A New Do

This morning as I was doing Isabel's hair, she casually mentioned that she'd like to cut her hair short like mine. I was a little surprised to hear this since I have asked about cutting her hair before and she has always said she wanted to keep it long. I told her that if she'd like to cut it she could, but she didn't have to, and throughout the day she mentioned it several times. So, while Gabe was napping I took Isabel to the "beauty salon" to get her hair cut! She was a little nervous when she first sat in the chair (she's only ever had her hair trimmed by me, so she didn't know what to expect), but she soon became mezmerized by what she saw in the mirror and when it was all done, she couldn't stop smiling. She couldn't wait to come home and show Daddy and Gabe and she spent the rest of the night combing it and putting it into ponytails. I guess she thinks that now that it's shorter she should be able to do it herself!!!

The pile of hair at the end.

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AFTER

A Nasty Clog ....

So, the other day I was making some brussels sprouts to go with our dinner. I had cut the ends off and left them in the sink while I went to grab some other ingredients. While I was away, Joel decided to help out by pushing the brussels sprout ends down the drain. Now, the garbage disposal that we have is at least 12 years old and doesn't always work that well. It has a history of not working on things like lettuce and potato peels. Needless to say the garbage disposal did not do it's job and the result was a very nasty clog in the kitchen sink. Joel grabbed the plunger from the garage and worked on it for awhile and then decided that he needed to find a way to put more umph behind it ..........

Whatever works!!!!!!

My Little Picassos

The kids got a new art easel for Christmas with some new paints and brushes to go with it. They love it and have been exploring their creativity since they got it!

Christmas 2009

We spent Christmas Eve together as a family at my parents' house. Druh and Candice were in town so they were able to join us this year! We went to the Christmas Eve service at New Life (awesome, by the way) together and them came home and enjoyed a hearty snack bar before sitting down to open presents. We spent the night at my parents' house and got up the next morning to see what Santa brought.

Chanukah Nights 6-8

It's an understatement to say that I dropped the ball on the holiday blogging. Once Chunkah was upon us things catapulted into action and we haven't quit since.

Here's night 6 ....

Here's night 7 .....

Auntie Mady was here with us that night.

For the 8th night of Chanukah we all gathered at Joel's parents' house. It has been our tradition that we pick a day and all get together to exchange gifts with the rest of the family. We usually meet around lunch time and hang out all day and then Janice takes the kids downstairs to watch a movie and the rest of us eat, drink and play board games. Once the kids have finished their movie, they have a big sleepover together downstairs in the living room. This year, for some reason, the adults were too tired to play games so we sat around for awhile and then turned in ourselves. The next day we had homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then gathered around the pole (you'll see what I mean in the pics) to open presents!!