Advent Calendar Idea #14

Well some people have their traditions of making gingerbread houses every Christmas but us Strommers' like to be nontraditional and shake it up a little bit!! So we made pomanders and I think we'll keep this a yearly tradition for us..that is if the kid's fingers hold up to it!! I had read somewhere that putting masking tape on your thumb would help keep your finger "intact" and a resemblance of it's old self...so the first picture is Kyle's need for tape on his finger for his one clove in his lemon!! ;)

Pardon My Goose Neck

This was the day that Daddy was "supposed" to be home so Destinee was actually happy to let me do her hair into something pretty....but why do something fancy when she actually WANTS me to..how fun would that be...I'd miss all the torturous screams when I'm doing it on a day she doesn't want to!! ;) So anyway, we went with an elegantly decorated crocheted hat and Mommy decided to even get it on the fun mainly because I'm a dork and don't care if I look like a 7 yr. old kid!!...Sorry for the bad angle on me though...hence the turkey neck!!

Advent Calendar Day# 15,085,426

I say that because I've missed all the other days that I was so gung-ho about sharing with you...so much for that!! Anyway, this morning's activity for the day was "Camp under the Christmas Tree" and though Kyle actually started down there with the two older ones, as you can see his little "pad" there in the middle he never quite made it all the way through the night!! But I think the other ones did since they asked if they could do it again the next night.

The Orchestrators Of Christmas Pleasantries

The first orchestrator is Ms. Downey, Destinee's music teacher and she is the dedicated lady that put all this music club performance together.....(we even brought her a poinsettia and some homemade cookies..refer to previous post!!) And the second orchestrator is Good 'Ol Santa Claus!! ;)

The Big Haired Girls

This is one of Destinee's friends and her family..and her mother is the person that initially started my interest and "obsession" (some might say) with fancy haridos and BIG hairbows...so I think you for that Danielle and Aubrey!!

Singin' It To You

Well for the second time in a row Daddy missed one of Destinee's performances for Music Club, but at least I had a camera to document some of the happenings...not video mind you though because Chris has MY camera that videos...UUURRGGHHH!!!! I'll have to do some of these pictures in shifts so it doesn't take an hour to upload them all!!

Sir Bakes-A-Lot

Well when your husband is gone, what else is there for a girl to do with her nightime other than BAKE!! So I made some 3 dozen batches of different cookies to deliver around to people here at Hallasan. And this was Kyle helping me roll the cookies into balls (nevermind that his look like a flattened pancake...he tried!!) Now this was my first time making this type of cookie mainly because I don't like PB cookies and that was the base for this particular cookie, but with Hershey's kiss flavors like "Mint Truffle,Cocoa Cream,and Cherry Cordial" how can you go wrong!!??

Enough of Desi's Freaky Face!!/You Won't Get Much Out of It That Way!!

Alright I figured I had to update something so that everytime I come to my blog to listen to some Christmas music I don't have to see Destinee looking like a werewolf/vampire mixture of scariness!! Anyway, after an overbooked flight in Atlanta and a day late Chris did FINALLY make it home!! Most of you probably didn't even know he was gone...that's how good I am at "doing it myself" that you didn't even know I was suffering in silence!! Just playing...anyway there were some cute outtakes and a performance that I captured while Chris was gone and so I mainly took them for him but maybe someone else would enjoy a peek into our TDY week and a half!! ;) Now onto the other half of my novel sized title!! I am playing in an instrumental musical program at my church next Sunday and had pulled out the good ol' $50 clarinet that I've had since 5th grade to practice a little bit and Kyle was very interested in how this little wooden piece made noise, so thinking he had it ALL figured out he wanted to try and this was his result...nevertheless that there's nothing holding the reed in place but it's also backwards!! Future musican in training!! ;)