Could Be

I saw this photo on Facebook.

Holden was sitting in the computer chair with me, 

behind my back, between me and the chair, trying to put a pair of his underwear on my head.  

He stopped suddenly upon seeing this and said, "Is that ME?"

"Nope," I said.  "Not right now.  But give me a few minutes and it very well could be."

I Saw The Sign

At a dog groomers in Moss Bluff:

Wondering if I should tell my pets that they are adopted?

Just Keep Scrolling, Scrolling, Scrolling

I have been working almost all day today to catch up on my blog.  I had so many things to post about and just have not been all that interested in it, nor much time.

If you are interested in seeing all the things I posted, you have to scroll back a-ways, several pages in fact.  You should be caught up when you get to the post entitled "Cajun Thanksgiving."

Duhhhh!

Savannah posted this on facebook last night after playing our new Wii Jeopardy game with her brother.  Two of my smarty pants, math geniuses obviously need to go back to the basics.  Even I knew the answer to that one! 

playing jeopardy with Tristan:

clue : 27 divided by 3 equals this.
me: eight!
Tristan: no! its seven!
alex trebek: nine.
obviously we need a math lesson (: 

This is the conversation that followed on Facebook with one of Savannah's friends, Alyssa:

Alyssa:  LOL!  Mrs. Morgan would be ashamed!  Love you guys!
Savannah:  I know.  It's those calculators.  Can't do long division.  Obviously can't multiply.
Alyssa:  Devilish things they are, calculators.
Savannah:  Devilish indeed.....  

Hahaha!  These kids crack me up!

The Elf on the Shelf

Last year, my friend, RaeAnn told me about The Elf on the Shelf.  The elf comes from the North Pole and watches to make sure everyone is good during the Christmas season.  Every night he flies back to the North Pole to report to Santa and then finds a new place in the house to watch from.

It sounded like so much fun that we went out and found one for our house.  He made his first appearance and the children named him Morri, which is short for Mahonrimoriancamer (if that's anywhere close to the actual spelling), but then it seemed like he really loved the spot he first picked to watch from, because he stayed there the rest of the time.  The kids did not really pay too much attention to him.

This year, he arrived with Christmas pajamas for everyone and has hung out all around the house over the past month.  The boys loved waking up and looking for him.  We found him in some really cool places. 

Hitching a ride with the Wise Men to find Baby Jesus.

 

Watching from Ethan's stocking.

Checking out the angel's view of things.

In the plant, with a Christmas word search from Santa's Workshop.

Snacking on the donuts he brought everyone for breakfast. 

I guess we caught him before he could finish.

We also found him hanging from the lamp, perched on the clock, watching from the key holder, and even in a present.  Some people have really naughty elves that play pranks while visiting their house, but we have a very good and kind elf.  Several days he brought us treats, wrote us notes, and even changed the batteries in our clock one night.

He leaves tonight to return to Santa at the North Pole. 
It's been fun having Morri with us. We will miss him. 
Until next year!

Look What's Cookin'

Traditional Christmas Eve shrimp boil with lemon butter and horseradish sauce.

BBQ chicken bites for the suckers who don't like shrimp.

Build-A-Bear & Toys For Tots

Today, Tristan and Savannah went to Jennings to help deliver toys with the Toys For Tots organization.  

The youth spent the month collecting toys at church.  

The Marines invited them to come be elves and help the kids get their gifts.

For Christmas, Savannah got the little boys gift cards to Build-A-Bear Workshop.  The nearest one is in Lafayette and we had planned to take the boys the week after Christmas to cash in their gift cards.  

After the youth activity was announced, we decided to take the kids on into Lafayette while we waited for the big kids to be done.

Ethan had been to Build-A-Bear before, but the little boys were there for the first time and did not really know what to expect.  Jackson had said that he wanted a monkey and Holden had an elephant in mind. 

But when Jackson saw the tiger, he immediately wanted to make a Daniel Tiger.

Holden and Ethan chose the exact same Brown Lab dog to make. 

Here they are doing the "Heart Ceremony."

They rubbed the hearts to make them warm, kissed them to make their animal loving, jumped to make them playful, and rubbed them on their muscles to make them strong and brave. 

Holden decided to name his brown dog Sassy, like his pup at home.

Jackson stuffing Daniel.

Ethan working on stuffing his dog.  He did not know what to name it.  

We had to borrow the Book of Names.  

Daddy helping Holden and Jackson brush and fluff their animals.

After that, we picked out a few clothing items for their dogs.  Daniel got a red sweater and pair of tennis shoes, just like he looks on the show.  Sassy got a hooded shirt to wear.  

We are a little confused with the name Holden picked.  

He keeps talking about Sassy and we think he is talking about the real dog in the back yard.  

We have to clarify. 

Ethan decided to name his dog Max and picked out a hooded shirt and an orange neckerchief.

We had fun and the kids are loving their animals.  We shopped a little bit more in the mall, ate at Chick-Fil-A and went to Target before heading home.

The big kids had a great day too.  They went to the armory in Jennings where the toys were all layed out on tables.  They walked around with the kids who were there to get toys for Christmas and showed them all the toys that they could choose from.  There was a black trash bag that already had three toys in it that their parents had picked out earlier and the kids got to choose one they liked to be added to the bag and taken home to be wrapped for Christmas morning.  After that they all went to McDonald's for lunch.