un-socialized

So my unsocialized homeschooled 8 yr old is at her second sleepover with public schooled kids in as many nights. I'm awaiting a request for another one tomorrow night but that one will be turned down since we've got a family game-night party to go to instead. There are another 3 possible sleepovers before AISD starts up again on Tuesday, I'm sure that her dance card will be full.
We watched Ella Enchanted at last night's sleepover. Joe liked it a lot.

Blech!

A day of cold rain - Blech!
3 days of no rain and 60 degrees - not so blech.
Hurry up tomorrow!

Dr Laura AGAIN

Dr Laura's got it right, or rather, one of her callers has got it right.
http://www.drlaurablog.com/2009/12/29/the-most-important-job-in-the-world/

presents

I am delighted to report that, other than the DVD set of all 124 episodes of The Pink Panther and a GIANT cool clock, not a single electronic or battery powered gift was received by any household members this Christmas!

Although a handheld GPS unit for geocaching like our friends got WOULD be fun!

Baked blueberry french toast

Served with maple syrup

Christmas food 2009

Breakfast:
baked blueberry french toast
bagels and english muffins with blueberry cream cheese, smoked salmon mousse, pineapple cream cheese, garlic basil cream cheese, and plain cream cheese

Lunch:
molten brownies
special dip with orange peppers and cauliflower
olives
jalapeno cheese balls
hatch green chili chips
crackers
muenster and brie cheese
nuts
chex mix
pretzel wreaths
candy
spiced shrimp
pizza quesadillas
candy
oranges & bananas

Dinner:
smoked turkey
smoked
potatoes
roasted green beans
dressing
salad
roasted ayote & pipian squashes
yeast rolls
assorted wines
Shiner Cheer beer
sparkling grape juice
chocolate cherry cheesecake
jumbleberry crunch pie w/ fresh whipped cream

Merry Christmas

Eating the gingerbread house

Follow-up: Less than one hour after this picture was taken, the remains were thrown away. The fun in gingerbread houses is in the making, not necessarily in the eating.

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

On stage with Joe

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

Joe McDermott

Biscuit Brothers

Giselle on stage

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

The Biscuit Brothers

sale shopping

9 pm at Michael's (Have to go back tomorrow because they misapplied my 50% off coupon).
10 pm at Old Navy (Awesome sales for stocking up on winter coats for the kids for the next few years).
11 pm at Toys-R-Us (They were out of stock of the item I was going for but I got something to tide us over until I find what I'm really looking for.

Lunch at Hut's

Leftovers - Paul ate 3/4 of his Number 2, Giselle ate 1/2 of her Kellers Classic, and I ate 1/2 of my Richie Valens. Before that we split an order of 4 GIGANTIC onion rings and after the burgers the kids split a root beer float.

Frisbees

I bought 9 of these http://s3.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/Wham-O_Soft_Catch_Frisbee_Disc___3_PackpxlDetail.jpg for the kids (and Joe and me) for Christmas. Because like squirt guns, you can never have too many Frisbees!

soon

This afternoon as I bailed on loading the bikes onto the bike rack to take to the park because I didn't want to have to unload them and put them away before we went to dinner. Because of that I've bought us a giant cable lock for Christmas to lock the bikes to the car in the future. Then again, I didn't feel like having to unload the bikes and put them away in the shed AFTER dinner either so...
But by this time next week the kids will both be proud owners of Razor A2 Scooters and I'll be able to toss them into the back of the car every week to take to the park on Fridays and for after Saints on Wednesdays!
Although it IS good exercise to load and unload the bikes from the hitch-mounted 50 lb bike rack that has to installed and removed every time we use them. The disadvantage of living on a poorly paved hill in a hilly neighborhood, oh well...

joining the masses

I got the last 2 Razor Scooters today at Toys-R-Us while the kids were at PE. The place wasn't as crazy as I expected it to be but it was still a pretty full store. The checkout lanes were moving very well - many lanes open and no lane had more than 2 people in it - one person checking out and one person waiting. I was impressed.

Hot chocolate

Breakfast. Hey, it was made with real milk and chocolate, not from a mix.

Kids' solo - I mean choir - mini-musical

Well, the church Christmas show is over for another year. Unfortunately they miced only one girl and turned her volume up so everyone heard only her sing and none of the other 25 kids in the choir who were also singing at the same time. I had a word with the soundman and got it fixed in time for the last song but that was after 15 minutes of 'solo'.
Maybe next year...

Brunch at magnolia cafe

Love Migas with lots of garlic