Tis the Season to...
- sleep in
- drink coffee until it is time for Dt. Mountain Dew
- play Yahtzee
- play board games with the kiddos
- get pjs on at 7
- wrap Christmas presents
- countdown the hours until our 1st Christmas
- watch the Polar Express
- Clean the house
- do laundry
- think about the magical time of year
- enjoy the thought and smiles of 2 little boys
- enjoy the magical time of year
- impatiently wait for Christmas day (even at 25 almost 26.)
Tis the season to be jolly- wishing all a Merry Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
More Fun...
We got to see Santa while we were at Fun City!!!
Tucker thought it was fun to bowl, however he also tried to kick a few!!
Who is the biggest boy? Look who has the gun!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Fun City
The Go Karts were fun and the go cart Tucker and I rode in just so happened to have Brandon's work logo on it. He works for B & B Propane, but his boss also owns Jet Stop, Jet Gas Company!!
Hucks Harbor was fun and the boys thought it was fun to swim, they did great and it was fun!
Brandon was amazed with the bucket. The large yellow bucket at the top of the picture would fill, then when it was full it would dump all over the rest of the smaller kids water area!
The little swimmer at our house did a great job going down the red slide! He loves to swim with a life jacket!
We headed to Fun City (we went a little out of the way) Friday night after work. We got there got checked in, played games, went bowling and then called it a night (late)!
Saturday we got up ate breakfast at a buffet, swam, then we rested for a while and all took naps!! The boys wanted to swim, so we swam some more, then we got around for the evening and ate a big supper, played games (arcade). Then we got to play laser tag! It was fun!
Sunday morning we got up a little later went down, checked out of our room, went down and rode go carts that was fun also.
We are thankful that Brandon received the free weekend stay after he worked several holidays last year! It was fun to get away, take the kids somewhere new and have fun as a family!!
Monday, December 13, 2010
December 13
13 things to be thankful for this time of year...
1. my new camera (thanks mom)
2. the anticipation of my birthday
3. the excitement this time of year (21 5 and 6 year olds daily)
4. the anticipation of 2 weeks vacation
5. green
6. red
7. Christmas Tree
8. yummy treats
9. Tiger commuter mug- hope it gets here soon
10. weekend get a way to Fun City with my family of 4, dec. 17 and 18th (I might be as excited as the boys!
11. the gift of giving
12. candy canes
13. CHRISTMAS VACATION -must I say it more.
I hope you are all enjoying the preparation of Christmas, the kiddos at my house wake every day to find a chocolate from the advent calendar! The kids at school are excited! I am excited!
Happy December 13, 2010-soon will be 2011!
1. my new camera (thanks mom)
2. the anticipation of my birthday
3. the excitement this time of year (21 5 and 6 year olds daily)
4. the anticipation of 2 weeks vacation
5. green
6. red
7. Christmas Tree
8. yummy treats
9. Tiger commuter mug- hope it gets here soon
10. weekend get a way to Fun City with my family of 4, dec. 17 and 18th (I might be as excited as the boys!
11. the gift of giving
12. candy canes
13. CHRISTMAS VACATION -must I say it more.
I hope you are all enjoying the preparation of Christmas, the kiddos at my house wake every day to find a chocolate from the advent calendar! The kids at school are excited! I am excited!
Happy December 13, 2010-soon will be 2011!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Worm Pill
Tucker walked into Mom and Dads kitchen on Sunday and said, "Grandpa can I have a worm pill?"
Grandpa said, "No you are not wormy."
The story is the kids like to play dogs and my brothers kids were there also. They like to get down and lead each other, then they were coughing, simple because they had colds. My dad who doesn't usually "PLAY" with the children much asked mom to get him worm pills (m &ms). Then when the dog(child) coughed they got a worm pill, well that is great but some day when they ask someone else for a worm pill, that person will think they are crazy!! They had fun and I am sure they will remember it forever.
Thanks dad for the new definition of "worm pill"!!!
Grandpa said, "No you are not wormy."
The story is the kids like to play dogs and my brothers kids were there also. They like to get down and lead each other, then they were coughing, simple because they had colds. My dad who doesn't usually "PLAY" with the children much asked mom to get him worm pills (m &ms). Then when the dog(child) coughed they got a worm pill, well that is great but some day when they ask someone else for a worm pill, that person will think they are crazy!! They had fun and I am sure they will remember it forever.
Thanks dad for the new definition of "worm pill"!!!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday Night
I am in a sewing club and we do a Christmas Party every year, we eat in Ottumwa and then we go to Wal-Mart and purchase gifts for an I Care Family in Bloomfield. Well that was fun we went had a good time, left Ottumwa around 10:30, get home pick up kids from Aunt Amanda( thanks a bunch) and head home. Brandon is deer hunting this weekend (1st shotgun season in Iowa) and the group he hunts with has a ritual to hang out Friday night and enjoy planning the next two days of hunting and they are usually out very late, so he was not around.
