Blessed Beyond Measure

Nixon and I have been having the same conversation for almost a month and I could not for the life of me figure out where it came from. She keeps telling me that Santa picks his nose. I of course explain to her that Santa would never pick his nose because he has such great manners. She continued to argue with me and would even use this against me if she herself decided to pick her nose. "Santa does it." So, what to my wondering eyes did appear- the TRUTH! All it took was a bedtime story that we had read almost every night for a month. It seems that in the story 'Twas the Night Before Christmas there is a point that it says . . . "And laying his finger aside of his nose" . . . In the middle of reading this sentence, N exclaims, "See mommy. Santa picks his nose." I quickly explained that Santa puts his finger ASIDE of his nose. Not inside of his nose. I took a good five minutes explaining the difference between aside and inside. She just shook ...

We enjoyed a few days celebrating Christmas in Athens. It was so much fun seeing all of the goodies that Santa brought! N loved the Bolt dog and her Barbie and the Diamond Castle Barbie and tons of other goodies. We moved on to celebrate N's 4th birthday spending the day playing at Cain park riding scooters and playing with all of our new toys. We had a Tinkerbell party and a great time was had by all!

Coming out of the closet. Yep- you heard me right. My Piggies and Paws closet, that is. For those of you who don't know, I have converted our guest walk-in closet in to a work room for my "part-time" job. The area is perfect for what I am doing, but at this moment in time I don't care if I ever walk back in there. I'm sure I will feel differently after a few weeks off. Guess trying to finish over 300 prints in two months wasn't the smartest thing I have ever done. Lesson learned. Now I am out, and ready for some Christmas celebrations!

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care and mom is quite absent- stuck in her Piggies and Paws lair. We haven't seen her for days, not even a sight. We are just hoping she comes out by Christmas Eve night. She is cutting and gluing and sunk deep in that room. No house work from her, not even a broom. Cook? No she hasn't. Does she even remember how? We are making do though, eating cereal for now. Advent house, Christmas stories- we've done none of that. Very few wrapped presents under the tree to look at. Poor mom is so busy, she may never come out. Looks like this Christmas we may just do without.

Bryan sent this picture with a note from the head coaches wife. It said, "After an extended football season, David finally put the Christmas lights up." I laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair!

Our little princess will only wear dresses. It doesn't matter where we are going or what we are doing, she will only wear dresses. As most of you know, this has been going on for quite some time- it started with the Butterfly Dress. At least now she will wear more than one dress. This is the newest to our collection and probably our favorite. It has princesses all over it. She insisted on wearing it today to school also. She kept spinning and telling me that she looked like a princess. Looks like we will be keeping Nana busy for a while!

Well, football season is over. And just like always, with the relief comes this huge sadness. As the minutes ticked by at the game, your heart is just so sad that it is over for the coaches and boys- especially the seniors. They had an amazing season and have so much to be proud of. I would love to see Copperas Cove win the state title! They were so good. After the game we headed back to Athens and spent the rest of the weekend with Nana and Papa. On Saturday we enjoyed the Athens Christmas parade. It is at night with floats all lit up and tons of Santa's helpers. (Maybe a few too many this year.) N's favorite part was the fact that her Uncle Terry bought her this huge light saber that is neon green. You can see her holding it in the picture above. She keeps telling me, "My Uncle Terry bought me this." She even slept with it using it as a "reading" light. From there we went to the Athens Christmas Park . This park is just amazing. If you ...

We had a nice Thanksgiving break. We had a great time having dinner at Uncle Danny's house and meeting Geri and her boys. They kept N entertained for hours! We then took off for Waco. (Football, of course.) While Papaw and B took in a football game, Nixon and I headed off to see Madagascar 2. I was really nervous about seeing it without knowing much about it, but it was a great show. N LOVED it! She is still singing the songs! It was her first trip to the movies and it was all she had imagined and more. Saturday was B's game and we won! As ready as I am to have B home for a while, I sure do hope they go all the way this year! They are really talented and I could see them going all the way. Our next game will be a tough one. Yesterday, N and I were off to the mall to pick up a Brighton handbag I won. Yea me! It is red and shiny and I love it. We also adopted an Angel from the Angel tree. I was so proud that N was into the whole idea and then she says this: "...