TOBY’S NEW BED

I got Toby a new bed – it was on sale – so that I could put it up on the bed for him to lay on at night. I thought it would help keep him from always laying in my spot on the bed. Who was I kidding!! Even after I move him over, he doesn’t lay on the dog bed. so, I just put it on the floor by my desk. Now when he’s MIA in the front part of the house, this is where I find him.

Sometimes it’s just quieter in the back.

NICE THINGS SIT IN SMALL BOXES

Went to the bonus room to check on the kids and this is what I found.

Does she look comfy or what?

I also found this

They all seemed happy to me:)

MY FIRST TN CHRISTMAS

We had Christmas at my house on Christmas eve day.  Vail, Katy and Micah came in their pj’s.  After breakfast, we told the kids to get together in front of the tree for pictures and this is what we got…

 

After silly, we did get a little more serious:)

                 

Then it was time to open gifts.

 

Some of us were party poopers

The last of the crowd left about 3:30 that afternoon.   It was a fun day.

SOME FINISHED PROJECTS

Got the buffet and the mantle decorated and eventually got the background clutter picked up too:)

Finished Charley Kate’s quilt top and

Then got it sandwiched, quilted, labeled , bound and washed.

And I got Avery’s name put on her throw. So, I went ahead and gave all three of the girls their early Christmas present. They seemed to really like them.

Got my grandmother’s drop leaf duncan phyfe(?) table fixed (the movers managed to break off one of the legs) and returned. Put it behind the sofa and moved my dining room table back into the kitchen and got that table moved to Jen’s house until they find a table for their dining room.

Then tonight had Jen’s birthday dinner (early). She wanted meatballs, rice, green beans and Kentucky corn. The cake and singing will have to wait til Tuesday. After supper we watched part of National Lampoon Christmas while the girls were playing in the bonus room. All in all a productive couple of days.

AVERY’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

On Wednesday, Michael and I went to Avery’s class’s Christmas party. When we first got there the kids were all sitting on the carpet listening to a story the teacher was reading. As a former teacher, I couldn’t get over the storage in the room. They even had a restroom in the room so the kids didn’t have to leave the class. What teacher wouldn’t love that:))

The tables were already set up for the party. Each students place was marked with the gingerbread house they had made I think on Mon. or Tues. They were made with milk cartons (that was what they attached their stuff to), icing (for glue) graham crackers, peppermints, stick pretzels, gum drops, and probably other candy.

While the parents got the food ready, the kids took turns playing a game where they used a straw to blow a cotton ball down the hall and then carried an ornament on a spoon. Some of them were so funny – they held the straw and just blew with their mouth, using the straw kind of like a hockey stick to guide the cotton ball.

The other activity was making a snowman with an oreo as a base, icing for glue and marshmallows and candy … the hats were hershey kisses.

Good food .. pigs in a blanket, chip and dip, carrots, grapes, cupcakes and cookies. They were all high on sugar by the time they left:))

After they ate, their teacher (Mrs. Debbie Smith) gave each of them a book about the Gingerbread Man and all his friends and also a bag of candy treats.

Then it was time to pack up and get ready to go home .

The one thing I thought was strange was that they still had to go back to school today for half a day. I couldn’t figure out why they didn’t wait til today to have the party. As it turned out, Avery got the day off anyway.

I went with them back to Michael’s and after visiting for awhile , we went to a place called Brick’s Cafe (they cook in a brick oven) and ate supper. Then I left and came back to Spring Hill.

Avery had lots of fun but when she got back to her mom’s , she was complaining about her throat hurting and was running a pretty high fever – over 102 and during the night it went up to almost 105. So, it was off to the Dr. today where they said she has strep but should be back to normal in a couple of days. We are very glad about that.

Have a great rest of the week everybody.

WHY I LOVE LIVING CLOSER TO AT LEAST SOME OF MY KIDS

GRANDKIDS ….. OF COURSE !!

Tonight we went to Vail’s Christmas program. It was so much fun.

Of course all the kids were so cute and there were plenty of chuckles along with the singing. Here is a snippet. Can’t get the video to upload so pictures will have to do. Vail is in the middle of the group with the white sweatshirts with the Christmas trees.

After the program, the kids got to see Santa and have their picture made. Katy wouldn't sit with Santa --- maybe next year.

There was also cake and punch for everyone. All in all a very enjoyable time.