*Sydney would like you to know that in the original picture, the angel’s hair was blonde and not orange. Scanners do weird things.Category: Uncategorized
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“A True Angelic Picture” by Sydney
*Sydney would like you to know that in the original picture, the angel’s hair was blonde and not orange. Scanners do weird things. -
Christmas Fun
Sydney getting ready for the Christmas piano recital
She played Silent Night and Carol of the Bells
Isaac sitting on Santa’s lap at the ward Chrismtas party
Sydney visiting with Santa -
You better watch out…
(Warning: I could not get my photo editing software to work for me today so you are going to see what a terrible photographer I actually am).Better not cry,Better not pout,
I’m tellin’ you why! –
Santa Claus is comin’ to town.
I love my little Christmas tree.
Here’s the stockings I made last year. I made my own pattern for them because I wanted something simple and simple was not to be found!
Isaac’s stocking
Sydney’s stocking
Liz’s stocking
Peter’s stocking (I always put a lump of coal in his stocking on Christmas)
My new Christmasy apron. It’s so much fun to wear!
My strawberry apron. I know you’re jealous… -
Isaac can write his name!
He did a great job! He spelled it wrong by just a little bit – he wrote “Issac.” His name is spelled with one S and two A’s. -
All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
Here’s Sydney sporting her new glasses and toothless smile!
They just look happy and innocent…
It’s hard to smile while you’re eating carrots.
“What can I do to bother Sydney today?”
Somehow it’s not as cute as watching a baby sleep…
Here’s our week in a bullet list:- Peter got his new suits that we ordered and they look nice (well, one of the pairs of suit pants were hemmed too short so we have to take it back to get it fixed). Peter was the most handsome guy at church today in his charcoal colored suit (that was easy for him because he is ALWAYS the most handsome guy at church)!
- Isaac has finally learned how to write the letter ‘S.’ Now he can write his whole name!
- Sydney finished her science project (phew, what a relief). For her project we bought some white carnations and put them in jars of water with varying amounts of blue food dye. Her hypothesis was that she thought the jar with the most food coloring would change the color of the petals the most. And she was….correct! The entire petal did not change, but small veins in the petals did become blue over a couple of days.
- I am glad the science project is over. I didn’t mind helping Sydney with it, but her teacher (who has been teaching for 10+ years) did not fully explain the process or what exactly was required until the night before it was due.
- I have been busy with lots of little errands and projects and have not had much time to read. Oh well, at least I have eternity.
That’s all I could think of folks…
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Kids Sort of Sharing a Room – Plan B
So I thought of a better idea for the whole room sharing thing that Peter and I are going to try out for two weeks and then decide if it will be a permanent solution. Sydney is going to leave most of her things in her current room and have about 1/2 of the space and half of the closet to call “her room.” That way she has some private space and has a place to play and when friends come over Isaac cannot bother her or get into her stuff. By moving that queen sized bed out of her room I can put the sewing table, exercise equippment and a few storage boxes in there.
She is only going to sleep on the top bunk in Isaac’s room at night time. That is it. Both of them are heavy sleepers. Isaac always falls asleep before about 1/2 hour before her so she can read in my room and then go climb in the bunk bed.
***This is only for 1 1/2 to 2 more years while we are living in this house. I informed Peter that we probably won’t be living in base housing anymore after this unless it is necessary (just so you know I’m not a big bossy wife he agrees with me on this matter) – in my opinion we could use a 4 bedroom place – not a bigger place. Even if we are unable to find a suitable house in the next place we live, Sydney will be 10 years old by then, and will have her own room even if it means we are cramped in our space again. Although we live in military housing it is not owned by the government and there is no place in our lease stating that kids of the opposite sex have to have their own bedroom.
I will let you know how our experiment goes and if it will continue after the two week trial period.
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Kids Sharing a Bedroom – What do you think?
So we have STUFF. Too much of it to be precise. And I am NOT a pack-rat. Some of this STUFF that is always in the way is the treadmill, stationary bike, food storage and my sewing table. Oh, and two pianos which really do take up a lot of room which is precisely why everything else is taking up a lot of room when it wouldn’t in a normal persons house (normal meaning those who do not have the crazy idea to try and house two pianos).
We have a 3-bedroom house with NO basement (basements are a bad idea in Florida). The kids each have their own bedroom. I am tired of having the treadmill downstairs in the kitchen/family room area and the stationary bike in my room. The food storage is crammed into Sydney’s room (which has been difficult when she has friends over – I’m actually worried about someone getting hurt). My sewing table is often in the family room (I shove the couches over and completely cover access to the treadmill making it unaccessible for days at a time). And don’t even get me started with the extra large dog crate.
So now I am seriously considering having the kids share a room. I always planned on having enough children that they would have to share a room anyway but that is just not going to happen. If I had had two girls or two boys I would not even have given it much thought – those imaginary children would have shared a room. But I have a boy and a girl.
They shared a room at our last house and it worked well most of the time. I realize that society these days does not usually consider it kosher for a boy and girl to share a room but for thousands of years boys and girls shared rooms, huts, beds and so forth.
The bedroom that I am considering is Sydney’s current room. We could get rid of her queen size bed and bring the bunk beds in. There is a large closet (half of which has some of my stuff in it anyway) so the kids would each have half a closet for clothes and toys. They each have a dresser and a small bookcase. They can take turns getting dressed in the bathroom instead of changing in their room.
Sydney usually reads for a while in her bed after Isaac is already tucked in. She could read in my bed and then quietly climb up to the top bunk when it is time for her to go to sleep.
If we do this then the smallest room could be used for food storage, exercising and sewing, camping equipment, misc. storage, etc…
Let me know what you think. You can leave a comment or vote on my poll.
