December fun

I have been having some nice snow days off with the kids. Grace was a bit sick over the weekend with a fever, but seems to be perking up now. We got our tree, and went to zoo lights last week for David's company party. We are looking forward to David's week off from work and some quality time with family and friends....hopefully the weather will hold up.

Evan in the snow
Grace in the snow

The kids at Zoo lights

Family picture at David's company party/Zoo lights

Our snowy backyard

Our tree

Fun Times

Grace, Chase and Evan decorating the gingerbread train.
This is what a bad hair day looks like according to Grace.

The finished train!

First off, my brother and his wife had a beautiful little girl on November 24th. My sister in law was in labor for about 36 hours, so we were thankful when Cadence was finally born. She weighed in just under 8 pounds and was 21 inches long. Everyone is doing well and adjusting to their new rolls.

Evan's Botox has kicked in. He was a little debilitated by it for a day or so, but now when he is out of his braces, he has been running flat footed. We are excited to see this, but know that it probably is only temporary. In the mean time he has a few physical therapy appointments coming up to see if we can work with those muscles.

David has had a few weeks off from school, so we have enjoyed some much needed family time lately. We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving weekend, with a little bit of shopping too. David has school again tomorrow, and then leaves for a quick trip to the east coast on Sunday. We will have to wait to get our tree next weekend.

Our kitty Roger has adopted another family. The lady who lives behind us is in love with our cat. He started visiting her, and she started feeding him, and well guess what? He likes it there since she takes care of him, and probably is able to pet him more through out the day then we do. I called her today though to send him home, since he really is "our" cat, and we really do pay his vet bills and pay for his prescribed food. (I didn't say that when I left the message , don't worry) I hope to see him show up soon.

Last weekend the kids and their friend Chase made a gingerbread train for Christmas. They helped me decorate the house too, and now all that is left his to get the tree and the wreath that we ordered from our neighbor kids.

Last night as we were getting ready for bed, Grace informed me when I took out her pig tails, that she was having a bad hair day. I was laughing so hard, because I never say that phrase and I have no idea where she picked that up. Then the other day I wanted to put a single pony tail in her hair, and she told me it would look "weird". What! Does she even know what weird means?

To top off the funny stories...Grace has been making pictures lately. She can draw just about anything, and makes about 50 pictures a day. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. Anyway, we told her to make a picture of her Uncle Ryan (our good friend) and her to send in his Christmas card. So she did. Lately the men she has been making have had what looks like a 3rd leg. You probably know where this is going. So, when I asked her what that was, she said it was his "gina". Well, we knew what she was implying, and told her that boys don't have those. She said "I know, but I gave him one." We explained again what boys and girls have, and that those are private parts that we should leave out of pictures and not talk about. I am not sure if she really was drawing that, or said it to be funny, but it was hard not to laugh.

Kids! You never know what will come next~