papa babysits

my dad babysat jack all alone on saturday for a few hours. i have to say, i think that was a first for him. dad has 5 grandkids. jack and dad are buddies. when mom and i arrived back at my parent's house we were met at the end of the driveway by dad and jack. jack was all bundled and dad was pulling him in a sled. jack had a huge smile on his face and he was saying, "whee!".

the mad hatter

jack loves hats right now. i think it is because he can put them on himself. he is very proud. this hat is daddy's. somehow when he wears this one i think of macaroni and cheese...

macaroni 2

hanging off the toliet paper holder. we don't keep the roll on the holder these days since it is waaaay too tempting for jack.

happy 14th birthday, andy!

andy turned 14 on friday. saturday night i threw him a little family birthday party... complete with doughnut cake!:) it was my brilliant idea. andy loved it. in fact, everyone loved it. what could be wrong with a huge assortment of doughnuts and some ice cream?:)

it's only 8:30pm?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is nuts. i never get to chill out in the evening with dan and the boys... and i am so BORED! i can't believe it is only 8:30pm. i have watched all the stinkin' sitcoms i can handle. after i check in with the highly addicting facebook, i am going to go knit a scarf. ahhhhhh, something to do!

unemployed for Christmas... well, i'll get more baking done!

i suppose i should mention that my job position was eliminated yesterday. the paper was very nice about it, but i will miss my job. my CAREER. it is nice to be able to spend evenings with dan, though. last night we decorated the Christmas tree. and "all things work together for good", etc. i wonder what the next chapter in my life will be... stay at home mom, coffee shop girl, a job at the local hospital (phooey! i don't want to work there!)... i am not worried by money. that's a blessing.

in other news -- jack and i have a touch of the flu, i think. hope we are better by saturday for andy's birthday party. he turns 14 on friday. i think we will be. we aren't very sick. jack has a bit o' the diarrhea. "do you not know that i have had the diarrhea since Easter's?!" --:"nacho libre" HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! i love nacho libre. "did you not tell them that they were the Lord's chips?" ah, well, i better go change jack's pants again. he just did a big old squirt. poor baby.

Thanksgiving extravaganza!

Thanksgiving was fab. mostly because my sister and her girls stayed for a whole week! we had such a good time painting Christmas ornaments, baking pies, decorating cookies, birthday shopping with my niece emelea, holding my almost 3 month old niece elles, a play day at my house... i think this was the best visit yet. jack would agree with me. he loves playing with his cousins. he even loves elles. he kissed her about 6 times a day. here is a photo of jack admiring elles.