I did the bills today...can't they just go away until after the holidays? : )
Monday, December 21
Sunday, December 20
Maureen December 20, 2009
Annie's hands got all green today. Mine did too. You'll find out why on Thursday night...
Saturday, December 19
Maureen December 19, 2009
We went for our annual shopping trip to Dollar Tree, today. We give the kids a dollar for each person who lives in our house & they sneak around the store picking out presents for each other. Lots of fun trying to find the right thing and trying to keep from being seen.
Marla December 19, 2009
Some days I just don't know what to take a picture of...and, some days there are just so many things.
Vaughn has been waiting to hear from DePaul University to see if he got accepted. He thought that he'd hear through an email first. But, we were surprised today when he got this envelope in the mail. I think that DePaul is his number one choice.
Then Eric, Vaughn and Cole went out to play in the snow. They made this awesome fort. It actually ended up getting a little bigger after this picture was taken.
Betty December 19, 2009
Bets placed! No results yet...
Follow-up email, one hour later: Just won $78 on Flying Winnebago in the 3rd!
And, then, via email, 2 hours later than that:
Friday, December 18
Miranda December 18, 2009
These are my friends kids...the picture makes me laugh every time I look at it!
Thursday, December 17
Miranda December 17, 2009
Got my grocery list organized for the upcoming festivities! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
Maureen December 17, 2009
Annie's class had their holiday concert, today, along with the 3rd & 6th grades. Shelby's class (and the kindergarten, first & 5th graders) will perform in the spring. Annie's in the back row, wearing red, right in front of the brown doorway. She got to play the glockenspiel for this song: Ding Dong Merrily On High
Wednesday, December 16
Marla December 16, 2009
We won "bowling dollars" tonight. That means that our team got 5 strikes in a row...AMAZING! It started out with Colleen getting a strike, then Marla, then Miranda, then Sandie and then Colleen again (Donna wasn't there since she sprained her foot). We get to spend them on anything that we want at the St. Charles bowl...so, we'll probably get some drinks.
Miranda December 16, 2009
So, I got the tires rotated at Discount tire..while nursing Gianni, I had the pleasure (?) of listening to a man, in his 40's (who seemed - how shall I put this? - perverted?) talk on the phone about how he 'necked' with a girl for 30 minutes and how she is a good kisser. He also spoke about his upcoming divorce and how his soon to be ex wife has taken him for everything and he is now broke...did he not understand that he was in public? He then persisted on having a conversation with myself and the lady next to me. I was pleasantly surprised as he was a nice man and we had a nice converstation. But, I could have done without hearing everything else...
Maureen December 16, 2009
Allison won a gift certificate for a manicure at *last year's* school fun fair. She finally got around to using it today.
Tuesday, December 15
Jen December 16, 2009
Jess slept over tonight, she helped me with the kids and with wrapping presents. James loved playing with her
Marla December 15, 2009
I took down my old bulletin board today (I got tired of looking at it). I don't know if it's the lighting or what...but, everything always seems to fade on that bulletin board. I do think that it looks cool though. Try to guess which Dr. Seuss character belongs to each "shadow". You can check my September 25th photo to see if you are right.
Maureen December 15, 2009
Today, they decided it would be fun to smash the extra igloo bricks that they had made a couple of days ago. And, it did look like fun!
Betty December 15, 2009
Escaping from the flood... Woke up to police and National Guard helping people to evacuate. Safe and sound at Maggie's now. She and Dick are trying to find enough power cord to keep the RV from using up the last of the propane to keep the refrigerator cold, etc. I'm going to take a bubble bath...
Monday, December 14
Jen December 14, 2009
James and Emily got Christmas presents from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa in the mail. James ripped open his gift and then tried to take Emily's too
Marla December 14, 2009
Cole has been wearing a Santa hat to school for about a week now. And, he has been wanting one of these elf hats. So tonight after his orthodontist appointment we stopped by Walgreens and bought one.
Maureen December 14, 2009
Finally took Maggie to the vet today to have him look at the wound from a ruptured cyst between her shoulder blades which just isn't healing. Fixing it will, of course, involve an expensive surgery that we'll bring her back in for on Thursday. Sigh...
Sunday, December 13
Maureen December 13, 2009
Working on the foundation of their snowfort. They added a second layer of thickness & made a few extra bricks before it got too late to be outside working on it.
Marla December 13, 2009
I unboxed all of these decorations on Friday night...still haven't found the time to decorate the house with them.
Saturday, December 12
Marla December 12, 2009
Miranda needed help with her computer...so, we got to go with and play with Gianni.
Miranda December 12, 2009
They are watching a show about bridges while Eric helped me with my computer! Thanks Marla and Eric!
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