Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Little Tid-Bits from Evelyn
The other day Evelyn came up to me and said "mom, I have a secret for you". Then she climbed up into my lap and in her whisper voice she said in my ear "Mom, I love you because I need chocolate milk!"
Evelyn loves her daddy and she really gets emotional when he has to leave for a meeting or work or even just to run to the store. It really didn't dawn on us how much it has been affecting her until the other day when she said this in her prayers..."Dear Heavenly Father, thankful for the day, thankful for daddy and that he came back to me, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen."
So it's been about a month since it was Christmas time. We took our decor down before New Years and we haven't really talked about Christmas for this whole last month...this morning Evelyn woke up and I went in to get her and I went into my usual morning conversation with her - "how did you sleep" "did you stay warm all night" "what did you dream about"...when she answered my question about what she dreamed about, she said "I dreamed about Santa and he's coming to my house to bring me presents!!!" She was very excited like it was Christmas all over again!!!
Claire is into EVERYTHING including all of "Evelyn's" toys. Evelyn doesn't like to share and I am not sure if she'll ever learn that concept, but the other day the girls were playing together and I hear Evelyn say to Claire "Claire, you can't play with this because you slobber and it's mine! Sit down and don't move. I will play with it for you!" What am I going to do with her!??
One of the books we read almost every night at bedtime is Harold and the Purple Crayon. The last couple of nights, Evelyn has asked that she read the book to us. We have read it to her so many times that she can tell the story exactly as it is back to us - just by looking at the pictures. The problem is her reading style - she doesn't read from front to back of book - she starts at the end and goes to the beginning!!! It's hilarious!! We have tried to get her to start at the beginning of the book, but she insists that the story starts at the last page!! Oh well, she is still telling us the story just not in the right order!!
When Evelyn gets in trouble - she knows it - but she is becoming more and more defiant with us and refusing to listen. She will scowl at us and her new thing with me is when I say "young lady, you better listen to me!!" She will reply with a scowl on her face "no, lady! You listen!!!"
Oh boy does she push my buttons sometimes!!!! She is turning 3 in a couple weeks but she has the attitude of a 16 year old!!! But we love her!!!!!!!!! She is our little pixie devil!!!!
Evelyn loves her daddy and she really gets emotional when he has to leave for a meeting or work or even just to run to the store. It really didn't dawn on us how much it has been affecting her until the other day when she said this in her prayers..."Dear Heavenly Father, thankful for the day, thankful for daddy and that he came back to me, in the name of Jesus Christ Amen."
So it's been about a month since it was Christmas time. We took our decor down before New Years and we haven't really talked about Christmas for this whole last month...this morning Evelyn woke up and I went in to get her and I went into my usual morning conversation with her - "how did you sleep" "did you stay warm all night" "what did you dream about"...when she answered my question about what she dreamed about, she said "I dreamed about Santa and he's coming to my house to bring me presents!!!" She was very excited like it was Christmas all over again!!!
Claire is into EVERYTHING including all of "Evelyn's" toys. Evelyn doesn't like to share and I am not sure if she'll ever learn that concept, but the other day the girls were playing together and I hear Evelyn say to Claire "Claire, you can't play with this because you slobber and it's mine! Sit down and don't move. I will play with it for you!" What am I going to do with her!??
One of the books we read almost every night at bedtime is Harold and the Purple Crayon. The last couple of nights, Evelyn has asked that she read the book to us. We have read it to her so many times that she can tell the story exactly as it is back to us - just by looking at the pictures. The problem is her reading style - she doesn't read from front to back of book - she starts at the end and goes to the beginning!!! It's hilarious!! We have tried to get her to start at the beginning of the book, but she insists that the story starts at the last page!! Oh well, she is still telling us the story just not in the right order!!
When Evelyn gets in trouble - she knows it - but she is becoming more and more defiant with us and refusing to listen. She will scowl at us and her new thing with me is when I say "young lady, you better listen to me!!" She will reply with a scowl on her face "no, lady! You listen!!!"
Oh boy does she push my buttons sometimes!!!! She is turning 3 in a couple weeks but she has the attitude of a 16 year old!!! But we love her!!!!!!!!! She is our little pixie devil!!!!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Lindsay Family
I have a family here on earth. They are so good to me.
I want to share my life with them
through all eternity.
Fam’lies can be together forever
through Heav’nly Father’s plan.
I always want to be with my own family,
And the Lord has shown me how I can.
The Lord has shown me how I can.
Christmas Loot!
The girls were S P O I L E D this year! We laughed about it that night after the day was done - we were in bed talking about how much we love the kids and how fun it was to see their faces on Christmas morning! It was pure joy!!! Gone are the days of spoiling each other - it's all about the kids now and it's the best present we as parents could have asked for - just to see the smile on their faces!! We had such a great Christmas and we are so thankful to be so blessed!Christmas Morning
Here are our cute girls waiting to be let into the family room to see if Santa came!
Who is ready to see what Santa brought? ....
"WE ARE!!!!"Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve was so great! We made MAGIC REINDEER FOOD and we sprinkled it on our grass so that Santa and his reindeer would be able to find our house. We read from Luke II about Jesus being born and then daddy read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. We put out our sugar cookies and milk for Santa and some carrots for the reindeer. Evelyn was so excited it took us an hour to calm her down and finally get her to bed! She had the giggles and so much energy about it all that she just would not go to sleep! When we finally got her down we were listening outside her door and we heard her singing Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!! She was one excited little girl about Christmas!!!Friday, January 1, 2010
Sugar Cookies
A whole entire post just for SUGAR COOKIES! This was a highlight during this Christmas season for Evelyn! She really got into the cookie decorating and became very focused and you could just see the creative juices flowing on her face! We had a ton of fun with Grandma and Grandpa making these cookies and it was even more fun to eat them! YUM!!
(and Claire...if you ever ask "Where was I mom?" - you were sleeping.)
Grandma and Grandpa's Visit
We absolutely loved having my parents at our house for Christmas this year! It was fun to share the season with them. We were spoiled rotten and had a lot of fun! Even though they live so far away, they have such a special bond with the girls that it seems like no time passes between visits - they just pick back up where they left off the last time they got to see eachother. It is very evident that the girls LOVE LOVE LOVE their Grandma and Grandpa!
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