Yuletide Slide
Skating in socks.
First time for visiting Santa without tears. We gave up on seeing Santa a few years ago. Of course, both kids do not remember being afraid and insist they were not. Sean decided to “test” Santa by giving him his list.
POLAR BEARS TO PENGUINS Exhibit
SCIENCEWORKS…. we went to a class to learn about velcro and irridescent colors.
It is a shame that funerals can make good photo opportunities. I think the last time we got all dressed up was for the church directory picture last year. I wasn’t pleased with that picture but I think these home photos turned out well.
Things have been crazy here but I didn’t want to forget to capture a picture of Sierra without her top two teeth. She pulled both a few days ago. Sean and Sierra have been saving up allowance money and both earned a bundle at the garage sale. Here is Sierra with her new doll.
Candy is evil. High fructose corn syrup and artificial color and flavors. But trick or treating is fun.
A couple of kids I know are sleeping well. Us? Not so much. They start out in their beds. He stays there some nights but seems to wake up about half the time after he knows that Daddy is up for work so he moves in with me. For about the past month, she has been moving in during the night. It started with a bad dream which was a humdinger. It was allegedly followed by strange sounds and a green light of some kind which she doesn’t think were part of the dream. Hence the waking up scared and moving to our room. We’ve tried everything. We are still praying at bedtime that she doesn’t wake up until morning but I think we’re getting a lesson on patience and sleep-deprivation for now.
I still try to find time to take pictures though. Enjoy.
Beautiful morning… haven’t seen clouds much in the past couple months, but these were so pretty.
Dead grass at soccer fields. Can you say drought? Notice the tree in the background that is already changing fall colors.
Dead grass in our backyard. At least the lack of rain is consistent across the county.
Ok, so this was last year and I am not sure if I posted it or not but since I found it in my drafts folder…. thought I’d post it just in case I had not. The butterfly exhibit has been our favorite attraction at the zoo. We did not go this year.
Sierra: When I grow up I want to be princess. Do you have to go to college to be a princess?
Mom: No, you don’t have to go to college.
Sierra: What do you have to do to become a princess?
Mom: Well, you kind of have to be born to a king or queen.
Sierra (looking at me with disappointment): Oh.
Mom: Sorry we can’t help you out with that.
