Choices

I had a great conversation one morning this week with Mary Grace. I
told her that at every moment of every day you are spreading either
peace or chaos in the world. She tried hard to come up with a
scenario in which that wasn't true, but couldn't come up with one. I
can't come up with one either. I also told her that the world is
full of chaos and sadness, and we should always be trying hard not to
add to it. One of my main goals with my children is to teach them
personal responsibility for their choices and actions. Mary Grace
came home from school and proudly told me that she spread peace in
her classroom all day. Who could ask for more from a child? I guess
now I have to live up to her example and do the same.

The Christmas Blog

We celebrated what seemed like the 12 Days of Christmas this year.
We had Christmas Day in Georgetown, Christmas in Dallas a few days
later, then the twins' birthday in Dallas, then Christmas and
birthdays in Houston at New Years! But instead of partridges, golden
rings (that would've been nice) and lords a leaping (that would've
been weird) we had:

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, some Tamiflu
in a pear tree. Not really in a pear tree, but I couldn't come up
with another rhyme. Willa got the flu three days before Christmas,
but recovered quickly. We sent the other two girls to Granny's,
everyone stayed healthy and we were back on track by Christmas Eve.
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, two princess
ariel dolls. This is so that Evelyn & Willa wouldn't fight over
them...too much. Any gift that had anything to do with Ariel had to
be a double gift with one for Evelyn and one for Willa. Any other
type of gift could be doubled or not, it didn't seem to matter. They
are fine sharing anything but their precious Ariels.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, three million
craft projects. Mary Grace got tons of craft stuff. She has
knitting, sewing, painting, drawing, paper folding, weaving, and
cooking just to name a few. She also got a couple of video games,
but has logged way more time knitting and painting.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me four nieces
and nephews. We loved playing with Julia in Dallas. She smiles ALL
the time, and is so sweet and easy going. In Houston, Mary Grace got
her playtime in with Daniel and Avery doing all kinds of "projects"
around Granny's house. Brandon is another baby who smiles
constantly...unless he's being fed baby food bananas, which might as
well be lemons as far as he's concerned.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, FIVE HAPPY
SCHAYOTS! It was a great two weeks. We feel really blessed to have
such amazing families who we love to hang out with.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...just
kidding. I'm done. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!!