Blay-gel

For those of you that don't know the meaning of the word, a "blagel" is a table that has a button on it that makes the table go down.

Not to be confused with bagel which is something Lucas had for a snack yesterday. He had the bagel on the blagel. However, the button was not pushed.

Thanks to Lucas for clarifying the difference in the two words.

Christmas Morning!

Both of the kids got up at 6:45am which is not like them. It's usually around 8am. They came in our bed and snuggled. Grandma spent the night. Lucas saw all the presents and said, "I so excited!" It was fun to have the kids at an age that they really enjoy the season.

My brother and family couldn't make it to our house in the evening due to snow and sickness but we had a great time with Grandma. Lucas and Ted went and played in the snow. It's snowing again right now as I write this, it just doesn't stop.

We had a lovely meal (mostly because of my mom) and we enjoyed the Advent Candles. It was a really nice day.

Annual Christmas Card

Merry Christmas to all!

Moving on up....

Nora is graduating to a big girl bed. She wanted to sleep in the lower bunk tonight. Although it's sad to think this might be the last baby crib in the house (actually let me re-write that, it is the last baby crib in our house) it will be nice to have more room in their bedroom without that crib. It has survived 4 kids (2 of them are not ours-get that straight).

Now, onto potty training! It would be wonderful to have no diapers by 2009 (ok at least early 2009).

Hakuna Matada

The things our kids say.

One of Lucas' favorite songs right now is Hakuna Matada from The Lion King. However, he seems to not quite have the right words. What he sings is:

It's a problem free
Colostomy.

No kidding. I didn't teach him. Let's be clear on that.