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S'more Fun

As we pass the days til the baby arrives, I'm trying to find things to keep me from just lying around, but that also don't wear me out for the whole day in just two minutes. We had a little fun in the kitchen making these "s'mores."

They're not exactly on Mama's diet, but I have been able to taste test a couple. The cocktail umbrellas

were the only stick-like object I could find to use for dipping. They just made it even more fun.

Merry Christmas (Early)

just wanted to post a few pictures from the past couple days around our home. steve & i got each other a camera for Christmas. our point-and-shoot was on its way out, and we made the leap to a dslr. haven't played with it alot yet (arrived yesterday), but i'm loving it already.

         

         

Good Distraction

we had our patriotic fun today.

but mama needed a distraction to make it to tonight. today was a great day to do our boxes for our children. it helped us (me) focus on something else for a while and not obsess (too much) on the media.

the biggest thing i learned from last year's boxes is to have your boxes with you when you shop. this helps you not buy so much stuff that it won't even fit. but as you can probably tell, even with our boxes along, we need to cut back just a teensy bit next year, just so the lids aren't bulging.

we all had a great time picking our what our little girl or boy would like. shelby was funny. at bedtime she told me that she hoped we could do this sometime for us... picking things out and having mama pay for them all. *grin* that WOULD be fun, shelb. i would totally love it. maybe that should be a new birthday tradition?

Picture Time: Baby Parade

a few shots of the wizard of oz festivities...

   

mama had SO much fun making these costumes. i loved the way angela's turned out, just some ribbon on a sweatsuit. shelby's was very convincing and sturdier than i originally imagined. cyrus' needed a trim, but he was such a good sport. for halloween, i will need to cut a few inches off the torso of the costume, so he can actually sit down. (he couldn't reach his face either, but i helped with any itches.) i didn't get a good individual shot of elle mae, but i will aim to get lots more pix (of all) when we dress up again. it was a little rushed on baby parade/pig chase night.

      

it was good to see i wasn't THE craziest. the fish float even had a music and a moving mechanism.

      

this was... incredible? look closely at the ducks. see the standing duck? see the one that the standing duck is touching? that's a REAL baby! dressed up, strapped on, and flailing with fuzz in its mouth!

Another Blue Ribbon & A Piggie

had another wonderful night at the fair. a little damp & chilly, but fun nonetheless. the baby parade went on without a hitch (except i forgot angela lion's tail). we won blue ribbon for best group. (thanks, dad, for the foto!) if there was a prize for biggest fan club, we would've won that, too. thanks to all the family (grammy s, aunt sue, alec, alena, aunt sandy, uncle dan, steven, andrew, poppop, aunt chrissy, uncle jon, aunt audie, uncle arnie) who came out to see us. we had so much fun.

then we tromped on over to the arena for the pig chasing. wow, what a turnout! 5 & younger girls went first. shelby got close, and it was so much fun to watch her running around after that pig. steve got some video of that chase. next was the 5 & younger boys. i was cheering and cheering. then i saw cy just standing to the side. i thought he must've got tired or bored or disgruntled. but no, he had already caught a pig! he was in the midst of a BIG group of kiddos down at the other end of the arena, so steve & i didn't actually see him catch it. but when he came out (ahead of most of the other boys), he said, "i the winner!" wow. way to go, cy. no ribbon, but he did win $15. used to be you could choose money or piggie, but i don't think there was that choice tonite. we would've taken the piggie. it would've been our first animal on our new farm. but that's ok. cy will have fun with his prize money.