I was feeling pretty good about my Christmas preparations - Most of the gifts were ready. Some of the baking was done. All I really needed to do was our Christmas card and neighbor gifts... and a few other things. Then it happened! (cue dramatic music) The "free time" part of my life was taken over by a new calling at church. It has settled down now and I am feeling more in control and very blessed for this new service opportunity - but all those things I needed to do have still not happened. (I still have five days right) Blogging isn't even on the list, but sometimes it is nice to just sit down and record a piece of our life.
Curly finally lost a tooth - two in one week in fact! This was exciting news because the dentist was worried we may have to pull them. She loves being (partially) toothless! Speaking of toothless, we were beginning to think that we were going to have to invest in baby dentures, but lo and behold, 13 months old and Berry is finally sprouting her first tooth.
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| Reading stories to Berry |
Berry is also walking! She looks so cute with arms straight up in the air as she takes a straight course for her destination, but she usually makes it there! She wants to get places on her own and throws one of her fits when her sisters pick her up. She is also trying to climb onto
everything and has another one of her fits when her mother removes her to prevent a head injury.
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| Berry's favorite toys - anything in the cupboard |
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| I wanna go outside too :( but it is raining and muddy |
Lou has been wrapping up anything that she can find that might pass as a Christmas gift. The other day, I found a pair of kiddie scissors under the tree, mummified in masking tape. I asked Lou why she covered the scissors in tape and she became very upset that I was trying to "open" one of the presents that she had wrapped. Who knows what we will find under the tree on Christmas morning.
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| The "stable" made for the "horse" aka bike. |
Yesterday we had a Finnish Christmas dinner with our friends the Simpsons. Fisher and Mike both served their missions in Finland and had a great time reminiscing. This year our family made the Karlajan piirakoita or "ballet slippers" as I called them as a child. They are a savory rye and rice pastry that you top with a mixture of chopped hard boiled eggs and butter. Even my pickiest eater thought they were delicious.
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| Making "ballet slippers" |
6 comments:
Wow! Walking and teething in the same month- congrats. Thanks for the update, although you failed to mention what your new calling was. :)
Actually I just read about your calling in your Grandparents newsletter... Wow! Good luck!
Oh how fun! Mom told me about your new calling. You really are superwoman! I can't wait to see you and your darling family!
Neighbor gifts are beyond me this year and I don't have your excuse. Good luck in your new calling. I haven't read Grandpa's newsletter yet, so I don't know what it is either! =)
Cute post! Jealous I wasn't there for the ballet slippers. :) Hope you get everything done--I'm sure you will. Guess I should have cute the transparencies for you, huh? And way to go Berry on walking. She needs to give Nels some pointers again. :) Merry Christmas!
I love the thought of the tooth fairy picking up Curly's teeth and delivering them straight to Berry. So sweet. And....how would you feel about sending me the recipe for those ballet slippers? Yum!
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