Saturday, December 13, 2008

Busy Days...



Ok... where to start.... Thursday Luca had knee surgery. She is doing well. She has a shaved butt like a lion and has to wear a cone as she eats at her staples (and has successfully chewed 2 of them out already).

Then Friday.. Ryan's work Christmas party was Friday night. We got all dolled up. Had a good time and won the Grand Prize - a wii and wii Fit Pad!! Awesome.

Saturday we got our real tree and decorated that. It turned out to be an all day activity. I haven't a clue how it happened but I ended up with 1300 lights on my tree. It's pretty though -but the fire department might drop in if they happen to drive by. Looks like a small fire in our house. :-)

Gavin also cooked some popcorn on the stove (don't worry... I was right there). He was so proud of it that he took pictures of it.

Lastly... most of you know my fear of spiders. There was one in the house and Gavin and I were home alone. I put my finest parenting skills in gear and I persuaded my son, against his own fear, that he should kill it with a shoe. And he did. Parenting at it's finest. :-)

Slideshow of events at the bottom....

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Christmas Cookies


Gavin and I made some Christmas sugar cookies tonight. He had full access to the icing and sprinkles. Some of his cookies give me a toothache just looking at them. But my goodness... aren't they beautiful? :-)

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Gumdrop House


We just spent 2 full weeks back home at my parents' house. We did a LOT of different things - train rides, visiting Santa, playland, movies, dinner at the ski resort, etc. etc. etc. I have lots and lots of pictures but this was a nice one. The kids put together a gumdrop house (a/k/a gingerbread house to some). They had a great time and Gavin ate enough icing to give himself a tummy ache.