We saw the Live Nativity last night at a little country church. We've had this tradition since Sweetpea was about one month old...
I remember that first time as I have her completely covered up in her little Graco car seat carrier...bundled and sound asleep...thinking, "What are we doing out here in the cold with a one month old??? OH...it's gonna be a tradition...okay..."
And so began the yearly trek out to the country church for a live OUTDOOR presentation of Christ's birth and then the Puppet Posse performance INSIDE along with hot cocoa and cookies!
This year Little Munchkin was a tad nervous...with the donkey braying and the sheep bleeting and the run away llamas...she was clinging to my neck...
I whispered in her ear the story she's heard a million times...the angel coming to Mary, the mommy and then to Joseph, the daddy...and then they had to go to Bethlehem and baby Jesus was born...
She sat wide eyed and watched everything...it was sweet as she commentated what was happening back to me..."the mommy sit...Jofes, the daddy is seeping...hee hee, the sheep is too loud!" and then "Mommy, it's DONUT MAN"...
Now, those that have no clue what I'm talking about...please just know that IF you did know...you'd LAUGH...but, since you don't...this post will be utterly meaningless and for that I apologize...
Donut Man is a guy that has been around a LONGGGGGG time teaching kids...remember Captain Kangaroo? Well, it'd be like our kids talking about Captain Kangaroo...no other kids knows what they're talking about, but the adults do...We still have Donut Man videos and he has a christmas presentation all about Jesus' birth and HE plays the angel...
Needless to say, when the "angel" came out last night...Little Munchkin yelled: DONUT MAN for all to hear...I'm not quite sure the GIRL playing the angel was all that thrilled being compared to a DONUT...but hopefully the sheep bleeting in her ears drowned out the sound of my little one yelling...
Fun memories and traditions to be had...
What is your favorite Christmas tradition???
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
SQUIRREL!!!
How do I manage to go 3 days without blogging?
I'll tell you:
A.D.D.
That would be Attention Deficit Disorder
Now, I'm not trying to poke fun at the disorder at all...nor am I saying that I have actually been diagnosed with said "disorder"...
Have you ever seen the movie UP?
Ya know when the dog is talking (yes, I know...dogs don't talk...he "talks" through a speaker thing on his collar...but anyway...) He's in the middle of a long discourse that would explain the entire situation of why the older gentleman and the young boy have happened upon him...all of a sudden he turns his head, "SQUIRREL!!!"
Yes, that's me...
Oh, let's sit down at the computer and start working on my bl..."LAUNDRY"...
My, there are lots of clothes to do today, I need to get a basket for the drier..."VACUUM"
Holy cow, the floor in here is filthy, good thing I got the vacuum out..."MIRRORS"
Okay, the mirrors are awful, how did the girls manage to get toothpaste all the way up here, I've got to get up on top of the sink to be able to rea..."BLEACH THE TOILET"
Whew, that smells much better, now I'll just scrub around the edges here and on the floor, I've got to move these ribbons out of the wa..."ORGANIZE THE DRAWERS"
Where did this come from? I think I saw a match to this in the kitch..."DISHES"
The dishwasher is full again? how did that happen? I just emptied it an hour ago...this is crazy, I guess I'll just start collecting the dishes from the office first..."BLOG"
Oh Darn...I didn't write my blog...and now it's time to make "DINNER"..."GET THE GIRLS OFF THE BUS"..."FEED THE DOG"...good grief...
Anyway...I hope to do better...cuz, I really do LOVE to chat! enjoy your weekend!
I'll tell you:
A.D.D.
That would be Attention Deficit Disorder
Now, I'm not trying to poke fun at the disorder at all...nor am I saying that I have actually been diagnosed with said "disorder"...
Have you ever seen the movie UP?
Ya know when the dog is talking (yes, I know...dogs don't talk...he "talks" through a speaker thing on his collar...but anyway...) He's in the middle of a long discourse that would explain the entire situation of why the older gentleman and the young boy have happened upon him...all of a sudden he turns his head, "SQUIRREL!!!"
Yes, that's me...
Oh, let's sit down at the computer and start working on my bl..."LAUNDRY"...
