December daily (ish)...

The boys performed in their school's Christmas program on Monday night. It was very cute. Of course it was. However, the school failed to recognize the importance of a Christmas program and ran out of chairs. There were a lot of people left standing. Robert and I thankfully, were seated. On the upside, it was only about 40 minutes long. Just when you thought, how long is this? It was over! I know how awful that sounds, but there is only so much I can take other people's kids singing off key. There. I said it. Afterwards we went out for ice cream. Robert stayed in the car with Audrey and took the picture of us in Baskin Robbins. I discovered it today as I loaded the photos. Charlie has the stomach bug again. Today around lunch time he was miserable. I thought for sure he would get sick, but he managed to keep everything down. I am hoping it doesn't come back, tomorrow we have one of my favorite traditions to attend to. We are going painting at Color Me Mine. We have been doing this since Harrison was in kindergarten, and I have an adorable collection of painted ornaments to show for it. Hopefully I'll have some more photos tomorrow. Happy weekend.

December daily (ish)...weekend addition

Well, we did it. A week ago we bought an artificial tree. (Artificial sounds so much nicer than fake) I know. I know, I know. Why, you ask? The same reason other people do. I mainly wanted it to be able to put up all of my heavy ornaments that rarely make it on the tree because there aren't enough thick branches. I also am tired of the dust/dirt and pine needles. Safety is always a concern as well. Harrison also has allergies and I am hoping this might help. I never thought we would. It might not be permanent. We'll see. But gosh, it sure is pretty.

So, yesterday. Busy day. I had every intention of posting a photo of some decoration that I love. I decorated the house yesterday. Moved boxes, once, twice, three times I'm sure. What do I have to show for it besides the house which as I said is decorated, but a mess nonetheless. I went to bed late with an aching back. I was so looking forward to sleeping in this morning but that was not to be. Charlie woke us up around five, complaining of a tummy ache. He got into bed with us and it was impossible to fall back to sleep. (Not for Robert) He was in a lot of pain. About an hour later he got up to try the bathroom and ended up throwing up. That happened once more and unfortunately it was not while he was in the bathroom! I got to spend a little while cleaning vomit off the carpet and couch, which is about as fun as it sounds. I am happy to report that he is feeling much better, in fact he made a rather quick recovery.

December daily (ish)

Friday was the last day of school at the program the boys are in. We are on Christmas break for now. Technically we are not because we are still working at home. Anyways, there was a Christmas party on Friday at a pizza place which reminded me a lot of Chuck E. Cheese except that it was about 3 times the size. Seriously. This little cutie sitting with Audrey and Charlie is Audrey's newest "fwend", Laurel. The neat thing about her (beside her just being her) is that her mom and I were in the same hospital on the same day, each having a baby girl after two boys. Laurel is one day younger than Audrey. We did not know each other at the time but I distinctly remember my girlfriend Kerry telling me that she was going to visit her other friend that just had a baby girl too. Small world.

December daily...2

This has to be my very favorite addition to the decorations this year. I picked it up instantly because it reminded me of my Nana. I wish she was still here to see it, I know she would love it too. Some of my favorite ornaments are the felt and sequined ornaments she made for us through the years. I always loved getting gifts from her and Bump to see what kind of ornament she had attached.

I got this piece about a month ago. I have a dear friend named Denise and we try and get together every couple of months. We go and have some really bad (GOOD) junk food and go shopping afterwards. We got together for her birthday and she wanted to go to this particular store which sells antiques, hand made stuff (and some junk too). I walked around the corner while browsing and spied this tree. I didn't check to see how much it was, I grabbed it. When I turned over the price tag I was bargaining in my head about how much I would pay for it. Well, I am happy to say that I got it for a steal at six bucks. Trust me when I say I would have paid a lot more. Sure the green is faded, but the stitching is amazing, and all the sequins are still there. I only wish it could talk. :)

December daily

The start of December around here means it's time to break out the advent calendars. My favorite, is the advent candle. I got a few of these a couple of years ago when we went up to Santa Barbara and Solvang. I think they are so pretty. I had never seen them anywhere else before. So fast forward to this year. My mom and dad were going up to Solvang with their car club and I thought it would be perfect for them to pick up a couple more. After all, they were right down the street from the store. I talked to my mom and asked her to get the candles. I'm positive I said candles and well, she picked up some adorable calendars. I just happened to talk to them before they left and said something about the candles and she said, yes she got them. She then handed the phone to my dad and he mentioned how cute the calendars were and I said, wait, you mean the candles. Long story short, they went and picked up a couple candles.
And just look at how cute this store is! Jule Hus

ten on tues.

1. hellooooooo!
2. Charlie turned 8 recently and we went to Farrell's on Saturday. It was so fun, it was just like I remembered. The food was good and the ice cream was even better. Yep, we all indulged.
3. Audrey is going through a terrible twos stage. All I can think is, I'm too old for this.
4. Using the bbq a lot.
5. Enjoying a lazy summer, I know it will get crazy soon enough.
6. Too lazy to put up photos, see number 5.
7. The weather here has been so nice, that's all I'm gonna say. I don't want to jinx it.
8. Remind me to sign the boys up for soccer.
9. My allergies are a little off right now. My nose tickles.
10. I actually scrap booked last week, and I plan to again this week. I am on a roll, people!

Scout fun.....

Today we spent the day at Whittier Narrows Recreation area for Cen-Ten-O-Ree. Cen-Ten-O-Ree is a 2 day celebration of 100 years of scouting. There were probably close to 3500 scouts there from all over Southern California. There were all kinds of activites for them and trading cards that were given after an activity was completed. The verdict? A whole lotta fun and a whole lotta dust. :) We all enjoyed ourselves and were glad to be part of such an event. Early bedtime for everyone!