blizzard...

Dec. 3rd

Manhattan Square Park

Skating Rink

Roch., NY

Dec. 4

same place

Can't get enough of the ice skating.

Well...I'm not skating...just walking Pinky who pulled

a Marley & Me at the rink.

You know the ocean scene. Yuck.

Dec. 5

missing photo.

Craig & I went out for Chinese.

I have a picture of Craig drinking a flaming volcano on my cell.

Dec. 6

Strong Museum

Allie & Lulu
Madeline's Christmas

Dec. 7

Making marshmallows
YumDec. 9
Snowed.
I actually shoveled the driveway.
Proof.

Dec. 10

Blizzard

That's Craig shoveling the driveway.

The tiny black speck is him!

Difference between Rochester & Richmond

We don't cancel school when it snows.

December what?

My December daily is kicking my butt and it's only 5 days into the month.

We went ice skating 2 nights in a row which should have provided me with a ton of great pictures, but really didn't.

Hmm...we're going to make Martha Stewart's recipe for vanilla marshmellows. If I don't get a cute photo today, I may have to reconsider this project!

Hello December

December started with a snowfall!

Nice.I'm attempting a December Daily.

For non-scrapbackers, it's a monthly journal filled with pictures taken daily

and the thoughts wriiten down to remember the day.
I like a snow shot for my first entry. It kinda sets a nice wintery

tone to my journal.

Things to write about on December 2nd.

Aunt Sue watched Charlotte while I volunteered in Nora's kindergarten class.

I tried to watch a tivoed Rock & Roll 25th Hall of Fame Concert.

Charlotte wanted to know why Bono was doing the pee pee dance.

He does spent quite a bit of time semi-hunched over tapping one foot.

Hmm.

I never thought my 4yr old

had anything in common with him.

Nora thought Mick Jagger was old and why does he sound funny?

Good valid questions.

I definitely thought that myself about ol' Mick.

Counting down Xmas ABC family style

Things I'm doing to kick off the Christmas season.

1. Getting up at 2am to start shopping on Black Friday.

It was wild, it was crazy, and there's a rumor that I may have been

a little extreme in my reaction to $7.50 puffer vests in Target.

When I was through, they needed CSI to make sense of it all.

2. Getting a two hour "nap" after returning from Black Friday

2 little girls jumped on my head waiting

for me to get up so I can start Christmas decorating.

3. Hop out of bed and go to Home Depot to get a real live tree.

Where an unforeseen meltdown occurred because I would not

purchased a seizing reindeer for my front yard.

4. A picture does not convey the wretched state of this reindeer.

He's my nightmare and a 4yr old's dream.


5. Yay! A shot with the flash when all else fails.
We're happy we found a tree.
That lost a thousand needles in the back of my minivan.
And through the house.
That I vacuum up everyday.
It smells real nice though.






6. A tree lovingly decorated by the hands of 4yr & 5yr old.



7. I can take the pictures to prove it, but I'll leave it to the closeups
to convey the serenity of a loved tree.

8. Me - "Nora, can I take your picture by the tree?"

Nora: "uh huh."

Me: " Can you look at me and stop watching 'The Dog who Saved Christmas'?

Stranger in a strange land.

Hello sweet freedom!

Yep. We're healthy again and both girls are back in school.

Charlotte wanted to play with her leapster this afternoon and told me she wasn't going to school.

Hmm.

I almost had a mini panic attack and then a firm "Put your shoes on,

Leapster will be there when you get home", may have been uttered by yours truley.

And out the door we were!

Crisis averted.

( bad picture of this layout. It looks very cute in person. This photo...not so much!)
It's bad enough when I have made little trips out of the house I feel like a stranger

in a strange land. Now is not the time to be disorientated.

I've got to be on my game to get all those toys that are wanted by my twosome.

Charlotte has already discovered one present. I have to find a good hiding spot in this house.

She's quick. She found it in my closet which she's never gone in before. Nora neither.

Oh well. At least it was only the one.

Bored and .....oh yes BORED!

I've been home with this little cupcake this week. She's been sick, mostly that heavy wet sounding cough. We've had one night with a fever, but our days have been fever free. Still not sure what we have. But let's get healthy again ALREADY!

Someone in Nora's class has strep according to the note that came home yesterday. Please don't breath in Nora's direction. Can I say that?!

Nothing else happening in our spunky little world. Come on, I've been house bound! I know when I get out I'll probably be talking too much to everyone I see.

Trolling the black Friday ads online and I think I know what I'm getting everyone for Christmas, except Allie. Allie...you're hard to buy for! I just can't buy you any more clothes....that will end up on your floor, books you won't read, or music you can download. I was thinking a gas card, but there are no cool gas stations like Sheetz or Wawas. Hmm...

Drive by

Title hard to read.

"Little Adventures"

Nora is on the road to recovery after an epic battle with high fevers and a rattling cough.

We missed a week of school and assorted activities.

Now I'm on a Charlotte watch. Craig and I have managed to stay healthy so far.

We did pass a few cooties to Uncle Bobby and we're VERY sorry for that!

We've had a rough week so this was super cool to see today!

Go me!