Christmas Ornaments

We had a Christmas ornament party! Several friends brought their kids and a homemade ornament project for all the kids to make. There ended up being 14 kids, 6 adults, 6 ornaments and a bunch of craziness!

Snowflakes

We've been getting ready for the cold season. It's kinda hard to believe winter is just now starting. =oP We've gotten snow and ice over the past couple of weeks and it's only just beginning. To keep busy and entertain the troops, we decided to do a snowflake project. I think Joe and I had more fun than the kids! Glitter and paper were strewn across the table (and floor), but it was worth it!
If you can't remember how to make these, don't feel bad..it took us a couple of tries before our snowflakes started looking less like blocks of paper with holes. Here's a snowflake tutorial (that I should have looked up before we started!)

Snow Day

"It snowed!", I yelled..peeking out the window. Judah was immediately stoked! He's been waiting for the snow to come..his plan was for it to snow and then mommy would make hot chocolate and cookies. Although I hadn't prepared for snow this early, we did manage to bake the cookies later that night. We did however get out there and built a couple of snowmen. Perfect snow for snowmen this time! Addie had a ton of fun too. We threw snowballs at each other and Addie would try, several times I saw her giving a snowball to daddy instead. Judah was all about the snowball fight!

Fortunately it was on a day daddy was home, so we were able to tag team it with Adam. It was a lot of fun though! Judah's snowsuit arrived in the mail a little late, but hopefully it'll snow again and maybe we can try our hand at sledding. =o)

Getting Better

We've been sick, all of us caught the stomach bug that seems to be plaguing the Ohio Valley. Thankfully it only lasted a couple of days. We are all on the mend, but runny noses are still among us. So I'm tracking down the best humidifier to buy and not break down on me like the last one. I'll be ordering a couple of those this week!

Meanwhile, we trying to figure out refinancing the house, and Joe is trying to figure out what that orange dashboard light is telling us on my van. The 8 foot privacy fence we started on about 4 or 5 weeks ago is about 97 % done! Joe has to build the gate and finish up the last bit by the house.

I've tried my hand at caramel corn and wassail last week, going for that fall feel even though winter is bearing down on us. =oP The wassail could have used a little more "bite" so I'll try another recipe..but the caramel corn was scrumptious!

Happy moment: Adelaide - "look at me mommy, I a princess"