Odds and ends of November

   Here are a few odds and ends of the happenings of November.  We had several busy weekends in November.  The first weekend we headed to Pomerene  for my nephew Matthew’s baptism.  We are so proud of him and it was great to see everyone. 

   We got spoiled the next weekend also when we got the chance to go to Tucson with the whole Edington family, all 33 of us, to see the Wizards of the Rings (A fun take on the Lord of the Rings with jokes, singing and dancing.) at the Gaslight Theater.  If you have never been to the Gaslight Theater and you like that kind of theater I highly recommend it.

   All the cousins where so excited to see the Gaslight had extended a special welcome to the Edington family on they sign outside of the entrance.  Some of them even had to get a picture with it. 

  These are just a few fun shots of the girls outside the theater.  Nothing like posing in a wood cut out to look like someone else.  So fun!      Another fun thing the girls enjoyed was the night we let them eat dinner under the table.  I know probably not the cleanest thing to eat off the floor under the table, but they had a blast.  Luckily no one ended up sick or anything.  I guess you could say I am just trying to boost their immune systems.        In November, Shaylee became our first child to have braces.  She had to get them on five teeth on top.  She had a cross bite that needed to be fixed.  With the dentist and orthodontist suggestions, we decided to take care of it sooner rather then later.  Luckily she wont have to where them for very long.  She will probably get them removed at the first of the new year.  She has been a real trooper about it.  She gets very nervous about dentists, orthodontists and doctors but she was so brave during the whole thing.  She was excited to pick the color of the bands on them.  She started out with pink and then got red for Christmas. 

   Courtney has discovered a new joy, body art.  I guess it is a phase they all go through at one point or another.  She came into me one day and said “Look at me, I’m funky!”  Silly girl. Love her to death but we are going to have to nip this one in the bud before it gets out of control.  If you look closely at this second picture you can see she drew all over her face and even her eye lids.  She is my child who thinks that every time mom is putting on makeup she needs makeup also so she can be “beautiful.”  She is a particularly big fan of lipstick or gloss.  That has also been know to end up all over the face.

   In November we also had a big yard sale.  We had a bunch of toys that we where growing out of.  One job the girls had was going through the stuffed animals they have and picking out the ones they could live without.  I thought this picture was a fun picture.  This is probably only a third of the total stuffed animals they had before the yards sale.  We got rid of quite a few but I wouldn’t mind getting rid of a few more.  I just have to convince the girls of that. 

  This is just a silly random picture of a tomato that started sprouting.  I don’t remember ever seeing a tomato have it’s seeds sprout from the inside out.  It had been sitting in this bag in the kitchen and just started growing.  Thought it was kind of weird and interesting. 

  I know some of these things are kind of random but isn’t that the way life is.  You never know what you get from one day to the next.  Especially if you have kids.  They make life crazy, tiring, frustrating, funny, fun, but most of all a great joy.