So I have a four year-old daughter, most of you know her. So many of you will understand what I really mean when I say she LOVES her daddy! And everyone else, including myself, well…it’s questionable. For example, last week I was alone watching a movie (one of those touching Christmas family comedy dramas made for tv) and I was feeling very overwhelmed and had uncontrollable tears. Just then Elena woke up and came downstairs and came over to me and looked at me quizzically–questioning the tears. Then she offered up a rare hug and climbed upon my lap with her blanket to settle in and watch the movie with me. I said “I love you Elena.” And she replied “I love…my daddy.” To which all you can say (and I did) is “I know.” Well. Today when she was demanding that I pour her milk while she nuked a second hot dog she was all caught up in some excitable chant/cheer/singy storytelling which had in it somewhere “mommy-riffic.” Then she said, “Mommy, your name is Becca, so you could say Becca-riffic.” So I asked “oh, and when do you say Becca-riffic?” “When its good.” “oh, so like if something is awesome I can say it’s Becca-riffic?” “Well, you coooould…if its soooo beautiful.” Now I’m gonna stop the day right there and just milk that thought for all I can. Loved.
Archive for December, 2009
For the first time in over four years Elise has consented to cutting some bangs. I’m hoping somehow this will help her take better care of her hair and just might keep some of it out of her food at mealtime! I also let her change her earrings this week for the first time in over a year since she had them pierced!
So I went out to help Josh dig out the driveway today. Apparently it was time to break in the new boots and snowpants. The wind blows through our side yard like a tunnel and so the side yard still has visible grass, but the driveway has like a three to four foot drift! I made a lot of progress but then I got tired and bored and decided to see if I’d have better luck tunneling through the driveway. When the kids saw my awesome fort they decided to come back out and play. Between my sitting in the snow trying to keep the ceiling from caving in and the boys with their lightsabers, I had a lot of quotes from “Empire” running through my head! Some of the pictures Josh took especially remind of scenes on Hoth.
Today, Elise is 9. Yeah, we had a party, and then we had dinner at the Texas Roadhouse where both Jacob and Elise were put up on the saddle and “Yeeeeee-haw”ed at. They also got to open their presents from Aunt Sarah and Uncle Scott who joined us for dinner.
It seems to be impossible to get any good pictures or video from inside the school “auditorium.” But here is Jacob performing at his first band concert!
Wow! I haven’t finished with our Russia trip on here yet, and it already seems so long ago! We’ve been keeping plenty busy. We hosted Thanksgiving for my family at our house again this year, and that went swimmingly. Everyone pitched in.
Big Helper
Mom did her part to save the environment, Dad and Sarah fixed our garbage disposal, even Bertie helped make sure the dishes and floors all got clean! And there was plenty of quiet relaxing time too.
And family togetherness. 
It was a nice long weekend. Josh and Sarah and I went Black Friday shopping and the Strums came over to play for a while Saturday, then we put up the tree and the Hintzes joined us for dinner on Sunday and taught me how to play Settlers of Catan.
Then it was back to our regular weekly schedules, except this week also included eye doctor appointments, dentist appointments, making all the plans for Elise and Jacob’s birthdays along with all the usual holiday planning and Jacob has his first band concert tonight! I’ll try to add a picture. So I’m ALMOST ready for this weekend, but in a way I am already exhausted!