I finished another class tonight! Yippee! I have two more semesters (this spring and summer) to go and then I will be done! The last two are going to be the most time consuming, too, since I have to do three case studies, two of which are VERY in depth and I also have to take a comprehensive test in there somewhere to prove that I actually learned something, oh, and then we are going to be moving in the middle of all of that. Sounds like fun, huh? I am sure I will look back at all of it in September and smile.
Liam HAD to decorate the tree today. So we dragged it out of the basement and let the festivities begin. Liam did most of the decorating and Sean put the star on top. Colm wasn’t interested in decorating, so he played us a tune on his whistle-instrument thing.
You have absolutely no idea what I went through to get this picture. I tried to take a pic of the boys together, but it was clear that that was not going to happen…so I did them separately. Colm was doing everything but sitting up nicely and smiling for several pictures (God bless digital cameras!) The promise of an M&M got him to sit like this…finally!
Today was our church’s Christmas Family Festival. First, we went and talked to Santa. Liam had a list for him which included two walking hands (it’s a Halloween toy he saw in a catalog) and a truck. Colm was not happy about sitting with Santa, so we made it a family portrait instead of just the boys.
Then we had a yummy pancake breakfast provided by the K of C.
Then the boys made some crafts, like a sticker nativity scene, a Christmas button and a Christmas lace-up project. We also colored some Christmas coloring sheets.
They also had a cookie walk (both the boys won some cookies) and we decorated birthday cupcakes for Jesus’ birthday.
A good time was had by all!
We finally went outside and played in the white stuff this afternoon after naps. The boys wanted to play in it this morning, but it was only 19 degrees outside, after naps it was 32 degrees so I figured we had better seize the moment. It was still cold though and it took us longer to get ready to go outside than we actually spent outside.
Sean has taught Liam how to play checkers and Liam loves it!
The box started its life as a box that had Discovery Toys in it. It then took on numerous other lives…
The box as an airplane…notice the propeller
The box as Santa’s sleigh…with lots of toys in it
The box as a hang glider
This book was okay. It wasn’t a page turner, but it was good enough that I wanted to finish it. The story was about a woman whose parents are divorced and how she comes to terms with their divorce and second marriages through her writing. She also ends up realizing that she is older, more mature and “not a kid anymore” when someone (I won’t tell you who in case you read the book) ends up living with her (possibly) in the end.
I got brave today and decided to make homemade pretzels with the boys. They love the big, soft cinnamon-sugar pretzels they have at Sam’s, so we decided to make our own and they turned out YUMMERS!
Mixing
Kneading
Rolling
Eating
The finished product
1) Go to Wikipedia
2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.
3) List three events that happened on your birthday
4) List two important birthdays and one death
5) One holiday or observance (if any)
Here is my info:
3 Events:
1)1864- President Abraham Lincoln establishes the Secret Service to combat counterfeiting
2)1946- The bikini was introduced
3)1989-Seinfeld is aired for the first time
2 Important Birthdays
1) 1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
2) 1996 Dolly the Sheep
1 Death:
1) 2002 Ted Williams, baseball player
1 Holiday or Observance: Independence Day in Venezuela