Gingerbread Houses

We made graham cracker houses today. We even had leftover candy from Halloween to use. The kids had a great time. Eden, especially, thought it was too good to be true. The kids made the houses by themselves. Andrew filled the whole inside of his house with candy too. I made the mistake of doing this before dinner, though it isn't much worse than the cookie dinner we had last night. I made the kids brush their teeth extra long tonight.

Anna's Lost Tooth

Her first tooth is gone! She is so excited and got a dollar from the tooth fairy. She left her wallet next to her tooth. I'm still smiling about that. I can't believe she is old enough for this. I still think of her as my baby.

Eden

Eden loves to read books, especially Dora books. And Eden loves her daddy. And she misses him. We got to see him for Thanksgiving and when he left, she fell to the floor and started yelling, "go get me my daddy!"

Blogging

I don't blog enough. Or journal enough. And when I look at other blogs I feel guilty and a little lazy. So a bit of an update:

1. Anna lost a tooth last week. Her first one. She left her wallet by her tooth underneath her pillow.
2. We saw Santa today and Eden was terrified. I said, "ho, ho, ho" and she said, "don't do that!" I had to reassure her that Santa was stuck in his seat and couldn't get out. When we went to our ward Christmas party tonight she said quite a few times, "Santa not here."
3. Andrew is playing Angels We Have Heard on High in church tomorrow. I'm nervous for him.
4. Elizabeth fell asleep at the ward Christmas party with her legs tucked up all the way underneath her.
5. I did the full splits in yoga today.
6. Andrew is obsessed with chemistry. And says things like, "if this element is put under immense pressure then such and such happens." And then he tells me compounds and asks me to decode them. I'm useless. Luckily I still have lots I can teach him...like to make sure your shirt isn't tucked into your underwear.
7. Jeff took a job in Utah and I've been a single mom since Halloween. I've been grumpy.
8. Eden took her diaper off yesterday and peed on my bed. And Anna spilled almost a whole bottle of fluoride rinse in the bathroom. So last night I cleaned and did laundry.
9. Elizabeth won the kip, cast, back hip circle contest at gymnastics and got a stuffed animal.
10. If you ask Eden where daddy is, she says, "in the computer."
11. When Eden asked if she could play with Mia today and I told her Mia was in Utah, she panicked.
12. Eden can sing most of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
13. Eden asks me loudly, while pointing at people, "what is that?"
14. I broke my brand new blender, chipped the tile on my counter top and sliced open my hand.

That is all I can think of. Someday I will post pictures.

Piano Recital

Andrew did awesome at his piano recital. He played A Warlike Dance by Kabalevsky. He is playing at Junior Festival in November as well as a Kevin Olson recital. Andrew has a new teacher this year and she means business. He has an hour lessons once a week and an hour theory class once a week with other kids. The next youngest kid is in the 7th grade. He really enjoys it. He tells me regularly how much he enjoys going to lessons.