Oh and its cold too. less than 20 degrees.
Nothing better than napping on a day like this.But me? I'm wrapping presents.
Friday, December 5, 2008
December Daily-day 5
What would December be without a long winters nap?
Oh and its cold too. less than 20 degrees.
Nothing better than napping on a day like this.
But me? I'm wrapping presents.
Oh and its cold too. less than 20 degrees.
Nothing better than napping on a day like this.But me? I'm wrapping presents.
Friday Fill Ins
Something cool I found www.fridayfillins.blogspot.com
They put up a new one every Friday So consider todays post DONE:)
And...here we go!
1. Snow Is scary for driving.
2. I'm looking forward to Christmas-hello!
3. Pumpkin Spice is the best creamer ever!
4. One of my favorite old tv shows is Three's Company.
5. I'm done with Shopping for my kids.
6. The most enjoyable thing around the holidays is seeing everyone and watching the kids.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to chillin', tomorrow my plans include Jason's company dinner party and Sunday, I want to Go see Mark play at the Bear Lake Tavern!
Happy Weekend!
Stay tuned for December Daily-5!
They put up a new one every Friday So consider todays post DONE:)
And...here we go!
1. Snow Is scary for driving.
2. I'm looking forward to Christmas-hello!
3. Pumpkin Spice is the best creamer ever!
4. One of my favorite old tv shows is Three's Company.
5. I'm done with Shopping for my kids.
6. The most enjoyable thing around the holidays is seeing everyone and watching the kids.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to chillin', tomorrow my plans include Jason's company dinner party and Sunday, I want to Go see Mark play at the Bear Lake Tavern!
Happy Weekend!
Stay tuned for December Daily-5!
Thursday, December 4, 2008
December Daily- Day 4
A newish tradition for us that you may remember from last year, are paper snowflakes. We make bunches over a couple weeks. I get out all my "wavy" scissors and different paper punches. Teagen has even made a few this year! The hardest part to learn is not cutting the entire fold off. Summer gets a little frustrated on that one.
Once we get a enough we plaster the porch window with them. I love it because we keep them up through Valentines Day and just add a few paper doilies hearts.
Today Teagen and I made a few.
And so completes day 4!
Once we get a enough we plaster the porch window with them. I love it because we keep them up through Valentines Day and just add a few paper doilies hearts.
Today Teagen and I made a few.
And so completes day 4!Season for Giving
Today I was reading a friends blog about the theft in GR of the Angel Tree gifts from 2 places and I was reminded of an experience I had last year.
I was working at the tanning salon and we had a huge box for Toy for Tots. My little North Muskegon salon pretty much saw the same 13 clients every day. Only 1 client actually brought in gifts. So that left us employees to contribute to make it look better. An empty Toys for Tots box is pretty depressing.
I was talking to Summer about it, telling her about the kids in our town, maybe even in her school, that would not get much or anything for Christmas. We had $20. She thought it would be good to go to the dollar store because we could get SO much stuff for the empty box. So off we went, and she spent so much time agonizing over her picks. Imagining the kids who would love to get the Disney princess figurines or some Winnie the Pooh coloring books. It was a very sweet and humbling experience. I wish I had had more to give.
The next day I bring our gifts in and fill the bottom of the box. It feels good, ya know? A client I know well comes in and we are chit-chatting when she peeks in the box and scrunches her nose."Uggh! My girls would be so mad if they got those crappy gifts! What a bunch of junk." Can I just tell you that I should not have been surprised, BUT I WAS. How can someone be so, so...I don't even have words. I stumble around myself for a split second and mutter something about how kids with nothing would be very happy with almost anything. I instantly found myself embarrassed. Which then made me sad. I should have called her out on it! Wouldn't she feel like an idiot."Yeah, my 6 year old daughter picked those gifts out, so that she could bring a smile to the face of 20 kids and not just 1." But no. I was afraid of offending someone I had known since high school. Because I felt inferior. Because I was afraid of scaring off a potential sale. Which she NEVER did. It was a learning experience to say the least. I will never again be made to feel like that. We can all be proud of ANY amount of ANYTHING we can give. I wonder how much she gave last year? And I don't know about anyone else, but you could give my kids a toilet paper roll with googlie eyes and they would be happy. A little treat from the dollar store is a treasure! No preschooler should feel "above" a gift of any kind. But I guess thats in the way MOST people raise their children. To be appreciative. And honestly, most of us are 1 tragedy away from being in a situation when we may need to accept charity. I will be keeping that in mind this season. How anyone can make judgements on donations is beyond me.
This was just a "bonus" post today. So cheerful, huh?
Still on the December Daily, its just that its still early and not much has happened yet!
I was working at the tanning salon and we had a huge box for Toy for Tots. My little North Muskegon salon pretty much saw the same 13 clients every day. Only 1 client actually brought in gifts. So that left us employees to contribute to make it look better. An empty Toys for Tots box is pretty depressing.
I was talking to Summer about it, telling her about the kids in our town, maybe even in her school, that would not get much or anything for Christmas. We had $20. She thought it would be good to go to the dollar store because we could get SO much stuff for the empty box. So off we went, and she spent so much time agonizing over her picks. Imagining the kids who would love to get the Disney princess figurines or some Winnie the Pooh coloring books. It was a very sweet and humbling experience. I wish I had had more to give.
