Gabe

This afternoon I walked out of my bedroom and Gabe was sitting inside a laundry basket with another one over top of him. I stopped and tried to be super quiet so he would keep doing what he was doing.

He took the top laundry basket off his head, took a step out and said, "I'm a baby chick! Chick chick, chick chick!" Then he jumped back in the laundry basket, pulled the other basket over top of him again and said, "I better get back in my egg so I can cool off."

Then after dinner I overheard him and Madison playing. Madison said, "You be the papa bear." and Gabe said, "I'm not the papa bear. I'm Goldilocks!"

***Sorry there aren't any pictures - my camera is broken***

Maddie's Pirate Costume

We're going on a Disney cruise in a couple of weeks and there is a pirate party one night. Gabe already had a costume, so I had to figure out what Maddie was going to wear. This is what we came up with:

Gabe's Totally Rad Dance Moves

Gabe was playing in the living room and I saw him bending over again and again. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Dance moves". I asked him what kind of dance moves and he said, "Shoulders, knees and toes".

Iowa Weather Sucks!

No school today...again! We're going to have an ice storm starting at 8:30 a.m. and it will continue through tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. I'm pretty sure Dave made it to work ok this morning, although I'm assuming at this point that no news is good news. The roads are supposed to be pretty bad tonight though.

I had grand plans to go to Waterloo for a massage and a shopping trip today. This is the second time I've had to reschedule my massage due to school cancellation/inclement weather.

Madison's Christmas Eve Video Email to Santa

Madison had the idea to email Santa a video with a personal message from her. Here it is...

Christmas Eve at Our House

Skirts

One of Gabe's teachers asked if I could make some skirts for her daughters. She provided the fabric. There were three sets of two total, but I only took pictures of two of the three different styles. The other set of skirts were made with Christmas fabric.