Katie loves Ralph.
Ralph loves Katie.
Exploring Science Night at school was a hit with the kids.
Mikey's favorite part was the Burke Museum's table of fossil-y stuff.
Katie's was the Blood and Guts display from the Pac Sci Center.
After much pleading, we allowed a "sleep over".
Katie read Mikey books and they eventually fell asleep.
Then at about 1 or 2 am, there was complaining about lack of space in the bed and coughing keeping Mikey awake. He had the super grumpy look on his face. So, Katie moved back to her room and all was quiet.
We went Christmas tree hunting with the added Northwest fun of super-mud puddles.
Yippeeeee!
It was nice of the Slasher family to allow us to pay a visit to their Christmas tree farm, located right next to the Field of Screams.
At least you know the tree axes are sharp......
After chasing the kids about 4 miles into the tree field, they decided upon our tree.
Katie and Mikey tried their hands at tree choppin'. It was decided that Daddy should finish it off.
BOOOO-YAAA-KAAAA-SHAAAAAAA!
While Huzbend carried the tree off to be de-needled and wrapped and stuff, the kids took off running again.
"Heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee....."
"She'll never find us!"
"Unnnnnnlesssss, there's hot cider and candy canes.
We're all over THAT!"
The next day it was time to get busy decorating.
Mikey decorated.....
.....Katie decorated.....
..... and Huzbend pretended he was Al Bundy.
"It's a-me! Mario!"
While the dog was hanging out in the driveway and attempting to eat our battery operated snowman light decorations ....
... Mikey climbed a tree and got stuck.....
... and I put up Festivus decorations.
Happy Festivus!
(It's prettier at night, the pictures just don't come out.)
41.
Not much to say about it except that it's old.
I looked in the mirror the other day and realized that my eyebrows are disappearing.
Sigh.
That's the smallest worry of the growing list of things going wrong.
Anywaysssss, I got these in the morning.
Later that day, I got eggplant parm and apple crisp.
And lots of other cool stuff - Thank you to all!
Huzbend once again proved he is the worst picture-taker EVER!
Mikey made a gingerbread house at school.
He continues to say that every school day is awesome and that he wished he could go to school everyday - even Saturday and Sunday.
His favorite thing to do there is Math.
December 19th was the last day of school before break.
That morning, Katie had a G.I. appointment.
She was having issues again so I took her in to be checked out.
All symptoms point to a Crohn's flare up.
Which is a complete bummer.
We're kinda in a "wait and see" thing right now.
She had to have blood drawn that morning. Without numbing cream.
They hit up both arms but didn't manage to get enough for the full battery of tests.
It was not a good morning.
Not for Katie who was stressed, screaming and crying or for Mikey who had to watch and listen or for me who had to help restrain Katie so they could get it done.
But, on a postive note, I was able to get Katie back to school in time to enjoy the last half of her Comfy Cozy Day (pjs, cocoa, candy canes, blankets and reading).
When I got home from the craziness of the morning, I found that our fish had died.
I kinda had a feeling it would happen soon as he was swimming at the top of the tank and did not eat his food that morning.
Poor fishie. He lasted a good amount of time.
He was buried the next day in the backyard.
R.I.P. Fishie.
4 years of preschool and Mikey never wanted to paint pictures. They only time he would paint is if I was in the art room and asked him to.
Now he comes home from school each week with about 5 or 6 paintings.
And that brings us to to past weekend.
The Neighborhood Holiday party was this weekend. The kids went to a Kids Nite Out thing at their gymnastics place and Huzbend and I mingled with the neighbors.
The next evening, I constructed the kids gingerbread house.
They were SO excited that there was a kit that they could eat.
I was SO excited that I did not have to bake it up.
Thank you Auntie Sheila, G.F. Expert Mommy, for the gingerbread house kit tip!
It's delicious!!!
Mikey decorated side.
And the Katie decorated side.
