Is that a Santa I see?

Snowman Factory

I had this idea that Evelyn and I would make foam snowmen to add in with our Christmas cards this year. Great idea, slow progress. We need like 47 of them and it took like and hour to get about 18 done last night. The thing is, it's fun though. I like to sit there chatting with her and being the glue master (I have to do the glue part as she HATES to get glue on her fingers) and watching the parts that she picks for each one and the places she chooses to put them. Some of her snowmen have very original faces indeed. It's so cute to watch her tiny fingers manipulating these little bits of foam, as she takes the whole thing very seriously. She worries about the men not being able to see until she gets the eyes on. So remember if you get a crooked little snowman in with your card, it was made with the utmost care and consideration, even if his eyes seem as of they are about to melt off of his face.... and if you don't get one, well we just ran out of time.

Christmas is coming

We have been decorating a bit for Christmas and Evelyn is thrilled. Every night when we turn on the outside lights, she smiles big and wants to go out and look at the house from the street. We have a few decorations up inside but we are waiting a bit longer for the tree. The night that we decorated inside, Evelyn got into my stash of pine cones and set them about the house, it was so funny to see the places that she chose to put them, like right in the center of chairs and all over her little painted table. She was very proud of this and we have kept the pine cones where she put them (for the most part). She also keeps talking about getting to give presents to her cousins and she has decided that she can't wait to play with Audrey and Kate ( her big girl cousins).

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A Moment I Love

Sometimes in the rush of our days, Les and I stop what we are doing and get close for a moment or two. This may involve some kissing but , usually it's just a good hug and us standing there together talking a bit. Well, since we have Evelyn, we get about ten point five seconds until she is grabbing at our legs and saying "hey, up please up please! Me too me too!!" So we sweep her up in a big three way hug and hold her close and kiss all over her face and squeeze her and love her and then she starts kissing us back in big , loud "uuuummmmmmwwwhhhhaaaaa's" that leave us breathless with laughter and joy. I love that.

A summary

OK Thanksgiving was pretty good for us. For the first time in years I got to have my Mom's stuffing ( I make mine using her recipe but hers is always better), in case you don't know that woman makes the best stuffing/dressing ever. Period. The best dressing in the Universe! Our turkey was soaked in a brine overnight and then roasted and it was delicious. My friend Jodi came down to have dinner with us. I got to see my sister and nephew. And I got to be there for my Grandma's 74th birthday. the visit with my family was nice and we even had a dance party one evening. I did have to get Evelyn to the ER one night (the picture with Melissa and Ev is the two of them either just plain goofing off or plotting which medical supplies they were going to steal next). Evelyn was fine but I had a few scary minutes, turns out that gas pockets hurt kids as much as they do adults. All in all it was a good time and I am glad that I braved the 15 hour drive to be there.
We are home now and looking forward to getting the Christmas decorations out. Evelyn is truly excited for Christmas this year. Everyday something happens that lets me see just how much this kid loves Chritmas. Before we left for Ohio she was walking around the house with a puzzled expression and muttering to herself a bit so I asked what was up. Her reply? "Well, I just can't figure out how the hell Santa is going to get in this house" HA! Then today, we were out shopping and a Christmas song came on that she liked and I had to wait right there in the aisle while she danced a jig- to the whole song. She had amassed a bit of a crowd during her shoulder shrugging, booty shaking , head bobbing routine and all I could do was laugh.

Happy Thanksgiving

Early greetings I know, but Evelyn and I are headed over the river and through the woods.... Les will be holding down the fort. I am not sure if I will be able to post from my parent's house so this will be it for awhile. When we get back we will have lots of pictures and stories, I am sure.
I hope everyone gets completely stuffed on turkey and that no one has to do the cleaning up, that we all get a nap after the feast and that every one's football team will win. OK, I know that SOMEONE in each house will have to do the dishes but it's kind of like wishing for world peace, it would be so nice for everyone.
In the pictures above, you can see Evelyn scrambling across her Papa in order to get away form the Giant Turkey From Hell! She is so funny - she does not like those big balloon-y things at all and will do whatever it takes to avoid them. This may have something to do with the fact that last year around Valentine's Day, we were out shopping, and I parked our cart right next to what seemed to be a large, empty box. Then I stepped away from the cart and when I did, this huge, leering pink and red bear sprung up out of the box and sort of swayed above her.OK by the time I look back (I was involved in a heated discussion about candy with my sister and the first time this thing popped up, Ev was just able to let out a little squeak, so I wasn't aware of the extreme-ness of the moment), Ev looks a little weird but I continue my discussion about peanut butter hearts versus all chocolate ones when...... "AAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! MAAAAMMAAA HHEEEELLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!" rips through the air - I turn around(Ev was seriously RIGHT behind me and yet I was unaware of the huge balloon animal- amazing) and Evelyn is sitting there, white faced and completely freaked out as this balloon bear is wavering above her smiling (malevolently in her mind) and bobbing in the store's a/c. I got her away from there as quick as I could and tried to explain that it was just a big balloon and it was cool, though she would not fall for this and still, to this day, has a distrust of anything balloon-y. So the turkey picture was "fun" to take, and I had forgotten to tell Les this story so he thought that she was just being wiggly and I finally had to say " no that turkey is scaring the shit out of her. It's rough to be a kid sometimes......
Oh my sister and I settled on pb hearts- they are , after all far superior to any other V-day candy and she finally saw the light. And I know that this was a Thanksgiving post and I told a story about Valentine's Day but that's just how I am.