KINDERGARTEN CHRISTMAS PARTY

SHOWING OFF THEIR PRESENTS!

DECORATING COOKIES (AND TASTING!)

GUS DID A GREAT JOB SINGING AT THE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. HE WAS SO EXCITED TO WEAR A TIE. (THANKS REGINA) SAGE ENJOYED WATCHING AND OF COURSE SEEING SANTA CLAUS. GUS SAID HE DID NOT NEED TO TELL SANTA WHAT HE WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY TOLD THE REAL SANTA WHEN HE WENT TO SEE POLAR EXPRESS!!

YES, A RABBIT

THANK GOODNESS LANCE WAS WITH ME ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM AMARILLO YESTERDAY, OR HE NEVER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS JUST A RABBIT THAT DID $1000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO OUR NEW CAR :(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANCE

LANCE'S BIRTHDAY IS TODAY!! HE OPENED THE PRESENT THAT GUS HAD BEEN DYING TO GIVE HIM (FOR CHRISTMAS) INSTEAD OF THE ONE I HAD GOTTEN FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. (THAT ONE WILL WAIT TIL CHRISTMAS) ANY WAY, HE GOT BOXING GLOVES. GUS WAS SO EXCITED. THEY HAD A LITTLE BOXING MATCH IMMEDIATELY. GUS WAS WANTING LANCE TO TAKE OFF HIS SHIRT AND PUT ON SHORTS (BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO DRESS THE PART!) I THINK THEY WILL ENJOY THE BOXING GLOVES FOR A LONG TIME.

SAGE'S NEW CARSEAT

SAGE GOT A NEW CARSEAT LAST WEEK. I KNOW THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT IT IS PINK!!! SHE WAS SO EXCITED, SHE TOLD ME "IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY BOY COLORS IN IT!" SHE ALSO TOLD HOLLY THAT GOD HAD MADE HER A BEAUTIFUL CARSEAT. THE CARSEAT DESIGN WAS APPROPRIATELY CALLED "THE ANNETTE."

IT SNOWED

SAGE WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE SNOW WHEN SHE WOKE UP THIS MORNING. SHE THOUGHT SINCE IT HAS SNOWED, IT MUST BE CHRISTMAS DAY. SHE THEN INSISTED THAT SHE WANTED TO GO OUT AND PLAY IN THE SNOW. EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HER IT WAS REALLY WINDING AND VERY COLD, SHE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE. SHE PUT HER COAT ON AND STEPPED OUT THE FRONT DOOR. IT DID NOT TAKE A SECOND UNTIL SHE WAS READY TO COME BACK IN. MAYBE THE WIND WILL STOP BLOWING IN A LITTLE WHILE AND SHE CAN GET FULLY DRESSED AND GO OUTSIDE.

SAGE'S OFFERING

SAGE MADE A LITTLE "COLLECTION BUCKET" FOR HER LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING IN SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS WEEK. SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT ON SUNDAY. SHE WAS READY TO FILL IT UP AND TAKE IT BACK TO SUNDAY SCHOOL. YESTERDAY, SHE WAS ASKING HER DAD TO GIVE HER SOME MONEY FOR IT, AND HE DID. SHE CAME AND SHOWED ME, AND THEN SAID, "I AM GOING TO GET A PINK BARBIE WITH THIS MONEY!!" WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT WHERE IT WAS GOING AGAIN, AND WHY SHE WAS TAKING IT BACK TO CHURCH. I THINK SHE IS BACK ON TRACK!

GUS SAVES SAGE

IT WAS SO NICE YESTERDAY, SO GUS AND SAGE PLAYED OUTSIDE ALL AFTERNOON. I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE ABOUT 4:00 AND LEFT THEM WITH THEIR DAD. AT SOME POINT SAGE GOT TANGLED UP IN THE SOCCER NET. LANCE HAD LET GUS CARRY ONE OF HIS KNIFES YESTERDAY, SO GUS WENT AND GOT IT AND TRIED TO CUT HER FREE. WHEN LANCE REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON HE HELPED FREE SAGE. HE SAID GUS HAD CUT THE NET ALL TO PIECES, BUT HAD NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO GETTING SAGE OUT. THANK GOODNESS HE DID NOT CUT HER WITH THE KNIFE EITHER!!

WE SURVIVED

WE HAVE NOW SURVIVED TWO THANKSGIVINGS!! LAST SATURDAY WE WENT TO AMARILLO FOR THE MCCLOY THANKSGIVING/CHRISTMAS. WE ENJOYED A NICE MEAL, AND THEN THE KIDS SWAM FOR HOURS. GUS AND SAGE BOTH BECAME MORE BRAVE AS THE DAY WENT ON. SAGE WENT FROM SWIMMING WITH ARM FLOATIES AND A RING TO JUST A RING. GUS HAD FUN JUMPING IN AND GOING UNDER WATER, WHICH IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR HIM! WE GOT HOME IN TIME TO WATCH THE TECH/OU GAME ON TV THAT NIGHT, EXCEPT WE DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. SO WE WENT TO THE PITTMAN'S TO WATCH AND THE KIDS HAD FUN PLAYING. TOO BAD THE GAME WAS TERRIBLE!



ON THANKSGIVING DAY WE WENT TO TEXHOMA TO SPEND THE DAY WITH LANCE'S FAMILY. WE HAD A NICE MEAL AND ENJOYED WATCHING THE COWBOYS WIN. WE LOOKED THROUGH ALL OF THE SALE ADS, AND SAGE FOUND THE PERFECT THING FOR HER CHRISTMAS PRESENT. IT IS A "MY SIZE BARBIE." SHE WAS SO EXCITED AND RAN AROUND THE ROOM CARRYING THE PAPER SAYING "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!" A CERTAIN GRANDMOTHER HAS ALREADY GONE THE WALMART AND PURCHASED THIS AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A HIT. SAGE AND GUS STAYED IN TEXHOMA UNTIL SUNDAY. THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN AND GUS WAS EXCITED BECAUSE WILL GAVE HIM A OSU CAP. WILL CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT PAPA (MARK) HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE CAP.