Andrew loves Daddy

Andrew and Derek are eating breakfast together, scrambled eggs with ketchup.  I poured them each a cup of milk and Andrew got a straw for himself and one for Derek.  After eating for a few minutes Derek noticed the straw in his cup and asked why he had one.  Andrew said "I have a straw and so I got you one so you wouldn't feel left out."  I thought it was really cute that Andrew was looking out for Derek.

This Year's New Hats

I made this hat for Andrew.  I think it turned out great.

 A man walks down the street in that hat and people know he isn't afraid of anything. 
Here is the hat that I made for Emmy.  I think I want to line it with fleece so that it is warmer for wintertime.  I made Emmy a little matching scarf, too.  I'm still working on a scarf for Andrew. 

 I think they like them.

I need to get better with the blogging.  It's been so long since I've been on here.  Once again we are entering my favorite season.

Where Have I Been?

No, I didn't fall off the face of the Earth.  I'm still here.  I feel like I've been so busy lately.  I tried to put a picture on here, but it isn't wanting to work for me.  This past Saturday my son Andrew was baptized.  We were very excited for him and it was really nice.  We had lots of relatives and friends come to support him, so he felt really special. 

Our First Broken Bone

 Last week on Monday I went to pick up the kids from school, as I usually do.  We walked to the van and started to get in. Andrew was pretending to have a hard time getting into the van, so he had his hand in the door frame to hoist himself in.  Emmy was already in, so she decided to close her door.  She didn't see Andrew's hand there and she closed the door on his hand, but it didn't latch.  Andrew really cried and he had a large bruise and huge bump on the back of his hand.  When we left for the hospital Derek and Emmy stayed home and Derek said as soon as we walked out the door Emmy started sobbing about how she had hurt Andrew.  We saw the doctor and Andy got x-rays taken of his hand.  The doctor said it looked like he had a hairline fracture in his second metacarpal.  A nurse wrapped his hand in a splint.

On Friday I took Andy to a bone specialist.  He said it looked like there were two fractures, one in the second and one in the third metacarpals.  He wrapped Andrew's hand in a sturdier splint and will see him again in a couple of weeks.

I was surprised he didn't do a cast, as is almost everybody I talk to about it.  I've had to rewrap the bandage several times already and I've had my mom do it, too.  Sometimes when he is playing he forgets that there are some things that he can't do and his bandage comes undone at the end.  I can't wait till he gets to take it all the way off.  This is the first broken bone that either of our kids has had and hopefully will be the last.

Peppermints in the Christmas Tree

Remember when I made checkers for my checkerboard?  No?  Huh, maybe I haven't told you all about that yet.  Well, anyway, today I'm gonna talk about how I used the left over wooden circles. 

I had 13 and I painted them all white. 

 You can see my plans that I made before I started, along with part of a grocery list and some math I had been doing.

Then I drew pen on them to guide me to paint the red stripes.  They looked good enough to eat.  I decoupaged them for a little shine and to seal them. 

I got Derek to drill tiny holes in each one. 

I cut ribbon and burned the edges before putting it through the hole in each peppermint. 

Here are a couple on the tree.

I thought they turned out pretty good.  I know the pictures aren't great, but my flash was a bit too bright I think.  It always happens when I take a picture of something white, but I don't know enough about what I'm doing to adjust the flash. 

Like my tree?  I can't have any ornaments near the bottom because our cat, Penelope, likes to mess with them.

This is the Season, Beloved of the Year

We are getting into the Christmas spirit at our house.  We've put up the Christmas tree and decorated it with ornaments.  I want to make some ornaments that look like peppermints this year.  I need to find little wooden disks to paint.  In my mind they look really cute. 
We had a nice Thanksgiving this year.  We went to Derek's parents' house.  We took 4 pies.  I was told to bring that many because of how many people were coming.  I kept getting confused because when my mother-in-law would list off the people coming there would be a certain amount, but then she would give me a different number.  Lo, and behold, there were three surprise guests.  Some of our Utah relatives showed up, so that was really cool. 

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Derek and I have been married for 9 years.  Sometimes it just doesn't seem that long.  Then I think, "wait, I have a 7 yr old.  I better have been married for 9 years!"  These 9 years have been great.  We hardly ever argue with each other, we enjoy each other's company, we agree on most things, and only tease each other a little bit.  We seem to have been designed for each other.  Okay, that's enough sappiness.