My, there are lots of clothes to do today, I need to get a basket for the drier..."VACUUM"
Holy cow, the floor in here is filthy, good thing I got the vacuum out..."MIRRORS"
Okay, the mirrors are awful, how did the girls manage to get toothpaste all the way up here, I've got to get up on top of the sink to be able to rea..."BLEACH THE TOILET"
Whew, that smells much better, now I'll just scrub around the edges here and on the floor, I've got to move these ribbons out of the wa..."ORGANIZE THE DRAWERS"
Where did this come from? I think I saw a match to this in the kitch..."DISHES"
The dishwasher is full again? how did that happen? I just emptied it an hour ago...this is crazy, I guess I'll just start collecting the dishes from the office first..."BLOG"
Oh Darn...I didn't write my blog...and now it's time to make "DINNER"..."GET THE GIRLS OFF THE BUS"..."FEED THE DOG"...good grief...
Anyway...I hope to do better...cuz, I really do LOVE to chat! enjoy your weekend!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Is there a law against cuteness?
Because, seriously...
Italian Stallion and I have discussed this a couple of times...more on his end because he realizes what this means for himself with regards to future "suitors" for our girls...
I mean, what can you do? We don't focus on the outward here at home, we focus on the inward...the heart...but, I think that's what scares us the most...in the sense that she's learning to love Jesus AND she keeps getting cuter...
Eh...but maybe we don't have much to worry about??? Or perhaps we need to focus a bit more on some "outward issues"???
Italian Stallion and I have discussed this a couple of times...more on his end because he realizes what this means for himself with regards to future "suitors" for our girls...
I mean, what can you do? We don't focus on the outward here at home, we focus on the inward...the heart...but, I think that's what scares us the most...in the sense that she's learning to love Jesus AND she keeps getting cuter...
Eh...but maybe we don't have much to worry about??? Or perhaps we need to focus a bit more on some "outward issues"???
Monday, December 7, 2009
I'll get to the good stuff later
We've started our Advent traditions in our little family...these are special times wrapped with all sorts of traditions and songs and family times that we remember the whole year through...
and I promise that I'll have pictures....
later...
although, if you can't wait, you can go over to my facebook page and search through my album for December Traditions...OR you can just link it here:)
But...what I want to discuss now is the shopping...the endless shopping for things for people that I never really know what to buy in the first place. It's not that I'm not perceptive, nor does it mean that I don't WANT to get something really neat for my family and friends...on the contrary...the problem is that I am scared to death of being that person that buys a really (now pardon my language here...my girlies will NOT be reading this blog entry) STUPID gift...the kind of gift that people open and smile and give you a hug and are thinking, "What the heck is this...I don't want this!!"
I fear this reaction...I'm a people pleaser...and like people to LOVE what I do for them...it's a problem I know...
Amidst all this emotional baggage that I carry concerning the christmas "gifting" season...I also struggle with distraction...
Actually, I struggle with distraction pretty much ALL the time...but that's another story...
If I were more like my sisters in law, I would have lists of every thing that I needed to purchase, at which stores I needed to peruse and the exact coupon cut for that particular item...I would recklessly search through all the ads in the paper each weekend to find the best deal on that particular item and then schedule the time to run out and get it...
However, I, on the other hand do not have a list persay...it's in my head and sometimes I write it down on a piece of paper or two or a sticky note or the back of my hand...whenever I kinda think of something that might be good and wouldn't be a bummer gift...UGH...it's like a crazy cycle of ridiculous thinking going on in my head...and so, I just guess at what I need and then get home from my hours out shopping...that I already feel guilty about having left my kids and my family time...only to feel the utter disappointment of realizing that I not only didn't achieve what I set out to do...but I came back with bags of other things that I'm going to have to go back out and return later anyway....UGH!!!
Needless to say, my christmas shopping hasn't necessarily been the MOST productive as of late...but, I'm headed out to try again tomorrow...who knows...I may end up coming back with gifts for my little nephew and my in laws...OR, I might end up coming back home with a caffeinated beverage and 4 pairs of pants in different sizes and colors of which I will need to then try on, and decide which 3 to return at a later date! Only, to begin the cycle again...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the gifting season...
and I promise that I'll have pictures....
later...
although, if you can't wait, you can go over to my facebook page and search through my album for December Traditions...OR you can just link it here:)
But...what I want to discuss now is the shopping...the endless shopping for things for people that I never really know what to buy in the first place. It's not that I'm not perceptive, nor does it mean that I don't WANT to get something really neat for my family and friends...on the contrary...the problem is that I am scared to death of being that person that buys a really (now pardon my language here...my girlies will NOT be reading this blog entry) STUPID gift...the kind of gift that people open and smile and give you a hug and are thinking, "What the heck is this...I don't want this!!"
