Deck the Halls (Ok Shower)

So before the Holidays are through, I wanted to share my idea on where to hang extra ornaments. Those of you that know me, know I am a pack rat, and therefore my ornament collection had grown to 3 bins full of ornaments...mine from childhood, gifts, Matt's, the kids, hand-me-downs, etc. In an effort to de-clutter (and get my husband to "allow" me to bring the Christmas decorations from the old house to the new house) I scaled down my ornament collection...passing some on, giving away and getting rid of broken ones I know I am never actually going to fix, and actually leaving some in the box (due to smaller tree choices). Also, with the addition of our dog 5 years ago I couldn't hang anything on the tree his mouth-height and lower. With the addition of Logan, I can't hang anything at 2 yr old height or lower (at least anything I care about) so that leaves little room on our tree to hang ornaments. So my dilemma is which ones get to grace our tree. Due to the fact we live in Montana and my husband loves to fish, the collection of fishing-related ornaments has grown and grown, so this year I was able to hang all those ornaments on our otherwise B O R I N G shower curtain to spruce up my diarrhea-brown bathroom! Had to share...Oh and my sister is hold up in a snow storm and needs something to read.

Drive safe and I hope you have a fabulous time in Colorado! Oh, and I just had to put proof on that your daughter beats mine as well!

Killin' Things

Logan ("2 minutes" old) has been into EVERYTHING these days. She loves all books, she wants to do everything, have everything, and make EVERYTHING hers.

So Daddy comes home from hunting and is telling her all about it and after he is done, she looks very serious for a while and then gets up and says,

"I need go, I go" and walks out her bedroom.

So Daddy asks "Where are you going?"

And she pipes up "I need go hunting, right now. I go to Zoo to go hunting."

I guess our little animal rights activist has a few things to learn.

Let's just hope she doesn't try to take out our resident Lion...

Cut me off!

Ok, in an effort to let Erica live her "work-at-home" life by not calling 7 times a day or clogging up her gmail, since we have this blog I will utilize it for communication. No more instant gratification of feedback of a phone call, or laughter at a Logan-said-this story, or private musings on private email...if it's directed at Erica it's posted here!



Well at least today I am sayin' it...

So here's my favorite daily event we would be sharing if we still lived next door...OMG, the girls could soon all do this together with the Dads and you and I could go out....
When are you moving here again?



So E, check out this guy's blog..H I L A R I O U S

AND, I have a FABULOUS crafty project that I am going to try as soon as Matt gets back from killing things.

If it goes well, I will post it...it's even my own idea, I didn't steal it from anyone (although I am SURE its been done before)! It will solve SO many dilemmas I am facing right now...

1) What can I give my kids for Christmas with no money?

2) How do I still let Dylan chew on books, but prevent her from choking on soggy bits of board book corners?

3) What do I do with all these Tshirts I have been hoarding from my life over the past 20 years?

4) How do I add a little arts-and-crafts time to my daily grind that I would be proud of?

5) Even though MY life revolves around my girls right now, how do I nicely, creatively show them that mommy is her own person?

6) What would be some heirloom gifts my children could enjoy forever? And maybe even my grandchildren (0r is that too much to ask)?

7) I need more rags.



If that doesn't give it away, stay tuned...