Happy BIrthday M!

My baby will be 4 years old. I can not believe how fast time has flown by,

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I will be gone for a few days. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

What is missing?

Do you notice anyone missing in this picture?

How about two little girls!

For some reason my children are terrified of any costumed personage. This means no Santa, no Easter Bunny, no Chucky Cheese, and other random characters like the Red Robin standing outside of one of our favorite eating establishments.

This year much to my surprise S braved the o' so scary man, also known as Santa. I know her love of all things sugar oriented, sitting in a basket next to the throne, overcame her fear of Jolly Old Saint Nick. She is tolerant, but not smiling thinking of her reward.

It all started out so well. My little Santa baby M was just plain unaware at the tender age of three weeks old.

At three months M even smiled at her new furry friend the Easter Bunny.

Then at eleven months it starts. She was compliant, as long as she wasn't on his lap, but not wiling to smile. My poor nephew was placed on Santa's lap during a nap. This, now that I think about it, is a great idea.

Our final picture with such creatures, with the exception of this year's Santa picture, M was done! No more sitting on Santa's lap, no more tolerance of the Easter Bunny, no more smiles for any large being dressed in costume. I got this picture for free because the photographer thought it was hilarious.

Not one of my kids would visit any of the above named, until this year. I am very proud of S for overcoming her fears, for what ever the reason or the reward may be. Hopefully this year the Easter Bunny is giving out something involving sugar.

Week Long Wrap Up

I have been having technical difficulties. I am not sure whether it has been my computer or the ridiculous Internet service we chose but I have not been able to download pics or post on blogger. Yesterday it started working out of blue so be prepared to read this and a few more posts. Just scroll down to see I received another award and also got tagged.

Thanksgiving was great! The turkey yummy, all my side dishes were sooo good. I was pleased with myself. All the food was gone by Saturday and I only had one plate of leftovers. Usually we eat for a couple of days on left overs. Note to self, prepare more food next year!

Can you believe I was so overwhelmed with cooking, I did not take one picture. I was bummed when I realized this.

Jeremy turned one year older. He got the one gift he really wanted. He has already passed all the Easy levels and is working on the Medium ones. Seriously, boys and their toys!

E loved every minute of the birthday excitement. Good thing because we have a few more in the next two months. Oh ya, and Christmas is in there somewhere too!

We also attended a Wedding. One of the girls in Jeremy's office got hitched. My girls were excited when they saw the raised platform also known as a dance floor. All the weddings they were in this past year prepared them for dancing. They wasted no time spinning around. It really didn't matter that they were the only ones so inspired.

Congratulations to H and J!!

We realized a while ago that we have cousins who don't live too far away. We have enjoyed spending time with them. Since they live a ways out it turns into a day long event, but oh so worth it. Hopefully we can get together again soon!

We have been working on putting up our Christmas decor and deciding what goodies to make and bake this year.

Jeremy and I are glad we have survived one more week of this crazy whirlwind called the Holidays.

Tagged Ya Again

I was tagged by Farrah to complete this Meme. I need to share 7 random things about me.


1. Most people don't know that I have always been ADD. It was way worse as a kid, but I still have a hard time concentrating. My brain is constantly jumping around. I do not multi task very well at all. I have to make sure I work off of lists.

2. I live my life in denial. In my mind, I still look like this....

...young and thin!

3. I have never owned a dog. Knowing my husband I never will.

4. Looking at pictures, I realized I have the same hair cut I had when I was 21. Now it is at a little bit of an angle.

5. I was an avid scrapper, until the day I had my first child. I have never completed a page since. I still download tons of digital stuff and buy supplies like crazy. I just don't have the energy or the time.


6. The first time I met Jeremy I had a weird feeling we would be together.

7. I have always wanted a little girl. Now I have three and I feel blessed.