The girls have had a great time lately putting music on, tutu’s on, and dancing their little legs away. They put a CD in the DVD player today, tried to turn the TV on, and the universal remote wouldn’t work. Several tries to reprogram it later, Liberty asked if maybe the TV was tired from being on yesterday. That must be it. We got it to work.
Grandma left today. Man, was it nice to have her here. An extra pair of arms that Charlotte loves made church so much easier. Blaine’s an elder in our church and often called away from us for various reasons – no help with the kids is often the norm for me. Charlotte won’t go to strangers willingly (or quietly) and neither will Pierce. Cooking, cleaning… help was awesome! We had so much fun together. At least I had fun!
Favorite gifts in our house:
Ruby loves her bubble gum and tulle skirt.
Sterling loves the remote control helicopter best.
Eden loves the embroidery paraphernalia (and promise of lessons).
Liberty loved her nail kit (clippers, fingernail file, etc.) best.
Play Doh and a zoo pass were also big hits. It’s amazing to me how the simplest gifts are their favorites – except for the helicopter. Sterling is convinced he’ll be a helicopter pilot when he grows up and Grandpa had fun encouraging the dream. 
Jotham’s Journey, Tabitha’s Travels, and Bartholomew’s Passage are our favorite advent books. Highly recommended!
Merry Christmas!
So what were your favorite gifts?
Mmm, definitely the little Shop Vac Blaine got me. We don’t have any carpet anywhere, so when my vacuum died a few months ago, we didn’t replace it. I’ve really missed it when dusting cobwebs and dealing with dust bunnies on the floor. This is perfect! Mom took me clothes shopping too… that was a whole lot of fun!