W says..

I thought it would be cute to do a post along the lines of "kids say the darnedest things." As an almost 3-1/2 yo, W comes up with some pretty funny stuff sometimes. So here are a few:

* "Mama, when you grow up you're going to be a new mommy." Mmmm, alright?

* "When Honey (our almost 10yo Boxer) grows up, he's gonna be a new puppy." If it were only that simple.

* W: "Knock, knock."

Me: "Who's there?"

W: "Elephant"

Me: "Elephant who?"

W: "Elephant eats carrots. Hahahaha! Dat's funny."

* "Daddy, you're a real boy." As opposed to a fake one...

* "We can't go to the Zoo at night. The animals are sweeping. Maybe, next summer."

* "Greysie, you can't go out of Honey's door. It's for dogs. You're a boy, ok? Maybe, next December."

Kendall Boggs Contest

This is from http://kendallboggsfineart.blogspot.com/ Go for your chance to win a new painting for your home!

From Kendall:

Time for a Christmas GIVEAWAY! I'm doing this one a little different this time! I'm gonna let YOU chose which of these two paintings you want (once you win) I'm also gonna change up the rules a bit.

Okeey Dokey

You can have a chance to post 3 times!

For one post....tell me your favorite Christmas memory

To post twice? sign up to follow my blog (or if you're already a follower, tell a friend!)

To post THREE times???? Tell everyone about my contest on YOUR blog or cut and paste on your facebook page!!! (be sure and post your blog site in your post)

These are the two paintings:

"Father, Son, and The Holy Spirit"

15 x 30 mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas - unframed

550.00

"Four Dripping Trees"

15 x 30 mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas - unframed

550.00

Contest ends Tuesday, December 14th at 6 p.m. CST

My trusty random number generator will pick!

Good luck everyone!!!

and

Merry Christmas!

To my surprise...

S and I were watching the news this morning and what to my wandering eyes should appear is my "niece" who is really my cousin's child should appear. They were doing a feature on a woman who become an artist after working with the kids at Camp Smile-A-Mile which is a camp primarily for children with cancer or in remission for cancer. When my sweet niece was 2-1/2 she was diagnosed with leukemia. It was such devastating news, but through the grace of God she has been in remission for 8 or so years now. God is so good.

This wonderful, adorable, smart and sassy girl can be found at 1:15. I love you, sweet girl!

W's 1st Christmas program

It was one for the memory books for sure, because it turned out nothing like I expected. Where to begin? From little G singing along to Jingle Bells "HEY!" to him yelling "Bubby, BUUUUUBBBEEEE!" upon spotting W, he was quite the handful. Thankfully, S is a great guy and took care of the screamin'demon. Besides that, it was my baby's first Christmas program and I couldn't wait to hear him sing his little heart out. I knew it was going to be so special. That is, until I saw him marching in, and I knew from the moment I spotted him that he had a little problem that he was fixated on. For your viewing pleasure, I bring you "W's first Christmas program."

my song

I thought I'd share something cute. W is totally into Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer this year. He loves to sing both songs. In fact, he has started calling Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer "my song". As in, "Mama, sing my song." Or "Mama, I'm going to see my song." Too stinking cute. I finally got him to let me record it.

As cute at that video is, I tried get him to sing it again and get better footage, but he staunchly refused and then stated he'd sing Frosty instead. Did you know Frosty has a gumpin nose, not a button nose? LOL! As you can see, he doesn't quite have it down pat yet. In any case, I'm sure that by December 25th he will know it word for word.

Blue Monday

This week has been way too depressing. Last week, a teacher at the boys school lost her 3yo son quite unexpectedly. On Friday, I found out that a cousin had been out hunting, shot a buck, brought it back to the truck and apparently had a massive heart attack and passed away while waiting to meet up with his hunting buddies. The thing that is so shocking about this is that he was in great physical shape and only 39. He leaves behind a 10 yo son and a 4 yo daughter. Today, I hear of a child from my hometown who tried to commit suicide. When his family found him, he was already brain dead and despite the best medical efforts, he passed today. He was in middle school. Life can be so hard sometimes. All I want to do is hold tight to my precious babies, thank God for his mercy, and pray for peace to those who are hurting so badly right now.

God's grace is so good and he is waiting to pour out his love on those who ask. When a believing person prays, great things can happen. So tonight I am praying. May peace find all who desperately need it.

santa express plus christmas parade equals tons of fun

We have been having the best weekend. Last night we celebrated S's birthday with a great group of friends. I was a little nervous because we were bringing a couple of different circles of friends together and you never quite know how that will go, but it went really well. However, I think the best part was that it was an adults only party and my awesome aunt kept the boys for the night so we wouldn't have to worry about picking them up late at night.

It was surprisingly eery this morning though when we woke up, because there was no sounds of little children in the house and everything was in the same place we put it the night before. You know we've really adapted to having kids when the quiet and neatness gets to us. Ha! In any case, I really missed my stinkers and couldn't wait to pick them up, because...

We had tickets to the Santa Express! W and G are really into trains and they got to go on an hour long train ride with a certain man in red making an appearance. Making the whole experience even better was having my aunt and her granddaughter (my cousin's child) come with us. W and his cousin, T, are 6 months apart in age and always have a fantastic time together.

Checking it out with daddy

Mommy says don't forget about me!

Trains are cool.

Hi!

Cousins at play

Auntie S, T and W

All aboard!

Are we ready yet?

The choo-choo goes "WOO-WOO."

Scolding Santa's Elf for sneaking the train without a ticket.

I got to say that the conductor was pretty cool.

Visiting with the big guy, Mr. Ho Ho Ho himself.

The plan was to go home after the train ride but as luck would have it, the town I grew up in was having their Christmas parade so we decided to stay and enjoy it.

In front of my grandmother's house

which is now owned by my aunt.

Enjoying his view of the parade

No matter how old you are,

everyone loves parade candy.