haircut

It was time, way past time. Molly's hair has been in her eyes so much and those rubber bands and bows for some reason just don't seem to stay in. So, we took the plunge, we got bangs and a trim. I did not let her take very much off the back, though I am not sure why, she has staright as a board hair so it is not like I was worried about cutting off those beautiful curls ha!

Molly was as good as can be, she was a little confused, but so long as she could see and hear me (and of course had her special green friend in mouth) she was good.

punishment

Molly has been getting into a lot of trouble lately. (I know, how can that cute little girl get into trouble right?!) Well, the "jail" has made it's appearance yet again in the family room. This time it really a "jail" and well, Molly has been planning her plan of escape. I guess when we brought it out, we didn't really think about the fact that Molly is a climber and climbs on EVERYTHING (Entertainment center, stairs, chairs, dining room table etc etc)

The pictures only show half the story, what you can not see is the blood curdling screaming that she doing and how purple her little face is from this little fit of rage.

What?! it is almost CHRISTmas?

And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care...

Um, ok, so like it just occurred to me that CHRISTMAS is this Friday. Friday, like less than a week away!!! Wow, how did it sneak up on me so fast?
I thought I was WAYYY ahead of the ballgame as we celebrated Christmas with my family when my brother and his family came in for Thanksgiving.

But I guess it just went to my head because it has gone downhill from there.
I was delayed in getting the tree and decorations done (I think that since I usually get them up earlier I thought I had more time)
Our Sunday school class Christmas party was late (last night)
Yeah, other than that, I don't really know why, but I am now SOOO far behind...
kirk's birthday is TOMORROW and because I thought I had more time for Christmas, I thought I had more time for his birthday.

ARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!
What are you so behind you might ask? well, it is Dec 20th and where do you think my Christmas cards are?

yup, you guessed it, they are sitting right here next to me, all unlabeled and NOT ready to go. I have no stamps and I think I still have a few gifts to buy and I definitely have gifts to wrap...UGH! I am counting on my friend AMAZON, i ordered something for Kirk last week and supposedly it should be here on 12/24!!! (whew, that is what I call cutting it close!)
What is done you might ask?! well, my closet has been purged and cleaned out (and looks sooomuch better I might add)

my pantry is more organized, the humongous clothes pile is now ironed and put away. The goodwill pile is now at goodwill. The kids are clean and well fed (well, at least they eat cheese) and of course... the BLOG is UPDATED (priorities my friends/priorities ha)


MERRY CHRISTMAS -- gotta go and finish up! I have less than a week :)

snow

WOW, is this Texas or Michigan? The unimaginable happened on the 2nd day of December... We got SNOW!!!! I think we actually got a snowfall before my friends up north did this year!!! It was a very, very wet snow that we woke up to and it was melting as we walked/played in it, but it was fun for like the hour or so that it lasted.
It was 9 am when I decided we could go and play, it was 9:00 and 30 seconds that I realized we live in Texas and are ill-prepared for this kind of fun!!! Molly has a coat, though she had not had the chance to wear it yet, and I did not want to ruin it for a minute of fun. She also has no sweat shirts or sweaters or anything really heavy to wear. So... out comes some of Sam's "hand-me-downs" She was so layered that she started resembling the Michelin man.
Sam was just thrilled to be able to wear his rain coat and boots and play in the snow
Molly could care less about playing in it, she enjoyed EATING it (surprise anyone ha)I love this one, with the roses blooming in the background and snow on the ground

geese, ducks and a pwicwick (picnic)

It was beautiful out before Thanksgiving week so we took the opportunity to go to the park with our friends and feed the ducks (yet again!!)
Sam was a little more taken back by the (giant) geese, so he preferred to just sit and let the smaller ducks come to him.Molly on the other hand, well, she enjoyed chasing them, feeding them, and teasing them (holding the bread out for them only to eat it quickly before they could get it ---- yum, stale bread... my favorite!!)And yes, like the good friend/photographer that I am, This really the only picture that I have to prove that our friends were with us (oops)

move over Elvis, here comes Samuel

Sam 's 3-4 year old mission friends sang in "big" church this morning. Sam did great singing up front! He has been practicing his songs for a few weeks and the past couple of days didn't really want to sing along, so I wasn't quite sure what we were going to see this morning. He really did not seemed phased by the fact that he was up front, I don't think he even realized people were watching them sing! Of the 4 songs he learned, this was by far his favorite. Poor guy has a hard time getting all the words out fast enough so he is usually about 2-3 words behind. That doesn't bother him though, he belts it out anyway! If you turn up the volume you an actually hear him singing. We are so proud of him!!! I am so excited that he is actually starting to learn about God and His son Jesus. Sam has a very tender heart and we just pray that he will come to understand and know Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior at a young age.




notice my view suddenly becomes obstructed at the end of the song--- BUMMER! It was hard to see him for the rest of the songs.
This is when it is good to have 2 services at your church... that way you have a second chance of seeing your child sing.