Little Dude teared up during the blessing last night and asked God if we could please decorate for Christmas soon.
Epic Parenting Yuletide Fail.
We are decorating tomorrow. Poor kids. Their parents are lame.
Today is the last day of school before Christmas break! Be excited. Earlier this week, we went on a field trip to see the eagles. Even thought I grew up in this area, I had no idea that there is a specific species of salmon that comes to the lake here, spawns, and dies. Eagles come from who-knows-where to eat the dead salmon. David had to tell me all about it so I would not look like THAT homeschooling mom who knows nothing at the informative eagle field trip.
Its amazing I graduated from high school. And college. And with honors.
?
This is the one eagle we spotted.
At least I think it is an eagle. There were many seagulls flying around, too. Just to trick me, I am sure.
After we spotted the eagles and seagulls, we went to a little presentation from Fish and Game.
For some reason, Mrs. Fish and Game looked with favor upon Handsome Dude and he was chosen to
A) Hold up a sign
And
B) Compare himself with the size of an eagle.
As a result of Handsome Dude’s good fortune, Little Dude plunked himself down in the chair, arms crossed, and eyes full of fury, announcing to the world that life is:
“NO FAIR!”
His attitude is exemplary.
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The girls had their Christmas piano recital last weekend.
Sweet Pea
Daisy Mae
Sweet Pea is starting to get like me. When I was a young lass, I would get extremely nervous during piano recitals. My hands would shake so hard I could barely play.
My mother had to drug me. True story.
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In my last post, I showed you some bad Christmas photos, yet, I forgot to show you the ones that worked.
It happens.
I do not love either of these pictures, but I cropped them a bit and made them work for our card.
That David. If he smiles any bigger, his face might explode.
Happy Friday!
i guess if he smiled everyone would swear you photoshopped! none the less…a beautiful family! Merry Christmas *</:o)
I think you just COW’d yourself… “That David. If he smiles any bigger, his face might explode.”
Everyone looks lovely – good job. Love all the photos. Our family tradition is we never decorated until school was out, no sooner than the 21st or so. Sometimes we waited until the 24th, perhaps because of Dad’s budget. But we kept if up way longer than most folks to enjoy it.
David , hun…would it kill ya?
I just learned about the school shooting in CT and have been sobbing uncontrollably. I saw that you posted and even in my sadness, I couldn’t help but giggle.
Thanks.
You took the kids to a PRESENTATION where there were EXPERTS and VISUAL AIDS. It’s a Super! Homeschool! Win!
I love pictures of David. He is always so cheery.
I am particularly fond of the half a dog in the picture at the end.
When you pack away the Christmas stuff this year, put stuff the kids can put out in one box. That way, the Yuletide cheer is up to them to begin. Then, no pressure on busy eagle-watching, salmon-studying mom.