Thursday, December 27, 2012

Who broke their toy first?


December 27, 2012
I should have known that the dog was going to be the first kid to break their new Christmas toy.

Snowy walk


December 26, 2012
Blu doesn't care that we are the only ones crazy enough to be out on a walk in 8 inches of snow... with more coming down as we speak!

Merry Christmas


December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.

White Christmas


December 24, 2012
It's going to be a white Christmas.

Zit! Me win!


December 23, 2012
In our household, white horses are known as "zits." And whenever you see a zit, you scream, "Zit!!! Me win!!!" (as Cole does) as loud as you can because he who gets the most zits wins.

It all started when I was a kid and my Grandpa Jewkes needed something to entertain me and my brother. He told us that whenever we saw a white horse, to say, "zit." I really have no idea if he actually played the zit game when he was a kid or just made it up to keep us quiet in the car. But it's something that I'll always remember about Grandpa. And it works pretty good for distracting two whiny, crying kids in the car.... until they both claim they saw the same zit at the same time. Or argue about how you can't say zit for every single horse no matter what color they are (apparently we need to work on colors with Cole). Or get in a debate with your husband about whether a zit was really a zit or a "golden" zit or a "dirty" zit.

Card sharks


December 22, 2012
This picture was taken exactly one month ago today. It's a heck of a lot cuter than the one I actually took for today's daily picture.

My little card sharks. Learning from the best, aka Grandpa (although I did beat him), how to play Pitch and Hell.

Love 'em.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

I have completely lost my mind


December 21, 2012
I must have completely lost my mind.

I walked into Walmart at 11:00 at night... four days before Christmas.

I just couldn't bear the thought of having to enter the bowels of Hell in the daylight. With my children. And dealing with thousands of Walmart crazies (instead of dozens at night) who like me, had a few last minute gifts to buy.