Did you ever have a dream that you're at your house, only there are extra rooms you either forgot about or never noticed at all until now? Well, that's how I feel right now. There are two extra rooms in my house, a dining room and bedroom, that are finished except for carpeting, and Ellie and I decided to go walk around in them just now... it is ( Read more... )

Poor Theo is sick today. This should have been his last day of school before holiday break but I kept him home, he is coughing a ton and has a bit of a fever. I told him I was sorry he was going to miss his class's Christmas party and he said, "That's okay, Mama. I have lots of other Christmas parties this year, and you don't want me to get

Theo's class has been learning about bears, and today they had a teddy bear picnic! Everyone had to bring in a teddy bear and a blanket and they ate honey comb and had a teddy bear hunt (the teacher hid their bears all over the classroom) and they got to introduce their bears to the class. Theo brought in his childhood favorite, who is going by ( Read more... )

Ellie was singing a little song she made up -- no words, just la-la-las.

"That's an American song," she told me proudly. "Did you know I could sing in American?"

"Ellie, we ARE American," I said.

"I know! That's why I'm singing it!"

I keep trying to teach Ellie "Over the River and Through the Woods" but for some reason she just cannot remember the words! So far I've heard her sing:
"Over the woods and through the grass..." "Over the bridge and through the water..."
"Over the trees and through the house..."

This morning I looked out the window. "Wow! It snowed!" I said.

Theo JUMPED out of bed and yelled, "Yippee! I can EAT SNOW!"

Ellie looked out the window and whispered, "Mama? Is it Christmas Eve?"

Most of the snow is already gone; the rest will be gone soon, but it sure got the kids excited about things to come.

We spent several hours today at Loose Park playing in leaves and climbing trees. Ellie has fallen in love with tree climbing -- and she is good at it! She also knows no fear. She will climb SO HIGH and call down, "Stop worryin', Mama, I know how to get down!" and she does.

I asked Ellie if she could name ten different types of birds, and she did it! "Robins... Turkeys... Chickens... Eagles... Ducks...Swans...Hawks...Woodpeckers...Cardinals...and Flamingos!" She also added "whales." I think maybe she meant "quails"?

We had fun trick-or-treating last night! Theo (dragon!), Ellie (Sleeping Beauty!) and I (Sleeping Beauty's mom!) went out with Justin, his sister Jamie, her little boy Colton (a ninja!), Chris and Amber (archer!) and baby Fox (turtle!). We got way too much candy ( Read more... )

Ellie has a little cd player in her room and she likes to listen to her "Hannah Montana" cd that she got for her birthday. She knows how to turn it on by herself and sometimes she just goes into her room to play and listen to music ( Read more... )