Haddon Sleeps..

wherever he wants.

Pixie Hollow Tortilla Snowflakes

Want to make a mess, load your children up on sugar, and have fun? Well, here's how.

Visit Pixie Hollow, online, and look through the downloads. You will find recipes, and crafts that are just wonderful for little girls that wish they were fairies (and I'll be honest- for grown-ups that wish they were fairies too!)

Heat oven to 400.
Warm tortillas about 10-15 seconds in the microwave. Fold twice, and cut into snowflakes.



Place them on a cookie sheet, and brush them with vegetable oil. If you want to attempt to keep your cookie sheet more clean, you can place wax paper or foil underneath.... but really, it's just a formality. There's going to be a mess.

Bake for 4-6 minutes until golden. Then, sift powdered sugar on top.

Drop your snowflake on the floor twice.

Enjoy.

Bask in the aftermath.

Celebrate winter.

Preferably, clean child before climbing on furniture.

Where to Begin?!

We had completely fallen out of the blogaspere, and now it is time to jump back in.....

Where do I begin?

Uh....

Oh yeah, Christmas 2009. (YIKES! We are behind!!!)

Norah's arrangement of our nativity. We like to see Jesus lifted high. (And the picture is a family tradition: "Gumpy Claus".... ask us about it sometime.)

Snow Day (sort of)

So it snowed yesterday. We hardly got any out here (some areas nearby got a lot more), but the kids went outside anyway.

Norah and I made the best snowman we could. I told you there wasn't much snow:


Here's a close-up:
Here's a cute one of Haddon before we went for a walk:

Jingle Bell Dance

Tree Trimming

This last weekend we bought a Christmas tree (Do you like it? You can get one too; just click here) and decorated it. Here are some pictures, not exactly in chronological order, for your viewing pleasure.

Here's the finished product when the kids got done with it (Kelly went back and rearranged it a bit better later that night):
This is my own tree decorating tradition. My OSU Beaver ornaments get top billing, just beneath the star, until the Civil War football game is played. If the Beavers win, they stay there. If they lose (especially if they lose embarrassingly, like last year), they get relegated to a more shameful location, closer to the back and further down:
Here's Norah in a cute picture. It's too bad about the funny light coming from the blinds:
I think this one really shows how pretty Norah is:
This is Norah holding her first Christmas ornament. It actually says "Granddaughter's first Christmas." My parents got it for her when she was a baby:
This is Haddon's first Christmas ornament. Some day we'll actually get his baby picture put into it. He's three now:
This is a good one of Haddon carefully decorating. It is a good contrast to the horrific events of this morning, when he ripped an angel ornament from the tree and decapitated it:
(Oh, and if you click on that and make it larger you can see a clothespin reindeer ornament in the box in the background. I made that in Kindergarten.)

By the way, Haddon chose to forgo pants while taking part in the tree decorating:

That's all for now. Go Beavers to all, and to all a good night.

Abigail's Trees

Most people, if they get to know me, will find out pretty soon that I am passionate and come from a family that is passionate about adoption. Being adopted myself, and experiencing the joy of being adopted into the body of Christ, has given us the desire to adopt one day ourselves.

Well, my sister is in the process right now, and is adopting through Ethiopia. They are on a waiting list and need to raise the last bit of funds necessary.

You can help this holiday season! If you're getting a Christmas tree, get a great tree from them, and support bringing home our future niece and cousin, Abigail!

Visit their blog and get all the details.