Apparently our hiding spot wasn't to great because today the girls brought me their present from Santa....
"Did you buy this for me?" " Can we have it?" " Will you open it?"
Still didn't get an answer about why they actually looked in the closet.
Any suggestions?
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
True story
In the line of It happened to me and True Story I give you my version.
This afternoon after coming home from running a couple of errands John goes upstairs to the bedroom to change into uniform only to find the door to the bedroom door somehow was locked. A quick trip to the shed to gather up all flat head screws driving and we're back at the door to try and pop the lock. Only to find that the key hole is requires an actual key. Next best guess let's break the door down (no I am not kidding), would you believe it's actually not that easy to do? Or perhaps we just have an extra thick door from heck. That does work next and so we go to the next idea -there's an odd vent thing at the bottom can we just uncover it from the layers of paint and open it that way? There was a small measure of success with that only to find that there was a matching vent screwed in from the other side. On to the fourth idea of the day - was to go into second bedroom and cut a hole from that closet into ours and send our oldest child through. It worked and she loved it and thought it was a great adventure. Now to do the patch job....
This afternoon after coming home from running a couple of errands John goes upstairs to the bedroom to change into uniform only to find the door to the bedroom door somehow was locked. A quick trip to the shed to gather up all flat head screws driving and we're back at the door to try and pop the lock. Only to find that the key hole is requires an actual key. Next best guess let's break the door down (no I am not kidding), would you believe it's actually not that easy to do? Or perhaps we just have an extra thick door from heck. That does work next and so we go to the next idea -there's an odd vent thing at the bottom can we just uncover it from the layers of paint and open it that way? There was a small measure of success with that only to find that there was a matching vent screwed in from the other side. On to the fourth idea of the day - was to go into second bedroom and cut a hole from that closet into ours and send our oldest child through. It worked and she loved it and thought it was a great adventure. Now to do the patch job....
Friday, December 07, 2007
Angels explained by children
Got this as a cute forward and I couldn't resist posting it.
ANGELS EXPLAINED BY CHILDREN
I only know the names of two angels, Hark and
Harold.
~~~Gregory, 5
Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear
halos anymore. I forget
why, but scientists are working on
it.
~~~Olive, 9
It's not easy to become an angel!
First, you die. Then you go to Heaven,
and then there's still the
flight training to go through. And then you got
to agree to wear
those angel clothes.
~~~Matthew, 9
Angels work for God
and watch over kids when God has to go do something
else.
~~~Mitchell, 7
My guardian angel helps
me with math, but he's not much good for
science.
~~~Henry,
8
Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from Holy
Cows!!!
~~~Jack, 6
Angels talk all the way while they're
flying you up to heaven. The main
subject is where you went wrong
before you got dead.
~~~Daniel, 9
When an angel gets
mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And
when he lets out
his breath, somewhere there's a tornado.
~~~Reagan,
10
Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy. If you lose a
tooth, an
angel comes in through your window and leaves money under
your pillow.
Then when it gets cold, angels go south for the
winter.
~~~Sara, 6
Angels live in cloud houses made by
God and his son, who's a very good
carpenter.
~~~Jared,
8
All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys
didn't go
for it.
~~~Antonio, 9
My angel is
my grandma who died last year. She got a big head start on
helping me
while she was still down here on earth.
>Lynn, 9
Some
of the angels are in charge of helping heal sick animals and pets.
And if they don't make the animals get better, they help the child
get over
it.
~~~Vicki, 8
What I don't get
about angels is why, when someone is in love, they
shoot arrows at
them.
~~~ Sarah, 7
I only know the names of two angels, Hark and
Harold.
~~~Gregory, 5
Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear
halos anymore. I forget
why, but scientists are working on
it.
~~~Olive, 9
It's not easy to become an angel!
First, you die. Then you go to Heaven,
and then there's still the
flight training to go through. And then you got
to agree to wear
those angel clothes.
~~~Matthew, 9
Angels work for God
and watch over kids when God has to go do something
else.
~~~Mitchell, 7
My guardian angel helps
me with math, but he's not much good for
science.
~~~Henry,
8
Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from Holy
Cows!!!
~~~Jack, 6
Angels talk all the way while they're
flying you up to heaven. The main
subject is where you went wrong
before you got dead.
~~~Daniel, 9
When an angel gets
mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And
when he lets out
his breath, somewhere there's a tornado.
~~~Reagan,
10
Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy. If you lose a
tooth, an
angel comes in through your window and leaves money under
your pillow.
Then when it gets cold, angels go south for the
winter.
~~~Sara, 6
Angels live in cloud houses made by
God and his son, who's a very good
carpenter.
~~~Jared,
8
All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys
didn't go
for it.
~~~Antonio, 9
My angel is
my grandma who died last year. She got a big head start on
helping me
while she was still down here on earth.
>Lynn, 9
Some
of the angels are in charge of helping heal sick animals and pets.
And if they don't make the animals get better, they help the child
get over
it.
~~~Vicki, 8
What I don't get
about angels is why, when someone is in love, they
shoot arrows at
them.
~~~ Sarah, 7
Update and back posting
So I've been ignoring my blog for quite awhile now - almost a month since my last post. So to fill in family and friends I'm going to be back posting several events or cute things to fill in the gap. This week has been so hectic - Monday we had to drive up to Richmond to take mom home for her return flight on the way we stopped at the pet store and wound up bringing home two gerbils named Alfredo and Linguine. They're a very fun addition to the house and Smaug the cat is very interested in them (yes they are in a cat proof place and closely watched). Then on Tuesday John had his eye surgery and that evening the girls had cheer practice at a new gym - keeping my fingers crossed that this will work out. On Wednesday John had his next day follow up appointment with the great news that his vision will be great once the fuzziness clears up. Thursday was our only day to stay at home all day, we watched several Christmas movies and took a nap. Yeah naps! LOL. And now here it is Friday and John is back to work. Blech. But someone has to bring home the bacon and I'm old fashioned enough to to believe it's the man's job and modern enough to go get a job if it's required. Ok that's enough rambling for today.
Fall leaves
Pandora playing in the leaves - one of her favorite things to do.
The girls helping out with the raking. Ganging up on mommy and being buried in the leaf pile. A few of our favorite fall activities.Thursday, December 06, 2007
Day 3 post surgery
He can see! And reports that it was definitely worth the surgery for the results that he has gotten. You can see a little bit of the broken blood vessels around his eyes. That is the only way you can tell that he has even had surgery. Yeah for 20/20 & 20/25 which is what he can currently see (as of Wednesday 12/5) although a little fuzzy. And here he is modeling a new pair of Nonprescription sunglasses, his first pair of those in years. Mainly due to the camera flash being to bright to his sensitive eyes.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Homemade creativity
Cheap and crafty - two of my favorite things. Thanks to Home Depot who was giving away the boughs from trimmed Christmas trees I was able to make a cute holiday wreath.
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