I turn the corner by an Uncles house and notice a large orange glaze in the sky, the same direction of our house, I get closer and notice flashing lights and the glaze is large, high and really really close to our house.
My thoughts- "the kids are in the car, Brandon is surely not at home and he is with 7 other grown boys(they are probably okay), okay I guess the possessions in our home aren't near as important as the 4 of us, the dog can surely run away she wasn't locked in the garage, our Christmas tree and Christmas presents can surely be replaced, we will find somewhere to start a new home and well mom and dad may have company tonight."
I continue to drive and thank my lucky stars the boys are both asleep, so they aren't scared, because anybody around me in the vehicle would have been scared, although I don't think I said a word! So I continue to drive and instead of turning right to go home, I went straight, pulled in mom and dads driveway walked in and said, "Something is on fire, and I am afraid it is our house!"
They were clueless and startled, but dad got dressed, (pretty fast for 57) and got in the car with me. On the way my sister had been coming home also and they had also noticed the large orange glaze in the sky!! She called several times and I know she could sense the helpless, scared voice of mine, but they called as dad and I get 1 mile away and say, NO your house is not on fire, but the fire is between your house and Troy.
I get home, put kids to bed and remember how thankful I am to have a home, kids, safety and support so close to home!
An old barn about 1 mile away burnt, not sure why, but this morning we drove by and discovered what is was. Thankful it was not a home!!!
I turn the corner by an Uncles house and notice a large orange glaze in the sky, the same direction of our house, I get closer and notice flashing lights and the glaze is large, high and really really close to our house.
My thoughts- "the kids are in the car, Brandon is surely not at home and he is with 7 other grown boys(they are probably okay), okay I guess the possessions in our home aren't near as important as the 4 of us, the dog can surely run away she wasn't locked in the garage, our Christmas tree and Christmas presents can surely be replaced, we will find somewhere to start a new home and well mom and dad may have company tonight."
I continue to drive and thank my lucky stars the boys are both asleep, so they aren't scared, because anybody around me in the vehicle would have been scared, although I don't think I said a word! So I continue to drive and instead of turning right to go home, I went straight, pulled in mom and dads driveway walked in and said, "Something is on fire, and I am afraid it is our house!"
They were clueless and startled, but dad got dressed, (pretty fast for 57) and got in the car with me. On the way my sister had been coming home also and they had also noticed the large orange glaze in the sky!! She called several times and I know she could sense the helpless, scared voice of mine, but they called as dad and I get 1 mile away and say, NO your house is not on fire, but the fire is between your house and Troy.
I get home, put kids to bed and remember how thankful I am to have a home, kids, safety and support so close to home!
An old barn about 1 mile away burnt, not sure why, but this morning we drove by and discovered what is was. Thankful it was not a home!!!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Deck the Halls
Well as some of you know, we have had another round of flu at this house. Monday night at 7 ish, Tucker started with the lovely vomiting in the living room. Ok, well I guess in my thoughts "I will stay home on Tuesday with him and we will see if Wednesday can be back to normal. "
Tuesday morning, I put Tayden on the bus to go to school and Tucker and I were relaxing, he was sick until about 1:30, so we were sleepy!
9:00 am -Tuesday School nurse calls "Tayden has vomited at school and you need to come get him"
I said ok, we will be right there!
So Tuesday I am home with not 1, but 2 sick boys. Good news was that Tucker was over the actual vomiting, therefore I only had to do 1 bucket at a time.
We had good naps and chicken noodles for supper, we all went to bed in our own rooms and today on Wednesday morning, WE are BETTER!!
I took the day off, because at noon yesterday Tayden was still sick and I thought we might have another long night, but HOORAY we are better!!!
Therefore today I think we are going to DECK THE HOUSE!!!
Tuesday morning, I put Tayden on the bus to go to school and Tucker and I were relaxing, he was sick until about 1:30, so we were sleepy!
9:00 am -Tuesday School nurse calls "Tayden has vomited at school and you need to come get him"
I said ok, we will be right there!
So Tuesday I am home with not 1, but 2 sick boys. Good news was that Tucker was over the actual vomiting, therefore I only had to do 1 bucket at a time.
We had good naps and chicken noodles for supper, we all went to bed in our own rooms and today on Wednesday morning, WE are BETTER!!
I took the day off, because at noon yesterday Tayden was still sick and I thought we might have another long night, but HOORAY we are better!!!
Therefore today I think we are going to DECK THE HOUSE!!!
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