The Adventures of Cat & Jack: Christmas Preparations

I wasn't really ready for Christmas when it came time to get ready for Christmas. I was a little slow getting things done. But, lucky for us, Cat was VERY EAGER for our Christmas celebration to begin. Ben pacified her one night by bringing the Christmas decorations down from the attic. I thought that should keep her happy for a few days, but I was mistaken. Evidently, she was so ready for Christmas to come that one evening while I was gone to a meeting, she convinced Ben that they should begin decorating the tree. I was a bit hurt when I heard that they'd done it without me, until I saw what they'd done:

Ben took the tree out of the box (no real tree for our family, yet...) and put it together, without "fluffing" anything. And they put one ornament on each. Okay. I can live with that.

The next chance we had to decorate the tree together was a few days later. Cat was gung-ho and we finished pretty quickly. Our tree is mostly decorated with homemade ornaments, which, much to my surprise, I love. I'm looking forward to adding a lot more of these. And the cool thing about having so many is that if a few of them break through the years, it's not such a big deal, right? (Notice that even Ben and I have some ornaments from when we were kids with our pictures on them. I'm so glad we have these!)

Jack helped put a few ornaments on. He made up for it later in the month by taking lots of ornaments off the tree, though.

Eliza was the ornament inspector.

Our Christmas celebration has finally begun!

Later that day, the kids got to play with their Little People Christmas story set for the first time.

Jack's favorite things were the camels. He lined them up on the rug.

And he lined them up on top of the wise men's tents.

Then he decided the sheep was getting a little rowdy and needed to be detained.

Eliza enjoyed the new toys too, but in a different way.

Quotable Cat

"Do you even know what LOL means?" (1/11/14)
"Tonight can I exercise on the elliptical? I want to gain a few pounds or lose a few pounds." (6/16/13)
(while "teaching" her friends about fencing) "I had 21 years of training. I trained until I was seven."(10/13/12)
"Mom, can you do the cream cheese? I'm better at eating than spreading." (Oct. 2012)
"I can still go pretty fast cause my mind's pretty big. It can fit a lot of stuff in it." (Sept. 2012)
(to Eliza) "Your breath smells like burned pickles but it's okay cause you were eating a lot of chips." (8/26/12)
"I want to clean my room so it can be fick and fan." (7/10/12)
(Cat asked me to be a wicked witch and I wondered what I should do in the role) "The wicked witch brushes our hair really hard." (7/10/12)
"You always make me cry! Every time I cry it's because of YOU!" (5/16/12)
"Mom, can you find me on Facebook?" (Jan. 2012)

Jackisms 2013

"Why can't we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at McDonald's?" (10/11/14)
"Guess what? I burped 4 times and farted 3 times. {BURP}. I burped 5 times and farted 3 times." (2/1/14)
"Grammy, how does your sister tickle YOU?" (1/11/14)
"If you're going to marry two boys first you kiss the first boy then you kiss the second a boy on the lips." (6/20/13)
"Pepperonis are the funnest!" (5/25/13)
"Did you know that cheetahs are the fastest tigers on land?" (5/22/13)
"First it was the dinosaurs, then Lehi, then Rescue Bots, then us." (5/8/13)
"Did you know champagne is another word for water?" (5/21/13)
"Prepare to BE a MAZE!" (5/20/13)
"If this bread goes in the trash, it can be recycled. And it turns into a toy!" (2/20/13)
"Mommy, look. My job is easier if I'm a crane. Rrrrrrrmmmm." (2/20/13)
"Does chocolate really MELT?" (2/11/13)
"Mommy. Are you LISTENING to me?" (2/11/13)
"Big bad wolves can't blow this house down cause it's made of bricks and yarn and a little bit of wood." (2/6/13)
(While working on a puzzle) "Ooh, I'm getting so clever at this." (1/24/13)
(While explaining hibernation to me) "Did you know bears celebrate all winter?" (Jan. 2013)

Eliza's Funnies

"Luke tried to eat my whole head, Mom." (6/27/14)
"Mommy, I like how Luke whacks you in the face, and whacks you and whacks you and whacks you." (3/25/14)
"Can I help Luke slobber on his hands because he likes to slobber. (I laugh) I'm serious! He likes slobbering!" (Feb. 2014)
(because I made her eat an egg she wanted me to cook for her) "I wish I didn't have a Mom like you!" (1/31/14)
"Grammy's gonna be late if she isn't on time." (1/3/14)
"I'm a superhero. I save people and I'm stylish and awesome." (12/29/13)
(about Luke) "His kisses are just like slobber." (11/17/13)
"My Daddy is the best daddy ever. He is stronger than ANYBODY." (11/8/13)
"I wish I had a bird on my finger I could keep." (10/25/13)
"Stop talking at me! I'm getting angry at you cause you're making me sad!" --buries head in hands to "cry" for 3 seconds -- (6/14/13)

4 comments:

christinaDecember 28, 2010 at 1:21 PM
Cute! I've never seen the whole Christmas story set before.

I wish we had tents!!

-c
millerc1024December 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM
So great. Made up for us not being together! Thanks ever so much!
CelesteDecember 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM
I love handmade ornaments, too. It gives such a nice feeling to the tree. And ditto - I didn't know that set came with so many cool pieces! My mom in laws just has the folks in the manger scene.
UnknownDecember 29, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I love the Little People Set and wish they had it when Blake was a little guy. I saw your comment on our blog about the X-Men set...it's out on Jeykll at the main part of the beach just down from the park/golf course. Ya CAN'T miss it! Watch out that ya don't get in trouble with the security guards! :)

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