I fear this reaction...I'm a people pleaser...and like people to LOVE what I do for them...it's a problem I know...
Amidst all this emotional baggage that I carry concerning the christmas "gifting" season...I also struggle with distraction...
Actually, I struggle with distraction pretty much ALL the time...but that's another story...
If I were more like my sisters in law, I would have lists of every thing that I needed to purchase, at which stores I needed to peruse and the exact coupon cut for that particular item...I would recklessly search through all the ads in the paper each weekend to find the best deal on that particular item and then schedule the time to run out and get it...
However, I, on the other hand do not have a list persay...it's in my head and sometimes I write it down on a piece of paper or two or a sticky note or the back of my hand...whenever I kinda think of something that might be good and wouldn't be a bummer gift...UGH...it's like a crazy cycle of ridiculous thinking going on in my head...and so, I just guess at what I need and then get home from my hours out shopping...that I already feel guilty about having left my kids and my family time...only to feel the utter disappointment of realizing that I not only didn't achieve what I set out to do...but I came back with bags of other things that I'm going to have to go back out and return later anyway....UGH!!!
Needless to say, my christmas shopping hasn't necessarily been the MOST productive as of late...but, I'm headed out to try again tomorrow...who knows...I may end up coming back with gifts for my little nephew and my in laws...OR, I might end up coming back home with a caffeinated beverage and 4 pairs of pants in different sizes and colors of which I will need to then try on, and decide which 3 to return at a later date! Only, to begin the cycle again...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the gifting season...
Saturday, December 5, 2009
A little sporadic for ya?
Oh my...
my blogging status has not been the best as of late now has it?
Why NO, dear...in fact, it's quite pathetic, thanks for noticing!
Yes...well...I have the usual excuses...like: laundry, trimming the christmas tree, finishing up client photography stuff that sometimes seems like an endless journey, changing diapers, playing playdoh, cleaning the kitchen AGAIN, reading a good book, grocery shopping, finishing up a REALLY COOL December Traditions book for my girlies...(pics to come later)
you know...
the usual stuff...
I may have hit a little writer's block too...nothing huge...not like a boulder or anything..just a few bricks thrown at my head a couple times...making me rethink "what in the world do I have to write about that people would actually want to read?"
that's about it folks...those are my excuses...
We did trim the tree today...it was delightful! I like that we get the non-prickly trees now...I think they're called Caanan trees? I have no idea...but, I like them...we've got decor all over the house and I think my darling Italian Stallion might just suffocate if I add one more candle or decorative wreath anywhere near him! He likes his space...no clutter...S P A C E....
We're all looking forward the live nativity and cookie baking that's coming up...and I'm sitting here in my new christmas pjs...I participated this year in getting myself new pajamas..because frankly, I need some! My girlies always look so comfy and warm in their new ones each year and I thought that I need to be apart of that WITH them....
Italian Stallion didn't feel the "need" to participate in that area...but that's okay...the poor man is surrounded by girls in this house...stand your ground honey!!!
Hope you have a great day...I'm planning on lounging in my PJs and probably not blogging consistently once again...hope you'll forgive me...but, I'm tellin' ya...
new pjs and good book....
come on...there's just nothin' better!!!
my blogging status has not been the best as of late now has it?
Why NO, dear...in fact, it's quite pathetic, thanks for noticing!
Yes...well...I have the usual excuses...like: laundry, trimming the christmas tree, finishing up client photography stuff that sometimes seems like an endless journey, changing diapers, playing playdoh, cleaning the kitchen AGAIN, reading a good book, grocery shopping, finishing up a REALLY COOL December Traditions book for my girlies...(pics to come later)
you know...
the usual stuff...
I may have hit a little writer's block too...nothing huge...not like a boulder or anything..just a few bricks thrown at my head a couple times...making me rethink "what in the world do I have to write about that people would actually want to read?"
that's about it folks...those are my excuses...
