4:02 p.m.

I am hoping the baby keeps napping.
Greta is watching Cinderella while dressed as Sleeping Beauty.
I am worried my Cajun bean soup will not be ready by dinner time. The beans aren't even tender yet.....
Looking out the window to see EVERYTHING covered in frost.
Trying to remember if tonight is the night Santa makes his pre-Christmas visit to our street.
Right now I am glad it is Friday.

Happy evening everyone.

A Discovery

This morning Fieldin found his belly button. He pulled up his shirt, pointed at it and said
"oh noooo" in a worried tone. It was funny. Then he said "gwetah, gwetah". She is his big sister and the authority on all things. "It's o.k. pudger" she said. He still look confused. We told him it was his belly button and joked with him a little. It wasn't until he saw Greta's belly button that he was good again. He laughed hysterically. No more worries. Now he is pointing to his belly button and saying"beep beep". Another crisis solved by Dr. Gwetah.

Advent

Miss Greta has been waiting patiently for December to arrive. December 1st is when she gets to peel back the first window of the Advent Kalender to find a sweet treat. This morning she opened "#2" as she says and found a slip of paper for an advent gift. Christmas books for Miss Greta the bookworm and a coordinating cd of music for Fieldin our lover of music.

(opening an advent gift)
(Greta's nativity scene. She sets it up each day and sings to baby Jesus)

It's December 2nd and beginning to look alot like Christmas....

Two days down. Twenty three to go :)

One Of Those Rare Moments...

I just had a rare moment where I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror...and saw me. This wasn't an early morning brush my teeth, brush my hair, apply chapstick glimpse, I saw myself in the moment. Kinda like if I were in a portrait. Sitting in my bed, the laptop balancing on my knees while I do research. My hair tied up in a towel after a much needed shower. I'm wearing my flashback to the fifties glasses and I have changed. I'm looking my age, and a little too tired at the moment. I look a little stressed. My forehead is crinkling. I'm spinning a pen in my fingers as I take myself in. I take a deep breath. If you ask me I'd say I could look better. Forty years down the road future me would probably say I look young right now and lucky. I may even say I didn't appreciate the 30ish year old me enough. I'm setting below a watercolor of flowers that I painted. Strange seeing myself by my own artwork. It's hanging crooked. I'm not going to fix it. I wonder if future me will remember myself the way I am right now. I hope so. Maybe I need to take the time to take a look at myself more often...

Cleaning In Neverland

My morning began taking care of our resident Royal. I played fairy godmother and helped princess Aurora dress and beautify. Then Jeff stepped in for me today. While I caught up on the castle cleaning drudgery, Jeff played my part in the daily presentation of Peter Pan. It was nice to have a day off to rest my acting muscles. I did notice that I am cast daily as some sort of villian while Jeff was given the lead role of Peter Pan. I must speak to my agent about this...

All in all it was a fine day in Neverland. Wendy, Peter and captain Fieldy Hook would fly by as I vacuumed. I heard lots of laughter from the playroom. Greta, I mean Wendy, would update me on their adventures while I cleaned. It was a good day. The house is clean. Some laundry is done and the kids had some special time with their daddy.

Thanksgiving

Catching up with Mr & Mrs Claus
Enjoying pretty Christmas lights

Singing Christmas Carols to the crowd to ring in the season.

Some early Christmas spoiling from Grandma & Grandpa :)

On Turkey day before going over the river and through the woods (and the freeway!) to Grandma & Grandpa's house

Thanks Before Turkey Day And A Birthday

First, I would like to say Happy Birthday to our blog. It will be 1 year old on the 27th. Only about a month younger than Fieldin. So blog you are now no longer an infant, you are a toddler.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I wanted to fit in one last day of blog thanks before we celebrate Thanksgiving.

I am thankful for:

Fieldin whipping me up an imaginary coffee this morning. He handed me the WHOLE play coffee pot so I must look like I needed it.

Miss Greta helping me make a pie.

the phone not ringing during naptime.

And that there was a naptime today.

That our snowperson still hasn't melted in the front yard.

A quiet morning of playing in the playroom with the kids and not having to run errands or do anything but play.

Watching the kids drum together.

Jeff....again. Love you.

Hearing Fieldin call himself "pudger".

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!