The Best Thing I Did for Christmas

Have you ever read the Winnie the Pooh book, "Friendship Day"? In the book they are all getting ready to celebrate Friendship Day by making something special for their friends. Eeyore can't think of anything to do for his friends but with the help of Christopher Robin he comes up with the idea to make them all Friendship Day Ribbons. Well, I totally stole Eeyore's idea this year. I made ribbons for all the family and asked Duncan why each person should get an award. Then I wrote #1 whatever using what Duncan said. Duncan was so excited to give them out and everyone loved them. I was so worried about helping Duncan understand that Christmas is about thinking of others, but I think I may have accomplished at least that one thing on my Christmas TO DO list. Plus, Duncan came up with some pretty funny awards. My sister-in-law got #1 Hair Brusher because she has 3 little girls with lots of hair that she's always brushing.

from top to bottom, left to right: #1 Hugger, #1 Hair Brusher, #1 Worker, #1 Truck Getter, #1 Player, #1 Iguana Keeper, #1 First Grader, #1 Rider in the Car, #1 Cooker

Well Baby Check Up

Well someone just had a birthday (besides Jesus)and you know what we do on birthdays? Yup, that's right, we go to the Doctor where they poke and prod and measure and check and discuss development. So here's the report.

Age: 30

Height: 5'7 3/4" and shrinking

Weight: 143.8 and not shrinking

Eating: too much sugar and not enough vegetables ...typical

Sleeping: continues to be a problem -could use about 3 more hours a day to fend off late afternoon fussiness

Cognitive development: declining -definitely something to watch

Reflexes: cat like

Areas of concern: communication -jumbles names together /can't finish sentences. too much screen time. potty training

25 years ago.

Duncan Sings...Kind of.

Duncan's Singing Debut from Holly MacDougall on Vimeo.

Killing Ants

We have ants in the shower. I know. I don't get it either? They must be adrenaline junkie ants -the fear of a spontaneous downpour wisking them away to a watery death must be the draw. Anyway, do you ever feel uncomfortably powerful when you kill mass amounts of bugs at one time? There I am with this big spray bottle of lysol wiping out these little life forms with just a few squeezes of my ALL-PURPOSE spray. I mean does anyone else feel funny owning a pray that says, "ALL-PURPOSE" and knowing that one of those purposes is death? Sometimes when I'm killing the ants I imagine what they must be thinking. Like when I see one clinging on just a little longer, I wonder, if he is looking for his brother, calling out to him in Ant language to see if he survived the attack? I already regret typing this last part but please tell me I am not alone in this.

Tide Pools

Last Saturday we went to the tide pools. We saw a star fish, sea star, lobsters, fish, dying crab, and lots of hermit crabs. I think I enjoy the tide pools more NOW than I did as a kid.

Doesn't Get Much Better Than This

Christmas lights on your Ferrari bed?? I hope he remembers this when he's 16.

Where We Eat, Sleep and Brush Our Teeth

Our new place! We are downstairs. Behind that fence is our front door and little yard.

My new kitchen. This picture is really embarrassing

We do have furniture now but like any good Mac family we have made the yard first priority. As soon as the house is a bit more decorated I'll post updated pictures.

Oh, how he missed the race car bed!

The before picture

The after picture in progress. Hopefully grass next weekend.

Sitting on our new garden wall. It's a bit uneven but hey, so are we!

Still melting my heart.