There were only three kids at home at dinner time tonight. Stewart was at work, and Marie and Tab were sleeping over at Nan’s house. We decided the remaining five might like dinner at the food court.
Nigel’s loaded fries looked amazing.
I do love my food court Chinese food a few times a year.
just to have them on my phone so I can look at them later. Like a take-with-me album of our days.
She asked for the last bits of my coffee. I love this quirk about her.
I can’t believe she will soon be four.
When we first moved into the house almost 10 years ago, one of the first rooms we gave our attention to was the upstairs bathroom. I never took a photo of it in its prime, but as I prepared to dismantle it, I grabbed a few.
In 2012, I updated it to this. The mint paint looks kind of nice in the photos. In real life, it was rather jarring.
Over break I took a little time to give it an update. It went from jarring to super-mellooowwww. Tabitha suggested the beachy theme after I’d started painting. I think it comes off nicely.
The curtain is glow-in-the-dark fabric. It doesn’t glow much. But it’s a cute print.
Mrs. Mrs. Fuhrman invited us for another tea party.
This time she presented the girls with a princess theme that went over exceedingly well.
Katriel quickly spotted the animal crackers available to serve the dollies. She may or may not have sampled all a few of them.
Mrs. Mrs. Fuhrman suggested that the girls bring a special doll to share in the party.
This is what they brought.
Really.
You can’t always be dainty when you are three…
It was such a fun and special treat.
Here’s a funny story about it. Johanna had two cards for Mrs. Mrs. Fuhrman. The day after we got home, I asked her to make a Thank You card. She said, “No.” She had already made two cards. She was tired when I asked, so I let it go. Then a day or two later we asked her again. She was as steadfast as she could be. She said, “I already told you, I already gave her a thank you card.” And she would NOT make another card. It’s not that she doesn’t like making cards. She makes cards and notes all the time. But she was standing on the principle of the thing. So she didn’t make a card.
Christmas break is over and it is back to the books… Katriel isn’t so keen on sharing her siblings with higher learning. She comes around for snuggles as often as possible.
To celebrate New Year’s Eve this year, we decided to watch The Wizard of Oz. Although none of us was super interested, it seemed like a good idea given the oldest four have been granted the opportunity to be part of the production at the Finney school this year.
The kids had never seen it before.
It is one of my least liked movies. Ever. I did pick up on a few funny lines, however.
The best part of the evening was the food. Even though we were coming off a season of good eating, we decided to go out with a bang. Deep friend Oreos were on the menu.
They were ridiculously amazing. But you really can’t eat more than two. Or three.
Then the older kids joined us to watch/rewatch Captain America. I actually really enjoyed it!
Winter often means more time for games.
And funny faces?
Kelly bought us new shirts for Christmas.
We woke the kids at 6:30 AM so they would be ready when Nan, Nene, Ba, and Poppy arrived at 7:00 AM. It was a very hard wait.
We busied ourselves by setting the table for breakfast.
Our guests arrived at 7 on the dot.
Nan was the courier for Marie’s gifts to us. Marie had gone to Nan’s on Monday to make us these gorgeous cookie trays.
We started with gifts. First Johanna handed out hers to her siblings.
She made a book for Katriel.
Who was elated!
She gave Stewart a dollar. Her “second-to-last” dollar.
She made Nigel a book, too.
I stepped out to frost cinnamon muffins as Tabitha handed out hers. She gave her siblings gifts she had specially selected when we went shopping. She had play-doh for her younger sisters, candy for her brothers, and a new set of colored pencils for Marie.
Stewart and Nigel gave the little girls Peabody and Sherman. Do they look happy?
And gave Tabitha and Marie the movie Brave.
The first gift Katriel opened was a Yoda doll. Because doesn’t every three year old girl want a Yoda?
Then there were a lot of princesses.
superheroes
and other great gifts.
Stewart didn’t know what this is. (A reversible, portable green/blue screen.)
A soccer ball that actually hold air.
Speechless with Narnia toys.
Disney CDs.
The girls sang on the praise team, and Stewart sang Messiah for service at 10:30. Then back home to rip open the toys.
And the garage looks like Amazon puked here.
Merry Christmas!
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