When mom's at work

Naomi playing with the ornaments. She is fascinated with the lights and ornaments.

My sweetie pie! I could just kiss those cheeks all day long!

So, this is what happens when I'm at work! Drumming on my bowls with my kitchen utensils.

Comedy by Ethan...a funny little story

I was working, but I got an email from Josiah entitled, "ha ha."
Here's what happened:

so Ethan was trying on my (Josiah's) workout gloves, and of course, some of his fingers he could get through the holes, and some of them were grouped up and poking out of one hole. And I heard him looking at one of the empty holes and saying, "Come out here buddy...come on out...he's hiding....he's hiding daddy."

Too funny- those fingers just have a mind of their own!

Christmas Card

Well I tried to get a Christmas Card picture the other week, but no luck. Ethan is anti-picture right now. He says, "Cheese," without smiling... urghh... I just can't win!

So, if I don't get "the picture" soon- there won't be a card.... wish me luck.

Decorating Cookies

Ethan wanted to decorate some cookies, so he helped with the icing and then wanted to add sprinkles. As you can see, the first attempt was a little messy- so I got smart and taped up all the holes but one on the sprinke shaker. That worked MUCH better. Naomi watched happily, wishing she could sample one, I'm sure. Then there was the taste-testing and a very satisfied cookie-eater.

My super-fly boy

Ethan loves his hat that he stole from Grandpapa Jim and he insists on wearing it backwards! Of course, the shades are a necessity too! As Ethan would say, "I'm a cool dude!"

Oh Ethan

So, I'm working a night shift and it's slow so I'm going to tell a story. Ethan loves Naomi- he calls her "pretty girl" and wants to greet her when she wakes up. But, then he also pushes her over, hits her head, steps on her, and sits on her when she's lying on the floor. SO, he's been having a number of time outs. Last night he came out of time out, walked by Naomi and this was our conversation:
"Ethan... please be careful of Nomi."
"I'm not supposed to push her, hit her or touch her head." He smiles at me.
I shake my head, of course! He knows he shouldn't hurt her, yet he keeps on doing it.
I just looked at Josiah and said, "Unbelievable."
I'm not sure if he was mocking me or not... either way...he's still funny even when he's naughty.

And he's picked up the phrase, "Just kidding." I'm not a big fan of it, but his comes out sounding like "Just killing" which does "kill" me! I laugh everytime.
Well, back to work... hope that made you smile!

Naomi's Hudson Hat

I am learning to knit and aspire to make a hat as cute as this one someday! I had a sweet mama make it for me out of her leftover scraps. I think Naomi looks so sweet in it! Thankfully she tolerates me putting different hats on her all the time. And then a shot of Aunt Sabie (as Ethan has affectionately named her).