Fifty years ago today, CBS aired how the Grinch Stole Christmas for the first time. The Grinch has been one of Mark’s favorite cartoon characters since the first time he heard the book.He enjoys the movie too and we try to watch it at least once every year.
Last winter, we had very few birds at our feeders. Adrian has had to refill the feeders every other day this week! We are hoping the birds enjoy their free food all winter.
We went looking for a Christmas tree this weekend. We were disappointed that the ones at the tree farm were already turning brown or very misshapen. We could not find anything that we liked. We returned home without a tree.
We are not sure if we are going to try another tree farm, find an already cut one, or buy an artificial tree. So, for now, our living room is decorated with lots of stars and lights. A good reminder that Christ is the light of the world (John 8:12)!
We love to go sledding! However, we have a few rules on when we go sledding at the park. We do not go on weekends or if schools are cancelled for the day. We also do not go sledding late in the day. Lastly, if the sledding hills have been ruined by people building ramps, we go home. We have had too many friends get hurt sledding!
The kids and I still go sledding as often as we can. Many mornings we dress very warmly and spend a short time at the park before doing errands. We get exercise, are outside and have a break from our normal day!
Megan wanted to tell you about her first sledding this year. We did not go to the park, but went on our own special hill Daddy taught the kids how to build years ago.
Audrey started the sledding hill this morning. She built it on the stairs to the porch. Adrian did most of the rest of it. Then I came in and I helped with it. Then I played on it while Adrian worked on it some more.
Then Marky came and tried it. He did not go that far and made lots of holes! He had to fix them. Then we fixed it some more. Then went sledding.
We had lots of fun! We are going to let it sit awhile and build it up some more. Then we can play on it tomorrow and maybe all week!
Now, I am making some hot chocolate for me and Adrian and Mark. That is the best way to end sledding.
For years, the kids measured their growth by the nutcracker at church. We changed churches and stopped that tradition. Yesterday, we went to a concert at our old church and saw a few old friends. We discovered our nutcracker shrunk a lot!
While Megan was doing her math this morning, I heard her talking to Thor. “If you have two treats and I gave you five more because you are a good boy, how many treats do you have? Two plus five equals seven!”
She worked a little longer and Thor decided to leave. Megan stood up, gave him a great big hug and said, “Thank you Thor for helping me do my math. You are a big helper!”
It started snowing around 2:00 today and the kids went outside once the grass turned white. Except for a quick dinner of soup, the kids played outside until Allan took the older ones to their church program. The younger two and I stayed outside until it was too dark to see.
We borrowed a neighbor’s barn and had some fun getting up to date pictures of the kids. It was colder than we thought and the kids ended up shivering horribly with bright red noses.
We returned home, enjoyed some hot chocolate, dressed more appropriately and tried again. This time worked much better!
Megan asked if we could please play with Christmas lights like we did last year.
Fifty years ago today, CBS aired how the Grinch Stole Christmas for the first time. The Grinch has been one of Mark’s favorite cartoon characters since the first time he heard the book.He enjoys the movie too and we try to watch it at least once every year.
Last winter, we had very few birds at our feeders. Adrian has had to refill the feeders every other day this week! We are hoping the birds enjoy their free food all winter.
It is that time of year again! I get to play with frozen bubbles!
We went looking for a Christmas tree this weekend. We were disappointed that the ones at the tree farm were already turning brown or very misshapen. We could not find anything that we liked. We returned home without a tree.
We love to go sledding! However, we have a few rules on when we go sledding at the park. We do not go on weekends or if schools are cancelled for the day. We also do not go sledding late in the day. Lastly, if the sledding hills have been ruined by people building ramps, we go home. We have had too many friends get hurt sledding!
For years, the kids measured their growth by the nutcracker at church. We changed churches and stopped that tradition. Yesterday, we went to a concert at our old church and saw a few old friends. We discovered our nutcracker shrunk a lot!
While Megan was doing her math this morning, I heard her talking to Thor. “If you have two treats and I gave you five more because you are a good boy, how many treats do you have? Two plus five equals seven!”
It started snowing around 2:00 today and the kids went outside once the grass turned white. Except for a quick dinner of soup, the kids played outside until Allan took the older ones to their church program. The younger two and I stayed outside until it was too dark to see.
We borrowed a neighbor’s barn and had some fun getting up to date pictures of the kids. It was colder than we thought and the kids ended up shivering horribly with bright red noses.