Just 30 Something: It's cold outside!!! Part 1

Friday, December 11, 2009

It's cold outside!!! Part 1

Man is it ever. It was 21 degrees on the mountain this morning. I saw those numbers as I was pouring the first cup of freshly brewed (and warm) coffee after my daily bath! I was so thankful to have a roof over my head and a warm home this morning, not to mention a nice warm cup of java. Kai, our oldest 'daughter' was even getting to take advantage of having a warm place to sleep too, the garage!

Okay, now for some of the weekly wrap up (since I have been soo busy at work and home). Last Saturday, John & I took Blay to Lowe's to build a gingerbread house as part of their children's Build-It program. Blay loves going and doing this. He thinks it is fun and really does try hard to get that nail in. Tomorrow, they are making Christmas ornaments. Here is a picture from Saturday.

While we were at Lowe's, Blay helped us pick out our Christmas Tree. Of all the years we couldn't get a BIG tree, Blay wanted a BIG tree. We got a 7" Douglas Fir instead. He said he liked it and had to pay for it so HE could take it home. He was so funny.

After Lowe's, we did a quick trip to WalMart. Who's weekend isn't filled with at least 1 trip to that place right? Well, John and I knew that Santa would be there from our late quick trip on Friday night. Blay was much better with Santa this year. He didn't cry but was very shy with him. He did good and did manage to tell Santa he wanted a 'Choo-Choo' and then proceeded to make the 'Choo-Choo' sound. I was going to show the picture but can't get the scanned image to post for some reason.

After we got home Saturday, Blay wanted to go play outside but, I didn't let him because it was cold outside. Oh, I forgot to mention John & I woke up Saturday morning to some strang 'white stuff' falling outside. We had about 2-2 1/2 inches on the ground when it was all said and done. Here are a couple pictures of that.

While Blay took his nap on Saturday, I put lights and beads on the Christmas tree, decorated my mantle (my favorite part) and other small stuff around the house. John put Christmas lights outside and hooked up our Santa Mickey. When Blay woke up, he was very happy to have his BIG tree up. I gave him a bag of unbreakable ornaments and he put them on, with help from John and myself of course. He gets so easily frustrated. If they wouldn't go on like he thought they should, he'd be unhappy. Anyways, the tree is completed and stable now, after a near disaster.

For some reason, the tree kept coming loose from the base so we had to really work hard Sunday night to make sure it didn't fall. I didn't want that to happen again this year. While I don't have a picture of the tree yet, I did get a good picture of Blay pretending to be one of Santa's reindeer. He loves his antlers!!!