Haven't posted in forever, but I think it is about time. Although advent is really longer than 25 days this year, our official family advent countdown calendar was started today, so it seems like the right time to start collecting these holiday memories. As my mom says, it is time to make Christmas. We began by putting the candles in the windows tonight, and tomorrow will bring hanging the wreath on the door with our new silver bow and starting to cut and tape together our red and green paper chains that get hung around the living room. Apparently this is something Myrick remembers fondly from last year and has been impatiently waiting for!
Here's one from a recent ride down the road to the sitter's house in the dark mornings:
Myrick in the backseat: "Oh no! The Christmas zebras fell over!"
Myrick in the backseat: "Oh no! The Christmas zebras fell over!"
Me driving: "What?"
Myrick: "Look! Their zebras fell over!"
I finally figured out she meant the illuminated reindeer that people put in their yards as holiday decorations... really? Zebras, Myrick?!
Another notable moment:
From the backseat on the way home from her sitter's the other day, Myrick asked when we were going to start our own decorating. I told her that first we'd put the candles in the window but not until it was December. I looked in the rearview mirror to see huge crocodile tears streaming down her face. She says through her tears, "But Mommy, I really want colored lights, not white ones." Oh my! I didn't see that coming. So she settled for having white candle lights as long as we have colorful tree lights. Guess we'll be going to the hardware store before Sunday since all we have are white tree lights. Time to update to LED's anyway...
The pictures are from our "photo shoot" in front of the chicken coop. Trying to get Myrick, Pender, Small Fry, and Whidbey all behaving, smiling (as much as a chicken can smile...), and looking at the camera at the same time is nearly impossible, nevermind using the self-timer and keeping the camera aimed and centered - sheeesh! Nate notes that our children look Scandinavian or like we're all from Minnesota. Interesting...
