Highly Developed

My Megan is quite the individual. She is a whole lot of things including independent and sure of herself. Recently Eric went to parent teacher conferences and told me a couple of things that I want to remember about her. After they discussed academics (which Megan did great on, WooHoo!) they talked about a few other things. Her teacher mentioned that Megan seems to have a highly developed sense of humor for her age, which the boys seemed to really respond to. Oh great! I asked Eric is she was referring to her new sarcastic nature. Megan is quite quick witted, and I admit that I do enjoy sarcasm, but I had no idea she had this persona at school. She also mentioned that Megan's desk was quite messy. When I asked Megan about it, I expected her to get defensive. But she just said, "Yep, that's pretty true." It made me laugh. She gets her messiness from me.

Megan expressing her individuality with hair.

This is how she did it the other morning. And for the record she wore it like this all day (including a trip to Costco and Wal-Mart).

Christmas, Christmas Time Was Here

I love Christmas. What else can I say? Ours was great this year. We started off the festivities by unwrapping one gift on Christmas Eve.

Jackson had a hard time deciding. He wanted to make sure he opened a "fun" one. I helped steer him away from any clothing items, and he was happy with his choice (a toy ATV).

Megan has know for quite a while which present she was going to open. It was a present from Jackson, and here is her reaction when she realized what it was:

It was a new skateboard. It was the only thing she asked for for Christmas.

Sadie tried to unwrap her gift. But once she discovered the ribbon, she wrapped it around her neck and was content with that.

I received a really cute black shirt from my sister-in-law Krista. However, now I would like to talk a bit about the gift Eric received. I am sure many of you that have seen Sportscenter have seen the numerous commercials for FatHeads. If you haven't, they are GIANT vinyl stickers that you place on your wall. Just picture a life size football player of your choice on the wall in your home. I mentioned to Eric that he can pretty well count on never receiving one as a gift, but I failed to remember that he has a few single brothers left who think that it is the perfect gift. So now I have a huge (5 ft. by 4ft.) SeaHawks helmet to display somewhere. Yeah right. I told Eric maybe this would be motivation for cleaning the garage so he could enjoy it out there.

CHRISTMAS DAY

Like everyday, Megan woke up early. However, she didn't come and wake us up, she just turned on the cartoons, like everyday, and waited for everyone to get up. I thought for sure Jackson would come and get us up when he woke up, but no. He just hopped on the couch and watched cartoons with Megan.

Santa Came

My mom playing with the kids. She is the best pretend player I know. She plays with them continually and they love it.

We finished off the day by playing the Wii Eric's family gave us. It is 2 days later and I have to admit that I have some soreness in my legs today. Either I am quite out of shape, or am a very vigorous player.

Flaky

I am way behind on blogging. In fact I am way behind in every aspect of my life. I am not done Christmas shopping (not even close), I have not wrapped a thing, I have scads of gifts to send to send at the post office, and my laundry is out of control. But why am I so far behind? It is because I tend to take on too many new projects at the worst possible times. Projects that could wait, but because I am impatient, I cannot make them wait. One I am really excited about (piano restoration), that I will post about soon, and one that is time consuming (redoing the kids rooms), but will be excited about when it is finally finished.

Any who, How can we not talk about the snow, and an actual snow day in Las Vegas? It was very strange that the day the kids were actually out of school was the sunniest and nicest day of the week, and the 3 days previous were rainy, snowy, and cold, but that is neither here nor there. Here are some pictures of the few little flakes we got at our house.

Flashback-To Last Christmas

Megan Said-Flashback Friday Edition

Megan: "Mom is Santa real?"
Me: "Of course!"
Megan: "Well yeah! First, there is different wrapping paper, and second, there is no way parents could afford to buy that many toys."

Sadie Said

Sadie Said: "UP"

Up is Sadie's official first word. She has been saying Mama and Dada for a while, but not always in relation to us, so I do not count them. She actually uses the word up, when she wants up, so I am counting it!

Now for some pictures of her yesterday. The hat didn't last too long.

SPT

The SPT's for this month tells us to, "Take deep breaths. Channel your chi. Don't sacrifice the small, still moments. Enjoy them! And photograph them!"

Tuesday December 9th: Joy

When I hear the word joy the first thing that comes to my mind is the song Joy To The World. No, not the Christmas song, which would be more appropriate for this time of year, but rather the song by 3 Dog Night. So joy to the fishes in the deep blue see, and let heaven and nature sing. Which song do you think of first?

To learn more about SPT click here.

Too Cool For Winter

I have been wondering when Eric would forgo his summer work wardrobe for his winter one, and thought for sure today would be the day (since it is freezing outside), but no. His is still holding on to his shorts and short-sleeved shirts.


Also, my little Megan refuses to wear a coat. This is not a new occurrence. She wouldn't wear one last year either. I have given up trying to get her to wear a big coat to school, but do force her to bring a jacket. She will put it on, but will not zip it up, and as soon as she gets to school she takes it off and puts it in her backpack (that's right, I have spied on her). I'm sure she has somehow determined that it is not cool to wear a coat. But already? She is only a 3rd grader. I was at least in middle school before I was too cool for a coat. Maybe Eric also feels that he is way too cool for warm clothes.

Four on Friday

1. Uh-huh. That's right. I'm crafty. Look at these cute magnets Rachael and I made this week. I have to admit that it wasn't my idea, and Rachael actually did the painting, but putting the vinyl lettering on was all me. Pretty impressive. We also made some other stuff, but someone in my readership may be getting them for Christmas, so I must keep them a secret.


2. If you come to my house, you will now see entire cabinets emptied out, kitchen towels all over the floor, and paper fragments everywhere. There is a lot of cleaning involved in this stage of development.

3. This is what Megan and Jackson do practically every day. I had no idea how much air Megan got before I saw these pictures.

4. I really do have a great husband. I am sure all of your husbands are really great too, but I have the best. To see why, click here.

9

See those two people that look really far away? That's Eric and I getting married 9 years ago today. I would post a picture of us closer up, maybe longingly looking into each other's eyes, but I don't have one. That's right, I own no pictures of just the two of us on our wedding day. It is the one thing I would change. Well, that is not entirely true. I would also probably elope since I am not much for ceremony.
Our wedding was probably the closest thing you can get to eloping, without actually doing it. Thinking back I realize how little interest I took in it. It was very small, we had no reception, and I didn't pay much attention to the details. But neither did anyone else, hence a dress I didn't like and no pictures! Regardless, it was the day that changed my life forever.
I was so incredibly in love with Eric (still am, but I am focusing on my feelings 9 years ago). I thought he could do no wrong, was the most wonderful person on earth, and wanted to spend every minute I had with him. I just wanted to marry him. I didn't care how. I didn't care who was there. I didn't care what I was wearing. I didn't care how I looked. I didn't care where we were married or when. I just knew we had to be together. We got married pretty quickly. We were both sure, and wanted it done. Simply, I love him.

Fat..........Lip

Sadie has had her first physically noticeable injury, complete with blood. While trying to crawl out the back door, she slipped, scraped her nose and chin, and bit her lip. Her little lip swelled up quite a bit. But I am happy to report, she recovered quickly, had no trouble eating, and her lip is back to normal size today. Just scrapes on her nose and chin remain.

Checking herself out in the mirror.