Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Merry Messy Christmas!!
Messy=gingerbread house building and Christmas cookie decorating....need I say more?!? I will anyway. It took Seth a while to get on board the cookie-decorating train. As you can see, once he was on board he was in with both arms...and his face.
The reason why it took Seth so long before he could decorate cookies is because he had to finish his dinner first. We tried a new recipe (shrimp and corn soup...mmmm). Seth was not a fan. Compare the joyful elation (redundant? hmm?) of the picture above with the disdain and disgust of the picture below. He finally caved--well, actually I think Mary had to shovel it into his mouth. Regardless, he ate it!
Jonah and I were having a great time rolling out dough and cutting cookies while Operation Cram-the-Food-Down was going on. Jonah really got into it. He kept sneaking pieces of raw dough to eat (he takes after his mother). Hope he doesn't get sick tonight.
Last night, the project was gingerbread house assembly. We were still finding pieces of candy on our kitchen floor tonight at dinner--candy was flying, but the boys had a great time.
It was just amazing that some candy actually made it to the house!
The reason why it took Seth so long before he could decorate cookies is because he had to finish his dinner first. We tried a new recipe (shrimp and corn soup...mmmm). Seth was not a fan. Compare the joyful elation (redundant? hmm?) of the picture above with the disdain and disgust of the picture below. He finally caved--well, actually I think Mary had to shovel it into his mouth. Regardless, he ate it!
Jonah and I were having a great time rolling out dough and cutting cookies while Operation Cram-the-Food-Down was going on. Jonah really got into it. He kept sneaking pieces of raw dough to eat (he takes after his mother). Hope he doesn't get sick tonight.
Last night, the project was gingerbread house assembly. We were still finding pieces of candy on our kitchen floor tonight at dinner--candy was flying, but the boys had a great time.
It was just amazing that some candy actually made it to the house!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Turkey Week in Atlanta
We spent the week of Thanksgiving visiting our old homestead of Atlanta. Except for the long trips there and back, it was a relaxing and fun week spent seeing as many people and doing as many things as we possibly could. We got to see some GBC friends, some neighborhood friends, and so many of the people who were our "family" while we lived in Atlanta. We only wish we were able to see everyone.
Here's Mary with Joely and Wendy from our old neighborhood--Wendy and Todd lived across the street from us (they have 3 boys like us; approx. the same ages); our boys miss playing in their driveway and going up to the church playground with them--good times!
On Monday night, we had dinner with the Rogers (Nana and Papa Moose) and Whaleys. Having a holiday meal with the Rogers has become a tradition. With the Whaleys there, we were on our way to having a reunion of the old Briarlake College Ministry.
Tuesday night was with the Sullivans. It was great to show off Abram to everyone--Joy wasn't allowed to change his diaper!
Wednesday night was riding the Pink Pig at Lenox--another holiday tradition!
After Jonah was born, we chose NOT to drive back to visit our family for Thanksgiving. It was too hard to do long back-to-back trips. It was then that the Jones and Platts invited us to crash their family Thanksgiving meal. This year, we crashed the meal AND Julie's house for a week. Here are the boys with all the Platt kids--wall-to-wall kids (well, at least couch arm to couch arm)!!
Here's Mary with Joely and Wendy from our old neighborhood--Wendy and Todd lived across the street from us (they have 3 boys like us; approx. the same ages); our boys miss playing in their driveway and going up to the church playground with them--good times!
On Monday night, we had dinner with the Rogers (Nana and Papa Moose) and Whaleys. Having a holiday meal with the Rogers has become a tradition. With the Whaleys there, we were on our way to having a reunion of the old Briarlake College Ministry.
Tuesday night was with the Sullivans. It was great to show off Abram to everyone--Joy wasn't allowed to change his diaper!
Wednesday night was riding the Pink Pig at Lenox--another holiday tradition!
After Jonah was born, we chose NOT to drive back to visit our family for Thanksgiving. It was too hard to do long back-to-back trips. It was then that the Jones and Platts invited us to crash their family Thanksgiving meal. This year, we crashed the meal AND Julie's house for a week. Here are the boys with all the Platt kids--wall-to-wall kids (well, at least couch arm to couch arm)!!
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