Update

Finally, it’s December. I am so glad it is no longer November! Life becomes barely manageable in November. Professors love to pile on the work in November; that’s when all the papers are due. It’s also the month of my birthday, Meredith’s birthday, the beginning of Sinterklaas and Thanksgiving. There have been times that I have wanted to blog but the thought of having to bring it up to date was just too daunting.

Here are some highlights:

I got this in the mail and it made my day week. I got a card last year too, how does he remember birthdays without facebook? How did anyone remember birthdays without facebook?

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. We ate delicious food, took naps, went to the park, and then Meredith, Jack, Jenn and I piled in Mom and Dad’s king sized bed to watch a Pumpkin chunkin’ show.

Zach, Jack and I got to celebrate a night of Hanukkah with Jack’s Aunt, Uncle, and cousins. We had originally only intended to drop off Hanukkah gifts at the doorstep anonymously and run away. Jack was super excited about it and it was a great lesson on selfless giving…until we got caught! Jack and his older cousin Silas played with Nerf guns most the time and I got to hold baby Josiah. It was also strange doing something with Zach, Jack, and I together, but it was a good strange and Zach and I didn’t argue or get on each others nerves.

I finally organized my craft/FS closet and I’m working on the room as a whole. There is no before picture…it’s just too embarrassing.

I found the bookshelf at wal-mart and it fit the space perfectly. In an attempt to make it look more Elizabeth and less Wal-mart I covered the back part with wrapping paper. Choosing which paper to use was the hardest part, but it doesn’t really make a difference anyway since you can’t see it. Oh, well.

 

I found out that the hardest things about organizing my craft stuff is not getting off track. As I go through my stuff a million and a half ideas for new projects pop into my head and it takes a lot of self control to not start a new project. Sometimes I don’t have that much control and I took a break to make this:

And two of these:

And then I crocheted a scarf for Jack's bear:

It did finally get organized though and I'm so glad it did... just please don't ask me about my fabric stash.

A cold front decided to come in Thursday and it got really cold! There is an ice storm north of us and the weather channel was saying that power could be knocked out for days (in the dallas region). I guess that Picnic Katie and I were planning for Today is going to be indoors! I hope the power doesn’t get knocked out here though (although we are prepared to hunker down if necessary) The cold front did give me an excuse to make it a Wassail and Soup night (as if I needed an excuse).

I actually first heard of wassail a few weeks ago at a Relief Society function and since then I've made it more times than I'm willing to admit. 

Thursday was also pakjesavond, the last night of Sinterklaas. Jack got this Smurf mushroom and we ate kruid noten. No more putting a shoe out at night, no more singing Sinterklaas Kapoentje (and Jack finally has all the words down). Jack seems to be taking it better than I am though.

Lekker!

I decided that Jack could stay home from school yesterday because it was so cold and I just wanted to hunker down with him and have a snuggle day.

How could I resist more of this?