EVERY SINGLE DAY

Every single day I have to hear Sierra ask if she can move the Christmas Star (on our Christmas countdown calendar) and 'How many more sleeps 'til Christmas?' And then she counts the pockets on the countdown calendar every day and says '24 days until Christmas is here!!!!' LOL! We keep telling her that the calendar doesn't work until Saturday! So I am trying to think of crafts to do with the girls to keep them busy and just because they love to do 'art.' We spent the last few days making an Advent calendar (complete with candy!) They had a ball, and if you want instructions, I'm going to put them on Aleta's Art

Getting Ready for Christmas!

Here is our Christmas tree. Its a white pre-lit one, but lo-and-behold, only the middle section works this year :( So we just bypassed the pre-lit sections and added our own 'Rainbow Lights' as Sierra calls them. Notice only the top half of the tree is decorated. Yeah, well, the whole tree did have ornaments on it, until Karis kept bringing us the ornaments. So we would just put them up higher! Yesterday I caught the little stinker dragging a chair over trying to reach the ornaments!
We don't have a chimney, so here is our Santa Stocking Holder. These are the girls stockings, from the top, Sierra, Rubriana, and Karis. Mommy and Daddy's are on the other side.

Our Ruby-Rudolph!

Sierra is getting so big!

Oh what a stinker!!

UGGGHHH!

Thanksgiving is Thursday... I still have to go to the commissary and buy everything. Maybe I'll get there this afternoon... or maybe after Dustin gets home. But if I don't get a Turkey today, I don't think it will be thawed by Thursday!

Sierra is excited to help me bake, so we will be doing most of the baking on Wednesday. And the girls are super excited about getting the Christmas decorations out this weekend! I told them they have to keep the house clean until Friday.

Anyway, this is what I have planned for Thursday:

Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes (Dustin's favorite)
Green Bean Casserole
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie - the girls both are excited about the pies because they get to use their child size pie tins for their own personal pies :D
Crescent rolls

ADDED: Peanut Butter Fudge, Pecan Pie, Dressing, a TURKEY (duh) and a Ham. And I'm cooking it all myself... nice...

I asked Sierra if that sounded good and if we should get anything else. She said, "Yeah Mom! We need Turkey!" and looked at me like Duh! LOL! Um yeah, I kind of figured that would be a given! What a hoot she is!

From the mind of a 4 year old!

Sierra is such a character! She, of course, knows EV-RY-THING! And she will tell you matter of factly (with an eye roll and a head shake) what she thinks!

Conversation while watching TV and discussing what Daddy would like for his birthday:

Mommy: Sierra, what do you think Daddy wants for his birthday

Sierra: Um, I think he doesn't want anything.... Oh wait, maybe he wants a pink birthday cake!

Mommy: You think DADDY wants a PINK birthday cake. Hmmm... well, what present should we get Daddy for his birthday, what does he like to do?

Sierra: Daddy likes to do dishes
(insert much laughing from Mommy and Daddy!)

Daddy: you think that's my favorite thing to do, I don't do anything else?

Sierra: Oh yeah, you like to sit on the park bench and watch us play!

Daddy: I don't ever play anything, any games? (trying to get Sierra to mention Xbox 360)

Sierra: Oh yeah, you like to play Barbies and cars too. Maybe Daddy wants a boy Barbie because he says he doesn't like to be the girl Barbies!


Conversation while eating breakfast (waffles and sausage):

Ruby: Mommy, why are you eating waffles with us, don't you eat diet food?

Mommy: Well, Mommy tries to be healthy, but I'm eating waffles today, its okay.

Sierra: Yeah, Mommy and Daddy eat diet foods

Ruby: Do you guys like diet chicken food?
(hehehe, we eat a lot of chicken)

Mommy: Yeah, we eat chicken too. We should all be healthy and eat our chicken and vegetables

Sierra: No, Daddy, likes pizza, he ALWAYS wants pizza. And then Mommy gets mad and tells him 'no more pizza' and then Daddy says he wants Pizza Hut, or Anthony's or Kid Zone... and then Mommy says 'Fine! Get pizza if you want it!' So Daddy likes pizza, not diet food!


Comment from the Peanut Gallery

Dustin and I were discussing him needing to eat more vegetables - he was getting changed from work and I was sitting on the bed. The girls were playing in their room.

Me: You need to eat more vegetables - you don't eat any veggies!

Dustin: No, I eat green beans

(I started laughing)
Me: oh, I'm sorry, you eat green beans my mistake (still laughing)

Dustin: No, I eat asparagus, and broccoli, and carrots... I ate a whole can of carrots yesterday!

Sierra comes out of her room and pops her head in our door
Sierra: (she clicked her tongue - think like nuh) you ate a whole can of carrots (insert more tongue clicking, an eye roll and head shake) and then she walked away

We looked at each other and busted up laughing!!!