All I Want For Christmas...

When I took Hudson to the dentist a few months back, he took some x-rays. From those he told us that Hudson's top teeth were coming in nicely. He thought that he might lose them by Christmas. They have been wiggling for a month now, but image my surpise when he lost them 7 & 5 days before Christmas. I couldn't resist getting him to sing me this great song.

Winner!!! Winner!!!

We are so excited at our house because both boys won in the coloring contest. Hudson won at Roadster's Grille II and Chevy at Kelly's Subway. He won't let me just say Subway, because that was the heading on his picture "Kelly's Subway." For those of you who live over the border, the community puts out a coloring book in the newspaper every year, with about fifty pictures in it. You color the pictures and turn them back to the stores. They then hang them up for all to admire for a few weeks. Each business picks a few winners and give them a small prize (Chevy got a firetruck and Hudson the game Operation) and their picture in the newspaper. Both boys were tickled pink, but especially Chevy since hudson's winning call came first. Chevy was discouraged because he didn't color as many as hudson did. It looks like he picked the right one to color though. What a great activity for the cold month.

Let It Snow!!!

I am sure there are some of you out there, that will disagree with my title heading. I on the other hand had no where to go this morning, and given that it is twelve days to Christmas, was very welcoming to see the snow. The boys were out in it first thing too, how amazing it is that the ground can be covered so quickly. Our home poses a problem similar to most that live in this small community, the very long driveway. I am a little envious, OK a lot, to those of you who have paved driveways and sidewalks to go for walks on. Thank goodness for the tractor, or I would have to wait for the spring thaw.

He Aint No Scrooge!

Chevy has definitely gotten the true Christmas spirit. He has enjoyed wrapping presents so much that he has started taking his own toys and wrapping them up to give away to others. The fact that he LOVES tape doesn't hurt either. He is so sweet that he decided to wrap up a pair of his sunglasses for Mitch's aunt Janet. She is going blind, and he thought that new glasses would help her see better. I promise, I have not prompted this new compassionate demeanor. I guess Christmas makes us all feel like helping others!!

I have a dream...

Yes, just as Martin Luther King Jr. said, I have a dream. When I was a younger, every Christmas we got to count down to Santa with an advent calendar. My mother, the craftiest of all I know, made this and every pocket held a tree ornament and a letter(around the tree it would spell out MERRY CHRISTMAS) for us to take turns putting on. I remember switching the ornaments to get the one that I wanted, and inevitable my siblings would switch them back. Well last year I asked my mom if I could use the old calendar. She gave me that look that only a mother can. "Do you remember what it looks like?" she asked. It had been about fifteen years since I had seen it so I will admit I was a little shocked when I pulled it out. I do not remember it being LIFE SIZE. Also, several of the ornaments were a little worse for wear and the letters were demolished. I have spent that last year contemplating how to revamp my own advent calendar to make such great memories for my kids. It has taken a lot of time, ideas, and unneeded materials to make the finished product. I must admit, I am happy with the results. It is much smaller and I made it magnetic. My mom' s had Velcro on every ornament which constantly was pulling off and she had to re glue. We have only been using it for two days(I put on all the ornaments so you could get the full effect) and so far the boys are doing the same things my brothers and sister did. I think that it will be a great memory maker.

Ward Party

Tuesday night was our ward party. The kids got to jump out of gift boxes with bows tied around their necks. There was a great turnout which I'm sure is beacuse the kids were doing the program. What parent doesn't like to see their child on stage. They sang the songs wonderfully. I must admit I stole this overall shot from Heidi. My pictures were quite dark. Thanks Heidi!!

Tis The Season

Well, I have been waiting since last Christmas to put up my new tree. I got it at K-mart for $15. Mitch and my first christmas we got a real tree, and during the removal process, I spilled a lot of water on my brand new carpet. I was distraught and the next week I went out and bought a fake tree on clearance which was still about fifty dollars. It was a big one, to say the least, which was great when I didn't have three kids playing in the front room during the month it was up. It also had to have each branch put in each year.
THIS IS THE OLD ONE...IT REACHES FROM THE COUCH ALMOST TO THE TV CENTER.
The branch holding device broke last year, but my creative husband hooked me up good. So last year I was in the market for a new tree. I found this one with a strand of lights out(it's prelit another bonus), which Mitch fixed in about five minutes and we are off and running. It is probably a third the size, but I think it will be great. (Charee, I can't wait to see your new tree and fancy pics.)