This Christmas...

...There was eating..."Inside Outside", Pho, Macayos, The Griddle, Special Family Dinners...

...There was Puppy Wishing...Mostly just on Paisley's part...

...There was basking in the sun, feeding ducks, visiting long time friends, hanging on Uncle Jason's leg...

(Karisa's Housewarming Party)

...There was also an engagement! Congratulations Karisa and Marc!!

...There was the cherished cousin time...

Let's not forget the trip with Ella to the E.R. on Christmas, she's completely fine! Just needed a breathing treatment.

...There was a husband and father that flew in Christmas Eve, there was a FUN late night City Center Tour by my dad and there were lots of memories made in 10 days!!

Thanks to our families and friends for making it as special as it always is!

Las Vegas ~December 15th-December 26th~2009

...Still more Christmas Faves...

A Very Fabbi Christmas...aka Fabulous.

Making Santa's cookies late Christmas Eve with Grandma Sue. They were made out of Cookie Play Dough, super cute and yummy stuff.
And, gettin' comfy with Papa Kent, "Pops" or "Gramps" as Paisley would say. They were waiting at the top of the stairs Christmas morning, anxious to see if Santa came!

Sibs, Scotty, Sleeping, Sunflower Seeds...and others.

Dad got his year supply of seeds.
Jen looks younger than her younger sister. Me N' Scotty got matching hats! I love my siblings.
Scotty and the girls needed a Christmas Nap Bad...they woke me up way too early all excited. Paisley thanks Joe-Joe for the 10 lb. bag of Smarties with a big, sweet hug!

It's the Holiday Season...

...that means it's time for traditions, family, friends, food, decor and the Christmas Spirit!

This tree reminds Scott of the tree from the Charlie Brown Christmas Movie. I on the other hand think that it is adorable and perfectly proportioned and it smells so good. I even carried it home on my back along with a stroller, backpack, purse, Paisley and a messy gingerbread house. I worked for that, tree dang it.
The Elf on the Shelf "magically" moves each night of December and the girls find him each morning. He watches over children to report to Santa if they have been naughty or nice, it works. Except Elf has been a little naughty as you can see, because almost every morning Scott and I awake to find he and his girlfriend, one of the Tinkerbell Fairies, sitting a little too close. Do you see that smirk on his face?! ;)

Before the girls and I headed to Vegas, The Grahams had us over for Kaydee's homemade beef stew, rolls and apple crisp. It was all soooo good. And, I got this darling picture. I think it's my favorite.

Ella and Paisley also learned a lot about Hanukkah this year and were feeling a little left out, so we made a menorah out of play-doh, got some Hanukkah candles and painted some dreidels. We also sang a bunch of songs that I remember learning in Elementary school.

Happy Holidays!

Chain Girlie

Elise came over the other night, she was surprised and sweetly told us that she had learned something from a five year old...

Ella has picked up crocheting chains and is getting quite fast. It's all she wanted to do for 2 days until her "back started to hurt" :) She can even put in her own slip knot and I didn't even teach her how to do that part. Then she taught Elise. AND, it totally calms her (Ella) which is the best news of all.

(Her "Pippy Longstocking Braid"

Wintuk

(picture of some of the cast that I found on Internet)

As one of the Parent Representative in Ella's Kindergarten class, I was assigned as the field trip coordinator, a tough, but very fun job (I prefer that job over any of the other class rep responsibilities, gladly.) One of the first trips I planned in October, was Cirque Du Soleil's Wintuk, which we went to today. It was Ella's first yellow, school bus ride, which she flipped over about with JOY! It was so fun to see her giggling and laughing uncontrollably about her excitement. It was also both our first time at Madison Square Garden, in the WAMU Theatre. The trip was a success! Ticket numbers were perfect, I broke even and the children LOVED it. Especially the snow fall at the end of the show. They were probably the youngest group of children there. Cirque does cater to an older crowd, but the children behaved fantastically and enjoyed the show, without the popcorn or cotton candy! Good kids. On the way home, Ella and a group of friends went from singing..."Jeremiah was a Bullfrog" to "Jingle Bells" to "I had a Little Driedel" to "Feliz Navidad" to "You Belong With Me"...

(Drivin' by the Hard Rock)


This is the second Mariella Pizza that I have come across while walking or on the bus...we're gonna have to take our Mariella there sometime! I love this bottom picture with the bike and the cab.

Paisley had an equally exciting afternoon with Aunt Kaydee! She was so excited to give Kaye a candy cane this morning! And apparently they ate them together.

Thanks so much!

So I'm a little relieved, right now b/c the shooting that happened down at Times Square this morning, happened about 20 minutes after we had driven past the exact location...thank heavens we didn't have to witness that!! Take a look at the picture I took 20 minutes before the shooting and the one that I found on the Internet...

Mine, through the bus window...

Their's...with the same Princess and the Frog Billboard.

Did You Have Good Dreams?

While we were at a playground this afternoon across the street from our apartment, Scott ran into the daughter of a women that he anesthetized just yesterday at Sloan Cancer Center. (crazy coincidence) They talked for a good while and then he came back over and told me about his darling experience with the woman's 90 year old mother the previous day while awaking her from her surgery.

She is from Argentina, so they were speaking in Spanish. The first thing he asked her as she was awaking is if she had good dreams. She replied, "Yes, about you and your beautiful eyes." (!) Her daughter chimed in saying that she couldn't believe that her mother just said that, that she is usually a very reserved woman. The daughter then said something like, "But mom, you're married and you have three kids." "I don't care." she says calmly. "Mom your husband is at home right now." says the daughter. "I don't care." says the mother.

Just like my licence plate cover states, She slept with the best during her surgery. ;)

She has to be admired for just coming out of major surgery and being so positive and optimistic. She must have been whispered to from the sandman while sleeping, b/c she knew that Scotty needed some love and praise, because in this program, that kind of stuff doesn't come from your preceptor. :)

Scott said she was so cute to listen to as she was dazedly waking up and that his preceptor was wanting in on the conversation because they were giggling and she didn't understand the Spanish.

I love when he comes home with stories like this. It gives us something to laugh at! Because I promise ya'll... it ain't all fun n' games round here when we've all had a bad day.

We hope that sweet lady has a speedy recovery!