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a bjd advent – dec 4 the very long day

  • Posted on December 4, 2019 at 8:34 pm

meg had a lot of christmas shopping left to do, so she decided to make a day of it
dec 4
first stop chapters to get books for all the kids, she especially wanted to find a boxed set of the narnia books for eilidh

to pass the time while she was gone, the little girls worked on a giant christmas puzzle
dec 4
koko decided to “help”
dec 4
no no! bad kitty!
dec 4
next stop toysrus, for toys of course
dec 4
dovey pointed out pieces for the other girls to put in. she had a good top view from her chair
dec 4
then she headed over to the fabric store to get material to make christmas aprons
dec 4
as the day passed the puzzle started to come together
dec 4
winners was next – the kids are growing fast and all need new clothes
dec 4
they got farther…
dec 4 at lowes
some of the christmas light strings got broken last year, so she stopped at the hardware store for new ones
dec 4
and farther…
dec 4
more shopping at the craft store to get supplies for the advent crafts, and a few more for stocking stuffers
dec 4
till at last they were done!
dec 4
as the afternoon was ending meg headed to the yarn shop for some last minute christmas knitting
dec 4
they were so excited about finishing that they woke eilidh up from her nap
dec 4
last stop of the day was a store called “destination christmas” for some extra christmas decorations. with the snow starting to fall, meg headed home
dec 4
“megs been gone a very long time, do you think she is ever coming back?”
“i’m sure she will be home soon”
eildih replied
dec 4
just then a voice called out “i’m home!” and in came meg with arms full of bags
dec 4

a bjd advent dec 3 – christmas stories

  • Posted on December 3, 2019 at 8:13 pm

after a busy day playing, the girls were happy to cuddle up with eilidh and listen to one of their favorite books, “the best christmas pageant ever”
dec 3 christmas stories

a bjd advent – dec 2 operation christmas child boxes

  • Posted on December 2, 2019 at 6:58 pm

the girls got together today and packed shoe boxes for operation christmas child
making shoe boxes
first they covered the boxes with wrapping paper.
packing boxes
packing boxes
then they filled them to the brim with toys and goodies. they had lots of fun deciding what to put in, and trying to make it all fit!
occ girl
they packed a girl box
occ boy
and a boy box

a bjd advent – dec 1 hope candle

  • Posted on December 1, 2019 at 5:12 pm

starting the 24 days of advent
dec 1 is the first sunday of advent , so they lit the first candle tonight.
advent sunday hope candle
eilidh explanis to crystal that “The first candle symbolizes hope and is called the “Prophet’s Candle.” The prophets of the Old Testament, especially Isaiah, waited in hope for the Messiah’s arrival. lighting this candle opens the period that anticipates Christmas and remembers those who first spoke the promise of the coming Christ child.”

christmas mahem

  • Posted on December 24, 2018 at 9:25 am

meg volunteered to help finish decorating the tree this year. the others were too busy baking cookies, or wrapping presents, but dovey, emrys and noah wanted to help.

decorating the tree
at first all went well as they each hung ornaments on the branches

uh oh
then noah decide his stool was too low and he needed to get higher to help meg reach the upper branches

noah get down
meg looked up to see him balanced precariously on the uppermost branches. reaching up she scolded, “noah get down, before you fall!”
too late
but it was too late, she couldn’t reach him in time and noah tumbled to the floor. holding his head he sighed “ouch!”

meanwhile on the other side of the tree,
meanwhile on the other side of the tree, emrys had climbed up on a stool to hang ornaments above dovey’s head

i think i can reach
some of the branches were just a little too high, but emrys thought he could reach them

meg look!
just then dovey turned around “meg look!” she cried out.

rescued
this time meg made it in time to rescue emrys

you two sit right here
you two sit right here, she sighed, dovey and i will finish the tree

vacation pictures.

  • Posted on November 20, 2018 at 9:01 am

i’m finally getting around to posting my vacation pictures from the summer. cricket, meg and eilidh went with us to the yukon and alaska for 10 days. we had a wonderful time! the scenery is gorgeous and the weather was nice and cool. we missed the heat wave back home for which we were all thankful. we got back to cooler weather and the next week the yukon got their heat wave, so perfect timing on our part. we did a bit of hiking and a lot of exploring. here are some of my favorite pictures of cricket (wearing her new sweater and hat)

we landed in whitehorse then drove down to skagway
we were driving along through the mountains then suddenly saw sand on the side of the road. when we pulled over there was this amazing stretch of sand dunes which we explored for a couple of hours before driving on.
inland desert
carcross desert yukon is apparently the world’s smallest desert. but cricket thought it was the perfect size.

exploring the beautiful grounds of the cabins where we stayed in skagway, right near the base of the chilkoot trail. we went on a 2 hour hike up the trail, which was fun. my health isn’t good enough to actually hike the whole thing (apparently a 4-6 day hike!)
finding her way
giant fungus
having a rest

we also took the train up the whitehorse pass. part of the historic goldrush trail
on the train
cricket was fascinated and stared out the window the whole way.
on the train

after a couple of days we took the ferry across to haines. we managed to do a couple of hikes there as well
a realfee sized cave
in the woods
abandoned doorway

amber and crystal travel to drumheller

  • Posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:24 am

amber and crystal went exploring in drumheller on the weekend. they found a cave, but decided it was a bit too dark and scary so they sat in front to “admire the view”
amber and crystal in drumheller

amber was disgusted to find out the popcorn mud is used to make the base of toothpaste
amber in drumheller

crystal did a bit of exploring on her own so missed the toothpaste conversation
crystal in drumheller

all tuckered out

  • Posted on December 3, 2011 at 5:11 pm

all tuckered out
we’re all sick with colds here. so not much time to blog. but this was a rather cute picture of digory sleeping with his favorite blanket

beezie and smidge explore highwood trail

  • Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:27 am

peekaboo

just hanging out

upsidedown

exploring

beezie

smidge

migrating peacocks

  • Posted on November 1, 2011 at 4:08 pm

peacock migration

an ostentation of peacocks looking for warmer climes.

i'm late, i'm late

“i’m late, i’m late, they’re leaving without me!”