Kate's Cherub choir---Christmas performance

Here is our little angel. Middle of the front row. Please excuse the incredibly cheesy robes....parents didn't get a vote. And yes, she does elbow the girl behind her between songs....such an angel.

Notice Papa Loren's video camera to the left. His video is much better than mine.

Hey Everybody! Go Tell it On the Mountain ...Jesus Christ is Born!

All I want for Christmas is a new front tooth!

After weeks of wiggling, pulling, playing with it(both fingers and tongue) and crying about it....yes, dramatic tears of woe......the tooth is finally out! Our Brogan Tess is a late bloomer in the tooth department. She is 8 and this is only her 3rd lost tooth. The dentist says it's a blessing, and since he makes the big bucks in this department, we'll go with that. This tooth was attached to brain matter, I'm pretty sure, and left a gaping hole in her mouth. It's funny how much a front tooth really does affect how she talks. I've noticed a subtle lisp now.....too funny.
The tooth fairy brought $3 and I heard Tess tell her grandma that the tooth fairy puts the childs teeth in their mom's jewelry box. When I asked her why she thought that she said "because Garrett(a classmate)found his teeth in his mom's jewelry box and his mom said the tooth fairy must have put them there!" And this must be true because that is also where Tess's teeth are.
Christmas craziness is here!
Sarah

I'm With the Band

Little Drummer Girl

Shake your groove thing

I could use more tambourine!

Fancy Pants

Don't I feel like Miss Fancy Pants with my new blog colors!
Most bloggers change their background layout with the seasons, complete with decorations and even music.
I'm feelin' pretty jazzy with my new color scheme.
Isn't it fun how just changing the colors to red, green, and white implies a Christmas theme without there being any other symbol of Christmas on the entire page.

Happy Monday from Crazytown.
This was totally not on my "to do" list for the day.
Sarah

Chicken Butt

This summer Kate was in a foul mood, and I was trying to come up with something to cheer her up. I have no idea why on earth I thought of this saying, but I did. Remember this from junior high?
"Hey! Guess What?"
"What?"
"Chicken Butt!"
The first time I got her with that joke she looked at me like I was crazy, then a smile slowly crept across her face, and then she laughed hysterically. Her laugh brings me such JOY. Well, she took up this new joke with a fierce passion, and can literally trick anyone with it. I have even fell for it a couple times....and I'm the one that taught it to her!
So what inspired this post was tonight Tess was in her room, Kate was in her room. Each were doing their own thing, when I hear Tess shout to me "Hey mom, guess what?" and Kate casually says "Chicken Butt!" before I can even say a word.
That joke is funny anytime, every time.

Blessings from Crazytown,
The Mayor

Times flies....

Happy Eleven Year Anniversary

to my

Babies' Daddy!

and

The Love of My Life, for Life.

Clear at last! Clear at last! Thank God almighty she is clear at last!

Tess and I just shared a "happy dance" to celebrate a clear breath of air into her nose!!!
HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOORAY! HIP HIP HOOOOORAAAAYYYY!
It brings me such JOY to see her realize that with some pain there can be a BIG gain.

I would give myself a "bad-mother-of-the-year" award if I didn't sing the praises of Tess and her amazing ability to recover from not one, not two, but three different surgical procedures. She stuck by our mantra that "it will get better....." and listened to our advice to rest, drink plenty of fluids, try and eat something, and blow her nose! Sometimes parents really do know what they are talking about. We are proud of you Tess.
Our sincere thanks to Grandma Linda for being the emergency back-up plan for Tess's field trip to Science City today. Initially we thought a day long field trip to Science City, with a bus ride(!) would not be possible. However, Tess proved us wrong by attending school a 1/2 day on Wednesday and a full day on Thursday without any problems. Then when Grandma Linda graciously offered to pick up Tess from Union Station, if she had any problems, there was no way we could say NO! Field trips rock!
God is good.