3 Reasons I Don't Want to do Anything Today

1.  It's starting to snow and I just want to stare out the window and think about Christmas.

2.  I'm still in my pajamas at 11am and it's too cold in the house to change out of them.

3.  I've eaten too many carbs since last Thursday and now I have no energy or will or discipline left.

Favorite Thanksgiving Things

Lachlan
1.  Potatoes
2.  Whoopie pies
3.  Watching shows

Aeven
1.  Watching shows
2.  Potatoes
3.  Whoopie pies

What does this say?  I'm not sure.  But really, isn't that what Thanksgiving is all about?  Watching shows and eating, right?  Oh yeah and that whole being thankful thing.  We might need to work on being thankful next year.  This year I guess we're concentrating on eating and watching shows.

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like....

We were in Minnesota last weekend and it snowed like 8 inches!  The kids were so excited.  I have to say, there is something magical about the first snow.  The flakes were so huge and beautiful.  It snowed all day, but it was still warm enough to be outside for most of the day and play.  I am not a winter person, but this was fun.  I wish we could just have two or three days of winter fun and then go back to summer weather.  Doesn't that sound perfect?  I think it's a good plan.

I made something!

I made this elf doll from www.make-baby-stuff.com/elf-pattern.html

Isn't he cute?  He's not perfect, but I made him and I love him.  My kids were freaked out about his eyes being closed though.  They said they want one, but they want "eyes open."  It really only took me an hour to make after I figured out how to make the face.  The tutorial says to sew the face on after you make the doll, but I found it much easier to sew the face and then finish putting the doll together.  I am quite an amateur though, so maybe it's not the best way.  I don't care, I made something!

I Almost Forgot!

Our little peapod!

She didn't get so much candy and quite frankly did not enjoy this costume.  I think she looks hysterical though and made her wear it many times in the days leading up to Halloween.

Buzz and Jessie

I thought I would finally post a picture of the kids from Halloween. They got so much candy!  I was surprised this year at how much candy they got that they could actually eat.  In years past we've had to send most of our candy to work with Kyle because we usually get a lot of chocolate and nuts.  This year we had a lot of little bags of Skittles, Starbursts and gummies.  This makes me think that allergies are becoming part of our culture and more and more people are being affected.  It makes me kind of sad, but at the same time happy for my kids that they are able to enjoy treats with everyone else on these kinds of holidays.

3 Reasons I'm Embarrassed Today

1.  I had to breast feed my daughter in the church "nursing room" today with 2 other ladies.  When I got there the room was full, so one mother who was done nursing, but still visiting with the other mothers had to leave, making me feel like a total bother.  The whole time my blanket was falling off of my shoulder.  I started sweating and worrying about what everyone was seeing.  Then the baby decided she didn't want to eat and made me look like I totally didn't know what I was doing.

2.  I was trying to talk to a group of adults about Sunday school this morning and they all ignored me.  I wasn't sure if they couldn't see me because I'm so much shorter than all of them, or if they just don't like me because well, I'm me.

3.  I taught the Bible lesson to the kindergarten through 3rd grade classes at church today and I totally lost my place and forgot my lines...TWICE!!!!  I even did the dreaded announce to everyone that I lost my place thing.  Aahhahhh!  I also had to speak after Kyle and everybody knows how great Kyle is at speaking in front of kids and adults for that matter.  I felt so stupid!