Daily news

Ok, I'm writing something new!
It's tuesday, so it's kinda like my afternoon off. Marni goes home at noon, and Sami is napping, so i usually turn on the tv(for the girls) and take a break. Lizzy is at kindergarten tuesdays.
Things are going well at our house, besides the cold going around. Rob and Sophia have it right n0w and the rest of us are trying not to get it. We had a busy weekend trying to get our shopping done, and freaking out at how busy Red Deer already is with christmas shoppers. It was so crazy we ended up forgetting to get half the stuff we needed, so Rob had to go back on sunday while the girls and i were at church. We did, however, get a nice visit with grandma and grandpa H on saturday, so the first trip wasn't a total loss.
We saw lots of things that would be good for the girls for christmas, and we had our camera with us, so we may be emailing people a picture wish list. They pretty much just wanted everything in Toys R Us, so don't worry too much about what they like.
Last week we made a paper advent chain to count down the days until christmas, and the kids all look forward to ripping another loop off first thing every morning. We have set up a five- day rotation for who gets to do the ripping to avoid fights, because fighting is the favorite passtime around here lately. The girls have decided the most entertaining thing to do when all of them are here is argue over EVERYTHING. They fight over who gets to sit beside whom, how many cats there are in the "game", who gets to step on what part of the floor, who's name begins with S (it's ok , Sami and Sophie, you both start with S). I have been spending the majority of my time trying to think of creative ways of dealing with this, the most effective one being time outs for the offending parties. (feel free to leave suggestions in the comment box) Today Soph and Marni got sitting to close to each other and we ended up having a boxing match in the "under 35 lbs ultra lightweight" category. Apparently Marni won, because Soph ended up with a bloody nose. Soph gets bloody noses super easy, so it wasn't really a big deal, but i think it freaked out marni a little, seeing all that blood. She might be less inclined to hit people in the future!
On the more adult side of things, my exciting news is that i got a new cookbook which i am having fun reading through- Thirty-minute Meals by Rachel Ray.
Robert has been hearing of diffrent positions opening up for advancement and starting to plan for what to do next, his tenure at this branch is up in march. That means that after that point he is free to go, but may also choose to stay as long as he wants. We will be praying about that lots. (Rob, you can add more if you like)
Anyways, it's almowt two-thirty, which means Sami wakes up, then snacktime, then pick Elizabeth up from school and have outdoor play time. We may stop off at the library if we have time before Sami has to go home. So my free-time is ending. Good-Day.

Test your IQ again....

Try to decifer the hidden meanings in each set of words (I am putting the answers in the comments, so DON'T CHEAT!):

1. belt
hitting

2. Exit
Leg

3. Often
Not
Often
Not
Often

4. night fly

5. migrAine

6. 9ALL5

7. Give Get
Give Get
Give Get
Give Get

8. breth

9. ersoh riding

10. Employ t
men

11. wire
just

12. Do12"or


How did you do?

Can I see you're ID please?

The other day Elizabeth came home and told me that she had gotten a card from school? I couldn't imagine what she was talking about. She went to her bag and pulled this out. What does a kindergartener need with ID? Oh well, she's super cute in it.