1)One Monday night we watched the Polar Express for FHE.
When Edwin saw Santa, he said, "That's God."
2)For Andrew's December request, I made Spaghetti with Turkey Meatballs. This time, I substituted onion powder because
A)I didn't want to cut an onion and
B) I wanted my girls to try it.
They all did, and I will use it again. One of them may have even commented, "This is good."
I like the idea of using ground turkey but in reality I've only got a couple of recipes that I love with it. Send me yours if you have any that are worth repeating.
3) If each of my family members went to the dentist twice and the doctor once a year, that would be 21 appointments . . . pretty close to an appointment every two weeks. That doesn't count the orthodontist, which we are starting soon, or any sick visits.
Conclusion . . . . I better increase how often I pick up the phone to make appointments.
4) We are a hula hooping family. Today they did some timing and . . .
Andrew 9:26
Caitlin 9:39
Bryn stopped herself at 15:04. She chose to stop there--who knows how long she could keep it up. Her goal was to beat the standing record, which she easily accomplished.
Nathan 15:18
They have also learned to walk, run, and jump up and down while hula hooping. We will only post photos if we upgrade our camera. It's too slow for hula hooping photos to turn out.
I still can't hula hoop, but I'm practicing.
5)With several struggles and a little prayer, I figured out how to print address labels for Christmas cards. Not much less work this year, but it will be next year, and the year after, and so on.
6)Meal planning is much easier and less stressful than not meal planning. I've tried both ways.
7)We never carved our pumpkins. I planned to throw them out and spoke openly about it before they made it in the garbage.
Diana said, "I don't want to throw them out, I want to see them decay."
Thankfully, they had decayed enough by the time Nathan was throwing them out that he pointed to a rather unpleasant part of the pumpkin and said, "Look, Diana, DECAY."
He carried 4 of them to the garbage and saved the others for pumpkin soup. The first installment was last night. It's good. We had twin 11 year olds boys over and they asked for more. Try it.
Somehow, we'll have to fit "carving pumpkins" into the schedule next year.
8) Last December I got a card from employees at Nate's work. It said, "Thanks for the luncheon!" referring to a luncheon put on by physicians' wives. It was the first I had heard about it. I felt bad.
This year, I found out in time to contribute. I made dozens of oatmeal raisin cookies and was able to attend. I loved talking to and meeting Nathan's co-workers. They employ over 200 people.
9) We bought & decorated our tree today. Then we sang "O Christmas Tree" and some other carols. Great family time.
10) Nathan straddled the b-ball hoop at the park to put the net back on. Unfortunately, no photo, use imagination.
11) This week my mom watched Ed & Diana so I could go on choir tour with Bryn's early morning choir, the Treble Makers. They toured two nursing homes, two banks, and ended up with lunch at the mall. One boy in our group brought $29 with him. It was probably the first time Bryn ordered food for herself. My mom brought the little ones to the second bank so they could listen, too.
This Treble Maker is awesome!!!!
