December 18th

Not much has been going on this week. I got all of the non-Vallerie presents wrapped. Vallerie insisted on helping, so it took a little longer than expected. Not to mention that she wanted her presents. She did get a little entertainment using some of my scraps. She would "wrap" up a little zebra then rip it open and exclaim "A zebra!" then she would do it all over again.

I still have a few things to crochet before Christmas. And I learned how to crochet ruffle scarves using that sashay netting yarn. So easy! I can even make a scarf for Vallerie and one for me using 1 skein! We're going to have so many scarves!!

Vallerie met Santa for the first time. She told him she wanted a robot dog. If we would have known about it before we probably would have helped Santa with that. Maybe for her birthday if she still wants one.

It snowed quite a bit, so we played in the snow and made a couple snow men. The one on the left is the Daddy Snowman, and the one on the right is the Vallerie and Mommy Snowman.

 After Vallerie visited Santa, we went to the Canal Center Museum. Vallerie and Eddie played old time checkers with corn cob pieces. Vallerie of course didn't know what she was doing, but it was still fun to see them try and play.

Yesterday I got my hair done. It was dyed, highlighted and trimmed. I like it. I went with a darker base.

I still have quite a bit to do before my mom visits. Mainly cleaning up her room so she has somewhere to sleep! I think once Vallerie's presents are wrapped and the empty Christmas boxes are out of there it will be a piece of cake. Hopefully I can get Vallerie's stuff wrapped tonight. I think Saturday will be the big clean/organize day.