New Ones To Love

We've added two new members to our household. We adopted them both from the Kansas Humane Society. The cat was named Tuesday---she is about 4 months old. Dyson is changing her name to Ninja. The puppy is part Huskie and is about 2 months old. She is also a girl and her name was Noelle. Dave says the name is too close to "no" so we are looking for a new name for her, too.

Goofy Kids

Odessa won an eye patch in her reading program. She needed 50 points for it. She tells me a story why pirates actually wore eye patches. She says they actually used the eye behind the patch when they were trying to see in dark places. Nola is wearing a pair of glasses that are also Odessa's. She got them for Halloween. Nola loves them and runs around the house laughing.

Dyson's Gingerbread Rabbit

Dyson changed his mind. He decided he did want a picture with his cookie. Here it is---headless. He is singing "Jingle Bells" right now and Odessa is taking her bath. "Hey!" Almost bedtime... Nola is chattering in her crib. Mommy and Daddy are ready for bed, too.

Gingerbread Rabbit

We made gingerbread cookies this afternoon when Odessa got home from school. It was a box mix. Odessa made a blue rabbit with huge sprinkle eyes. Dyson made a pink rabbit but said that he was already on the website and didn't need his picture taken. The cookie was a different color, a darker brown, than the traditional dough like Grandma Louise's. They were good, but I have to get Grandma's recipe soon!

Snow Angel

Yesterday it was 70 degrees. The sun was shining. Today it is gray and we are expecting 3 inches of snow. It is about 34 degrees. Tomorrow the snow will be gone... Dyson made a snow angel. He didn't put on his winter coat or his snow pants. He did a little robot dance---'See mommy, there is snow in this place, too!'

Rock-N-Roll

Odessa says that we are going to have a family band. She says we can sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." 'No!' yells Dyson, 'Rock-n-roll!' Nola starts chiming in: Rock-n-roll, rock-n-roll... So we tried to capture her new phrase on video. Heh. Odessa hummed a few bars of "Smoke On the Water." Later that night, I taught Odessa "Chopsticks" on her little keyboard.

Oh Tannenbaum!

Nola is wearing her "new" outfit from Grandma Louise. She likes the snaps because she can take it off in seconds flat. She likes to play with the Christmas ornaments. She put Odessa and Dyson's Christmas stocking ornaments on her hands and was clapping. She is always moving. This morning it is just the two of us. Odessa and Dyson are back at school today (even though Dyson thought he might "skip.")