I’m a Momma and It’s Christmas!

Are you familiar with Momma Be Thy Name? Are you following her on twitter?Why do I ask? Because for the last 11 days, Stephanie at Momma Be Thy Name has had a series of guest posters, and she’s calling it Momma Be Thy Name’s 12 Days of Christmas.WELL……I’m so excited to […]

Songs of Joy

Excited voices fill the gymnasium as seats are taken and personal space disappears.The first of many programs will soon start, and I don’t want to miss a second of it. Camera ready, my eyes scan the room and lock on the doorway.Finally, signs of life appear and I wait for […]

By |December 22nd, 2011|Christmas, Henry|Comments Off on Songs of Joy

Merry Christmas To Me!

When it comes to gifts, I might be a little spoiled by my husband.And by a “little”, I mean a lot.He got me #1 on my wish list, and I got to open it early.I have yet to figure out how to do much with it, besides point and shoot […]

By |December 15th, 2011|Christmas, Ervin, Essie, Henry, ivy|Comments Off on Merry Christmas To Me!

Crap! Where’s Baby Jesus?

Don’t panic. We’ll find him.One of this week’s prompts from Mama Kat’s Pretty Much World Famous Writer’s Workshop was “Your Nativity Scene”Linking up with KLZ and Liz for iPhone Photo Phun! Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s);if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);

By |December 13th, 2011|Christmas, Mama Kat|Comments Off on Crap! Where’s Baby Jesus?

A Little Holiday Cheer

I’m definitely into the Christmas spirit these days. We’ve got the Christmas tree up…Yes, as a matter of fact, our tree IS in a playpen this year!The Christmas music playing in the kitchen…The Christmas movies on the TV (and the subsequent drawing requests)…I did this one (after I googled a […]

By |December 9th, 2011|Christmas, giveaway|Comments Off on A Little Holiday Cheer

My Christmas List #mondaylisticles

Stasha at The Good Life is asking, for this week’s Monday Listicles, for us to list our Christmas wish list. OUR list, not our kids’ or our hubby’s.I can handle that.So, here’s MY list (if money was no object, mostly, but I wouldn’t mind actually getting one or two of these […]

By |December 4th, 2011|Christmas|Comments Off on My Christmas List #mondaylisticles

Henry’s Christmas List

I just had to share this. Our son, Henry, turned six years old in October, and he LOVES to draw. He definitely takes after his artist dad.He’s been drawing pirates and ships for what feels like forever, and he’s improved a lot. He adds details like crazy now, and makes […]

By |December 1st, 2011|Christmas, Henry|Comments Off on Henry’s Christmas List

Christmas #4 (Better Late Than Never)

I know it’s February. That doesn’t mean that I am caught up on Christmas posts! If this blog wasn’t my way of recording our memories, I probably wouldn’t bother trying to catch up at this point. But, it is, and I’m super excited because I’ve found an easy way to […]

Christmas Week Activities

Since T. is in the middle of his two weeks’ vacation from work, we decided to go do something fun with the kids on one of our “off” days (as in, a day without a Christmas). E. Belle stayed with grandma and grandpa on Wednesday, and we took the big […]

Christmas #3

Christmas #3 was yesterday, Christmas evening, at my aunt and uncle’s house. It’s a big house, and when all of our kids are in it, it gets a little wild. They also have a piano, which is always a big hit. Mr. Ned What a ham.