Ho, ho, ho!

Christmas Tree Decorating

(If any of you are looking for the Thanksgiving post-- there isn't one. Nothing to tell. Hubby was sick. I made my first turkey. NO ONE ate it. The end.)

For FHE tonight, the we decorated the Christmas tree and talked about the meaning of all things Christmas-y.

Kendi LOVES the tree, but didn't quite get the hang of putting things ON the tree. She kept taking them off and bringing them back to me, almost as fast the big girls were putting them on. Thankfully she can't reach the top of the tree. ;0) (And yes, I do realize that my daughter's gut is hanging out of her clothing. . . I can't keep her pants up to save myself! By evening I don't even try anymore. . .)

Merry Christmas!

Don't Tell Social Services. . .

but apparently I am starving my baby. This morning I was upstairs taking care of a few things (blogging). When I came downstairs at about 10:00am, Kendi was watching Peep with Kamber, gnawing on a Rice Krispie Treat that had been left out overnight and had gone into the trash earlier this morning.

A little while later she came to check on me (no, I was not still blogging, thank-you-very-much, I was in the shower-if you must know!) and she had found the ends of the bread loaves that had also been put in the trash this morning.

Huh. I wish I had her metabolism.

Consumer Report

Meet my new best friend:

The Swiffer SweeperVac! I do not know how I lived without this little baby for the last six years! It is awesome- incredible- works fabulous and keeps my floors looking so clean! And my girls can even use it! It vacuums my wood floors (it even picks up the Cheerios!) and the little lint thinger catches all the dust the vacuum leaves behind. Fabulous!

Now pair it with this:

And your floors will be looking as fantastic as mine! Hee, hee!

The Dinner Dilemna

I am sure that every mother in the history of the world has had this problem. . . but I am begining to HATE dinner time! Not one meal that I prepare is gratefully eaten. I always have to hear from one person or another how they do not like it. If I make something that Kira and Kamber like, Brandon hates it. If I make something Brandon likes, no one else eats it. If I make something I like (heaven forbid!), NO ONE likes it. And the kids are even starting to have differing views on what is acceptable for consumption. Kendi is the only one that eats most dinners. I don't know how my family would survive without boxed cereal. Really. How depressing.

Okay, now that I got that out of my system. . . time to figure out what to have for dinner. Wish me luck!

The Puzzle Queen

Oh, Kamber. . .what can I say? The poor kid is stuck at home ALL DAY with just me and the babe. Needless to say she gets a little bored. So this is one of the things we have come up with to do-- puzzles. And she rocks! 100 piece-ers are a breeze. . . 300 piece-ers, a little bit of a challenge. . . and just recently, she and I started taking on 1000 piece puzzles. And she does pretty good, even with those.

Anybody have any ideas for what I should do with her when she masters the puzzle thing?

Little Miss Agreeable

Kendi is a baby of few words, but one of the words she has masterd is "uh-huh." She says this to every question that is asked of her. "Do you want your water?" "Uh-huh." "What do you want to eat for dinner?" "Uh-huh." Where's your binky?" "Uh-huh." It is amazing the emotions she can put into that one little word. Just from an 'uh-huh' you can tell if she is happy, excited, sad, upset. . . whatever her mood might be. We are hoping she picks up on a few more words soon, but we sure love hearing her uh-huhs!