Sydney getting ready for the Christmas piano recital
She played Silent Night and Carol of the Bells
Isaac sitting on Santa’s lap at the ward Chrismtas party
Sydney visiting with Santa
I love my little Christmas tree.
Here’s the stockings I made last year. I made my own pattern for them because I wanted something simple and simple was not to be found!
Isaac’s stocking
Sydney’s stocking
Liz’s stocking
Peter’s stocking (I always put a lump of coal in his stocking on Christmas)
My new Christmasy apron.
He did a great job! He spelled it wrong by just a little bit – he wrote “Issac.” His name is spelled with one S and two A’s.
Here’s Sydney sporting her new glasses and toothless smile!
They just look happy and innocent…
It’s hard to smile while you’re eating carrots.
“What can I do to bother Sydney today?”
Somehow it’s not as cute as watching a baby sleep…
So I thought of a better idea for the whole room sharing thing that Peter and I are going to try out for two weeks and then decide if it will be a permanent solution. Sydney is going to leave most of her things in her current room and have about 1/2 of the space and half of the closet to call “her room.” That way she has some private space and has a place to play and when friends come over Isaac cannot bother her or get into her stuff. By moving that queen sized bed out of her … Read the rest
So we have STUFF. Too much of it to be precise. And I am NOT a pack-rat. Some of this STUFF that is always in the way is the treadmill, stationary bike, food storage and my sewing table. Oh, and two pianos which really do take up a lot of room which is precisely why everything else is taking up a lot of room when it wouldn’t in a normal persons house (normal meaning those who do not have the crazy idea to try and house two pianos).
We have a 3-bedroom house with NO basement (basements are a bad … Read the rest
Wow! Is November almost over? I have NOT had time to sit and write on my blog this month. To much has been going on and too few pictures have been taken. In fact, I am going to post every picture I took this month (I did delete most of the pictures Isaac took when he got a hold of the camera). You will notice that one of my children is noticeably missing from the pictures. I will not be winning the “Mother of the Month” award. Here it goes:
We’re just waiting for her other top middle tooth to The reason I have missed two Sundays in a row is because we have been so BUSY! But the funny thing is, is that now I have time to sit and write a little bit, nothing is coming to mind. This may take some time to rack my brain – I have not been writing little tid-bits in my planner to help me remember the events of the last couple of weeks.