The next day I bring our gifts in and fill the bottom of the box. It feels good, ya know? A client I know well comes in and we are chit-chatting when she peeks in the box and scrunches her nose."Uggh! My girls would be so mad if they got those crappy gifts! What a bunch of junk." Can I just tell you that I should not have been surprised, BUT I WAS. How can someone be so, so...I don't even have words. I stumble around myself for a split second and mutter something about how kids with nothing would be very happy with almost anything. I instantly found myself embarrassed. Which then made me sad. I should have called her out on it! Wouldn't she feel like an idiot."Yeah, my 6 year old daughter picked those gifts out, so that she could bring a smile to the face of 20 kids and not just 1." But no. I was afraid of offending someone I had known since high school. Because I felt inferior. Because I was afraid of scaring off a potential sale. Which she NEVER did. It was a learning experience to say the least. I will never again be made to feel like that. We can all be proud of ANY amount of ANYTHING we can give. I wonder how much she gave last year? And I don't know about anyone else, but you could give my kids a toilet paper roll with googlie eyes and they would be happy. A little treat from the dollar store is a treasure! No preschooler should feel "above" a gift of any kind. But I guess thats in the way MOST people raise their children. To be appreciative. And honestly, most of us are 1 tragedy away from being in a situation when we may need to accept charity. I will be keeping that in mind this season. How anyone can make judgements on donations is beyond me.
This was just a "bonus" post today. So cheerful, huh?
Still on the December Daily, its just that its still early and not much has happened yet!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
December daily-day 3
I didn't take a photo today. I used a group one from "the shoot". And the page is Naughty or Nice?
with just a little note on how good they usually are, but the naughtiness we encounter each day.
Not even 2 minutes ago I received a prime example:
The scene:
I am at the computer and Teagen comes up to me wearing a knit vest and a tutu and nothing else. You try not to giggle at that. She puts up her tiny fist and growls at me!
Me: Teagen, don't give me that crap.
Teagen: (in a very sweet-tiny-mouse-like voice) Don't laugh at me and I won't give you crap.
OYE.
with just a little note on how good they usually are, but the naughtiness we encounter each day.
Not even 2 minutes ago I received a prime example:
The scene:
I am at the computer and Teagen comes up to me wearing a knit vest and a tutu and nothing else. You try not to giggle at that. She puts up her tiny fist and growls at me!
Me: Teagen, don't give me that crap.
Teagen: (in a very sweet-tiny-mouse-like voice) Don't laugh at me and I won't give you crap.
OYE.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
December Daily-day 2
So the tree went up this weekend. Jason was so sweet to surprise me with it up when I was working the Black Friday sale at Younkers. Which was to say the least, exhausting. I have never been more tired or hungry in my life. Lunch was provided. But they failed to mention that it was Campbell's chicken noodle soup in a crock pot with a few saltines. At 7am. Oh well, its over.
Anyway, my point is that there are a few tiny hands in this tree all day. I forgot that Grady was not even totally walking last Christmas.( he was just beginning)The most damage he could do was pull up on the table and knock over the santas and snow bears under the tree. But this year, naughty naughty! He gets behind the tree, and he touches everything. He, of course, LOVES the shiny ones! Last night, Jason caught him with one and he did his usual when busted with something he is not supposed to have-he threw it across the room! Luckily it did not break. Today I found him trying to stuff this red one in his pocket. Big treasure for a little boy!
Monday, December 1, 2008
December Daily-day 1
I decided that my blog is the best way to organize my December Daily album, especially since I do not print photos at home and if I stop a Walgreen's every day for a single photo purchase I am sure they will come up with some kind of nickname for me.
So I begin with our advent calendar. Notice the tiny pockets. They were fine when it was only Summer and I could stick a little Hershey's kiss in there for her. And then later, I squeezed 2 mini candy bars for the girls. But 3? No way. So I am putting clues in each pocket for them to find their treats somewhere in the house.
The last day, is a big clue and it leads them to new PJs to wear to bed on Christmas Eve. I spent some time this afternoon writing clues and I am about half done. I made the mistake of trying to make them rhyme. For instance:
We've got something for you-
I think its your fave-
You should go check out the microwave!
Or...
Christmas is almost here!
You can find a treat where dad keeps his beer!
So needless to say, its a lot of work for me;)
So when discussing this project with Rachael, she recalled that mom had an advent calendar that we just opened little doors each day and there was a different Christmas picture inside. For the 1st time I realized that it was an old cardboard one that ONCE had a chocolate behind every door! She just kept bringing it out each year! Rachael and I never knew what we were missing! Getting all excited over a picture of a mouse under a Christmas tree....
So I begin with our advent calendar. Notice the tiny pockets. They were fine when it was only Summer and I could stick a little Hershey's kiss in there for her. And then later, I squeezed 2 mini candy bars for the girls. But 3? No way. So I am putting clues in each pocket for them to find their treats somewhere in the house.
The last day, is a big clue and it leads them to new PJs to wear to bed on Christmas Eve. I spent some time this afternoon writing clues and I am about half done. I made the mistake of trying to make them rhyme. For instance:We've got something for you-
I think its your fave-
You should go check out the microwave!
Or...
Christmas is almost here!
You can find a treat where dad keeps his beer!
So needless to say, its a lot of work for me;)
So when discussing this project with Rachael, she recalled that mom had an advent calendar that we just opened little doors each day and there was a different Christmas picture inside. For the 1st time I realized that it was an old cardboard one that ONCE had a chocolate behind every door! She just kept bringing it out each year! Rachael and I never knew what we were missing! Getting all excited over a picture of a mouse under a Christmas tree....
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