Conversations with Henry and other stories.

“God can see all things.

God is a pyramid.

But he doesn’t have a mouth. Only people and dogs have mouths.

And cats. Cats have mouths.

Cami eats really fast.”

(Cami is my MIL’s cat)

(I’m assuming the rest of this is related to the pyramid with the eye on it on the dollar bill.)

This kid, man. I don't even know where he comes up with what he wants to talk about, and he certainly doesn't need a sounding board to get it out. 

Also, I told my husband about this conversation, and his response was "I've seen Cami eat. She does eat really fast."

There was very little sleep last night from me, because of this child, but the folks at Jimmy Dean knew that and their machines made me a breakfast sandwich with extra carbs.

We've been bbarrelingthrough our advent activities, with even very little push back.

12: ICE at the Gaylord Palms - this was very interesting and seriously cold, but a pretty small exhibit for the money. I'm glad we did it, but I'm not sure we would do it again. (also, I'm the sucker who paid for the photo. Hey, I'm not going back, right? YOLO and all that)

13: We spent the day at Epcot snacking around the world with Tara and Jen and visiting with internet children. It was great fun. I wanted to see Elsa turn Cinderella's castle to ice once before the holiday was over, so we headed to MK for the evening. It was a lovely fun day.

14. Making holiday treats: I still haven't tried toffee again yet after last week's poor showing, but I made peppermint fudge, chocolate-dipped marshmallows, cheerio and m&m treats (think rice krispies with more gluten). The boys did not help, and I was okay with that. Not on the advent that we did also: my cousin graduated so we trekked to my uncle's house for a party and then my mom came over to babysit and we went out for an arty movie (yawn) and sushi and wine/scotch. It was a delightful weekend, and I needed a nap afterward.

15. Read a Christmas book! (I love Mondays). I had a terrible anxiety attack related to money and paying bills for my mom and being over all "maybe I should make sure I'm a little more on track with my meds". Christmas book, I love you for being so low maintenance. Spencer read to me this time, and I counted it on his reading log. Win all around.

16. The lights at the Botanical Gardens: Every year I look for something to do that isn't on our regular course of things we would normally do. This year I found that the Florida Botanical Gardens do up a lot of lights and for a small donation, you too can walk around and enjoy it! So we did. It was very nice (and I take terrible nighttime photos, but pretty!