Reading, Letters to Santa, Fire

Violet's reading Christmas books, I had a nice letter for from a friend, and Piper stole my Country Living Magazine.

Obviously, she doesn't read.  That baby likes to chew on paper more than any kid I've ever seen.

Piper got her first tooth at Thanksgiving, and now she has another!  They're like two sharp little pearls in her mouth.

I've been playing Christmas carols. I'm trying to teach Violet "Santa Lucia".  I told her she could wear the candlelit crown and serve breakfast to the family this year on Santa Lucia day.  I'll do a post on that soon.

I let Violet decorate her own tree in her room.  Kids like BRIGHT stuff.  Or mine does, anyway.
I kept forgetting to turn it off at night, then I'd wake up at 2:00 am in a panic thinking, "Oh, no!  The wiring is going to short out and start a fire and kill my babies!"  Adam got tired of my excessive worrying and bought a timer.  Good thinking, honey.  Now it comes on at 7:00 and goes off at 10:00.

Mooskies assumes his preferred position in front of the fire.

Violet wrote her letter to Santa.  I told her to draw whatever she wanted.  She asked for 4 dogs, a butterfly, a reindeer, and a duck.  I asked if she wanted real or stuffed, and she said, "A mix."  I told her I'd write down anything she wanted to say.  "Dear Santa, I was just a tiny bit good this year.  He'll know I was just a teeny tiny bit good."

I also sent in the adoption application for our elf. (As in Elf on the Shelf.)  We asked for Maybe, our elf from last year.  We hope we get him. 

I know some people are vehemently opposed to the elf, but I like him.  Although I'm pro-elf, I still thought this commentary was hilarious.  I might have to purchase the book it's included in..."Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat".

On the way back from Thanksgiving, I stopped in a truckstop with one of those oddball shopping selections.  A room in the back said, "Gently Used Items".  I was on that like white on rice.  A thrift store within a truck stop?  Are you kidding me?  What weird good fortune.  I got these candlesticks for a quarter apiece.  I think I'll whitewash them after the holidays.

"Look Mama, I know how to knit now.  I made the bunny a hat."

These are warm, cozy days.  I'm ridiculously over emotional...I'm already nostalgic for this time in my life.  Seeing Violet's toddler year's shoot by...Piper just turned 6 months old...first teeth...knitting already (ha!)...it's going by too fast.

Soon I'll be sitting on the porch in a rocking chair with my bald husband watching the sunset and wondering where the time went.  But...that will be good, too.

Comments

[Charlotte]

My favorite post! Lots of pics of the girls and just newsy stuff from the home front. Now I'm gonna read about the snow queen.

[Maria]

"A thrift store within a truck stop? Are you kidding me? What weird good fortune." My kind of gal! :)

I love this post. It makes me feel all cozy and Christmassy.

[Grump]

You certainly have two fantastically photogenic girls! Or maybe they are just terminally cute? Or maybe Mom is just a great photographer? All of the above?

[Vanessa {a fanciful Twist}]

Where are you going to get a bald husband? And what are you going to do with Adam? Do you have a plan? Does he know about this bald husband you are going to acquire? Tee heee ;)

That first photo of Violet.

Oh my heart.

Her hair loks angelic golden int he sun, and her face look more and more like a little girl. Such a beautiful little girl, my goodness!! So so pretty.

And that Piper!! Look at those legs, oh my woooord!!! Sqquueeeazable!!!

Does she have blue eyes too?

I still can't get over how different her and Violet looked as babies.

Both adorable in totally different ways.

Piper is a gerber baby.

Squuueeeze her for me!!

[Laura Irrgang]

That truck store thrift store was just weird.
It was a mix of stuff you might want and stuff that NO ONE, EVER in million years would want.
Like......pretty embroidered linens in great shape
and

stained, dirty sheet.
Vintage bubblegum colored hair dryers in their own retro suitcase-like box
and
rotten nasty curlers that were bent out of shape and filled with old dandruffy hair.

[Jill James]

Sometimes, when I buy a thrift store item, I ALWAYS wonder if the family donated it because the person died (the recliner I used to love until my friend said, "what if they sold it because Matilda croaked while watching Matlock?" FREE on the curb....

p.w. I don't think you and Adam could make an ugly baby.....

[Jill James]

p.s.

p.w. is Pioneer Woman!

[Laura Irrgang]

You know, I guess Im weird, but that doesnt bother me in the LEAST.
The only thing that bothers me is when I think the actual family might actually BE there.
Like....at estate sales.
I am so scared that Im holding up some bit of jewelry and saying,
Its tacky, but is it TOO tacky? I love good, ironic tacky, but is this just TACKY?
And then Aunt Myrtles relative bursts into tears, running from the room.

[brandi]

I LOVE this post,..too,..your truck store thriftings and pre-reminiscings....love it all. Love to see your family growing,..what sweet girls.