Christmas At The FAR Grandma's

We went to the far Grandma's house yesterday (my parent's house; across town) for Christmas and my Grandpa's Birthday.

Apparently I can get that look on my face when I open a present even though I'm a big kid.

We All Get Ready for Christmas Somehow

A few months ago I found this desk and brought it home, even though I had no where to put it. I'll use it when I have more room. It ended up in front of the fireplace since that was the only space left in the house. Yesterday morning I came into the living room to find this:

Zach was preparing for Santa's visit.

Zach Made Cookies

Babysitters are Great

A few weeks ago we had our usual babysitter over to watch the kids for a few hours. Usually she doesn't get to actually see the kids since the go to bed by 6. (If you know me you know I'm not kidding here!) Anyway, this time Zach was still up. So we just told Zach to go to bed when he felt tired. (If you know me you know this is a statement that doesn't usually come out of my mouth...ever.) But we figured we shouldn't stress out a 12 year old with trying to wrestle him to bed if he would rather play Lego's with her. So, when we got back all was well and both kids were sleeping.
When I drove our babysitter home I said, "I hope Zach didn't give you any trouble, I tried to get him to bed but it just didn't work out" (Adults would understand this to mean, well, what it means. To her it meant something different.)
She said, "next time you should try reading him some books. He got tired really fast when I did that."
I smiled and said "Thanks, I'll try that!"

I'm glad she has discovered this little secret so early in life!

This is too Funny to Pass Up

I haven't seen Twilight, and haven't read the books, but still found this quite amusing. Twilight fans read on:

Cast Change for New Moon

And if you think I'm lame for having no clue who these people are, well, I'm lame! But don't really care. Have a great week!

Ba D'oing D'oing!

Sometimes I'm amazed at what Zach can do. But I shouldn't be. We have taught him a little about how to use the mouse and keyboard. This morning we were listening to Christmas music. Zach's favorite seems to be Jewel's rendition of "Rudolph the red nosed reindeer". Here's how I know. He keeps switching the song back to that. No Celine Dion for him! (But usually he likes her bytheway!)

You Would Have to Understand...

Chevy Chase came out of our Advent Calendar last night.