Good Dragon Vs Bad Dragon

Night Fury

I have always thought of myself as a "Good Dragon" kind of person. You know like Night Fury from How to Train Your Dragon. The kind of person that will go out of their way to help another. A person that is good with kids. Yes I always thought I was a good dragon person, but today I was told otherwise by a two year old. I walked into the house and said "Hi." And that was all it took for this boy to break down and cry. He told me I was a "Bad Dragon". This was due to the fact that I am getting over a cold and my voice is a bit raspy. So I sound like a "Bad Dragon". That means I yell at people, I am mean, and I don't think of others, but worst of all I look like this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Bad Dragon

Sad Day

Snowed in (Still)

After waking up yesterday to realize that we really were snowed in (and still are) we needed to come up with some fun things to do to celebrate Daddy's snow day. So how did we celebrate...

 The first thing that we did was decide to go camping. Not outside of course, but in our basement. it was kinda hard to put up the tent, but with Daddy's little helper it was able to get done. After the tent was put up we had fun playing in the tent and watching movies.

After we set up our tent we had some lunch. We had some yummy mac and cheese, and some super yummy snowflakes. These snowflakes are made out of flour tortillas, butter, sugar, and cinnamon. So yummy!

After our naps we then decided to make a snow man. Not out of snow, but out of cotton balls. Cole mostly had fun playing with the glue.

Then last but not least after dinner Chris made cookies with Cole's help. Or more Chris was making cookies and Cole was trying to eat the dough. After all was said and done we had some yummy cookies and it was off to bed we went.

A Mommy Field Trip

On Monday a few of us decided to go to the Museum of Science and Industry or as Ben calls it "The Big Museum". We had so much fun playing together and learning new things. Us moms had fun talking and playing with our kids. There were so many things to do that we didn't get to everything and we tiered ourselves out. The next day I got sick, but at least we beat the storm and got to have fun before we were snowed in.

We loved learning about gravity.

And about all the different planets.

Lets not forget to act silly.

And to make music with the lights.

Learning about life on a farm.

Say Cheese!!!

Playing with water.

Running through a Mirror maze.

Taking turns driving a race car.

Spilling water.

Getting in and out of chairs.

Learning something new from our Moms.

Running away from Mommy.

Forgive the randomness of these photos. By the end of this post they didn't want to do what I wanted them to do. However we did have so much fun and can't wait to go somewhere else and have fun with our friends again!!

My New Love

Yes that is right I am now a proud owner of a Nikon SLR D3100. This makes me very happy. I was wanting to get a D5000 but when I went to get my camera, they were sold out, and not only that they have stopped making it. All in all I am very happy with it, and I love playing with the camera. Here are some of the very first photos on my camera. They may not be the best , but they were fun to take!

Again I have some catching up to do.

Let us start with Christmas. We had so much fun. We had family in town and enjoyed every moment with them. Christmas morning came and The Wise Men came and visited us. Cole got some little people toys, snow boots (that don't fit), a book, and a new Christmas ornament. I do have to say though that my favorite gift that we got this year was our marshmallow launchers. That's right. The war has begun.

Then for New years eve. Well we stayed up and had a Gilmore Girls marathon.

This past weekend Chris had a four day weekend. We were going to go apply for section 8 housing only to find out that IL in broke and can't afford to help people with that. So we took Cole to the Du Page Children Museum instead. He had a blast playing in the water, and just running around. I have come to conclusion that my best days are those that I get to see Cole very happy. I think the main thing that made him happy is that he got to spend the day with his Daddy. They love each other so much.

Yesterday we did our taxes. It is the one time each year that we are thankful that we are poor because we get the earned income credit. With that money I will be getting the camera that I want. We will be paying bills. and we will put money aside to go to our family reunion this year. 

With my camera I am going to start practicing taking photos so that I can get into photography. I would love to get really good at it so that I can do something I love, stay home with Cole and earn some money to help us get really back on our feet. Or just on our feet. I don't think we ever were really on them. So in the near future I will asking for models to help me practice. So if you want to help me out just let me know.

I have some catching up to do.

Ok, let us start from the beginning shall we. Halloween. Yes that was over a month ago, and yes I have been very slow. So I made for our ward Halloween party cupcakes that looked like a pumpkin. And Cole made a very cute Hippo.

Now we shall skip to the day after Thanksgiving. We put up our very first Christmas tree as a family. It was fun spending that time together and getting into the Christmas spirit.

So lately Cole has been getting up at 4:30 and thinking that is fine. Well its not. So sometimes if I am lucky I can get him back to sleep and catch some shut eye as well.

Our ward Christmas party was this past Saturday and I sang a song from the Forgotten Carols. I Cry the Day I Take the Tree Down. I think I did pretty well even though It doesn't sound all that great on the recording.

And last but not least. Santa came to town!! As a family we are doing our stocking on December 6th, St. Nicholas day. And on Christmas we will have the Wise Men come to bring gifts. We are doing this to try and keep commercial and sacred separate. We all got some new books, Cole got a fisher price toy, Chris got a new razor (he has had his old one since he went on a mission), and I got the same hair straightener I got for my birthday (it was kinda expensive so I told Chris to use it for this). I can't wait for Christmas to get here and to spend time with friends and family this holiday season.

Back On Her Feet Again

So, a little over a month ago, our dear Roxy had a seemingly minor incident. We thought that it could be fixed over the weekend but as things went, it only got worse; more time trying to repair her, and more money spent. The "doctors" spent all their time and energy trying to fix her up, but eventually gave in and turned her over to the "specialists." She spent a day at the specialist, and after they worked on her for an hour, she was all set and ready to be back out on the town; I could not be any happier. "Who's Roxy," you ask? OUR CAR!

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