this blog has gone to the dogs
12.31.2010
12.28.2010
fake ice??
We took the kids to a little fake ice rink....
they skated on white plastic & soap.
Connor fell many many times,
Jacob made a new friend
and Mia stayed clean;)
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Connor & I both thought she'd
go down with the first step...
we were both wrong;)
The look of MISCHIEF!
almost went down...
Mia & Connor
Jacob & Mia
One of many falls....ouch!
After fake ice skating we went to the mall..
12.25.2010
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
her hair was in curlers...as cute as a mouse!
CHRISTmas Eve at our house!
Up up & away with flying lessons for GiGi!
New bedding for MiabaiMia & Jason
UNCLE EMIT
Uncle Bobby, me & Auntie Cleo
my girl;)
nail polish in every color!!!!
stay warm Mia!
my girl;)
nail polish in every color!!!!
stay warm Mia!
12.24.2010
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make
glad the heart of childhood.
12.18.2010
Last weekend I took the kids to a
Lowe's Hammer & Nail Class
I thought that by the use of the
word "class" it meant the children would be taught
by a Lowe's employee.
I was wrong.
We arrived to learn that it was a classroom where they
provide the materials and the parents then assist
the child with building the wooden toy.
So...after a moment of panic,
I guided Jacob, Connor & Mia through the instructions
on how to build a wooden train car.
We each hit our fingers once with the hammer...not bad.
Jacob: Alex, will you hold this nail so I can hit it?Me: Nice try.
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