We’ve never been a family that encourages Christmas lists.  We don’t do Santa and we’ve always emphasized that if someone wants to give you a gift it is up to them what to bless you with.  Still… these disciples are human… and Marie could not resist filling up this page of her Mickey Mouse colering coloring book.

She rocks my world, don’t you know?

FYI – closes = clothes
music set = pretend CD player like Tabitha has
tickets for a show = seeing a play or musical

But the last one is the best… For Marie to ask for a loving heart is like the sky asking for blue or the grass asking for green.  She was born with the lovingest heart I know.

I have been working a lot this month.  There are two reasons for this.  First, the hospital went live with the government-mandated electronic medical record and we were all asked to work more.  And this is the time of year I naturally pick up more work because John has some time off and I can make some extra money for Christmas expenses, namely holiday groceries.  I have been working more than double my normal hours.  Today that lent itself to Daddy doing homeschool.  Tabitha asked him if they could have a picnic.  He wasn’t prepared for a picnic LUNCH, but he let them have an after-lunch picnic.  Or junk-food-carnival.  You can decide what to call it. 

At least he knows what is important… he took pictures for my blog to show Mommy what she missed.

Tabitha was so excited it was a buffet!  LOL.   That little green container at the end has orange peppers in it.  That must have been their token veggie!  I bet they had JOLT Cola in the cups! LOL.  HAHA – Actually – I just asked John.  He concedes it was a quarter can of Pepsi each!  ROFLOL. 

At least Marie was praying for the junk food!

These are some cute pics from yesterday.  Do you love how Tabitha sweeps the driveway?  I suppose that is how Donna Reed would have done it, if Donna Reed knew where to find a wheelbarrow.

Johanna seems to be trying out as a role as a Nazarene, or a Galilean, or something.