Goodies and Games

January 15, 2017 | Stacy

Marie made some Oreo balls.
They were amazing.

Incredibly amazing. Oh. Wow.

And we had a really good game of Scrabble, to boot.

Just three kids?!

January 13, 2017 | Stacy

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.

Sometimes I take their photos

January 11, 2017 | Stacy

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.

Bathroom beauty.

January 5, 2017 | Stacy

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.

A winter tea party

January 5, 2017 | Stacy

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.

Back to school

January 3, 2017 | Stacy

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.

New Years Eve 2016

December 31, 2016 | Stacy

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.