Wednesday, December 13, 2006

T'is the season

Can you believe it's DECEMBER!!!!!!

Time sure flies!

A week ago, we visited one of Devin's facilities to see Santa!

Yes, he works with skilled nursing facilities.

No, Santa is not one of the residents.

Every year Santa comes to visit the residents for their tree decorating party! And the children are greatly encouraged to attend, so we went! Kepler was happy to see Santa so he could personally ask him for ... petrified wood?! Yup. He asked Santa for a real petrified wood. Oooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Santa was not too sure about this request, but we'll see. Reagan was a bit bewildred by the jolly old man in the red suit. But he was really good with this strange man :) Reagan probably couldn't tell the difference between all the other old people in wheel chairs and Santa. So he was polite and friendly.

On Satuday, we went to the annual truckers' parade. And we mean TRUCKS. 18 wheelers. Some with long red wood logs stacked up! And they are all beautifully decorated with many lights! Unfortunately it was pouring rain all day, so we staked out a good spot on the street where we can watch from our car. Luckily the rain let up just as the parade started! It was quite a sight!

Today, we are continuing in our holiday spirit and decorated ginger bread house! Tesla's is actually a ginger bread train. They are so quietly decorating, I thought I'd take this opportunity to blog! I'll post the completed photo later. I guess I should go and check up on them to make sure they are not icing the table!

Friday, December 08, 2006

Belated Thanksgiving Pics!

So, I got sick right before Thanksgiving! Yikes! It seems like I didn't catch a cold after all. It was just a sore throat and runny nose. Probably some sort of allergic reaction to something or another. It's been very damp so maybe it's mildew.

Anyhow, Devin went shopping the day before Thanksgiving to get ready for the Thanksgiving dinner. This year we wanted to make it more kid friendly, so all the kids helped in making the meal! It was a great fun!


After Thanksgiving, days are just rushing by as we prepare for Christmas!
We just got a new couch (the last one became a trampoline for the kids, so it was retired to the play room)! No more jumping on the couch! :) It's such a big couch + our living room ain't exactly large, so it's taking up most of the room. But it's in a U-shape with one side of "U" being a chaise. We love it!

But before the couch came, we had to move the old one out (meaning make some room in the play room) and steam vacuum the carpet! And while we were at it, we steam vacuumed the entire house! SOooooo, that's what we've been up to these days.

I'd love to write more, but the kids are practicing there circus routine. So gotta go!