We celebrated Christmas at our home on December 22nd. So the night before we put out a piece of Jesus’ Birthday Cake for Santa and some celery for the reindeer. Faith thought she needed to taste test the cake before she would go to bed.
After the kids went to bed, the fun began for us because Santa came to our house!!! He needed to come a little early being that we would be in Iowa for Christmas. The next morning, Faith was the first one up and we went downstairs and she walked right past the tree, then all of the sudden stopped, turned and sat down next to the presents. I didn’t wrap up the Little People House and accessories, so she spotted that right away and wanted to play with the car that was in the bag. Once Noah woke up, he was all about opening the presents. It was so fun watching their expressions when they would open a new present.
December seemed to keep us busy…we built a gingerbread house, seen Santa, Grandpa and Grandma Nielsen came down to visit, went downtown to Union Station and Crown Center, dressed Faith up in her Christmas dress for church, celebrated Christmas at our home and back in George with the family!!!
Here’s a short little video of Faith dancing a few weeks back. We were going to have a drive-way movie at the neighbors house, so while we were setting up, we just had some music playing. She kept wanting to stand right next to the speakers and dance. She is dancing to the song “Miss Independent” in this video…I think the song was written for her!
And for those of you who get the email, you can’t see the embedded video, so here is the link: http://youtu.be/LUTgS4aiazM
My mom came down for a visit over the Halloween weekend!!! Noah knew about it about a month before, so it was a LONG wait before she got here. Almost every day he would ask if Silly Grandma was on her way. But when she finally did get here, we were busy pretty much the whole time!!! Let’s see if I can remember everything!
Mom got here on Thursday the 27th around noon. So we got caught up a little bit and played.
After supper, we headed out to the “Enchanted Forest”. We got a little candy there and there was little stations throughout the park that you could stop and watch a puppet show, magic show, kids singing, etc. There was even a bounce house at the end that the kids played in.
Friday morning we went to iHop for breakfast to have “Scary Face Pancakes”.
Then after breakfast, we headed out to the KC Pumpkin Patch.
Even did the Corn Maze while we were there. It was fun, but we definitely didn’t go in order. I think we hit number 7, 8, 3 and 2. Guess that’s what you get when you let a 3 year old and a Silly Grandma lead the way!!!
Friday night, Mom and I headed to the winery for their “Hallowine” party. I won some tickets on Facebook to attend, and we decided we should go!! Mom was dancing in the parking lot!!!
Saturday was spent more laid back. Mom watched the kids while Rick and I went to lunch and the movie “Courageous”. After the movie, Mom and I hit Costco for a little shopping, but I think that’s about it.
Sunday morning we went to the zoo for “Boo at the Zoo”. We left Rick and Faith at home and we ended up spending ALL day there!!!! We did see a few animals, but it was mainly about getting candy, riding the train, the tram, the sky safari, the carousal, and the playground!!
I babysit our neighbors baby about three times a week, and Monday was one of those days, so it was spent at home. I can’t remember what we all did, but I remember it being nice outside!
Monday night was trick or treating!!!!! We had a GREAT time!!!
Tuesday morning I had to do books, so I left before Mom. She stayed a little longer to watch the kids while Rick got a little work done. I’m glad that she stayed as long as she did, but I wish she could have stayed longer!!! It was very nice having her here!!! Thanks for everything Mom!!!! You’re the best!!!!
(If this post does’t make sense, it’s because I’ve been working on it for a couple of days!!! Hopefully you get the drift!)
I know I haven’t updated in a while….sorry!!! I will try to explain why I don’t have time to update….her name is FAITH!
Not sure if you’ve seen the video of the Honey Badger on YouTube…it’s not really a kid friendly video…so you were warned! But if you watch this, you will understand why she is known as “The Honey Badger”.
Here’s some pictures, to prove my point….
I swear she actually knows that if she makes one mess, I will need to clean that up, so she can go do something else! Here’s one example of a morning about a week and a half ago…
She found the bubble bath inside a basket and proceeded to dump it out on my bed. It leaked thru the comforter onto the sheets. Rick was home during the time, so while I was taking apart the bed, he climbed into the shower with the comforter to try to wash all the bubble bath out. In the meantime, Faith found a glass of water that she dumped out and also found Noah’s box of legos (that he just cleaned up) and dumped them all out. This was all after she cleaned out my nightstand and had little sticky notes all over too. And this was just part of a morning. No wonder I’m tired!!!
She really is a honey badger…she doesn’t give a s*#@!!!
