Happy birthday, Jackie!

I used designs by Summer Driggs to make this.  It comes from the One Year Older kit.  What fn!

Snowy Days (before the bitter cold)

 

Wanna Play in the Snow?

Emma did...until I had her all bundled up and ready to go outside.  As you can see though, I made her go out anyway.  She calmed down (slightly) after I held her hand to walk her out on top of the deeper snow.

John was having lots of fun helping Daddy scoop the snow.  Daddy appreciated it...after John learned that putting the snow on the cleared driveway was not helpful.

After shoveling, John had fun climbing on the pile of snow left from the snow plows.

Scott's New Desktop

Here's what I designed for Scott's desktop computer.  Can you tell that I'm having fun?

Christmas with the Wiedersteins

We were finally able to celebrate Christmas with the Wiedersteins on New Year's Day.  The ice, snow, and lack of electricity postponed our celebration from Christmas Day.  The kids had a great time playing together and are enjoying their presents.  Yes, Kristi, John's even enjoying his game even though, "I don't like games."

Anyway, here are a few photos that I took of the kids with Grandpa Wiederstein back in October.  I had to show off my new Christmas present to them.  =)

 

More Christmas pictures will come soon, but in the meantime, I'm going to take a nap with my sick boy.  He's running a fever, but isn't showing any other symptoms...other than being tired.

A Scrapbook Page...More Photoshop Fun

Merry Christmas

Playing with Photoshop

 

Mom's Broken Ankle

A Photography-Related Contest

MckMama and Grammie Mommy are having a contest together. You have a chance to win either Adobe Photoshop Lightroom or Adobe Photoshop Elements. I'd LOVE to use those to edit my photos. Wouldn't you?

HP TouchSmart 600

MckMama, BlogHer, and HP are giving away a great prize!  Check it out here.

Video

By the way, have you noticed I added a video to this post?

Quote of the Day

I needed John and Emma to get out from under my feet for awhile this afternoon, so I decided to stick them in the bathtub.  They were having so much fun just playing, and I got started on our pile of laundry.  
When I went in to check on them, they were working (together!) to fill the three cups clear up to the very top.  John turns to me and says, "Mommy, we're getting ready to get bathitized."  He must pay more attention in church than I thought!

Not Me Monday

Do you ever have "mommy guilt"?  Well, this is the place to come clean.  Learn more about "not me" Mondays from MckMama.

On Friday, after dropping off John at preschool, Emma and I went to church to get some work done before the weekend.  While there, I did not let her eat a sucker, animal crackers, and part of a chocolate donut just to keep her from hanging on me for a short while.  When it was time to leave and Emma was screaming hysterically, I did not push her into her car seat with my elbow while strapping her in.  Surely, I would calm Emma down first and then pick up John from preschool.

After arriving home with a sleeping Emma (FINALLY!) and then having her wake up again, I did not give her a dose of ibprofen to help calm her down.  I didn't even know that she's sick, so I wouldn't give her medicine.  And I always remember to put the medicine out of the children's reach, so I definitely did not leave it on the bathroom sink.  That's unsafe!

Shortly after this, I did not have to find where Emma's screams were coming from because I was right next to her...definitely NOT talking on the phone in the other room.

This is not becoming too confusing to tell in "not me" fashion, so I am not going to tell the rest of the story as it happened.  No way.  Not me.  I like a challenge and would never take the easy way out.

So Emma was standing on the step stool with the ibprofen bottle in her hand, screaming at the top of her lungs.  John was standing just inside the bathroom door with a semi-guilty look on his face.  He quickly explained what happened, and I'm pretty sure he's telling the truth since he's a bad liar.  Thankfully!  It turns out that Emma opened the medicine (so much for child-proof!), and John knew it was bad.  We often talk about how too much medicine will make you sick.  Since he knew it was bad, he dumped the rest of the medicine (half a bottle) down the sink.  Now I'd still wonder if Emma swallowed any, but she wasn't sticky and does tend to get extremely upset when John takes things from her.  So I'm thinking this is what really happened.  I'm glad John didn't let Emma drink the medicine, but now I need to add it to my shopping list.