We did trim the tree today...it was delightful! I like that we get the non-prickly trees now...I think they're called Caanan trees? I have no idea...but, I like them...we've got decor all over the house and I think my darling Italian Stallion might just suffocate if I add one more candle or decorative wreath anywhere near him! He likes his space...no clutter...S P A C E....
We're all looking forward the live nativity and cookie baking that's coming up...and I'm sitting here in my new christmas pjs...I participated this year in getting myself new pajamas..because frankly, I need some! My girlies always look so comfy and warm in their new ones each year and I thought that I need to be apart of that WITH them....
Italian Stallion didn't feel the "need" to participate in that area...but that's okay...the poor man is surrounded by girls in this house...stand your ground honey!!!
Hope you have a great day...I'm planning on lounging in my PJs and probably not blogging consistently once again...hope you'll forgive me...but, I'm tellin' ya...
new pjs and good book....
come on...there's just nothin' better!!!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thinking again...
No...don't get worried..it's not another lame installment of Deep Thoughts from Mamarazzi...although, I must admit that I've had some doozies lately...like, why is it that I have to plunge out plugged toilets in my bathrobe because I can't seem to figure a way to plunge properly so that the "disgusting goop" doesn't splash all over me...
Ahhh...now isn't that a LOVELY picture to wake up to? Aren't you SOOO incredibly happy that you happened over to my blog this morning? or afternoon? or right before lunch? yes...I will stop now...
Sooo..back to my "thinking"...
I had a book discussion last night....
at AWANA...
That's another reason why I love reading so much...if you read, you pretty much NEVER run out of things to talk about...I mean, you can only talk about the weather and just how wonderful your children are for so long (well, in my case...I could get going on Cumulus clouds and onto the craziness of my princess house for a good long while...but, I digress AGAIN)
Anyway...there I was reading a book in the hallway, just waiting for the kiddos to be done...
Let me just interject here (because I can...because it's MY blog...and well, because I ENJOY making a story longer than it really needs to be because secretly I think I like to see how many words I can actually type in a short period of time...UGH, I"m getting nowhere fast!!!)
Interjecting cont... I think it's pretty great that I can actually chisel in some time for reading...albeit, I'm up until after 1am these days...but, I don't think I could ever give up my fantasy world that lives in my books...
Okay..back to the story/point/endless wandering of my mind: Someone asked me what I was reading...which led to a cool discussion on books and authors and suspense and how I don't like it and historical fiction and how my darling Italian Stallion thinks that is an oxymoron because...DUH: HISTORY...FICTION??? get it??
Anyway...that led to talks of other things like recycling and photography and back to reading books again...
And the fact of the matter is that as much as I love reading...I like me some good TALKING time with other people too...it's that crazy energizing thing for me...
So, in my pathetic, desperate attempt to get some comments on my blog post today...HINT HINT HINT...(I lack the talent of subtly and tact in case you haven't noticed)
What is your favorite genre of reading???
Have a great day!
Ahhh...now isn't that a LOVELY picture to wake up to? Aren't you SOOO incredibly happy that you happened over to my blog this morning? or afternoon? or right before lunch? yes...I will stop now...
Sooo..back to my "thinking"...
I had a book discussion last night....
at AWANA...
That's another reason why I love reading so much...if you read, you pretty much NEVER run out of things to talk about...I mean, you can only talk about the weather and just how wonderful your children are for so long (well, in my case...I could get going on Cumulus clouds and onto the craziness of my princess house for a good long while...but, I digress AGAIN)
Anyway...there I was reading a book in the hallway, just waiting for the kiddos to be done...
Let me just interject here (because I can...because it's MY blog...and well, because I ENJOY making a story longer than it really needs to be because secretly I think I like to see how many words I can actually type in a short period of time...UGH, I"m getting nowhere fast!!!)
Interjecting cont... I think it's pretty great that I can actually chisel in some time for reading...albeit, I'm up until after 1am these days...but, I don't think I could ever give up my fantasy world that lives in my books...
Okay..back to the story/point/endless wandering of my mind: Someone asked me what I was reading...which led to a cool discussion on books and authors and suspense and how I don't like it and historical fiction and how my darling Italian Stallion thinks that is an oxymoron because...DUH: HISTORY...FICTION??? get it??
