Busy in the kitchen!

The last few days we have made lots of different kinds of candy and baked goodies. Sunday I baked cookies for work and froze some to have for Santa, made a snack mix, and a huge batch of German Chocolate fudge. Last night, we made bagel dogs for supper, then I made some peanut brittle, Oreo balls, Puppy Chow, chocolate covered pretzels, and peanut clusters. We made a sampler of each goody and placed in a tin as Christmas gifts for the teachers and babysitters. Tonight, we are making Snowman popcorn balls and punch for Andrew's Christmas party on Thursday.

Today, I am home with Colby. He woke up running a fever in the middle of the night, but just seems to be stuffy now. His Christmas party at school is today, so I am glad he has not run a fever since. Every 5 minutes, he is asking me to look at the clock to see if it is time for school yet!

Would anyone like a little blonde boy???

Okay, two posts in one day is a little much for me, but I couldn't not post this. Colby is being a terror this morning. First, he keeps trying to change his clothes. He comes into the living room with different jeans on, I tell him to go put his original clothes on. Next he comes out with only his underwear and a new (good) shirt on, I again tell him to go put his original clothes on. Then, I hear water running in the bathroom, and he is notorious for making a mess in the bathroom. I walk in to find him on his footstool with only his underwear on, and they are around his ankles, pulling the stopper out of the sink, with a pitcher, toy water bottle, my container of cotton balls, and water all over the counter. It looks like he has left over Orange juice that is watered down, so I ask, "What is this, and where did you get it?" b/c I know we do not have any OJ made in the house. He matter-of-factly says "It's pee". Apparently, he peed in the pitcher, then poured it into my cotton ball container, and spilt it all over the counter. At this point, I would be tempted to add Colby in as a package deal for the puppy buyer we have coming today!

Girls Night Out!

I hosted GNO last night. We did a cookie exchange, an ornament exchange, and raced to make reindeer antlers out of balloons and panty hose. The first team to complete the antlers and proudly display them wins, and Yes, my team won, but No, I had not been practicing. We also had some good food, (I finally had a successful Brie en Croute) some drinks, and played a few other games. All in all, it was a very fun evening, and I was in by shortly after 11! I had to transplant a couple of boys though to sleep in my own bed.

We have the Colony Christmas parade tonight, the theme is Christmas in Crest Land. That is a tough theme to creat a float around! After that, we also have my work Christmas party, then tomorrow is the Christmas homes tour in Garnett. I think Christmas season has officially begun!

Can you believe it??

It only cost $22.71 to fill my car up with gas today!!! I can easily remember when it was over $50. Short stop had gas for $1.45 today!! On another note, we had a family come from Iola tonight and pick out a puppy. They brought their teenage son to pick it out, but hadn't told him where they were going, he was pretty excited. We also have a lady coming tomorrow to get a puppy, and at least two more people coming this weekend to look! If anyone was interested in a puppy, you better let us know soon!!! LOL!

How sad :-(

Well, I had full intentions of posting a video of Andrew belting out his Christmas song at his program last night, instead, I stayed home with a feverish boy with an upset stomach. Andrew always picks the busy days to get sick, last time he was sick was on Halloween! He hasn't acted like it bothered him to miss the program though, but I don't know that he fully understands either. I am sure it bothers me much more than it ever will bother Andrew. Now I just hope that it doesn't hit Colby, because we have a very full weekend ahead.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

The Kipper side is getting together this evening for a light dinner, then lunch tomorrow will be at Linda's. am lucky to have so much family so close, because I think we will also be able to make it to Grandpa Michael's to at least say HI! We are lucky this year to get to see most of the family at some point for the Thanksgiving holiday, but to those we will not see, have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Program

Andrew has his first school program coming up and I am so excited! His Christmas program is December 2nd at 7 pm. We have his outfit picked out, and if I don't say so myself, I think he is going to look rather dapper. He has been singing quite a bit lately and can carry a tune fairly well. He must have got that from his father!

I am hosting "Girls Night Out" December 5th, so I have begun the pre-party cleaning and decorating. I cleaned the sunroom today, then the boys helped me put the tree up. I know, it's a little early, but anything I can get out of the way now will help. I purchased a new pre-lit tree this year and wow, it went up fast. It is a slim tree which also helped.

I think I am done Christmas shopping!! I need to write everything down and double check, but all of my big purchases are done. That is a huge weight off my back. I always end up stressing out about one person, but everything came together very easily this year.