Family

Just wanted to share the picture that Bria drew in preschool of our family.

From left to right that's me/CJ, Chris, Bria and Emelie. Note: Emelie is the one with all the hair! But she did give Chris 3 hairs... ;-) I love it!

Another Preschool Drama...

OK, I have to tell ya about our preschool drama yesterday...

A neighbor who is also in Bria's preschool class had a birthday party at the end of class and only invited some of the kids.

All of Bria’s girlfriends, including her carpool buddy, were invited but not her. :-(

The kids tried to keep it a secret which didn’t work and only made for more drama. Another carpool was split as a result of this party too. Many of the invited kids left class early to attend the party, which made other little invitees panic and think they were missing the party (which they weren’t supposed to talk about)… which basically caused the whole thing to blow up! It also rubbed it in the noses of the few kids who were not invited five times worse than if invitations had been handed out in front of them (which is against school policy of course). There were tears. There was drama. The teacher had to call one of the moms because her child couldn’t stop crying. The moms of both invitees and non-invitees were LIVID. The director was pulled aside by a parent. It was a train wreck that wouldn’t quit.

Poor Bria.(she’s been very quiet since then) She handled the whole thing gracefully even after her friends left and I’m very proud of her! But she couldn’t avoid what was going on. I tried to downplay the whole thing and managed to whip up a play date at the playground at the last minute as a diversion. But it was a very difficult situation.

*sigh* So, I’ve eaten way too much chocolate as a result of this stress and my face has broken out like crazy! It’s gonna be a long 20 years and beyond! ;-)

Christmas Eve

"... Tiny Tots with their eyes all a'glow

Will find it hard to sleep, tonight! "

We had a delicious meal and a wonderful time at Chris's folk's house this Christmas Eve.

Breakfast With Santa

*Bria-isms"

Just had to quickly share some funny things our newly turned 5 year old has said lately! I still hope to post more pics from her birthday soon... I'm waiting on a few pictures.

1. Last night as I'm tucking Bria into bed she mentioned that she and her two friends were "discussing, how babies come out of their mommies". She said "Nami is so silly! Do you know where she thinks babies come out?!?" I said "Uh where?" She then pointed to her mouth and told me to guess. "Mouth?" "No, guess again" "Tongue?" "Yes, but she was just joking. I told her and Hailey that I know how babies really come out!" "You do?" I asked, "How?" "God helps them out!" Bria declared. Good answer, Bria!

2. The other day, Bria tripped and almost fell but she caught herself in the nick of time.

"Whew, that was close" she said "Or else I woulda been walking with God!"

Emelie had to ask her twice to repeat what she said because she couldn't believe Bria had said that! We're still not sure where she got that saying!

3. Bria and I were watching "Nester the Long Eared Donkey" on TV the other night. It's a sweet children's Christmas story made by the same production company that makes "The Little Drummer Boy". Nester, is the donkey that Mary rode into Bethlehem on. Bria wanted to know who that man was with Mary. I answered that that was Joseph.

"Oh, he must be her second husband." Bria said

"No, Joseph was Mary's first husband" I patiently answered.

"But, what about God?" she asked

I stumbled and mumbled through that one and ended up saying that it was a good question for her and Mommy to ask a priest someday soon. Aaaack!

It's CJ Time! :-)

Since the next post will be all about Bria's birthday...
I figured I'd devote a little time to CJ today. :-)
Here are a few recent photos of what he's been up to lately:

CJ loves copying his sister... and cuddling with her (when they're not arguing ;-)

He's getting big - doesn't fit in his old baby swing or tub anymore...

He can feed himself...

And he loves all kinds of sports!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hi Everybody, I hope you all had a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving. We did... for the most part even though the kids got hit with a nasty virus and now me, Chris and Emelie are fighting hard not to get it. We had a small group for Turkey Day. I cooked (althought that's NOT why it was a small group ;-)


Here are a few pics of our day... CJ wasn't feeling good so he's not in this group of shots. I'll post some CJ photos next post.