There's No Wrong Way...

to eat some chocolate.




The important thing is that you're eating chocolate.



Remember to savor every bite...



...but not TOO much or it will end up on your hands.



(I hate it when that happens)



HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Christmas 2009

I can't believe that Christmas has come and gone already. Where did the whole month of December go?? I haven't had the chance to post about all of the things I wanted to post about, so this is just going to be a thrown together, heavily pictured post to summarize some of our Christmas festivities.

At the Fountain City Christmas Parade with friends



Three Little Santas







At Dollywood to see all the pretty lights



and to see Santa! Emilia has NO IDEA who Santa is, but thanks to her brothers, she knows he's someone important!



THE FIRST GIFT OF CHRISTMAS!
The boys picked out a train for John for their present to him. They were sooooooo excited to give it to him--they had him open it before they even got into their stockings!



Checking out the new Leapster game



Reading a new book



Emilia getting her hair done with new beaded ties



GO, CUBS, GO!!!



Little Miss Diva



Now, I have to be honest here....we kinda sucked at celebrating Christmas this year. We DID have a tree....but it only had about 30 ornaments on it because we tried to squeeze it in in the mornings before John went to work and after a couple of mornings we gave up and left it as it was. We didn't do our Jesse tree devotionals this year. The stockings got hung up on...the 23rd (I think). We didn't go to Christmas Eve service because John had to work and doesn't get off until 7--church starts at 7, which also, incidently, is the kids bedtime. We didn't go to church the Sunday before, either because Micah was throwing up and Emilia had a fever. We didn't bake any yummy Christmas goodies because I was too tired to organize 3 kids in the kitchen and too tired to do it after they were in bed. We didn't send out Christmas cards because we still haven't taken family pictures because things have been too crazy for something like that to happen. The good news of it all is: the kids didn't notice thankfully we can still celebrate Jesus' birth, even if we miss out on some of the traditional activities. Besides, it was only one year. Next year will be better!!

Family Movie Night

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Wishing everyone the merriest of Christmases filled with the Love and Joy of Jesus!

The Progression of Her Hair

In the morning...




After nap...



After I re-did it after nap...



And, yes, all three of these pictures were taken on the same day! In the first one she's still in her jammies, which is why it looks like she has on a different shirt.

Make That THREE...

Three front teeth, that is! He lost another one! They're droppin' like flies around here. I told him he'd better slow down or he wont have any teeth left to eat with!

Neither Here Nor There

The other BIG (and I do mean BIG) news from yesterday is Micah's hair. Yup--we cut it! Ok, so it was supposed to just be a trim, which is how I convinced him to let me have a go at it, but I found out how hard it is to give an actual haircut to a kid who wont hold still--VERY difficult!! Everytime I'd get some hair to try and trim he'd flop his head over in that direction. Well, in effort to get everything even, it just kept getting shorter and shorter and shorter until...



The good news is, HE LIKES IT! He says it's "halfway done" and says it's just what he wanted because Obi Wan Kenobi Jedi Master has halfway done hair. (Love the reasoning)

Well, whatever the reason, I'm just thankful that he likes it!

And I wonder, wonder, wonder....
Will he want to grow it out again??

Just for fun, here is his last picture with long hair. I took this yesterday right before I "trimmed" it.

All I Want For Christmas is...

...my two front teeth!

Who You Callin' Fat??

John was making fried eggs for everyone this morning. Josiah wanted seconds and John asked Micah if he wanted another one, too. Micah said, no, he was full, "but you can eat that fat one...that one that's fat like mommy."

John said, "Mommy's not fat, she's pregnant. There's a difference."

Micah, "Yeah, but she's got that big ole belly."

John, "Because there's a baby in her belly. So, don't call her fat."

Micah, "Ok...But you're fat."

HA! I coulda died laughing!! He has no idea that what he said is anything bad...he just thinks fat=big, or bigger than him. But it's so funny to me when he says things like that!

Micah wanders off and comes back a few seconds later...

Micah, "Daddy! Look what I found! It's a key!"

John, "Is it the key that unlocks your etiquette box?"

Josiah pipes into the conversation, "What etiquette box?"

Exactly. :)

WOW! They Were Right!

I'm amazed. They were predicting snow for today and it actually snowed!! If you live around here, you know how rare it is for that to happen. Usually, we just get teased with the idea of snow--schools get cancelled and all the bread and eggs are cleared out of the grocery store, but the ground stays clear of all that beautiful white fluffiness. But today--today it really snowed!!











Sledding down the "hill"...with a new and improved version of the sled this year!