December Daily - Day 22 and Day 24

I am joining Ali Edwards December Daily.  Just doing a little catch up here.  Grandma, #1 Son, and myself cut out sugar cookies on Dec 22 but we didn't get around to decorating them until the 24th.  Everyone got in the act Grandpa, Grandma, Giant Man Child, Kids, and myself.  We even listened to Christmas Music at the suggestion of #1  Son. The Giant Man Child even made a frosted sunburned snowman in a thong.  That is a little wrong.

December Daily - Day 23

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I am so lucky to have my parents visiting for Christmas.  We have done so many different things.  My kids are loving spending time with them. One of the things we did was go to Museum of Flight Restoration Center at Paine Field in Everett, WA.  My Dad is really interested in older aircraft.  It was really neat to see all the work being done to these old planes by the really really dedicated volunteers.

December Daily - day 21

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It seems like this season just whizzes by.  I am trying to remind myself to SLOW DOWN and enjoy this time of year.

December Daily - Day 20

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My kids have been enjoying having their Grandparents here.  I love that they get to spend time with them. You know you have really arrived when they make you a Mii on the Wii.  Chuckles has been teaching them how to bowl on the Wii.

December Daily - Day 17

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DEC 17

We went on a little adventure last night.  I had read an article in the Seattle Times about the Ladder Creek Falls in Newhalem, WA.

 My parents are here visiting so we took them on a  rather long mountain drive.  IT was an adventure.We went to Ladder Creek Falls in Newhalem, WA. Seattle City Light just recently re- illuminated the falls in rainbow of light.  It was quite stunning.  The falls are lit every night from dusk until midnight.  You cross the Skagit River on a pedestrian only suspension bridge.  This was a little eerie at night. However it was worth it as the falls were really beautiful all lit up.  The falls look quite magical bathed in the light.We had the whole place to ourselves.

 JD Ross started the tradition in the 1920's and is considered the "Father of City Light". It was considered quite extravagant at the time to be using electricity to light the falls . The whole light project fell into disrepair over the years and in 2004 the lights were shut off.  Recently, Seattle City Light brought the light show back. The current lighting is LED and very energy-efficient.

December Daily - Day 14

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DEC 14
My morning kids and I played a little Christmas Game.  You had to put a plate on your head and draw these 6 things

1. Draw a line for a floor
2. Draw a Christmas Tree
3. Draw a star on top of the tree
4. Draw a fireplace
5. Draw a stocking
6. Draw a present

The idea is from Happy Home Fairy.  It was hilarious. Later we played the game with my Hubby and he cheated!

December Daily - Day 11

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Dec 11

We spent the weekend at Nonna's.  We had fun decorating her place.

December Daily - Day 10

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Dec 10
We spent the entire weekend at Nonna's and Pappy. We really enjoyed decorating and spending time with them.  On Saturday, there was a lunar eclipse.  Nonna, Kevin, and Charlie got up and watched most of it from the deck.  As luck would have it, it was clear for the eclipse.  I watched from the bedroom window.  Later we decorated Nonna's tree.  Nonna treated us all to the musical production of Peter Pan at the Tacoma Musical Theatre.  It was really fabulous.  The boys got a light up hook and light up pirates hat.  They had a chance to join in the audience participation in the 2nd half. 

December Daily - Day 9

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 Just doing a little catch-up on my project.  Above is story about the photo I chose for my Christmas Card.  The picture was taken in Pt Whitehorn Preserve near Birch Bay, WA. It was just one of many adventures we have had geocaching. We are turning into avid geocachers when the weather allows us here in the Pacific Northwest.  We use a kids GPS and a smartphone.  We are hooked on Geocaching.

December Daily - Day 7

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DEC 7

A lot of boy energy around here.  It was an early out for both from school today.  It was also Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day which I was reminded a couple of times by #1 Son. He also coined the phrase above.  Obviously, hot chocolate is better with your Santa Hat on.  :)

December Daily Day 5

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DEC 5

I had my morning crew this morning.  After we dropped off my #1 Son, we headed for a donut.  The kids were trying to embarrass me.  It was cute.

I worked a little at drawing or zentangle while I waited for my oldest to get out of school.  The little tree on the layout is a doodle. It was part of  the extremely talented Princess Lasertron's Readvent Party.  I am doing some of the prompts.  This one had to do with drawing.

My hubby emailed me a picture of the sunset.  It just so happened that I took a picture of the sunrise.

December Daily - Day 4

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DEC 4

My husband participated in a Charity Pistol Match all day.  The rest of us spent the day pulling out the rest of the Christmas Decorations and playing Wii.

I am doing my layouts in PhotoShop Elements 8.0 on a 5x7 background.  I haven't played around with my digital scrapbooking stuff in a long time.

December Daily- Day 3

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DEC 3

It was a busy day of catch-up.  My youngest went with the Giant Man Child to help set up at the range for a charity pistol meet. That left me with #1 Son.  We dropped some stuff at Goodwill and went grocery shopping.  I managed to come home to make a Mexican Lasagna for the freezer. Later in the afternoon, the boys and I decorated the tree.  The day ended with me reading "Are You Grumpy Santa Claus?" to Chuckles.

December Daily - Day 2

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Day 2
Started off the morning by showing Chuckles the Christmas tree I made out of Lego's.  In about 2 minutes, he came back and showed me his better Christmas tree.  It took me about 2 hours the night before to come up with an acceptable tree.  Kids these days.

It was also Chuckles turn to open the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar.  It was a mutant alien thing, totally not Christmasy.

I had my extra kids this morning and we worked on Coffee Filter Snowflakes.  I stiffened them with liquid starch.  It worked OK.  It did make them stiffer. Directions found here.  I just re-read the directions and definitely follow the directions for stiffer flakes. By the way, I love coffee filter snowflakes so much easier for little guys to be successful at.

This evening Chuckles and I worked on the hanging up the snowflakes we made and the snowflake ornaments that we had.  Chuckles, The Giant Man Child, and Me watched ELF.  That movie cracks me up.  #1 Son isn't into movies so he hung out up in his room.

We also had a senseless shoe killing by Tigger this morning.  He ate part of  Big E's shoe.  Something isn't quite right with that dog. Honestly, I am feeding him.  He just prefers shoes, Lego's, and socks.

I ended the day reading to Chuckles.  I know he is completely able to do this by himself but he still likes when I read to him.  Sometimes, he gets a little lost in the shuffle. He actually fell asleep with the Santa hat on, too funny. 

December Daily Day 1

Ali Edwards is hosting the December Daily.  I thought I would give this a shot, too.

DEC 1

This morning was all about the Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar.  #1 Son got to choose first.  We flipped a coin for the privledge, yesterday.  This was a surprise for them. My kids had been asking and asking for this.  I was very relucant but my Hubby, who is a much of a Lego nut as them, encourage me to buy the Lego Advent Calendar. 

A really awesome sunrise. I can't resist a good sunrise.

On the way to school, #1 Son handed me a stack of prints he made in art class - very cool.  He was so proud of his prints.  It is really cool.

We broke out our Christmas collection of books.  I read Merry Christmas, Splat.

After the kids were in bed, I experimented with coffee filter snowflakes.  It is my project for my morning kids. I was trying to make them stiffer.  I sealed them.  That didn't work.  I painted with liquid starch. That did work. They do get a little wrinkly but a bit stiffer.