My Day-To-Day Photos

Stephen and Loretta came home feeling sick,  Brenda was sick the next day, and Mom the next. By boxing day, I went down and today is my worst day yet. Lethargy and a runny nose being the main symptoms. But we still had a lovely Christmas.  I'll let the pictures tell the story. Made this house for the farm. Georgia wanted to open this one. Collected photos from the past to make place cards for the farm table. Bear enjoying his giant bone. A stroke inducing puzzle - but finished in two days. Goof. Exit The Game KK absolutely obsessed with her furry dog head project. Sooty felt he deserved a blanket on the heated floor, so he dragged one down for himself. A lovely puzzle to work on. Jared had two roles in the play this year, so was on stage a lot! Our family photo that we sent out with the cards.

We had a lot of fun, and a lot of sugar on the afternoon we decorated our graham cracker houses.  I assembled them in the morning to let them set up and then each of did two, except for Jared, he did 2 and a half counting the little a-frame shack. I've also been baking - puppy chow, shortbread, gingersnaps and sugar cookies are all in tins in the freezer.  I also made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and beaver houses for the Christmas concert. Kaitlynn wanted to feel like royalty... Crushy always feels like royalty. I set my nativity for the first time in years, so far so good - the kitties have left it alone. Snow Doggo Big Red Egg - always a favourite. Still waiting for more snow to make this purchase worthwhile. I didn't think I'd enjoy the "Cities and Knights" expansion for Settlers, but it's quite a lot of fun. I'm dreaming of a plaid Christmas. Todd had to turn off the po...

Ok, now to catch up with what is actually going on at the moment. Christmas has officially taken over our home and we welcome it. There are even several gifts under the tree and most of the stocking stuffers are wrapped thanks to Daddy.  Yesterday, he even got up the rest of the lights and decided to throw them all over the cherry trees. It looks okay, but in comparison to the decorated spruce, it looks sloppy and lazy, though better than nothing. Four school days left to finish up this week, then another 4 next week, and we'll be chewing up the holidays. I know they are going to go by too quickly, but I'll try not to think of that and just relax and enjoy. Hopefully all is peaceful this year. On Sunday, we took in the Pipestone Men's Choir.  They sang mostly carols and it was nice to hear male voices.