Does anyone else sometimes find the simplest things the most enjoyable? Last night we had planned to go out & enjoy a bunch of holiday festivities but it changed with the weather & a lack of desire of driving on the roads. On my way home I realized that I had forgetten the pizza that I've been promising Jaden ALL week. He's been wanting pizza for sometime & I decided to leave it as our Saturday slurge...as I walked through the door I prayed he'd forget & that I could excite him with his new snow pants. Earlier I had him try on his old ones to discover that not only did he need new boots but snow pants too. No such luck; not wanting to venture back out I told him we'd make some. I first attempted to cheat & hoped that I had some pre-made dough in the freezer. No such luck so we broke out the kitchen aid and all the ingredients. As we let the dough rise I told Jaden that we should try out his new snow pants & shovel the driveway.
So outside we went & it was a blast. Jaden really did manage to shovel some of the snow up. He even started working on the road which I quickly encouraged him to work on the driveway since I was making little progress. An awesome neighbor came through with there 4-wheeler & did all the sidewalks which was important since we got a letter from the city stating that the driveway was our responsibility & all the liability that goes with it.
We went back inside to finish our pizza with our favorite toppings of pineapple, onions, & green peppers. It was delicous & landon even gobbled some up too. After Jaden turned on the Christmas music & asked us all to dance. I started that about 3 weeks ago & now he makes us all do it all the time:) Then the boys piled on daddy.
By this time the snow let up & we went Christmas light looking. Ah....there were some beauties. It gets my mind ticking for next Christmas. We did simple on our outside this year. I did get up on the roof to put up our wreath & I've got to admit that I'm terrified to take it down with all this snow.
Does anyone else sometimes find the simplest things the most enjoyable? Last night we had planned to go out & enjoy a bunch of holiday festivities but it changed with the weather & a lack of desire of driving on the roads. On my way home I realized that I had forgetten the pizza that I've been promising Jaden ALL week. He's been wanting pizza for sometime & I decided to leave it as our Saturday slurge...as I walked through the door I prayed he'd forget & that I could excite him with his new snow pants. Earlier I had him try on his old ones to discover that not only did he need new boots but snow pants too. No such luck; not wanting to venture back out I told him we'd make some. I first attempted to cheat & hoped that I had some pre-made dough in the freezer. No such luck so we broke out the kitchen aid and all the ingredients. As we let the dough rise I told Jaden that we should try out his new snow pants & shovel the driveway.
So outside we went & it was a blast. Jaden really did manage to shovel some of the snow up. He even started working on the road which I quickly encouraged him to work on the driveway since I was making little progress. An awesome neighbor came through with there 4-wheeler & did all the sidewalks which was important since we got a letter from the city stating that the driveway was our responsibility & all the liability that goes with it.
We went back inside to finish our pizza with our favorite toppings of pineapple, onions, & green peppers. It was delicous & landon even gobbled some up too. After Jaden turned on the Christmas music & asked us all to dance. I started that about 3 weeks ago & now he makes us all do it all the time:) Then the boys piled on daddy.
By this time the snow let up & we went Christmas light looking. Ah....there were some beauties. It gets my mind ticking for next Christmas. We did simple on our outside this year. I did get up on the roof to put up our wreath & I've got to admit that I'm terrified to take it down with all this snow.
6 comments:
Simplicity! I agree sometimes it just is better, and then we don't have to stress about all the little details that don't really matter anyway. Sounds like a fun family night together! You guys are just darling! Oh BTW can you tell me what program you use to scrapbook digitally?
I am learning, or my son's are teaching me that simple is best! I get so excited about the holiday fun and making traditions I forget that little kids don't need that...keeping it simple is exactly what they want and love!
Wow, that's a lot of snow. Jaden's childhood must be filled with many fun memories!
The thing with going big and grand is that noone usually appreciates your efforts anyway so you just end up depressed that you did all of it for nothing (that's usually my experience anyway). Kids are much easier to please than we give them credit for sometimes.
I can't imagine all that snow...what a strange sight to see!:)
Way to go, keeping it simple. I saw a blog that recommended getting the kids 4 things... something to read, wear, eat, and play with. Of course, I didn't follow it but it sounds good in theory!
Doesn't it always seem like they grow out of everything at one time? My kids remember everything, so I can't get away with something like the pizza either. :) I love the pic with the boys pinning Chris down. looks like my house.
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