My Year

I don't believe in "New Year's Resolutions" so instead my year is going to be spent with this new one year bible of "Mom's Devotions" that I found last week. I am already almost a week into it and it seems perfect for the stage of life I am at in helping me to spend a little bit of time with God each day.

"I'm Pippi Longstocking"

With Dan's new job he alternates from days to nights every 4 weeks. This seems to have brought about a new tradition in the house for the boys and I on Saturday nights - "Movie Night". A while ago I was thinking about how I loved Pippi Longstocking when I was a kid and wondered if you could still find the movies so I looked them up on Netflix. I was curious to see if I enjoyed it as much as when I was a kid and whether the boys would like her or not. Needless to say, that even though the voices don't match the lips (it was originally done in another languate), they love it. They will sit with me for the whole movie. They have brought their rocking horse downstairs (which has previously been used very little) because Pippi has a horse and Caleb (like I remember myself doing) goes around the house singing "I'm Pippi Longstocking".

Special Friends!

Bingo and Elton have always shared a special bond and today this was proven even more. Poor Elton is feeling under weather with a cold and Bingo is making sure to keep a very close eye on his partner in crime. The two of them are pretty darn cute!

A Couple Of My Christmas Presents!

For Christmas I received the Icecream maker attachment for my Kitchenaid mixer. I learned a supe easy way to make icecream at Weight Watchers. All you need is Vanilla yogurt and a fresh fruit of your choice and the results are delicious! The kids love it and it is a much healthie choice over regular icecream.

Then, my favorite gift (from Dan of course!) is my cool new, sleek & slim, red camera that I can keep with me in my pocket or purse so that I have new excuse for missing any pictures!

Experiments!

Between school this year and going to the library and borrowing Eyewitness books/videos, Caleb has had an increasing interest in science and experiments. One of the things he asked for for Christmas was "science and lab stuff". We had to compromise on this one as he also has a love for "Mythbusters" and I have been trying to emphasize that the things they do on there are dangerous and that I will have NO explosions going on in my house. Thus he received a gummy bug making kit. Here is a picture of Dan and the boys doing their science project/experiment!