Santa’s going away this weekend at some point. Back into the box. The tree was so crispy two nights ago that I didn’t want the lights turned on anymore, and yesterday morning it had to come down. We took off all the ornaments and lights and sorted them into the right boxes. Then Jay came […]
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Saturday we had our family Christmas party. This was a pretty loud puppet show. And another Christmas comes to an end. Love you all so, Mom, aka Val, aka Grandma
We went to Mark and Barb’s for the usual laid back Christmas Day party. I’m sure it’s not all that laid back for Barb and Mark hosting, but for the rest of us it’s an easy day of eating, cousins playing, a few gifts, more eating. Merry Christmas! Thank you for having us.
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My mother and p.j. above, and James and Dan’s son below: It was a great night, a wonderful party. Now it’s Friday evening and the groceries are bought and the kitchen floor washed and waxed for the first time in weeks–it is kind of a project. The house is vacuumed and dusted and Kari
Heidi got back from Mexico in the afternoon and came for her kid. These guys were all we had here at home heading to church with us. Little Jay has his own home now, and James had to work in the afternoon. I took Little Jay his stocking so he could do Christmas morning at
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We got it done, baked eight batches of sugar cookies. Maria rolled dough and cut. I ran the oven. It was a fairly big mess, but we expected that and it wasn’t a big deal. Okay, okay, okay. The first rule of cooky decorating is NO LICKING ANYTHING. Not the bottles of sprinkles, not your
We’re still working on the cookies. Tomorrow we’re baking sugar cookies. Anyone who wants to be involved is welcome. Today was the preschool Christmas program for this guy: He’s annoyed because that jingle bell in his hand isn’t jingling. He traded it for another one. He was so excited about the program he could hardly
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This morning was the preschool program. That’s her in the black velvet dress in the lower right corner. It was great. Tonight was James and Lydia’s band concert. That’s her in the middle. That’s him. Hey, I know those guys: This little girl was seated ahead of us and kept Julie’s baby entertained. Julie and
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Here it starts, same place it ends tonight. Guy asleep across the bed, dog next to him. Sunday morning was the Christmas program. We did not participate at our old church in the city. We attended at this one much closer to home. Tim’s the tallest kid in sixth grade, last year of Sunday School.
We headed out to t.c.’s musical program where he was costumed as a St. Bernard. That’s him by the yellow triangle in the long black ears with the brown patches on his shoulders. He was great. He sang, and he did all the actions with enthusiasm, and when he was supposed to howl he did it.
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