Believe it or not Mike had to coax Megan to do this. He asked me to volunteer, then she tried a little and then a lot. I think she likes it!
Paige said she didn't want any that she was full. I think Paige prefers her whipped cream on a slice of peanut butter pie from Der Dutchman.
Monday while the girls were at school I started getting the Christmas decorations out. I normally would have waited until at least Dec. 1st. But I have to work all day Sat. and Paige has dress rehearsal on Sunday so I figured I better get it out while I had the time to do it. The girls were thrilled to see all their Christmas books and the reindeer antlers of course!
Barb and Jim drove up from GA yesterday and they brought us some early Christmas gifts...our nightstands and the mirror that goes with our dresser. I am so excited! This is the first time in our married lives that Mike and I have had real matching nightstands. At our old house he had a file cabinet and I had two storage boxes with a quilt draped over it. Then at this house I had a nice 3 drawer pine cabinet that Mike stained, it was real nice but he had a t.v. tray. This furniture is soooooo much better than anything we have ever had. 
Could it be Goldilocks? Shirley Temple? 
No, it's our dear little Megan.
Paige had dress rehearsal today from 2 to 5 at the dance studio. We just had to do hair and costume this week. Next week it will be hair, MAKE UP and costume. They always have a little coloring-decorating contest at the dance studio. This year they are decorating gingerbread boys or girls. This is Paige's gingerbread girl, does her outfit look familiar? I think she turned out adorable and Paige is pleased too.
Our dear neighbor Linda from across the street has company for Thanksgiving. Her son and his family drove up from S. Carolina. She brought over Madeline and her new baby brother, Calem over to visit. Calem was born Oct. 5th, so he is just a little whipper snapper. He was fussing so I picked him up and put him on my shoulder and patted his back. That did the trick, he let out a big belch and spit up on my shoulder. It has been a while since I have had a new baby spit up on me. Megan was famous for spitting up, at least 3 times a day. Boy I did a lot of laundry when she was tiny, and I don't miss any of that! It was fun to see the new baby and Linda is so proud and happy.
Serves 8.
Tuesday morning I am downstairs getting the dogs fresh water and food. I hear Megan coming down the stairs and she seems to be hobbling into the kitchen. I ask her "what's wrong is your foot asleep" and she says "No it's just hard to walk when you have your toes crossed.". Then she told me that she was going to keep her toes and fingers crossed all day in hopes that she would get her name pulled out of the hat and be able to take "Gingerbread Fred" home for Thanksgiving break. I bet you want to know who the heck Gingerbread Fred is? Well he is a little Gingerbread guy that comes home with each of the kids in Megan's class. He gets to spend the night and the kids write a story about his adventures with them. 
Megan bites her fingernails, can you tell. I did too when I was a kid...oh and I hate that she does it. Funny how that works. Oh and she has her daddy's toes, poor child.
So I get the girls off to school and come in the house. Mike is off work this week and is in the kitchen. I say oh look at our pup he is being such a good dog. He was laying on the carpet just minding his manners, not begging. That is a big deal for Rebel. 
Paige got her Santa's Sleigh Keeper costume at dance class today. I have to admit it is one of the cutest costumes. I think the girls danced extra nice today, they always dance better with bigger smiles when they get their costumes. 
By the way the back of her hat says "Naughty" how cute is that? The other girls hats say "Naughty", "I've Been Good" and "Bah Humbug". I don't know how but Paige ended up being the "Nice" elf and I think it fits her perfectly!
I got these Mums kinda late in the season (late October) so it was slim pickings. I settled for some that were white with the lightest hint of lavender on them. Well look at that they just keep getting more colorful as the days get cooler. They keep getting darker and darker. I guess I should get them in the ground if I want to give them a chance to come back next year. They are sitting in the pot they came in and they are inside a decorative planter next to our front door.
See I got my flu shot...shiny bandage and all. The nurse was funny, she gave me the shot amid all my freckles and then she had a hard time putting the band aid on because she couldn't see the needle hole among all the freckles. But she was good when I took the band aid off there was the tiniest little spot of blood so she must have put it on the site of the shot. The shot did not even hurt, but about a half hour later if felt like someone socked me good. Then last night it was pretty sore and then this morning it was a little worse. But once I got to work and was scanning and loading grocery bags into peoples carts it felt better. It must have needed a work out.
While Megan snuggles up on her purple beanbag to watch Curious George cartoons.
Last night we got their baths and nightly reading done early so we could play some games. We played 3 games of "Sequence Dice". Paige won twice and I won one round. Then we played a never ending game of UNO. We each got to yell UNO at least once but we always kept the person from laying down their last card. Finally I told them to add up their cards at 9:15 so we could get them in bed. I had the least so I was declared the winner. Just playing games together was fun so I guess we all won!
