Family Picture

Yesterday was Curtis's work party, so while we were all festive, we decided to take a picture in front of the tree! I was pleasantly suprised that we got a decent picture at all...here it is:

And then we took a few of Toby...Curtis really got some good smiles out of him! Here's my favorite!
Just thought I'd share - hope you all are having a nice weekend!

2 Videos and Christmas Lights

Here are our Christmas lights on the house! Curtis has been hard at work on this project :)

And second of all, 2 short videos! I think these are super cute, but I'm not biased or anything. The first is self-explanatory, the second is after mommy taught Toby to do something naughty, but it was too cute not to video, lol! In my defense, learning to blow is an important life-skill though!

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Horoscope

I'm not much of a horoscope person, but sometimes I check mine just for fun.

Here is today's:

Michelle - Horoscope for Dec 6 "Someone close to you knows just how to bring a little more excitement into your life. You may have been expecting it, but this is the day."

And if that weren't clear enough, here's Toby's...

Horoscope for Dec 6 "You'll have everything going according to plan until someone throws a wrench in the works by having his or her timing all off."

I told Curtis and he just rolled his eyes. I told him to make sure his cell was charged while he's at school today!

In other news, Curtis picked up 4 new fish last night. They are all still alive this morning, thank goodness, but get this: Curtis got up early this morning to study, and while he's studying he hears a "splat!"...checks it out and sure enough the citron goby had flown the coop...THANK GOODNESS he waited until this morning to try this little stunt! Part of the tank was uncovered and the goby made a leap for it. If he'd tried this overnight we would have had a dead fish, or had Curtis not been studying in a quiet house he'd never heard it...or God forbid the dog have been in the kitchen...

Needless to say the tank is completely covered now.

Ooh, I HAVE to try this!

I've been looking for a toddler sized backpack for my son (1.5), but I'm rather picky. I don't like characters and I'm cheap :)

SO.....I turn to my trusty resource, Knitting Pattern Central, and look what I found! This pattern for a felted backpack is too cute! While I love the backpack just the way it is written, I'm going to be cheap and use what I have here at home...some yellow and black, I'm thinking stripes!

I have one project that I've been procrastinating on that I will make myself finish before starting the backpack, just because the lure of the backpack will make me knit faster :)

Maybe, just maybe, I can finish it before Christmas and it can be wrapped under the tree.

The Coral Beauty Reveal

Here is a look at the newest addition to the family!

Curtis bought the Coral Beauty, a type of angelfish, 2.5 weeks ago. The fish has been quarantined in a seperate tank for that time, and has been hiding pretty effectively in there.

Tonight Curtis moved the fish into the main display. He must love it in there because he has been swimming around and really checking the tank out! He really is beautiful, and the pics don't do him justice.

Lesson Learned

Bit of advice here...

Don't start a pair of baby socks, knit 1, then come back and try to knit the other 4 months later with no idea of what pattern you were using.

It probably won't work. :)

You can't really see the differences in the pic, as I strategically overlapped the two, but they are definitely different! Oops! :) Not a huge difference, and they are probably usable, especially if DD has one foot about 1/2 inch longer than the other. LOL!

He finally warmed up to Santa!

We had one failed attempt to see Santa yesterday, in which Toby refused to let go of Daddy and the tears were on their way, so we hightailed it out of there, with the idea that there would be no picture with Santa this year. I know we can always go to the mall, but I can't stand the prices they charge there, and I would like a picture, darn it!

Today though we were at WalMart, and they announced over the loudspeaker that Santa was seeing children, and you get a FREE 5x7 for stopping by. We figured, why not? The store was pretty dead so there couldn't be much of a line.

There was one person in front of us, so we didn't feel rushed to get Toby on and off, so he was able to warm up a little. He still wasn't interested in sitting on Santa's lap, but we were able to get him on the horse next to Santa (quick thinking, Daddy!). I was so pleased with the picture, even if Toby wasn't dressed for Christmas at all, but to get a picture at all made me so happy! Toby even gave the Big Man a high five before we left :)


Today I started my Holiday Baking (hence why we were at WalMart this morning). I started with sugar cookies - I had never made a cutout cookie before, so I was a little aprehensive, but they came out well! They taste ok - like your regular sugar cookie, nothing special, but at least they don't taste bad. And they look good! ;)

I've been practicing to take some nice pics of Toby in front of the year - trying to get the settings right on the camera before we pull out all the props, etc., and this practice pic came out so great I had to share it. There is no way I will ever get this good a smile out of him when I have him dressed up, but oh well, lol!

And finally, a video. Now the video isn't nearly as cute as this is in real life, but you can kind of get the idea. One day this week I asked Toby if he stunk (he clearly did), and he leaned over and smelled himself. I about fell out of the chair laughing. So now everytime you ask him if he stinks, he leans over and takes a good wiff! HAHA!

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It's a cool day today - cloudy and dark. It was a nice day to start holiday baking! This week is Curtis's last week of classes already. I can't believe his semester is so close to being over...and with that, this baby will be here SOON! All of a sudden I am ready for her...for the longest time I kept thinking I am not ready for 2, but I think I am just to the point where I am so big that I want her OUT!

Have a great week!

Chel