Is it too late for a Christmas post?

My mom painted this little nativity for me.  It fits altogether as a puzzle. 

Cookies from Grandma and from our neighbor! 

Mimi borrowed Nana's bells and learned a song for a Christmas concert at church.  

Mom made us this sweet Christmas tree skirt. 

We finally learned to Skype -- I'm so behind the times! 

Christmas day was slow and quiet.....

I'm kinda happy about how much stuff I was able to make this year.  I feel like I've been too lazy, busy, distracted to finish anything lately.  But somehow I carved out some time to make...

 My mom's sugar cookies!  

 

 

A cub scout shadow box for Parker.  

A stuffed creeper also for Parker. 

Bracelets for my sisters.  

A taggie toy for my new little niece.  

A lunch box for my sister to take to work.  

And I got everything wrapped and mailed and didn't have to send it all over-night!  It was a miracle... a Christmas miracle even! 

 

 Parker ran up to his room and read many of his new comic books that he got for his birthday and for Christmas. 

 

 Assembling toys, Lego sets, etc.....

It was a good year.  How was yours? 

At church today

Yoda saw a baby who was VERY young, quiet, still and dressed in a fancy dress.
"Is that a real baby ???!"
*laughter all around*

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When Yoda took a piece of bread that had a bit of crust on it, he tried to put it back.  I asked him to just take the piece he touched.
"but I don't like the RUSTY kind..."

 Parker turned 11! 

Just as a side note, Parker has like 10 teeth growing in right now...TEN!  All at once.  I'm not sure how he even chews his food! 

He wanted cupcakes, which was awesome since we now have this perfect cupcake stand--thanks Sonya! 

Mimi picked out this outfit, I loved the purple tights with the pink shoes...I love the rounded collar shirt too :)

Stay Warm....

There's a few things to blog about

But for now I'll leave you with this...

Merry Christmas!

Yoda's Birthday

This week I'm exhausted and I think I figured out why...

On Thursday we had Yoda's 4th birthday party...

I bought a cake!?!?  A mommy first for me and I don't even feel guilty.  Yoda saw this cake at Costco and said,"I changed my mind, I want to buy a cake."
The cake was so giant, we only ate half of it!  The rest is hidden away for after the holidays.  

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On Friday I hosted Mimi's Girl Scout troop...12 sugar-ed up 8-year-olds! 

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On Saturday we hosted Yoda's first "friend-party"

I did bake cupcakes for this one :)

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But in addition to that I had normal Girl Scout meeting, Mimi had 2 birthday parties to attend so we ran her around for that.  That's not even counting all the normal stuff that happens, oh yeah!  and there's Christmas planning and activities to attend as well!  AHHH! 

I also went to Yoda's end-of-the-year party.  He's so sassy! 

Video of Cars spinning

Yoda turned 4! 

There was partying and radio controlled cars...

Sledding Hill

After the giant snow storm, we went sledding.  It was fun.  The kids enjoyed wearing themselves out.

December Already?

I like to pretend I'm ready for December, but I'm not!

Here's a quote that might make you laugh...

Driving to church Yoda looks sleepy
Us, "Are you falling asleep?"
Yoda, "No, I just cozy."
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A month ago Greg had a birthday, here's a few things that happened...

 It was warm enough for a barbeque...

 he loves gummy anything, so we made him a gummy worm-dirt-cake...

 I arranged all the Boy scout awards that his mom saved up and put them in a shadow box...

A Rubik's cube tissue box...

Happy Birthday, Greg!