Holiday Wishlist

I never win anything, but I thought I would at least give this one a try, I could use a new bike and some crafty stuff (you can enter too if you would like)

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme
TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?

• Peace on earth
  
• A day without children whining
• Some new clothes
• A garage door
  
• A fence to go around my yard

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

• A scrapbook
  

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

• homemade dresses for my girls
  

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

• my play kitchen
  

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?

• bunny
• jack-in-the-box (thank you Dora)
• new school clothes
  
• anything Santa sees fit
  

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

• funeral potatoes
• fudge
  

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

• photo albums for the babies
  

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

• A Christmas Story
  

9. Favorite holiday song?

• Carol of the bells
  

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

• Spending time with family

• decorating the Christmas tree

To enter to win all these cool prizes below simply answer the questions in this meme, make sure to post links back to TodaysMama.com and Provo Craft (use this link: http://bit.ly/4ikY3c ) and tag your friends!

Tales of the tooth

On Halloween we discovered that Addy's two bottom adult teeth are coming in. I wiggled her tooth and made it loose. For 4 long weeks she's been wiggling it with no luck. Last night before bed, I tried wiggling it, it was really loose. We've been worried that the dentist would have to pull the teeth. Addy let Ben and I wiggle and try to pull her tooth out. Finally just before bed I was able to pull the tooth out, with a bit of drama from our little queen. Once Addy calmed down she was super happy and excited. I made Addy a tooth pillow right after we discovered her loose tooth. Addy found her pillow and put her tooth in and went to bed. She only came upstairs a few times, she was too excited to sleep. The tooth fairy visited her room last night and left her a dollar. She can't wait to get the other tooth out now.

Sydnee's Specs

On Thanksgiving morning we were lazily lounging and watching the parade. Addy came up to inform us that Sydnee had drawn glasses on herself. Ben asked Sydnee to come up stairs and sure enough she had drawn glasses on her face. She did a pretty good job by herself.

Elephants...

How do you entertain two little girls and their parents while they have colds and can't leave the house over Thanksgiving break? You make elephants. Ben used to make elephants out of clay when he was in grade school. He had a package of clay on hand and so we set to work Saturday morning making our elephant family. This activity took most of the day which was great, it kept all of us busy so we didn't get cabin fever. Maren's trunk has a binkey stuck in it. The girls had a great time sculpting and painting their own elephants. Thanks Ben for the great idea!

Many Thanks

Thanksgiving this year was great! We had dinner with my family and it was super yummy. I was able to stuff myself and enjoy all of the gluten-free goods. My sister-in-law Leanne made this awesome GF stuffing that was fabulous and Ben made GF pumpkin and chocolate pecan pie. I think I gained a few pounds. We had a great time visiting and playing games together. It's fun to see my nephews and watch my girls play with their cousins. Friday we met with the Yancey's and took family pictures. Then we had a spaghetti dinner with the whole crowd, all 18 of us. We consumed enough spaghetti to feed an army and lots of left over pie and birthday cake. We had two full busy days, but they were great. I have so much to be thankful for. I have a wonderful husband and three sweet little girls that I adore. I have a warm house, good food to eat and I am able to stay at home with my kids. I have a Heavenly Father and a Savior who love me, what more could a girl want? Okay, maybe I could want to get over this cold that has been plaguing our whole family, but other than that, I have everything!