HOw to spend New Years kid style

You eat waffles and play video games

You go shopping with your gift cards at Target

Have some ice cream

and really enjoy it

THen you bake a kitty cake.  With no decorations it didn't turn out tooooo bad HAHHAHAHHAHA

a Christmas funny

Ronan  totally busted me.

I'd purchased nearly every single present of his right under his nose and he was fairly oblivious to it.

WE always get new jams at Christmas.  He helped me pick out Logans and then he said he wanted Toy Story ones.  So we get them and he buys a new Thomas with some of his own money he'd saved up.

We get home and I hide all the presents and I think he has forgotten all about the Toy Story Pjs.

Last night after everyone is gone and we are getting ready for bed I ask if he wants to wear his new jams (the ones gramma gave him)  He said he wanted his Toy Story ones.  I'm confused (I totally forgot I bought them for him) "you didn't get Toy Story jams"  I say. 

Yes I DID.  I want the ones YOU bought. 

Doh!  So I had to go up and dig them out from their hiding place so he could wear them to bed.

Merry Christmas 2010

a snapshot in time

Ronan and his class performing some songs. He looks awfully enthused doesn't he?  He yawned through most of it and actually sang a few, just a few, notes.

This was what he was waiting for, treats afterwards.

WE had Christmas Eve here.  Gramma, Auntie Nikki, Uncle Clay, London and Pressly all came over for some dinner and present madness.

A weapon, cool!

Does this thing have candy?

New shaving kit, Woot, where's the tub?

What?

Cant you all look at me at the same time?

Santa's present, a slot car track

Dash, Bash, Ferdinand... they're the logging locos.......

New race car jams and "take you out" gloves

Logan made this for us at school

The hit of the evening.  Ronan was so excited to get up and play with it today he didn't even notice his stocking had been stuffed or the Santa gift laid out.  it took a good ten minutes before he realized his stocking was no longer hanging up.

Hot Wheels rule!

New Thomas boots  YAY

Indian Jones also known as Indiana ones.  This may cause much disturbance in our household as Logan has a complete and utter meltdown when he can't get the game to do what he wants. 

Looking good.

Enough with the pictures already eh?

Thanks Auntie Vic!  Remote control cars,  there may be damage!

Merry Christmas to all and now its time for a nap.

Bah Humbug

not liking the Christmas season one lil bit this year.


Logan came down with something Sat. He had a raging fever and slept most of the day and night. He woke up around 9pm and promptly sucked down some juice and water which just as promptly came right back up!

Sunday the fever was down but still there and he tried some toast and water and no go. I got him some pedialyte pops and he did manage to keep one of those down and then later some water.

We stayed home Monday and he ate and drank and you'd never know he was sick. Then about 6 when we decided to watch a movie he asked to lay on me and again was burning up. He went to work with me today and slept most of the day. He has had some water, a yogurt drink and a little ice cream. He's still really hot. He'll come to work with me again tomorrow.

We took Harley to the vet today. She has been steadily losing weight and drinking alot of water. She was diagnosed with diabetes. GREAT! We are switching her to a high protein low carb diet to see if that will regulate her. I cannot see trying to give her insulin everyday. But we'll see

Logan's list to Santa.   Wonder if I'm raising a future serial killer.  Notice the request for not 1 but 2 guns.  Although the guns in question are the Nerf Super Blaster and a Super Soaker water gun.     I don't know what Loops is.  Doesn't want much eh?

Ronan made this for me.  Cute! ( ok so maybe not all of this holiday sucks)

anyone have any GOOD news?

Boo YA

Now THAT's some Quince jelly.  2nd times the charm!  Woot!

Quilt pics

Well I got 2 of my 4 handmade challenge projects done.

They are off in the mail so I can share them

I love love love this one.  It turned out so pretty

 This one is really warm.  It is smaller than  thought but still nice

Adventures in Jelly making

or Jam, not sure which is which.

Having farm fresh fruit all summer inspired me to do some jelly/jam making.  I seem to have an inability to use the correct amount of pectin however so they run the gamut from nice and firm to sryupy.  They always taste good but don't always spread so well.

Today after waiting and waiting and waiting for the fruit to ripen only to find out I didn't need for them to be ripe it was better if they are under-ripe I made quince jelly.

This is a quince

Rather ugly sucker eh?

 Chop it up and boil it until soft

 Then mash it

 Strain it

 to get this

 Then you boil it with some sugar and viola 
jelly....

it tastes rather like honey.  We'll see how it sets up...

Christmas Parade

Ronan stayed up REALLLLLLY late on Friday AND he didn't have a nap at preschool and he got up at 5 am on Sat so Sat afternoon........

We had to wake him up to go to the Christmas parade.  Thankfully it didn't rain on us.
Ready to roll.  We were not very decorated as we couldn't find the solar lights and we didn't even think to get the awesome red box out of the camper.  Oh well next year....

Getting the main float ready

What? I'm driving here....

Is it out turn yet?

Hi cute boy

Logan contemplating life

Someone did the UP house.  We were at the end so we didn't get to see much of the other entries.  Bummer...

Ready to go

Ronan and his bestie.  He had a hard time deciding which float to ride on but Mommie love won out and he rode with us

All done

Gramma's coming over today and we are going to make a gingerbread train.  If the showers hold off Daddy's going to break out the Christmas lights.  I need to do some quilt work too.  Didn't do so well on my handmade challenge.  I got 2 of the 4 done.  I've started the 3rd and have the plans for the 4th.  Maybe I'll only be a few months late......

Turkey Day festivities

Not sure entirely what this was about but it was the only one where they were both relatively looking at me and not cheeeeeesing too hard.

Logan showing me some of his Star Wars moves

Ronan and the trailer

Throwing rocks off the pile

I am smiling, take the freaking picture already

Post fun crash