- I began our income tax return on Turbo Tax.
- First I extra conditioned my hair.
- While my hair continued to hydrate by being wrapped up in my towel, I cleaned the hardwood floor.
- It made me sick to not really be into Christmas so much so that I only watered the tree once a week. The tree looked horrible, was drooping and was very dry so I carefully put all the ornaments away. Ashley helped my take out the tree. I am usually sad to see the Christmas tree go but this year, I felt relieved when it was out at last.
- With the tree out, I swept up the needles and was thrilled to mop the floor.
- Sharing the last of the pictures I took for 2008 here is the last page to turn of my task list today. I feel relieved and am ready to get on with 2009
Ashley & Spencer at the Rainbow Christmas Party. They are both very competitive and do not tolerate losing. It is good that they are best friends.
Alex & Ashley peeking out of the snow fort they made with all the snow we had before Christmas.
We certainly had a white Christmas!
The week of Christmas we spent a bunch of time at Grammy's. Alex & I ran a bunch of errands while Ashley helped Grammy make yummy food for Christmas Eve.
Our niece Cora is so pretty in her red dress on Christsmas Eve.
While I wasn't full of my normal spirit & wasn't convinced that Christmas was really going to happen, it turned out to be a great Christmas. This is our Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.
Ashley & Alex don't sleep on Christmas Eve. It is tradition that they watch ballets and Christmas movies in the middle of the night until they finally can't stand it to wake us up that it is Christmas! We taught them good to not ask for things for Christmas or you get crap. The less you ask for, the more you get. We also taught them that it is critical to Believe. They have both strategies down. Ashley came in & woke us up at 5am. I told Drew they won't be waking us up on Christmas morning forever so we should get up. We were up by 5:30am. It worked out good. The kids got Guitar Hero World Tour band game so we had time to play before going to Grandma & Grandpa's by 1pm. This picture is Drew rocking out on Christmas morning.
Ashley is excited they both got DS.
I love Webkinz. Fortunately the kids are still amuzed by them.
Our niece Logan with Elmo Live. Here Elmo asks for help getting up. I was happy that both Logan & Cora were amused by Elmo. Doesn't everyone love Elmo?
Our cat Sundae rarely gets recognition but she an amazing cat. She will be 16 in June. I think our younger dog Maddie has mellowed Sundae out and kept her young. I had this basket sitting on the bench in the kitchen empty. Sundae has learned to tolerate both of the dogs so much that she has made herself at home in this basket. I guess she is done with her days of living in the basement alone. Personally, I think she has come around so much because I rarely buy cat food anymore. Months ago, I had run out of her food & found her eatting dog food. She doesn't bark, she isn't sick and is much more friendly so I only buy cat food as a "treat".
New Years Eve day Ashley, Alex & I went down to visit Julie & Cora. Julie & I got to visit a little, the kids played, we had lunch & came home. It was a fun little playdate.
The Lambert Band Rocks! We had a marathon on New Years Eve. Alex & I are a little annoyed that Drew & Ashley are so good but we are catching on & getting better.
Good grief those are some good kids! Here they are for their traditional PopIts after midnight. for years they have thrown them on the sidewalk. This year they are old enough to 'play in the quiet, dark street'. They took an entire box & spread them out across our street so that when people drove by, the PopIts went off. It was fun & it was better than the real gun shots we could hear in the far away distance.
So there it is. 2008 is over. I love the cleanliness and simplicity of white in January. All that is missing is the bunches of white tulips I love to put in a vase on the mantle above a roaring fire with a glass of wine!
Happy New Year!
