The Day After

A little good clean fun?

I always encourage brotherly/sisterly love!

Who's going to come away with the title?
-What a way to spend the day after Christmas-
The day after the celebration of the birth of Christ
& with all the new toys to play with this is
what they do/how they entertain themselves

This is what Simon did while the fight went on just

4 or 5 feet away & never moved.

He'd looked at them like what are they doing now?

Lulu makes a fashion statement. Now isn't that the

best bowling outfit ever!

We met up with friends that were in town for the holidays

& did a little cosmic bowling.

Gman got a strike.
I had hurt my foot just before leaving

( on Gmans new Scooter that SANTA brought)

& still beat all of them. Ha!

Christmas Day

I took this right after Santa came, with only the

tree lights on. My tree looks much better than it appears in

these pic's.But my flash is too bright or something

& I can't seem to over ride it or anything HELP!

BeforeDuring
After Isn't this sweet - he told her that she couldn't ride her new scooter until she had her helmet on & correctly Watch out - he's armed - not sure about dangerous.

Lulu got a nerf maverick to defend herself with but Gman took that one over as well.

Simon found time for a nap

Off to bed -until the dishwasher is done- I am.

Not to bad considering that we had about 20 people here

Holiday Favorites - Part II (before Christmas)

A little more village
Leo the elf stopped by & made a few messes
& entertained Gman & Lulu.
He was a lot of fun, even if I had to clean up "his" messes

An afternoon decorating Christmas cookies with friends

Does this look like fun?
It really was & not that big of a mess.
Even with 12 or 13 kids armed with frosting & sprinkles
Some of the finished products

Holiday Favorites - Part I (before Christmas)

We hosted our 8th White Elephant with friends

A Charlie Brown Christmas a must in this house.

It's a law I think? Made by ME of course.
A shot of the window seat & bookcases in the kitchen
Gman wanted us to put the village up this year
(we hadn't in 4 yrs-with all the moves -Lulu didn't know what it was)
We had over 20 houses in 4 locations Mantle in the den & Simon of course

Gingerbread house 2008

Our 1st ever we see how much we improve as the years go by

Spreading Christmas Cheer!

One of the things about home schooling that I'm enjoying, is taking

them on projects with my woman's club group. We went a few weeks

ago to the assisted living home & decorated the doors for the

residents. I like being able to expose them to so much.

They are impersonating a set of Caroler dolls in the lobby

A Night In the Big City With The Big Guy

We had our trip to see Santa a few weeks ago.

Yes, they are wearing PJ's. It came about a few years ago when I couldn't find any Christmas outfits that I liked & we decided that since Santa comes when we are ALL sleeping that PJ's would be just fine.



After Santa we headed over to Atlantic Station for some shopping & then spotted the HUGE tree they have & it screamed photo opt. The kids were screaming something about being cold & freezing , but I had the warm fuzzies of the moment & didn't notice that their fingers were falling off. I did notice Lsquare in a very festive mood himself. Not sure who was complaining more. But I wasn't leaving until I got the photo I wanted. So I let that be known & suddenly everyone was on board.

No silly photos here, just pictures to treasure for a lifetime. Ha!