Here Comes Santa Claus

A little hesitant but brave enough to walk up and tell Santa what you wanted for Christmas. One of these years, Santa might be able to get you what you want if you could just commit a little earlier than the week before! Every year in November it is one thing and then as Christmas draws closer and I have already passed along the message to Santa-you change your mind and have a NEW obsession that you are SURE Santa can bring you...some day the stars will align.

B-E-A-C-H!

Nothing is better than listening to the pure laughter of kiddos! Oh how you guys loved the beach!

Oh the things we do for our kids...

We had a blast on vacation in California this year. We opted out of Disneyland and checked out Knotts and Six Flags. Crowds were great, company was great, food was great...getting through security at Long Beach Airport-not so great. Of course my most paranoid and worrisome kiddo set off the alarm(I think they kept calling it the USB alarm). A look of terror came over your face as they told us you would need to come over for further screening. I walked over to the side with you and they ran some sort of detector over your hands. And what do you know you set that off too. The security guards look at each other and said "Uh-oh that is definitely not good." Great. Just Great. So they motion for us to move over for some more screening. I grabbed your hand to come follow me. The guard about had a come apart then said to me "Oh the things we do for our kids." Really?? Helping him through the airport? So then they told me now I would have to do a thorough screening to include detailed checks of my baggage, pat downs, and interviewing. All of which I passed-but still am unclear as to what they found on us that was so worrisome. They kept asking if we put any lotion, perfumes, anything unusual on your hands. No. No I didn't. He may have touched his sister's puke from the car ride over. Or maybe it was the magnets he had been playing with in the car that his Papa gave him for Christmas. Or maybe it was the powdered doughnuts he ate for breakfast--a white powdery substance can be pretty suspicious and tends to linger on my kiddos. Whatever it was, I still do not know. Oh well, the good news is we made it through alive...barely. Getting ready to get on the plane.

ALMOST there!

Ready for some fun!

SOLD

So guess who just built/bought some new property in back of our house?? YOU! And dang proud of it!

HUNGER

I picked you up after school today and went to run quickly to WalMart. Of course you threw a fit because you were "SOOOOO HUNGRY!!!!" Well by the end of the trip you calmed down and then as I was loading stuff into the car you told me "Mom, I am not REALLY hungry anymore because I said I prayer and Jesus fed me with his spirit." I wish I had the faith that this little 5 year old has!