Clothing myself in: Denim trousers, black long-sleeved shirt with turquoise tank top underneath.
Around the house: Well, as we speak there are six tea towels spread out on the living room floor by Ruby to make a "skate park." There are also crayons and painted pictures everywhere. Life with children much? There are actually some wrapped presents under the tree anxiously awaiting Christmas.
We have been doing a Jesse Tree for Advent and finally this week (after I printed another set of ornaments for Ruby to color rather than taking turns) we are getting to the point where we don't end our prayer time singing "Christ Circle Round Us" while wanting to kill each other. Progress.
Ruby: Still on the "football player" kick. She refers to herself as football player pretty much all the time now. As in naming people off at the dinner table, "Mommy, football player, Ira, Daddy." And she still wears the YMCA jersey whenever she can find it (not that anyone would ever hide it or anything...) Some days Andy doesn't even know what clothes she has on until he gets her undressed for her bath because all he ever sees is "YNCAjersey" (read that really fast b/c that's how she says it, all smushed together.) Still has her binkies. Is singing some Christmas songs, which is just precious to me. Favorites: "Hi shed the Donkey" (Friendly Beasts); We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Is wearing a lot of 4T clothes now. Which is just weird to me, because I don't think Ruby is very tall (in fact, to me she seems short for her age) but she needed more length in her shirts. She's wearing a combo of 3 & 4T bottoms. Girls clothing sizes (as well as women's for that matter) are so wonky...
Ira: Had a dentist appointment last week. No cavities (hooray!) and got sealants put on 3 out of 4 six-year molars (the 4th still had some tissue over it.) The top left tooth is very loose now but again, he wants nothing to do with pulling it out. The dentist told us to buy some candy corn. I snorted and told him he was probably the first dentist ever to tell a patient to buy and eat candy corn. We did not buy any, therefore, the tooth is still there. He did think he lost it this weekend at my parents, kind of a funny story. He was getting undressed for his bath when he said "Grandma, my tooth is out!" (reminiscent of Thanksgiving) then he says "why is it so sticky?" "And the new tooth that's growing in is already really big...and it's loose..." At which point my mom asked him to see the "tooth" She smashed it in her fingers and a peppermint smell escaped. Good try Ira, but it was just a piece of candy cane. He has been really enjoying his Advent Chain activities.
In the kitchen: Spaghetti and Meatballs; Sweet & Sour Pork; Pepperoni Pizza; and Natalie's Tuna Noodle Salad.
Hobbies: I've been working on a project that despite my best efforts, just doesn't want to be finished. We'll see what the next week brings. Altered some pajama pants of Ira's (from St. Nick) that were 6" too big in the waist. Now if only there were a way to lengthen his uniform pants and shirts. I am seriously thinking we'll need longer ones before the school year is over. Sheesh. Truly grateful for healthy, growing kiddos though! My new hobby: having blood work done every other day for the rest of this cycle. Yippee!
Bringing me joy: The Christmas presents we bought on Saturday. We really spent a lot of time picking out gifts for everyone on our list this year and I cannot WAIT to give them! (I'm really bad at waiting to give gifts.) Really grateful for the place we are right now in our lives - jobs/home/family I'm feeling very thankful lately for it all. Playing with Ruby - she has quite the imagination (and has the funniest "voices" for her toys - really nasally and forced.) Having a good dentist who I like and trust (even if I do have to get a crown next week...) Our insurance agent calling us because he noticed (as I had) that our rates went up a decent amount. He'd already found us cheaper (and better, honestly) coverage and just needed to know if we wanted to switch. Thank you!
Thinking about: Christmas/St. Nick/Santa. Looking forward to Ira's Christmas Program this week. Writing our Christmas letter. How much I love my hubby and can't imagine my life without him (an elderly woman at our parish recently lost her husband - I don't know why, but it's really getting to me.)
Picture to share:
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| Every month when we take our "monthly picture" I get asked "Can we do a silly one?!" Believe it or not, this was the silly one from this past month. |
