Photographer Eve

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I think Eve really likes the new camera. I often hear her saying, “Ok now, smile. Say cheese!” to random dolls and toys in the living room. I’ll see if I can get the pictures off that camera tonight. Should be interesting :)

Taking pictures of dolls

Eve brushed the dolls' hair and then got them set up for a photo shoot.

Teddy

Eve went shopping with Alan to JC Penny's yesterday and came home with a teddy bear. Daddy is a push over :) Just kidding. It's soft and she loves it (teddy and daddy!)

I’m trying to get pictures off the kid camera now and it’s not working. I’ll have to wait until Linux tech support (Alan) is available to help.

Merry Christmas – 2010

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Well, another Christmas has come and gone.  In the blink of an eye, or so it felt.  Joyce came to visit, then Barney, then mom and dad, and we all did our usual celebrating.  We missed Rosy and the Johnson side of the family this year.  Hopefully we can be a bigger crowd again next year!

Once again we did Christmas Eve at Grandpa and Grandma’s house.  Delicious soup, bread, salad, and pizza.  Yum, YUM!  Crazy kids, wild rides down the stairs, stories, giggles, fun.  Christmas morning Alan, Lex, and I were up at 6am, as usual.  We opened Lex’s stocking, ate breakfast, and eagerly awaited Eve’s waking.  She finally got up at 7:45, just in time for her stocking and a quick breakfast before we headed to church.  We went to a beautiful church with nice music, beautiful decorations, and lots to look at.  Lex got squirmy near the end, but overall I think they both did really well.  Eve seems to love church.  She talks about it a lot and loves the music.  Then back to our house for presents!  Fun, fun.  Lots of good stuff, candy, toys, socks, and super cool calendars.  Wrapping paper everywhere.  Then I kicked everyone out so I could nap the kids (ok, really because I needed a break!)  I did a little tidying and started prepping for dinner.  This year I made lasagna and Barney made the turkey.  It was a pretty delicious meal.  Of course.

Today we spent unwinding, digging out the living room, running many loads of dishes, and eating chocolate.  That will be “disappearing” soon!

I put all of the pictures up on my Picasa account.  Check it out!

Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas!

Construction

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There was a lot of construction going on around here today. Check it out!

Under the futon

They started by reading stories under the futon (where else?)...

Lex under the futon

Then decided to do some construction under the futon.

Eve toolbox

Did I tell you about this toolbox that Eve made (with help) at preschool? It's awesome. She loves it and often "works" on it.

curls

Love those curls!

Builder Eve

Builder Eve. Isn't she cute?!

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve… excitement is mounting!

New curtains in the kids room

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Check out my snazzy new curtains in the kids room. I’ve been thinking about it for awhile now and slowly, slowly finally got around to doing something about it. We used to (until about an hour ago!) have a dark blue fleece blanket nailed up over the window and hanging down weirdly, but now there is a nice smooth curtain covering the window and a nice smooth curtain covering the ugly brown and painted door into storage.

new curtains

A big thank you to Julie for making the window curtain. It has 100% light blocking material on the backside so hopefully it will keep their room dark when needed. I had no confidence in my ability to sew multiple pieces of fabric together, sew on velcro, and make it all straight and perfectly measured. Good thing Julie can do all that!! As it was, it took me nearly forever to make the door curtain. Measuring, pinning, sewing (mostly) straight lines… hard work!! But doesn’t it look awesome!? The colors look much better in person, so next time you’re around remind me to show off the kids room :)

While I was taking pictures of the curtains Lex wanted me to take pictures of him. OK! He did some “super hero poses” for me. I’m not sure what kind of super hero this is, but I love it anyway!

Crazy Lex

Crazy Lex posing for the camera. These are his super hero poses :)

The holidays are upon us.

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My children do not handle the holidays well. I like to think I’m not the only parent in this position. I don’t know if it’s the excitement, the anticipation of family visiting, Santa, chocolate before breakfast, ice cream sundaes at school… or just the the proliferation of sugar in the air. Probably all of the above. We live in a great area with tons of things to do and sometimes I feel bad that we don’t take advantage of hardly any of it, but my kids just get so easily overwhelmed. Lex has been fighting school lately and I’m sure it’s because of this holiday craziness. He went to bed in tears tonight because he was hungry, but wouldn’t eat dinner. Eve has also been a whiny ball of fussiness. She used to be my best buddy for errands, but these days she never wants to leave the house. Maybe because it’s cold. I’m not sure. She stays home with Alan when I bring Lex to school and she even fought with me this morning about going to the grocery store. She used to love the grocery store! Now whenever you ask what she wants to do, she just “nothing, just hang out.” :) Anyway, one more week(ish) and then back to boring life. Sigh.

Joyce came to visit yesterday. Yay! (Hi Joyce!) Barney got here tonight. The parents arrive tomorrow. I’m super excited. I can see why the anticipation gets to the kids. It sure gets to me!

Fun with Joyce

Fun with Joyce

Man down!

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We sent Lex to school yesterday, more or less happily, but got called back about ninety minutes later because he had cut his lip. Apparently a boy pushed by him, knocking him over and he fell against the back of a metal chair. He somehow cut right through his lip. I was on my way to drop Eve off at a playdate, so Alan (who has the week off) went to pick him up. The school nurse suggested a trip to the doctor, so off they went. The doctor said that it looked ok and didn’t need stitches. Alan bought some ice cream and they came home for some cuddling on the couch.

Cuddling on the couch

When Eve got home from her playdate she joined Alan and Lex on the couch.

Sad Lex

He cut through under his lip and scratched his chin. Doesn't he look sad? I don't think it hurt too badly though because he was up and bouncing around pretty quickly.

arts and crafts

Our new printer has fancy features that let you print projects and coloring pages. Alan taught the kids how to use it, then they all sat down and made some cars and pixie houses. This might be the most arts and crafts Alan has done in years. :)

This morning when I dropped him off at school all the kids were staring at him and trying to get a peek. His best friend came over and put his arm around Lex and asked if he was ok. Another little girl gave Lex a big hug. He told me today that the hug helped make his feelings better (because the boy who pushed by him hurt his feelings). It was cute. Before I left the room I explained to Lex why all the kids were looking at him. His teacher said they all had a ton of questions yesterday and were very concerned about him. I wonder if he’s the first real injury of the school year. Go Lex! :)

Random pictures from the past few days

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Look at this adorable present Lex brought home from school. Inside was a little candy dish and a tree ornament.

Lex - present 1

Lex - present 2

Lex - present 3

Saturday morning we did some painting…

Eve painting

Eve, painting a bird house. She starts off with beautiful blues and greens.

Eve painting

Lex

Lex, painting a picture frame. It looks really nice here, but unfortunately they don't get the idea yet that adding wet paint to wet paint just makes brown. I wish he had stopped here! :)

Eve again

See what I mean? Her lovely blue and green birdhouse is now completely black! But she is happy with it and that's what matters.

piggy back ride

The ultimate piggy back ride! Eve and Alan were having fun... I think Lex was a little squished.