December 2nd thru 13th photos!!

Ellie playing in her infant carrier, we cleaned it all up, and I put it by the door so I wouldn't forget it, we gave it to a friend who is having a baby in 4 weeks!

 Perfectly asleep!

Playing on the bed!



 

I found him like this.

 

Sick little girl!

 

Hank made this craft all by himself.

 

I made this at R.S.

 

 

The Nightmare before Christmas!

Ellie at Physical Therapy.

Talking on the phone!



Afton had a birthday!

For Aftons Birthday we had a blast!  We went to Super Franks, here we are in the Fish Tank room.

 

 It is the funnest place ever!

 

This room is the Village!

Ellie had so much fun in here!

We have one of these cars, so it was fun for her to see a toy like hers in a different place.  They had countless toy cars for them to ride on and in.



 

This was mine and Hanks third time coming, and Ellies second, and Afton and Grandmas 1st, we had so much fun in this room, it was a Gym, super fun!

Later that day we had a birthday party, we had Hot Dogs, chips, and pistacio jello salad.  For dessert we had Ritz Peanut Butter and white choc. cookies!  Yummy!!

Hank opened almost all of Aft's gifts for her.

 

She got scrapbook pages to add to her "Auntie and Me" Scrapbook!

 

Hank helping in some way.

 

These two girls always sneak off and play!!  Teh piano is so fun!



 

I did the birthday decorations!!

 

Except for this fantastic design Hank is standing next to.  He made it just for his Auntie Afton!

When there's love at home!

I love days like today!

So, today started out great got a little hairy, then became even greater. Thanks to prayers, quick repentance and patience I was a great momma!

We had fun making bread, going to Story time and the park, turning a carseat box into a castle, reading books, and making more bread. What a fun day. And the best part is- it isn't over.

The reason I love days like today is because I was able to spend quality time with Hank and Ellie and I used some of my home-making skills to better my life and I had a chance to change for the good.

Halloween Day- 2012

 

Here we have Sadie the Elephant, Hank the Skeleton and Ellie Jean the Witch!

 

We had a great Halloween.  From morning til night.  It was filled with Joy School, Story time at the Library, Crafts and games, Trick or Treating at Auntie Aftons work, homemade Pizza dinner and Root Beer floats, and more trick or treating some friends of ours came with us!  It was so fun!  We didn't get hardly any trick or treaters, the doorbell rang 3 maybe 4 times. 

Saturday

So, the last two Saturdays I have left my house in the eight oclock hour and headed to a park and played with a bunch of adults, my most favorite game- Ultimate Frizbee.  I have never been happier!!  I love Ultimate, and now I am back into playing it weekly.  I use to play with some of my old roommates and single friends back in 2001, 2002 and part of 2003.  It was so great.  I have played periodically over the past 9 years, mostly at campouts and reunions for my side of the family, but now it is on, I am running, catching, throwing, and having so much fun!  I love it!!

Today was also filled with working at my old home (the apartment).  A friend watch Hank and Ellie for an hour, then we put them down for a nap at Grandmas and Grandpas while Mark and I continued working.  I ripped out the baseboard, that was fun!!  Mark layed some foam sheets on the ground in prep to lay the hardwood.  He also prepped the stairs and sanded and puddied some areas.  We are great at working, we are.

And when the kids woke up, (well Hank never went to sleep, he is slowly turning into a kid that doesn't need naps, about once a week, he doesn't need a nap, sometimes twice) I stopped working and headed to the park with Hank and Ellie, which was so fun.  We happened to arrive while the Fire fighters in San Leandro were having safety drilld and practicing putting out fires (the park we were at was separated from the Fire training grounds by a fence and some trees.  It was cool, we watched for a few minutes while Firemen, climbed ladders, and were busy trying to put out a fake fire, when we were ready to leave so were the firemen, the fire trucks drove away as we watched. 

So during our park trip we climbed the play structure and collected sticks, some that were full of leaves and some that were just sticks.  We- Hank, and Ellie and I love Nature.  We collect things most people scoop up and put in their yard waste. 

I made pizza for dinner, I just love homemade pizza!!  Then gave the kids baths, put them to bed (they were tucked in at 7:10), and cleaned up the kitchen.  Lastly I have been working on my Sharing Time lesson, it is going to be a great lesson!  It was such a fun day.  Now I am off to bed!  Thanks for reading!!  What did you do today?

Tricky tricky!

She was suppose to be eating.  Instead she's sleeping, tricky Ellie!

 

 Pretty cute, huh?

 

Just a red bag, right?

Wrong, it is Hank!  Tricky boy!!