1. Annie’s 42 pieces of flair. She CANNOT get herself dressed without layering on the accessories. And I love it. 2. Christmas shopping with my girls. 5. Picking out a real live Christmas tree with my girls. 8. Earl, the new Elf that Santa sent down the chimney. 9. Taking the Elves to church, because if ANYONE needs a Holy Spirit experience, its these two. They need…
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Paloola from the North Pole.
Last year about this time, we were visited. By an elf. From the North Pole. Oh yeah. She just broke right into our apartment — came down the chimney, I suppose? — and we came home to find…. this. It was disturbing to come home to find that AN ELF had just made herself at home, began unpacking Christmas decorations and…. dragging them up the stairs. Freaky. And not just…
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Sweet Dorothy Vs. Gangsta Dorothy.
My sweet little angels wanted to be Alice in Wonderland and Dorothy for Halloween. With their wigs all cock-eyed and crazy. But they were EVER so sweet… Sweet, sweet, sweet. I mean, look at this angelic face… The picture of sweetness, innocence and light… But don’t let her fool you. She’s all Dorothy from the street. Check these gang signs. And then she’s sweet and innocent again. Maybe there’s still hope…
Dorothy and Alice.
We’ve always loved Dorothy at our house. Personally I think its all about the Ruby Slippers. We do love us some fabulous shoes. But then when we saw this wig at Arne’s party store in Houston… …well, that just sealed it. Sparkly shoes AND a wig? Oh yeah, baby. We went to the elementary school Sock Hop last night in our costumes. Well, two of us wore costumes… Dorothy…
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Thirty-eight Great Things About This Week.
1. Katie Beth made breakfast yesterday for herself and Annie. By herself. Without me asking her to. 2. Annie packed school lunches for herself and Katie Beth yesterday. By herself. Without me asking her to. 3. Katie Beth said the sandwich Annie made tasted really good. She really did compliment her little sister. Really! 4. Sitting in church with the ones I love the most. 5. Cooking 8. Tyler…
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A Bright, Bright Sunshiney Day.
My kids came home Sunday night after two long, torturous weeks away. And Praise the Lord….. that’s the last of the excruciating two-week stints until next summer. I don’t know what to do with myself when they’re not here… I make a miles-long to-do list and end up roaming around the apartment staring at the walls. I’m not me without them. So yesterday, I had planned ahead of time to…
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Katie’s Home From Camp!
My girl is home from Sky Ranch, and all is right in my world. And this picture made me smile, with Katie and her friend chatting in the background. They chattered the whole one-hour drive home about all their camping adventures, but its rest time now, and I have a feeling she might be out cold until Tuesday. But she’s home, and I’m happy.
Camping Couture and Other Nonsense.
We went camping at Daingerfield State Park last weekend. For now, I’ll leave you with this one picture of this little camping cutie…More camping pictures and stories to come. Please hover on the edge of your seat until I get those posted. For now, I have a multitude of hairbows to make and ship NOW before angry villagers show up at my bow factory with torches and pitchforks customers take…
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Good Night, John Boy. Good Night, Mickey. Good Night, Goofy.
My kids have this obsession with putting everyone to bed at night. Before they can get into bed themselves, they must run around the house putting pajamas on the dolls and stuffed animals that have them, placing them in the horizontal position, then tucking them all in under a blanket of some sort. This family, the Brangelina of the dollhouse world with their slew of adopted children, is an Attachment…
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Thursday. Cliff’s Notes Version.
My day: Homeschool until noon or so. I love it, FYI. Curriculum = My Father’s World; I love it. KB loves it. NO going back. NO regrets. More later. Work: 1:30-5:30 with both kids. They talked me out of two new Fuzzy Nation dog purses. When they go to work with me, I actually end up paying money to work instead of bringing home any. I ask myself if this…
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How to Party Like a Missionary.
KB and her cousin Joshua have been cooking up the idea of having a Mission Party for, literally, weeks now. Its a very exclusive and secretive event: Parents are clearly NOT invited, and aren’t even allowed to know exactly what a Mission Party even is. I think, but this is just my totally ignorant, uninformed opinion, that the Mission Party is something they did at GAs* on a Wednesday night,…
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