Sunrise

This morning Logan got up when it was still dark, but the sunrise was just beginning. The sky was black, but there was a brilliant orange glow on the horizon. He looked out the window to see if "the sun is awake" and then proclaimed, "Mom! There is a big fire over there!"

Shhh...

Logan: "Mom, the bears are asleep!"

Me: "What bears?"

Logan: "Just the regular bears."

A couple minutes later...

Logan: "You have to be quiet, the bears are napping!"

(I'm not sure what the 'regular' bears are, but apparently they are napping in the kids' room...)

Snow Days

It started snowing on Sunday, and didn't really stop until some point yesterday, so we've had several cold days.

Monday...we played in the snow. I even brought the sled out and found a few teeny tiny hills to let the kids go down within our complex. They had a blast.

She was mad because I'd left the sled outside the front door and because I wouldn't let her come onto the carpet until I'd removed her snow clothes.

All better...still have pink cheeks, but warming up.


Tuesday...the weather was worse and we were NOT going to play in the snow. It was just too cold. In Logan's bedroom I discovered this. Hmmm...where are all the books and why is he on the bookshelf?

There are the books! He worked very diligently for five minutes to get them all out here.

After tripping over those books all morning, I put my foot down and told him he had to clean them up. Three hours later, he'd put away five of them. After one final hour of diligence he put EVERY SINGLE ONE away ALL BY HIMSELF. He was pleased about that, and I'm hoping it will cure him of wanting to unload them all in the hallway. (The process certainly wasn't fun for him.)

Wednesday (today)... we played in the snow again. Annie put her hat and gloves on all by herself in preparation. Look at that sweet face!


Ready to sled! Unfortunately it was much colder than the sunshine led me to believe and we didn't last long today. We had fun though!

Ornaments

During our snow days this week, we used some of our indoor time to make Christmas ornaments.

Monday...

Annie was tempted to eat the dough, but I managed to convince her not to.


Washing up afterwards; I felt like this was THE calm point of my day because the kids were so occupied at the sink.

Tuesday...Logan painted ornaments while Annie napped.

He chose all of his own colors, with one exception. I insisted that three of the snowmen needed to be white instead of green. I must say I was impressed with how often my boy wiped his hands on his shirt. You can't tell in the picture, but that shirt had a LOT of streaks on it after he was through. Perhaps I should watch him more closely when he's eating...

Wednesday...He drew faces on the snowmen, and then put a piece of ribbon through each of them.

I've Tried and Failed

Our ultrasound was several weeks ago now, and I haven't blogged about it because I wanted to post pictures. I've scanned them, and I have the images on my computer, but no matter what I've tried I can't seem to post them on the blog. So for those who are still wondering we are having a BOY! Logan is very excited and Annie has no clue. She loves babies, though. Last night she saw a newborn baby and her whole face lit up with pure delight. I'm not sure I've seen that look on her face before. It will be interesting to see how she reacts to a new baby.

Dining Room Carpet

I've always disliked the fact that we have carpet in our dining room, and always promised myself that I'd never choose that option if I could avoid it. Well, I never thought I'd say this, but I am grateful for a carpeted dining room! During the last two weeks, Annie seems to have become increasingly clumsy and has been falling off of her chair at the table. When she fell flat on her back today for the fifth time in two weeks, I realized that that carpet has probably saved her an injury. Hooray for a carpeted dining room!

Hair!

For those who don't believe me yet...Annie has HAIR!! I'm thinking of making this an every day style...:)


She also really enjoyed the pudding we ate the other night...straight to the bath she went.

Christmas Preview Continued...

This week I painted my old doll cradle to go with Annie's Christmas present.

Before: This picture really doesn't do it justice; this cradle was VERY stained.

Logan was all ready to help.

After: It's looking much fresher. I drew and painted the flowers free hand, but I might re-do the ones on the bottom since they are so uneven. I am VERY excited to give Annie her present!

Poor Baby

After two busy fun filled days, Annie woke up sick Saturday morning. She'd slept in, which didn't surprise me because we'd been up late for a couple of nights, and when she woke up she threw up all over her bed. She had a high fever too. She was feeling so miserable that she laid on the couch staring ALL DAY, which is very abnormal for her. She didn't want to play, eat, drink, talk, etc... This went on for two days, and every time her fever spiked it seemed like it went higher. Sunday night I took a temperature of 104.8; I was worried, but we'd already been to Urgent Care, and there was nothing to do but wait until the doctor opened on Monday. Thankfully, she woke up Monday without a fever. She was still white as a sheet, but she wanted to play, eat, talk, etc... She was fine after that; it was totally breaking my heart to see my baby sit and stare all day long. I'm so grateful that we've been blessed with very healthy children so far, and also that we can go to the doctor anytime we are unsure.

Thanksgiving

I am so thankful for everything in my life. I started writing a list, but it was getting too personal, so I'll just say that I am so blessed.

I'd call this a turkey-coma, except that Logan didn't eat a bite of turkey. It was after dinner though! I love how he's snuggling with that helicopter and black Friday ad. (He's been VERY interested in looking at the ads ever since he discovered some of them had pictures of toys.)

After all the boys in our party took naps, we watched "It's a Wonderful Life" and played a hilarious game called Quelf. I forget what Jim was doing, but it was funny. I highly recommend this game.