The Night Before Christmas

The letters and goodies are all out and ready for Santa. There was more fudge on the plate, until...well, read the next post for more info on the missing fudge.


Victoria was anxious to share the details of her letter with us.

And I was anxious for everyone to read this part:

Merry Christmas, everyone!

The Mystery of the Missing Christmas Fudge

 Now we know "who done it

The Tata and JAK Disco

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The New Haircut, Mushfellows, and a Pink Microphone

Today Justice got a haircut...finally! It was long overdue. He wiggled and squirmed all over the place, it was not an easy job for the stylist or for mommy. We made it, though, and the spikes are back!

At Grandma's house tonight, Justice asked me if he and his cousin Aubrie could have hot chocolate with mushfellows. According to my son, he just LOVES "mushfellows."

Finally, after raiding his cousin's toybox, he came out with a pink microphone which plays songs from High School Musical II. The poor BOY's unfortunate consequence for having a 9 year-old sister is that he knows all the words. Oh well, he does like cars, too.

The Dance Recital

This weekend Victoria had a couple of holiday dance recitals. It was her first with her new studio and I really enjoyed it. She was in two numbers, a ballet and a tap. She did a great job and seemed to have a lot of fun. I made a mistake, though, and picked seats on the wrong side. Thus, all of my pictures are from behind her. Oh well. Sorry in advance.

The Gingerbread, Part I

We are making gingerbread cookies for some family members. I have been waiting to post these pictures until the rolling, cutting, and decorating was done. However, because of the mess involved in the mixing, we've yet to reach that phase in the process. It was fun, though.

You can see how "in-awe" my kids are by the sight of Jackie's way-too-high-tech mixer.



Victoria loves to bake, though, and so she jumped right in to get the ball rolling.

No one knew the excitement just turning it on would bring!!!

The end result was a little disappointing for Justice who did not think the cookie dough looked at all yummy. He didn't even want a taste.

Hopefully when the cookies are actually "cooked," he will change his mind.

The Stories from Long Ago that Julie N. Says I Must Share, Volume I: "Today I bite just one more kid."

Justice was pretty passive as an infant. Enough so that his child care provider was encouraging him to stand up for himself more with the other kids. However, a couple of months ago, he bit a child after that child grabbed a toy away and wouldn't let go. He had a time-out during the day, and of course we had a serious talk when I picked him up. Since he was almost 3 at the time (WAY too old to bite) I thought that was the end of it. However, about two weeks later I went to pick him up and before I could even speak to Mrs. Julie, he said, "Hi Mommy," and then, while holding up his index finger he said, "Today I bite just one more kid. I bite Emerson." He totally ratted himself out and in doing so, lost his right to wear his Super Why costume and watch Super Why on Mommy's bed. He did not bite again.

Julie N. said this was a story that needed to be told. I hope you agree.