Gingerbread house….in January

When MIL came to visit at Christmas she brought a gingerbread house for us to make. We were busy having too much fun and never got around to it. We finally got around to and D loved it!

Sunbeam!

How did my little boy get so big? D is the oldest so we are all learning and experiencing new things. He is now in Sunbeams-I absolutely love his teachers. They are both so sweet and kind. D especially likes the lady teacher :-) 

Here he is on his first day. 

Breakfast with Santa

Our little high schools basketball team had a fundraiser, Breakfast with Santa. It included pancakes, sausage, hash browns, eggs and of course, pictures with Santa.

The team sang happy birthday to their coach as well as a few other Christmas carols                 

                          

Then it was time for Santa! 

Santa gave each of the kids a candy cane. At first I wasn't going to open Es, but she kept sticking it in her mouth. Turns out she loves them :-)

                                

Cocoas Surgery

I found a little bump on Cocoas head. When I called the Vet, he said as long as it didn't get bigger or harder, we could probably wait until her next round of shots to take a look at it. Well, as luck would have it, it got bigger and harder. So, I take her in. 

She is quite the talker and had even more to say on the short car ride in. Once there, she was weighed and I answered some general questions about her. Much like a well baby check up ;-)

She checked out the room until the Vet came in. They shaved off just a little bit of fur to get a better look at the bump. (It is a little bit nasty, so if you don't want to see it, skip the next picture)

It was decided that it should be removed. It cost a pretty penny, but I wanted it gone and wanted her to heal. I did decide not to send it off to the pathologist, that was an extra $80 and I really didn't need to be spending a couple hundred right before Christmas. If she is get another bump, I will have it sent off. 

Anyways, so that night, she could not have anything to eat after 8PM and I was to drop her off at the vet the next morning between 730 and 8AM. It was a quiet day around the house and we sure did miss our little Cocoa B. 

All went well with the surgery, the vet wasn't sure what it was and would have liked to have sent it off, but I just couldn't. 

David and I went to pick her up, but she was still too sleepy, so we went home and 2 hours later I went back to grab her. 

She is healing nicely, taking her medicine okay and still a fun and cuddly kitten

We'll go back in about a week and have the stitches taken out. 

Tacos!

Tonight we had tacos for dinner. D was so funny. He would get lettuce, cheese and build a burrito

He cracks me up and I love his little personality and funny things he does on a daily basis! E was loving on her tacos as well.

Hope your week is going well, and that all your Christmas/Holiday preparations are going well.

Paintstick Mini

I was really excited when Homeright said they were going to send me the Paintstick Mini: 

(picture compliments go to Homeright)

I had been wanting to paint a wall in my mudroom. But first, I had to decide on a color

                          

I ended up deciding on the green. It is the same green on my kitchen wall. So, anyways, the box showed up with the mini! I put it together and went to town, with Marks help.

It was a little difficult to suck the paint up, but it was so nice not to have to have a tray laying around. 

In action!

And first coat is on

So, what are my thoughts on this? I think in theory it is a really good idea! I guess I just wasn't as coordinated to fill the tube up by myself. It is really nice that it has a clear tube so you can see exactly how much paint you have left.

It was hard to get it completely clean though. We took it all apart and started washing and rinsing. To get the tube clean, you do the same thing essentially to put the paint in.

Thanks again Homeright!

**I was not paid by Homeright to review this item, this is my solely my opinion**

Tis the season

The Christmas season is for sure upon us. D and I went to town and baked up a storm. We started with plates for all the people M works with. I also made mini loaves of almond poppy seed bread (yum!) This is what my kitchen looked like during the process. It looked like a bomb went off…a delicious bomb though :-)

D was great helper. There was dough eating and a little bit of squirminess on my end (thank you OCD).

E played happily as D and I baked and only tore open one present and knocked off one ornament.