Archives for December 2011
Loving my new Garmin
Who said running was free? Right before my 10K race, I was surprised with a Garmin Forerunner to replace out my Nike+ that was just not tracking my distance accurately. (Pedometer versus GPS, which wins?!) I have only used the Garmin outside once, for the 10K race, but I did get the foot insert so… >> View Post
Almost.
I am hoping Friday goes well, my trial is scheduled in the morning. We have settled property, so Friday will be about custody and child support. I am ready to get past this in-between stage of my life and to move on to a better place. Bluntly, I am going to say that 2011 has… >> View Post
Autumn’s 3 Year Old Well Visit and Binky Fairy
I took Autumn in for her 3 year old well visit a couple of weeks ago, but with all of the holiday busyness, I never had time to blog about it! She is doing really well, I was excited to see that she is more of an average height now, and not SUPER tall (she… >> View Post
Christmas Day
I didn’t get the kids back from their Dad until 2pm today, and I was so glad once I had them back. I must say, going on Facebook in the morning and seeing everyone posting photos of their kids opening gifts made me very sad. 🙁 But, such is life. I decided since the kids… >> View Post
Christmas Eve Lunch with my Family
I had my family over for lunch after the kids opened their gifts. I was pretty busy prepping all of the food, but it made for a great lunch and now I’ll have a lot of yummy leftovers this week. I decided to make the Mulled Wine again, it is a warm wine with a… >> View Post
Opening of the Presents on Christmas Eve Morning
Here is the tree, with presents under it (finally!)… Santa was good to the kids this year. Nathan’s electric slot car set is on the table on the right, and on the left you’ll see a Strawberry Shortcake dollhouse that I loved very much as a child and I am handing down to Autumn this… >> View Post
One last Elfie post… since this one got lost.
Autumn has a pink Little Tikes chalk/magnetic easel that she just loves. Elfie decided to have some fun with her easel one morning… On the other side of the easel, he left a watercolor set and drew a template of a Christmas tree. (Ignore the plastic Halloween cup! Ha!) Autumn loves art… anything with chalk,… >> View Post
Nathan and Autumn’s 2011 Ornaments
It has been a tradition in our household, that every year the kids make an ornament. I have so much fun figuring out an ornament idea every year, and then working with them to create it. Usually I have a little trouble digging up ideas, but thanks to Pinterest, I had no trouble figuring out… >> View Post
Busy Day Before Our Christmas Eve Partay!
I am hosting Christmas Eve lunch this year, so I KNEW I would be really busy today cleaning house, making side dishes, desserts, etc. So, Elfie visited our house THREE times today with plenty of distractions for the kids. First, he brought the kids new playdough and playdough cutters. The playdough cutters are actually a… >> View Post
Nathan’s Christmas Party at School
Today Nathan had his Christmas party at school, and he came home with sooo much loot. Luckily, he brought home Mommy a sweet Christmas present, too! Here he is all ready to give it to me. Doesn’t he look so sweet and innocent here? Ha, ha! Must be Elfie’s work! Nathan is becoming quite useful,… >> View Post