The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

The Good

What a busy month this has been. We have had so much fun with all the activities going on.

Here is our version of the Gingerbread house. They wanted it to look "just like the box." Not bad, considering we had a frosting fiasco, and Caleb kept eating the frosting.


I forgot to mention in my last post that Caleb would have his 5 year checkup. That means shots and lots of them. He somehow knew, because from the moment we walked in the door, he was asking everyone if they would give him a shot. He got answers from "no, I won't" from the receptionist, to "not now" from the nurse, to "I don't give shots" from the doctor. Finally the time came when the nurse returned with the dreaded tray of shots - 4 plus a TB skin test. He had already had his finger pricked, so we left with 6 new bandaids and a couple of stickers. Poor kid. He recovered quickly with a new toy from Wal-Mart.

Caleb and Joshua had a conversation in the car this week...
Joshua: Caleb, that's the second time you've hit me.
Caleb: No, it's the first time, the other time was an accident.

Luke decided to be Santa's little elf. He took most of my package labels and labeled himself. He was so proud of himself. He also got so excited every time he saw Christmas lights: "ki-ki ights, mama."

Christmas was busy and fun. We celebrated at nana & papa's, mimi's, our house, grandma's, and grandad's. I guess that's five Christmases. The house still hasn't recovered.Nana and Papa's grandkidsMy brother checks out the new nerf "longshot". Joshua ended up with four new nerf guns. We have bullets everywhere!Christmas morning awaiting the presents opening time.

The BadWe had a celebration for my grandmother's 95th birthday on Saturday. I knew she had been going downhill for the last week, but I was sort of unprepared for how bad she was. She was only semi-conscious during the party. Somehow, I know that she knew we had come to see her and that we were there. We were blessed to have been able to see her one last time. She passed away that night. We'll drive to Kentucky for the funeral.


The Ugly

On the way home from Dad's I hit a deer. It was one of those things where it just appeared as if from nowhere. There was one deer halfway across the road, and another just starting to cross the road. I hit the one just starting across, and I didn't have any time to react. I'm almost glad that I didn't see it in advance, because I probably would have tried to avoid it and could have ended up in a much worse situation. We are fortunate everyone is okay and the airbags didn't deploy. So, after about $4,000 in repairs and 2 weeks without a car, all should be fixed. Thank goodness for insurance!