There's a first time for everything..

L enjoyed "The Nutcracker"..Houston Ballet ..Nonnie treated us to the Four Seasons for Afternoon Tea before the ballet. We enjoyed the expensive sandwiches and desserts....yummy!

We had a girls only tea with E,C and Nonnie...then M met us(late...ggrr) at the Wortham Center for The Nutcracker performance. I wasn't sure how L would do..since it was her party day at school...and she wouldn't be able to take a nap...but she survived the tea, and stayed awake during the whole performance....(started at 7:30) ...and really loved it!

Thank you Nonnie!

(Thurs. 12/18/2008)

Don't let the sweet smiles fool you..:) Triple Trouble!
We were lucky to meet and greet the cast when we left...one of the perks of the great seats we had...they were on our level..not the main level..


L loved the Mice and the Rat King...silly girl....all of the pretty ballerinas...and she loved the mice....she kept asking when they were coming back..she said they were "probably in the forest hidin' and seekin'"

The Prince

The SuGaRpLuM Fairy

Clara

this is L's new pose...I guess after nearly 4 years of a camera being in her face...she has had enough!

All she wants for Christmas is..

RELIEF!!

Poor L!! She woke up at 3:30 crying about her ear hurting.....I put antibiotic drops in her ear, gave her a dose of Motrin, gave her a dose of Mucinex...warmed up a washcloth to hold on her ear...fixed Ramen noodles at 4:30 in the morning....let her watch a little tv....came back upstairs to go to bed.. NOT HAPPENING...

She was in such pain....we tried to sleep in my bed...nope...she wanted to move to her bed...nope...she kicked, flipped and flailed, hit her ear, pulled it, cried, screamed..NOTHING...She and I both finally fell back asleep around 7:15/30ish....I woke up at 8:30 to call her Dr.....it woke her up.:(...She was in such pain...both ears were bothering her!!!

Poor girl..she was MiSeRaBlE!!!!

She couldn't be seen until 10:20, but we got there at 10:00 ...hoping we could get in a bit earlier.......I don't think getting there early got us in before 10:20..I think it was her screaming, crying, and rolling on the floor in pain that helped.:)

Poor little puffy eyes!

SO, after a dose of Motrin, antibiotic ear drops, and an oral antibiotic..fever is still there...the screaming has stopped...the ears are calm...for now..and I am about to put her down for a nap.....keep your fingers crossed!!

Oh which farn is to ride in a wu-pup-open sleigh!!

(DON"T FORGET TO PAUSE MY MUSIC...BOTTOM-FAR RIGHT BEFORE YOU PLAY THE VIDEO!)

if this doesn't get you in the Christmas spirit...I don't know what will! Enjoy!..try to ignore the Easter shirt.:)

Checking things off her list...

Drive thru Bethlehem City- CHECK

Christmas Light tour of Green Tee-CHECK
Great time with Mangie..sssooo sad when she left-CHECK

Mailed all Christmas Cards-CHECK

wearing mismatched pj's and shoeless in 68 degree weather...while running a low grade fever and coughing-CHECK

painted Stocking Holder-CHECK

MDO Christmas Program 2008

L's MDO Christmas Program was Thurs. 12/11

She was the star...you know, the 5 pointed thing..not the star of the show.:) But, in our eyes...she was the star of the show.:) Sweet girl!

Mangie drove 7 hours to see "the star" perform...her "solo" was maybe 15 seconds...she was cute! It was a cute program, and we loved watching her sing her songs she had been learning at school! :)

L posing.."I'm the green class!"..Each class wore their class shirts...I really looked for gold clothes for her to wear under her star, but realized...that was a bit much...so we settled for all black.:)
cHeEsE!!!

In action...you have to double click to see what she was doing.....no photos...Please....!!.:)

Tastes like SuGaR!!!

WHAT? Snow?..Here?...How crazy!!

Can you believe it?

Wed. 12/10/08

We were finishing up bedtime stories when the snow started to really come down...we figured, even if it was a "school night"..we could bend the rules a bit and let L get dressed to experience the snow....she had fun...Mangie had arrived earlier that afternoon....so we all went out and played.....it was ooohhh soooo cold...but ooohhh soooo worth it!!

Notice the "ghetto gloves"...real gloves aren't a real necessity around here....socks worked.:) L enjoyed eating the snow..She said, "Look, I"m chompin' this up!" ..so far the effects of the bumper dirt mixed with snow haven't caused any problems.:)
OK..this was her "snow-cone" after we played outside...she had fun eating it.....

L catching snowflakes

I figured she was up, it was snowing...how about a photo-op...I ran in for her Santa hat and tried to get a cute pic. for our Christmas card..love the snow on her hat!

Pure excitement!

I"m beginning to think she is a distant relative of Gene Simmons...check out that tongue....L told us she wanted to catch a snowflake to taste it..because Little Bill(cartoon) says they taste like sugar!

Elf girl!!

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