Fair Time

Still super behind -- but we went to the Arizona State Fair back in November and had SUCH a good time. We went on a "free with donation" day so we only stayed for a couple hours but it was free! so that was fine.

Poor Ella was not tall enough for any of the rides, and I knew that there was no way she would want to be held through the glass mazes and things like that. I offered Rand the chance to go do the rides by himself, and I would watch and wait for him, and to my surprise he accepted!

He was so careful and did such a great job of waiting his turn, saying "thank you" to the ticket attendants unprompted, and going down a slide way higher than he had ever gone down. I was probably prouder of him than I should be, but my too-cautious boy is getting pleasantly bolder!

It was a great math lesson for Rand -- I bought 10 tickets, and he chose for himself which things he wanted to go on. It was interesting watching him decide if he wanted to do the really cool 5-ticket ride, or the tamer 2-ticket ride. Everybody decided on a huge ice cream cone for our treat, we watched the extreme rides for a ridiculously long time, and had a very fun outing.

Content

A fire + hot cocoa + popcorn + blankets + How The Grinch Stole Christmas = content kids.

Life at our house

I am so very, very behind in posting. Rand's birthday....trips to the fair and pumpkin patch....Thanksgiving....someday!

Rand's favorite Christmas song is "Little Baby Santa," or, as it is actually called, "Santa Baby." This is fine with me as long as nobody really tells him what the song is about.

Ella has a cold. Whenever she needs to blow her nose, she tells us, "I SMELL LIKE SNOT!!!!"

Rand asked yesterday if Jesus was really good at arm-fighting.

Ella has a bad habit of sneaking Daddy's iPhone and then disappearing to watch Netflix movies. Whenever we see her going for the phone, we promptly tell her that she needs to put it back. Yesterday she found the phone, looked at me, clutched it to her chest, and told me, "I need some alone time."

We have been doing the Jesse Tree devotional every night and are loving it. Rand has some really insightful answers that make me feel like I'm doing some things right! It is really interesting reading all of the stories that his kids' Bibles have skipped over -- Abraham sacrificing Isaac, about the Ark of the Covenant, Ruth -- and seeing him listen all wide-eyed.