lunch

today after church, my sunday school class met for lunch. it was quite an adventure, as there were 16 of us (grown ups and kids). we took up half of the restaurant (but in all fairness, capriccio's is a small place). good times!

the girls ate a ton of pasta and then lillian tried to buy my sunday school teacher's son. She offered 29 (what, i don't know) and said that she wanted him to come home with her and be her baby brother. um, no, no, and no! right, and he's 3, so not so much a baby anymore. i can't wait to see what she does on tuesday when she sees him at the preschool :)

mollywobbles!

mom and dad have a new kitten...her name is molly. last weekend simon and i drove over to meet her.
molly was not very impressed with simon. she learned early on, though, that the gate is her friend. after that, she liked to sit in front of the gate until simon got fussed at for barking.

we met jenny and her people in macon and spent the day at the museum of art and science
it was interesting. there were musical stairs, vintage toys, weirdo art, a bunch of tamarins, three snakes, two planetarium shows (i slept through the second show, so don't ask what it was about), and a partridge in a pear tree. the art section of the museum is a place for kids to create, not so much a place of fine paintings hanging on the walls. and full of weirdos...

oh wait...i'm related to those weirdos!

it was a great weekend and it certainly beat sitting at home, missing the girls!

meet my new friend

teresa...

we are so going to go shopping together :) thanks mom!

we had a great christmas. we went to the christmas eve service and, during the children's sermon, the minister was talking about how jesus knows what it feels like to be a baby and to be young or old. and then a kid added "or to be dead". oh man. on christmas morning, the girls slept in and we didn't start opening presents until 9-ish. and then we played and laughed all day. i am so blessed! and i totally can't wait until my girls get home!

yay christmas!

right, so, as you can tell...our tree is up and pretty! :)
here is a sneak peek at the christmas card picture :)
i've been dreading this time of year, but i have been floored by the outpouring of love and support i have received from the people around me (*tear). to quote a goofy newsguy "when it gets really heavy, it weighs a lot" (i think it's pretty obvious why this guy decided to pursue a media career). of course, he was talking about snow, but i think it applies to stress, as well, and my load has been greatly reduced. so, thanks and i am really looking forward to paying back all of these kindnesses, but, in the meantime, the girls and i are going to have a wonderful christmas together :)

woohoo!

and i memorized the whole thing!

i was up in the balcony and i apologize for the wobbliness of the zoom.

lillian fell asleep watching veggietales this evening. i've been puttering about so i left her on the brown chair. a while ago i walked into the living room with the intention of picking her up and carrying her to bed, but i just stood there, staring at her...watching her sleep. there are about a million other things that i should be doing, but i was transfixed. the laundry and dishes and and never ending toy picking up...it can all wait. i need to savor this moment...tomorrow will be here soon enough.