T Minus 5

Ok, we have truly been swamped here lately! Fake Christmas is in 5 days and we are racing to get everything done before then! Wyatt has actually figured out that our Christmas is not on Dec 25, but we told him that we asked Santa to come early so that we can go to Michigan and not miss anything. He seemed alright with that, and if he buys it the the other kids are sold!

He wore this to the grocery store for 1 week

We had 3 different Christmas programs last week and one more coming up next week! I have been practicing songs and hand movements with everybody so that they knew what to do at performance time. So far it went smoothly except at church. Jonah and Sam were up front singing their songs (which Shane has been practicing as well) and Shane decided to hop right up there along side his brothers and join them. The director didn't realize that he didn't belong and handed him some bells to ring and he was thrilled! It worked out fine and the boys couldn't stop talking about how Shane crashed their performance...they thought that it was hysterical!

Watching the Grinch

Today after picking everybody up from school the kids wanted to drive around the lake and see if there were any ice fisherman, so we checked it out. No ice yet, but the kids sure are looking forward to trying out some ice fishing this winter! That should make for some good stories!

Then on the way home from the lake I overheard the kids talking about next year. "What do you think that Mom is going to do next year when Shane is in school?" (2 hours 2 x per week...so much free time huh?)

Then I heard Sam say "Guys, I know, Mom is going to make cookies every day for us for when we get home from school!" What an idealist!