The Children helped me decorate the tree. We have a system down now where I unwrap the ornaments and they hang them on the tree. Then, in an exercise of fortitude, I leave them where they were placed by little, loving hands.
Here is the area where the silver balls ended up.
Over here, not too far to the right, is where the silver bells pile onto one branch. Don’t want them to be alone. (The second bell is hard to see.)
Then all the gold ornaments apparently needed to be grouped together, away from the silver items (you know how they are.)
Last, but not least, the red balls had there own place of honor on the tree.
Overall, the tree looks lovely. It was decorated with love and excitement- so fun to see.
Merry Christmas!
Going down the trail.
Peeking to see if we’re coming.
Having a good time.
You have to see this one to believe it.
Yes, Miss Pixie is wearing sandals (jellies) with socks, her nightgown, heavy jacket and mittens.
It’s June.
I will say that our mornings can be rather chilly sometimes but I do think this is a little extreme.
Then she gives me that Otter smile….
Pixie and I were walking along, hand in hand when she said “Papa is thinking of getting me a horse.”
Oh really?
I later asked him about this and he can’t remember the conversation but leave it to Miss Literal to not miss anything.
“Yes, so I can ride in the parade.”
I see.
“I want to be a bear in the parade.”
My mind pictures a cute little brown bear costumed Pixie on top of a horse in a parade. Why does she need a horse for that? She could just walk. Her little voice interrupts my vision of her in a bear costume walking the parade route.
“I don’t mean a costume…”
Can she read minds?
“I want to have a flag and be a flag bear on a horse.”
I was rushing to get dinner cooked and trying to think of a side dish while talking to a friend of mine on the phone. She commented that she was making tortillas for dinner. Aha! thought I. I had some tortilla mix that I had bought awhile back at a store but hadn’t made any yet because there were not instructions (it was a bulk item) as to how much water to put in. I decided to just start adding some until it seemed the right consistency. I was feeling a bit stressed as The Girls crowded into the kitchen telling me vitally important stuff. Pixie asked to help.
No, I’m in a hurry.
She pulled up a chair to watch me anyway. You know, a little girl on a chair can sure impede the traffic flow but I held my tongue and tried to keep moving. She watched me take a bit of dough, put a bit of flour on the tortilla press, push down on the lever and peel off the tortilla before throwing it into a pan to cook. She asked if she could push down on it.
Oh, all right! I reluctantly said. But hurry!
She did that fine and we put the tortilla on the skillet. I rolled another ball and put it in the press then went off to tend something else. She pressed it.
Then peeled it off. I rolled the dough into the right sized balls for her and she took over. She put flour on the press, put in the ball of dough, pressed it and peeled it off.
I felt bad for being grumpy. Pixie ended up being a big help and was pleased that she was able to make the tortillas for dinner. They may not have been perfectly round, I wasn’t getting them that way either, but they tasted good.
We’ll have to make more sometime.
It’s a new show! Catch it right here! Here is a sneak preview of the new sport- Extreme Hairstyles!!!!
First you brush the hair.
Notice the Hairstylist already has her hair in an Extreme Style.
Then the clips are put in.
And even MORE clips! How far will she go? How many clips can one head hold?
The finished Extreme Style.
Side view, to get the full effect.
Then the Extreme Hairstylist can rejoice in her creation.
And that ends another sneak preview of the exciting new show Extreme Hairstyles! Tune in next time to see even more wild and crazy styles!
Sometimes it’s hard carrying your friends.
One needs to improvise.
Usage:
“Us girls don’t like that!”
“Us girls want to go there.”
A united front of girls.
You will need to click to enlarge the thumbnail to see that the Farmer is wearing her brother’s boots. We found the hats at a thrift store and they’ve been wearing them ever since.
“Well, gee, Miss Pixie, think it might rain?”
Miss Pixie
Farmer Sunshine holding Baby Jonathan.
We ate at McDonald’s after church today because we had another thing going on in town later in the afternoon. We had enough time after we ate for the kids to play a little bit. It’s been awhile since they have been able to play there.
When we were driving off, Pixie announced that she had a new boyfriend.
Oh?
“One of the boys that was at the play area.”
I see, what was his name?
“I don’t remember, he told me once but that was all.”
Uh huh. Well, you’ll have to tell the boy you are going to marry.
She looks at me funny, like she doesn’t really understand why she would have to do this.
“No.”
We may have had a breakdown in communication there- I was thinking of the serious meaning of “boyfriend” and she may have been thinking that he was a boy and is now a friend. But this hadn’t clicked with me yet so I asked Aren’t you going to marry the boy you’ve been saying you were going to marry?
She sighs, “I don’t know who I am going to marry.”
Into this introspective moment Miss Sunshines pops in with:
“I don’t know WHAT I’m going to marry!”
