Three Days!

A three day weekend!  What fun!

Saturday ~ New Year's Eve ~

Great grandma took us grocery shopping!  Princess always rides in the cart and Pumpkin holds my hand as we wind our way through the grocery store.  Each Saturday if both kids have been relatively good, they each get to pick out one donut before we leave to take home for a snack.  Pumpkin likes to get the glazed cinnamon rolls and Princess like to get a star donut with chocolate icing and sprinkles.

We invited one of our good friends over for the evening.  We had Creamy Lemon-Chicken Pasta.  This dish is absolutely delightful!!!!  I have been making it a few times a month since I discovered it over the summer.  The chicken dish was complimented by chips, french bread and crescent rolls.  Of course the kids thought that the chips were the best part of the meal.   

We watched the movie Troy in the sun room and the kids watched Transformers cartoons in our bedroom. We made it until about 11:30  before hitting the sack.  But don't fear, we awoke at midnight to the sounds of the firework and loud booms from somewhere in the neighborhood.

Sunday ~ New Year's Day~

Oh the joys of sleeping in.  Even the kids slept in for a bit before everyone piled into our bed.  It is nice to have a family snuggle, but of course it never lasts too long. 

We ventured out for Sunday church service.  The kids love children's time.  This time Pastor took them around the sanctuary to look at different wooden cut-outs of the nativity scene.  They looked at Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus.  They also traveled to look at the wise men three on their way to see baby Jesus.  Pastor talked about the gifts that the wise men were bringing for the baby and then asked the children about the gifts that they received for Christmas.  It was a nice way to tie the scripture to our daily lives.

During quiet/nap time, I got the Christmas tree taken down and most of the decorations taken downstairs to be put away.  I'm sure that I'll be finding stragglers for the next few weeks or so.  Once everything has turned up, I'll take the decorations from their temporary box and put them away where they actually go.  

We chilled out the rest of the day.  We had a Veggie Tale marathon.  We colored on the easels.  I had the chance to wash several loads of laundry.  The kids actually stayed still long enough for me to take this wonderful picture!

Monday ~ Snowy Day

We are enjoying our last day home.  It has been snowing off and on all day long.  The snow has not had much of a chance to accumulate.  But I still though this picture from December 27th would fit in with the mood of the day.

We have a had a busy television-free day so far.  Pumpkin and Princess helped with a bit of cleaning this morning.  Of course it would take years for them to actually make a dent (wink, wink).  They do have good intentions.  They start picking something up, then get distracted by something else or by the other child.  I guess it is the thought that really matters.  A clean house is not what its cracked up to be anyway, at least ours looks well used.

We have made two loaves of chocolate chip banana bread, which just came out of the oven.  Pumpkin and Princess really enjoyed smashing the bananas, butter, egg, and brown sugar together.  It should be cooled just enough by the time they get up from quiet/nap time.

Princess has had a hard day so far, she has had two accidents thanks to her brother.  The first, Pumpkin spun her in the computer chair while she was standing on the chair.  Of course both her and the chair crashed to the ground.  Poor girl ended up with a bloody nose.  So after we got all cleaned up and all the tears were dried.  We talked about not spinning the chair and not standing on the chair.  

So, later Pumpkin whacked her with his bottom right off the couch and she landed with a thud onto her back.  Thankfully no blood this time, just a few tears.  Of course Pumpkin had a big smile on his face until he was told he had to tell his sister sorry.  Can't wait to see what happens when she gets big enough to stand up for herself. 

I'm sure that the adventures will continue after quiet/nap time.  I'm looking forward to supper.  I'm going to make sweet and sour chicken.  Of course with my allergies it will have to be made from scratch, but I have a good recipe.