Baby Jesus

The creche is up, and Christian and Tori are fascinated with it and the story surrounding it. They want to know who baby Jesus is, who his mom is, who his dad is, and so forth. They are ready to go to church, so I am taking them this Saturday night. They are going to a class that my friend teaches, while Eli goes to the nursery. Huts and I are going upstairs to listen to the sermon.

We Did It!

Tori, Eli and I took our picture with Santa. It's not a very good picture--Eli was too busy looking at Mom, but we did it. We also rode on the train and did some window shopping. Our Christmas lists are growing each day. I found all kinds of things I wanted this weekend. I found a spaceship at Sam's, a Rubik's cube at the mall, and a gum ball machine at Linens and Things, which I cannot have according to Mom, so don't buy me one. I can't wait for Christmas! Oh yeah, I watched The Wizard of Oz last night, and guess what, the witch was the woman riding the bike in the beginning. Awesome!

Santa

Christian now knows that there is more than one Santa, but the real Santa lives at the North Pole, while the helpers are at malls and such. We didn't tell him this, so he must have been discussing the matter with his friends. Speaking of his friends, another one of them came up and hugged him last night before we went home. Everyone sure does like him.

Is

Christian needs to learn to recognize a whole list of words, and "is" is the first one that has gotten his attention. He found the word in a book several times and is hooked on it. Now, if he would just find another word to learn, we might made some headway on this list.

She Likes Me

According to Christian, some girl in the classroom next door likes him. I don;t know why he thinks that. According to his teacher, lots of kids like Christian, and on, Samer, wants to be him. Samer hugs Christian a lot, so much so the teacher has to stop him. Nice to know Christian talks.

Day Off

Christian has Veterans Day off and he was quite excited about it because he was going to Sharon's. He couldn't wait to see Hunter and Nathan. Hopefully, he had a good time and will be ready to get back into the swing of things tomorrow. We spent last night reading books and coloring and cutting out turkeys in order to collect a certificate for a free personal pan pizza. He likes getting those.

Early Birds

Christian and Eli have been getting up early recently, around 5 a.m., and in Eli's case, 3:30 to 4:30 a.m. The time change has thrown them off. Tori, the night owl, has not followed suit, though she did get up at 6 this morning. I thought that Christian would be tired last night, but he wasn't. He was happy to see me and Tori at after-care and ate his dinner happily. Then he played with his sister until bedtime. This afternoon, it is parent-teacher time. We'll see how well Christian is doing at school.

A Riddle

What comes out the same way it goes in? what starts the day one way and remains unchanged all day? What is ignored, even though it was requested?

That would be Christian's Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich!

On his cold lunch days he usually requests this delicacy. Then in the afternoon he returns home with it untouched, along with his trash. He doesn't throw it away. He doesn't always eat his lunch either. He usually seems too rushed to eat lunch and either doesn't eat it at all or just eats the parts he wants. Apparently he's doing something other than eating lunch.

He seems to like eating a hot lunch though. This has expanded his food intake to include hamburgers, Sloppy Joe's (even though he thought it was a hamburger), chicken tacos and pizza. He still doesn't want to try the nacho's yet. For the most part he likes what he gets and seems to eat most of it. If only it rolled over to his cold lunch.

Trip

It was a quick trip to the farmhouse this weekend, and the kids were exceptionally good. They put up with all of the traveling and running around. I took them to Walmart for cookies the first night and for supplies the next morning. They talked us into toys and showed us what they wanted for Christmas. They sat in the floor at the nursing home and played, never once complaining. Then they sat at the hotel while I ordered a tombstone. Finally, we went to the farmhouse and they played there. Ollie even took Uncle Travis' Tinker Toys home with him to play with them. Don't worry, Tyler, we'll have them when you are ready to play with them. Eli slept well and cooed and smiled on the floor while Tori and Ollie played with everything they could find from packing tape to Tinker Toys. It was a good trip!

Sick Boy

Tori was sick on Wednesday night. Christian got it on Saturday night and Sunday. He threw up a few times and vegged out all day on Sunday. He was one tired fella. We put him to bed at 8 and he got up feeling fine this morning, at least in his tummy. He now has the cold that the rest of us have and sounds stuffed up.