Happy New Year!!

Had a great day at Mom & Dad's today ringing in the new year! Chuck, Monica, Mason & Benjamin, the Bruces, and the Orrs were there. We ended up having a tremendous amount of food. I made Baked Ziti and Italian Bread, Mick made a gigantic salad, Kelly made spaghetti & meatballs, Monica made a pasta dish. We also had crackers, summer sausage & cheese, nachos & salsa, Chex Mix, Mom made cabbage (mainly for the guys -- ick!). We also had chocolate chunk cookies, brownies, thin mints and puppy chow. I only had one meal around 2:30 or 3:00, then snacked the rest of the day. Dad had the audacity to ask if anyone wanted ice cream around 8:00 pm. He didn't get any takers. :-D

The rest of the time we played games; Euchre, Yahtzee, Pictionary & Trivial Pursuit, guys vs. girls. For some reason, the girls had some pretty easy questions, unlike when we played on Christmas Eve and got some really hard ones! We ended up with 4 out of 6 pie pieces by the time we needed to stop.

Just a fun time of being together. Dad said they visited Grandma in the morning and she was doing pretty good. Actually, the past 2 days have been good days where she's smiled and talked more than usual. She's pretty amazing.

Tomorrow, we'll probably try to get some housework done and take down the Christmas decorations (our tree is completely dried out). Sunday is fellowship meal after church, but I don't know if we'll go to it or not. Then Mick has one more day off on Monday. We may head down to the Central Library ... we'll have to see. I predict Tuesday will be a little bumpy as we all try to get things back to normal. Not normal for long, though -- Courtney's birthday is on Friday! :-D The fun continues ...

Finished "A Christmas Carol!"

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Finally read through this short story! My girls loved it! We finished it in the car on Christmas morning on the way to Grandma and Grandpa's.

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Claire Funny

The girls just started watching The Sound of Music.  It was one of the opening scenes with all the nuns.  Claire asks:  "Daddy, are they penguins or something?"

 

LOL!!

Happy sigh ...

Spent a wonderful couple of days at Mom & Dad's with the family. Christmas Eve included everyone but the Mozingos, who were spending the day with Pat's family. We ate and ate, sang, watched the kids and played a fun game called "Family", which even the little ones could play.

Mick and I spent most of the day before in the kitchen. We made: Date Pudding, Gingerbread Men, Buckeyes, Glazed Almond Sugar Cookies, and Chinese Chews.

Now I'm enjoying my Christmas gift; Hershey Special Dark candy bar!! (love him!)

Now I'm fallin asleep at the keyboard, so I'll end.

--Colleen

3:51 am

Claire: MOMMY!!! MOMMY!!!

Me: (running) What?! (heart pounding)

Claire: Was I a baby before Grant?

Me: Yes. Now go back to sleep.

Claire: OK

Pretty good observation for a 3-year-old. I just hope her next light-bulb moment happens during regular waking hours. :-D

Nicole's wedding

Forecast for this Saturday:  cloudy, rainy, cold  (high of 47!).  Wonder if I can find some nice dress coats on short notice???

Funny Claire

Claire has had some pretty funny comments lately since she's been potty trained.  Today, while she flushed, she stood at the potty ... watching.  I was washing my hands when she said "Where does it go?"  "What?  The toilet paper?"  "Yes", she said.  "Well, it goes down into the ground and then it just ... goes away." 

<pause>

"It walks?" 

"No!"

"Oh, It can't walk yet?"

 

:-D