All Things Hysterical

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All Things Snow.

Kata announced this morning..."Mama, I just want to taste the snow..."...and so after dropping Alex off at school (two more days left until Christmas Vacation)...we did...

Me - "Kata what does the snow taste like?"

Kata - "Frozen ice cubes."

There you have it, folks...wishing you a little frozen ice cube taste on the tip of your tongue.

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All Things Smelling of Dove Soap.

So this week is the crescendo of our Holiday Frenzy...we had Alex's Pack Meeting on Monday night...and all of the boys got their Pinewood Derby cars from Santa, who carried his own Naughty and Nice list...and as a special treat, every single sibling got a special Beanie Baby...a white seal named Icing...whose birthday was the very next day! One of the Pack parents recently opened a toy store in town...so hey, here's to promotional giveaways.

Then on Tuesday...we had the Official Becks Grooming Day...he spent two hours at the groomers and came out all white, fluffy and smelling of Dove soap, the latter unfortunately won't last long...with a complimentary seasonal kerchief! I love Becks' grooming days! Our little fluffball!

Now how many shots do you think it takes to get three kids and a dog to look at the photographer??

Oh, there were more than four...before I thought...just get the dog by himself!! Mr. Clean Paws!

Then last night we had the Fourth and Fifth Grade Holiday Recital. We're so lucky we have a wonderful music teacher...Alex was the narrator introducing "O Tannenbaum"...no pic of that because I was fiddling with the video option and managed to get a second of video and no still picture...sigh..life goes on...

Alex is in the center above, the goofy kid who couldn't stop waving, grimacing and in general carrying on...there's always one in the crowd...he'll probably grow up to be a politician...a Republican, no doubt (that comment was for my Father...;-)!).

And Bella got a time out and Ken (note the setting of his jaw...) stood in the back with her...does anyone remember Kata doing the same thing when she was 2.5??? Except I took her out to the car?? I'm going to take a note from Ken and stay in the back...so I can at least see the show...file under - Things I Learned From Having Three Kids.

Alex got to play the Bass Xylophone...that's his buddy, Ryan, playing next to him.

Okay, the picture below is a sampling of what we heard...be sure to press "stop" on my music feed before pressing play on the video...

And the Double Diamond Elementary Christmas Tree...Alex has a candy cane on there...the stars and candy canes indicate the amount of books read by the Third Graders...impressive, eh?

And then it was Tubby Time and Night-Night Time...wishing you a Dove Soap moment that smells just as fresh and clean and cozy as that soap.

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All Things Santa...at Church.

We had such fun today at the Parish Christmas Party...while I was helping with the costumes, the kids all had fun working on different crafts...Kata made a beautiful wreath along with a handprint craft...Alex was king of woodworking, building a fort for his green army men (a tribute to you, Uncle Ricky!)

Bella got to be, well, Bella...running around the crafts, playing with Play-Doh and in general just racing around looking at everything and everyone.

This shot is for my mom...just to prove that I *can* make ethnic baked goods...the middle is a traditional "lokumi" cookie, or for the Greeks in our parish, kourabiedes...the other is good old fashioned American fudge...I finally conquered the high altitude cooking challenge of mushy fudge...this was melt in your mouth, 60% cacao Ghirardelli chocolate fudge...and on the far right...peppermint bark...with milk chocolate instead of white chocolate...because milk tastes better...and because I nuked the white beyond grainy description when I tried to make it late last night...the peppermint bark or the fudge with a cup of coffee...is a little bit of bliss on a busy day, folks!

A proud Mama with her girls...the boy child was still gluing his wood fort....

Nothing can get between these two sisters...eh??

And then Santa showed up...in a Christmas preview mode...just to tell the kids to be extra good this week...he's still watching...he told Kata that they both have glasses and that made her feel extra special.

This picture is of Bella, who has just soiled her diaper...and is anxiously awaiting Daddy's arrival with fresh diapers and wipes...in a moment of sheer insanity and confusion, I didn't bring the bag containing both...that would be my "purse" or the giant handbag that is relegated to that lovely function...she didn't want anything to do with Santa...can you blame her?? She felt all icky...and miserable...Alex had to go up and get her present.

And our darling Alex...waited and waited and waited, as everyone got a present...and his didn't come up...we knew Santa had it in there somewhere...and then at the very end, as Father George was about to thank Santa for taking time our of his busy schedule...Santa pulled out the final gift...and told Alex how special he was because he got the last gift out of his bag...Alex just beamed.

And then, inexplicably, Bella (now all "April fresh"), said I want to sit on Santa's lap...and so she did....

May you remember the magic of Christmas today and every day...we sure did.

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