Good Stuff

Amelia is big into dress up and being a princess right now. I have several yards of fabric that she likes me to wrap around her like and indian sari.

 Spagetti night at the Barnes House...

 Truman will sometimes disappear and go into Amelia's room just to read. He will sit beside her bed and bookshelf by himself.

 Yesterday I made these really bad brownies. Amelia and Truman got in on licking the bowl.

 Naptime...

 Mom has a non-traditional tree this year. They had a crab apple tree die in the yard so dad cut it off and mom put it in an old cream can.

 Today we went to Protection for church and the kids Christmas program.

 I think it's pretty safe to say that the Petty kids, especially Jett and Judd, stole the show. Judd grabbed the microphone (it wasnt on) and went to town singing.

 Amelia went right up on stage with them and sang with them like she'd been practicing for weeks and went to their church every Sunday.

 After church we went to the Petty's ranch for lunch. Travis and Saige enjoyed a brownie together.

 Judd and Grandpa Bob reading about windrowers.

Riding the choo choo train.

 When we got home I did some house work and tried to entertain the kids. I got a bunch of ingredients out of the cabinet for them to "cook."

 Grandpa Ray brought us a pomegranite yesterday. The kids liked it alot.

Tile Mural 2012

The last 3 days I have been teaching art at the school for Pre-K through 12th grade and staff making the self portrait tile mural that we did last year. We did over 300 tiles in 3 days. It was exhausting but rewarding and fun. I love that I get to interact and be a part of the lives of the kids of our community. Nothing is better than seeing them around town and them saying hi Miss Stacy! Every night this week I've had a meeting or something to do too. Monday was city council, Tuesday was watching KU Journalism students give presentations on their semester project of doing a marketing plan for Greensburg and tonight was the community Christmas concert at the Methodist Church. I playing piano with mom and with Sydney who played violin.

Ho Ho Ho

Thus weekend was all of the Christmas activities in town, so we took the kids to see santa today. They didn't want to see him on sit with him, so I had to be in the picture with them. They still don't understand what Christmas is or who Santa is. Amelia will tell you its Jesus' birthday, so she know the important part.

Mama's Guilty Pleasures

When going to the store for milk, why not pick up a few extras for myself?