wanted. The sign of a good Christmas is when you lack anything to be returned the next day! LOL

 

Twas The Night Before Christmas

Twas the Night before Christmas
And All through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse

Errr... Well, that'snot exactly true, I was up and "stirring" plenty.
The kids didn't doze off until around 10pm so I was up wrapping, assembling and stuffing until (drum roll please) FIVE am. Luckily, our kids showed mercy and didn't wake up until around 8:45am.

Cookies for Santa

 

The "Night Before" Scene:

 

 

 

How To Ruin a Perfectly Good Tree

Step One: Adopt two kittens
Step Two: Adopt a Dog
Step Three: Sit back and watch as they destroy a perfectly decorated tree.

The lack of ornamentation at the base of the tree was NOT intentional. Brutus ate off all the flowers and the cats took the little gold springy things off and ruined the ribbon. Next year I'm investing in muzzles for the whole lot of them. LOL

 

 

 

Dominick's Picture

It's not often that Dominick hands me a picture that doesn't need interpretation.

He calls this "Boat Racer". For those of you not used to 4 year old art work, this is Dom in boat, holding a fishing line. (There is also a motor on the back). LOL

 

SANTA!

You can't ring in the holiday season without the annual trip to see Santa.

Dom enjoyed himself and took the opportunity to tell Santa EVERYTHING he expects to receive this year and Diana took the opportunity to whimper in my arms. She was NOT fond of ol' Saint Nick.

 

 

An absolutely AFRICAL day!

Well, we've survived our Thanksgiving day in tact and with bellies overloaded. We had a delicious meal of Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry whip, green bean casserole, salad and the best dinner rolls around! All prepared by MOI, AND I didn't even burn anything. We topped the night off with fresh homemade pumpkin pie!

The most memorable (and absolutely unforgettable) moment of Thanksgiving 2007 was provided by Brooke. While eating dinner, I asked her to try the cranberry whip and assured her it was good. She took a few bites and complimented the delicious "Africal" flavors. I started laughing and she said "Well, that's just the way I say it". A moment later Christina chimed in "Do you mean TROPICAL?" Brooke turned beat red and a tradition was born. Our cranberry whip will now be forever known as "Africal Suprise".

Hope everyone had a great day and we look forward to seeing pictures on all the websites!

Our StinkBug..Er ladybug

Trying to get a decent shot of Diana last night was almost impossible. She had ants in her pants and just wouldn't stop for more than two seconds. (Thus the odd angled pictures)

She had a great time trick-or-treating and got the hang of it very quickly.

For the first few houses, I would ask her to say "Only one piece please" when she held out her bag.
This tactic worked for about 4 houses until she realized that Dom and Brooke were getting significantly more loot.
When asked to say "one piece" she would look up and say "No, I wanta mo candy"! She a quick learner!!

THE ZOMBIE BRIDE

Vintage Wedding Dress: $10.00
Costume Make Up: $5.00
A Totally Creepy Home made costume: PRICELESS

A Pirate.. ARRRG

Dominick chose to be a pirate this year
(I'm sure in large part to the sword he was allowed to carry).

He didn't actually go barefoot though, once the sun sets the weather cools off considerably.

 

 

Apparently, this is what a "pirate face" looks like! He was giving me his best "arrrggghhh".

 

Matt, you should appreciate this!

Ed got a-hold of Dom shortly before we left and turned my cute little "boy pirate" into a "MAN Pirate".

 

Picnic at Panther Creek

The kids didn't have school today ("Fall Break" they call it) So we packed a picnic lunch and headed for Panther Creek. We had a great time being outside and the weather was absolutely perfect. The high today was 60, but with the wind whipping it felt much cooler at times.

Here are some various pictures from our day:

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Einstein??

Did Albert inspire this super fancy do??

We like to think so....

 

I hug da Puppy

Diana still hasn't accepted that our kittens are exactly that. Kittens. She calls them puppies and enjoys chasing them around the house and the "hugging" them into submission!

 

More Dance Pictures

Per Susan's request, here are some more pictures of Christina from the dance. The lucky guy is her boyfriend Josh.

He is such a super sweet kid !!

 

 

 

TAKE A SECOND LOOK

When I first loaded this picture I wondered when Christina had been helping Dom and Di in the wagon, then it hit me.

THATS BROOKE!!!

I can't believe how much she has grown up! =( She's not my little girl anymore. She's a true "pre teen" now.

 

 

 

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