I’ve managed to at least start Christmas shopping now, we’ve figured out what is going in all our goody tins and whatever I haven’t managed to buy so far is on a list.  We can knock it out by the end of the weekend as long as THIS doesn’t hold us up too badly…

. . . → Read More: Panic subsiding.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I posted a while ago about wanting to take Monkey to the library but being scared of the outcome. I have been putting off making that first trip since then. There were certainly plenty of other things going on that helped me with my procrastination! Last night, however, Duhdee put an end to the . . . → Read More: So, we made our first trip to the library!

Once each day I am the funniest, most captivating person on the planet to my Monkey.  No episode of Curious George or even televised football game can compete.  He will walk away from his snack.  He will run, feet pounding across the floor, no matter what he was doing, just to cheer me on as I…dry . . . → Read More: Funny.

Duhdee is in the kitchen doing prep work for our final Thanksgiving dinner of 2008.  He is making crabcake appetizers using one of these:

Monkey wanted to help so he grabbed his stool and pushed it up to the counter.  He then ran to the utensil drawer and came back, armed, to help.  . . . → Read More: He is a problem solver.

When Monkey and I are horsing around he likes to make silly requests of me just to hear me say “No way!”  For instance, he’ll ask me to look in the space between the couch and the wall, over and over.  There’s never anything down there so I tell him “No way!” whenever he . . . → Read More: *Nod* way!

The hunt begins.

The hunt continues.

Our Chariot

Joy!

Supervising

Getting down and dirty.

All . . . → Read More: Some pictures from our Christmas Tree hunt!

We’re all full up with sick here, this is just insult to injury, really.  So, does anyone else need a little icky eye?  Please?  *sigh*  Poor Monkey.

Yesterday morning, as we were trying in vain to get out of the house on time for school, Monkey planted himself firmly in front of The Tree and pointed over and over at the angel on the top of our tree.  Finally, I asked Duhdee to please look up the word “angel” on our . . . → Read More: How to really confuse your kid.

Yesterday, we decided to go on our annual Christmas Tree Hunt!  We drove out of the city toward our favorite hunting grounds armed with nothing more than hats and mittens1 to track down the ever elusive, perfect, Fraser Fir. 

Upon arrival we stepped out into the lightly falling snow and found ourselves ankle deep . . . → Read More: Oh, Christmas Tree! Oh, Christmas Tree!