Anyway...that led to talks of other things like recycling and photography and back to reading books again...
And the fact of the matter is that as much as I love reading...I like me some good TALKING time with other people too...it's that crazy energizing thing for me...
So, in my pathetic, desperate attempt to get some comments on my blog post today...HINT HINT HINT...(I lack the talent of subtly and tact in case you haven't noticed)
What is your favorite genre of reading???
Have a great day!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Family Whirlwind
I love the holidays...and my body pretty much dreads the holidays...
I'm just being honest...
I LOVE people...I get energized being around people...it's just that after about 5 straight days of people 24/7 (and when I say 24/7 I literally mean 24/7 because my little people like to get up in the night while we are visiting other peoples and I get my fill of people!!!) I'm a little tired...
We had a great visit with my brother...and I WOULD have some lovely pictures to share with you, but I unloaded the pictures onto my brothers computer and then proceeded to play with them...cuz that's what he and I do...we sit and talk about stuff that we think we know a lot about and then share tips and stuff and in the end, we're totally just playing around and acting like we are soooo coool! We SOOOO need to grow up, but I'm really not in that much of a hurry:)
ANYHOO...I don't have pictures right now...I have to go and REplay with all of them because there was some major head switching going on in order to get all 4 boys and all 3 girls looking in the same direction at the same time...but, I digress...
We had a great visit (didn't I just say that?) they taught me to play euchre AGAIN...I think I've been taught this game at least 10 times now...I thought I was smarter than that, but it appears that I am wrong...and I also learned that I do NOT have a poker face...NOPE...you pretty much know what I have in my hand...not just because of my face...I just talk...and when you put a late night person around the table with PEOPLE, LATE at night...what else am I GOING to do but talk...
okay, this "story" is going nowhere fast...I think I have a post about that "quirk" of mine...but oh well...
We finally got back home and headed straight over to Italian Stallion's family...for OUR version of Thanksgiving...ITALIAN style...ravioli, noodles, ciabatta bread...just like the Indians did:)
Nana always gets the cousins matching pjs...so I DID get a picture...didn't have to play much because I told them to be crazy...
And then, here's one of my girls (and no, I don't know why Peanut is frowning in the picture above, except for maybe because she rammed her knee into a wooden object while trying to FLY onto Nana's bed and Mommy said, "honey, let's just get a picture:)"...oh so sensitive I know!!
I'm just being honest...
I LOVE people...I get energized being around people...it's just that after about 5 straight days of people 24/7 (and when I say 24/7 I literally mean 24/7 because my little people like to get up in the night while we are visiting other peoples and I get my fill of people!!!) I'm a little tired...
We had a great visit with my brother...and I WOULD have some lovely pictures to share with you, but I unloaded the pictures onto my brothers computer and then proceeded to play with them...cuz that's what he and I do...we sit and talk about stuff that we think we know a lot about and then share tips and stuff and in the end, we're totally just playing around and acting like we are soooo coool! We SOOOO need to grow up, but I'm really not in that much of a hurry:)
ANYHOO...I don't have pictures right now...I have to go and REplay with all of them because there was some major head switching going on in order to get all 4 boys and all 3 girls looking in the same direction at the same time...but, I digress...
We had a great visit (didn't I just say that?) they taught me to play euchre AGAIN...I think I've been taught this game at least 10 times now...I thought I was smarter than that, but it appears that I am wrong...and I also learned that I do NOT have a poker face...NOPE...you pretty much know what I have in my hand...not just because of my face...I just talk...and when you put a late night person around the table with PEOPLE, LATE at night...what else am I GOING to do but talk...
okay, this "story" is going nowhere fast...I think I have a post about that "quirk" of mine...but oh well...
We finally got back home and headed straight over to Italian Stallion's family...for OUR version of Thanksgiving...ITALIAN style...ravioli, noodles, ciabatta bread...just like the Indians did:)
Nana always gets the cousins matching pjs...so I DID get a picture...didn't have to play much because I told them to be crazy...
I have a LOT of photo editing to do for CTPhotoMems this week...I will do my best to update, but please forgive me if I get a little bogged and you don't hear from me...rest assured though, I'm getting my people fill and hopefully will lots of stories to share in the weeks to come!!
Yay...here comes christmas!!!
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