Saturday, January 06, 2007

A little less Christmas cheer

Yes, I know. Christmas was over a week ago. Well, I just have to talk about it.

We have some species of pine tree growing in our front yard. Traditionally, we would decorate it with lights every year to spread some Christmas cheer around the neighborhood. This year we did the same, though we were one of only two houses on our streets with lights outside. After Christmas day, I didn't have the lights turned on at nights and today was the day I had some time to take the lights down. As I was taking the lights down, I saw I was missing a red light bulb. Then another..... and another..... and I was thinking, "what in the world?!"


True enough, one strand of my red lights was missing about half the bulbs. Picture above is showing only half the missing bulbs. The other half is on the other side. Why in the world would anyone wants to steal light bulbs?! I mean, if you needed bulbs, I could have bought you all the bulbs you need. You'll have some many bulbs, you'd have bulbs coming out of your ears! I am not upset that someone stole my stuff, I'm upset that someone would steal something as inconsequential as light bulbs! I mean, what has become of our society today? I wonder about the person who stole the bulbs. What is he going to do with them? eBay 'em? Brag to his friends, "hey dudes, check out the bulbs!"? Whatever it is, I hope he'd do something useful with them at least. If not, I hope he'd wake up one day and say, "why did I do such a stupid thing?" and quit this silly childishness.

Merry belated Christmas to him.... maybe her...... maybe them.... who cares?

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Happy New Year!

One of my favorite things at the beginning of each year is to look back over last year's calendar and transfer birthdays and other special dates to remember to the new year's calendar. I saw down this afternoon to finish the task. I always enjoy reviewing what we have been up to the past year. Last year was a full and fun year for us. Swim lessons, birthday parties, many births, mall walks, trips to the farmer's market, play groups, dates at restaurants and coffee shops, chiropractor visits, hikes, a vacation to Colorado, camping, men's fraternity, ISCA meetings, staying in a cabin on Beaver Lake, red parties... Looking over last year makes me all the more thankful to the Lord for our family. He has been so good to us. My biggest thank-you for last year is for the birth of our beautiful son Zachary.

I can't wait to fill up the new calendar with more memories...

Smiling bear boy


Zac is a very happy baby, which makes his parents very happy as well! He wants to thank Auntie Barbara for the beautiful quilt she made for him (seen in the pictures).

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Christmas day

Family picture for Christmas 2006

Uncle Kyle and Auntie Belle's gift was a big hit with Benji

Zac looking cute in his new monkey hat

Benji is all of his glory (wearing the necklaces he made himself plus his new frog rain boots)

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

All in one day

It's quite amazing the range of emotions I can feel in one day towards our toddler.

Admiration for his new words (today's word was "new").

Concern when he scrapes his knee.

Extreme frustration when he won't take a nap after 2 hours of me trying to put him down.

Lack of sympathy when he first gets cranky because he's overly tired.

Eventual pity when he's just so tired he can't think straight by 6.30 p.m.

Love and affection when he wants me to hold him before bedtime...

Monday, December 18, 2006

True feelings are coming out

Benji: "Just sit there like a good little boy, Zac."

Zac: "I've had enough of his patronizing - I'm gonna get that guy!"
(You might need to click on this picture to see the true expression on Zac's face - it's worth a click!)

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Benji's favorite part of a Christmas tree

This is the first year we bought a live Christmas tree. I am enjoying the lovely scent in our living room. Benji enjoyed the decorating, but his favorite part of having a Christmas tree is ... the needles! Most people find them a nuisance, but for him it's the best - because it means he can use the small hand held vacuum every day to clean up the needles that dropped over the course of the day. Like they say, it's the small things that make the holiday fun. :)

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Sling baby


Zachary just loves being in the sling - whether Mommy, Daddy, or Nona is wearing it. He especially likes to fall asleep in there.

Zachary has found his thumb


He seems to be following in his brother's footsteps in liking that thumb.