Tuesday, December 09, 2008

My Busy extended weekend

Hi blogger friends,
Sorry I have been so busy. Last week my dad took Friday off and I babysat that morning. AFter babysitting we went to the chiropractor and then to Whole Foods (a HUGE grocery store). Then we went to the mall down the street, at lunch (a mix of Arby's and Olga's) and then did some window shopping. The only thing we bought was a rubber ducky set for my baby brother for Christmas. He loves playing with his ducks in the bath but his old one started to grow mold inside (ewwwwwww!!!!)! We threw it in the garbage. When we got back home, AJ went down for his nap and my siblings and I ate some dinner while my parents went out and did grocery shopping.
Saturday, we went to my dad's Christmas Work Party. We got there at 11am and ate the breakfast they had (we had eaten some small breakfast before going). I went on the mini train ride with AJ in my lap since he is only 11 months old (my mom claims to be too big even though I am 4 inches taller than her). We got our pictures taken with Santa and AJ hated being next to the kind man. I held him so he wouldn't be as upset but he still tried wiggling out of my arms and was doing a baby version of screaming. After that, we received a toy from santa (toy stuffed penguins and reindeer). Then we left my dad's work after he said hi to some of his fellow employees and went to an outdoor Christmas trick-or-treat. We didn't have to dress up but we did bundle down to stay warm! There were different stops in from of three strip malls where you would play games (ring toss, bucket balls, and tic-tac-toe... kinda easy stuff) and get a candy prize at each different stations. One of the restaurants had hot cider, another had cocoa and meatballs. It was actually quite fun! We went to a historical museum that was open for free that day and saw the Christmas craft show inside. Another Santa was there and AJ kept making sad faces every time he tried to come near to AJ. It was sooo cute! Later that evening, at 5:25, I left my house to go babysitt across the street until 11:45pm! But I did have a good time watch four girls ages 12, 9, 7, and 2. Once they were all in bed, I watched a movie to keep myself awake until their parents came back from their Christmas concert.

Sunday,
after church, we went to a museum thats about a 45 minute drive from our house and we saw a costume exibit there. The following pictures are from the museum:

Batman's costume, Robin's costume, and below is the batmobile!






Darth Vadar

Indiana Jones jacket, whip, and the holy grail.

Ghost Busters Car and one of the costumes.

Monday, my dad had that day off too so my parents went to do grocery shopping while AJ took his nap and my siblings and I did our schoolwork. At 3pm, we went to pick up my friend and go Christmas caroling at a local nursing home. It was fun to make a joyful noise with so many homeschool families and bring such joy to the elderly! Then, after dinner, we went caroling with 8 kids and their mom's from our court in our sub. After caroling, we went to our neighbors house across the street for hot cocoa, brownies (i made them), peppermint cupcakes and games. It was tons of fun!

Today, I have done my homework, helped my mom cut my brothers hair by holding him still because he hates getting his hair cut, went to the dentist at noon which went as follows, "You have very nice colored teeth, you brush really well, you have no cavities, and you won't have any bottom wisdom teeth." I was very excited to hear that I won't have bottom wisdom teeth because normally those HAVE to be removed and the dentist doesn't know if I will get uppper wisdom teeth yet but they should be able to tell by my next appointment in June. Now my schoolwork is done which is why I am posting but I have to go because dinner is almost ready and my assistence is needed.

More later, luv, Butterfly

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Give me your eyes

Hey all,

Hope you are having a great week and have sunny skies! Now my title is for a good reason. I am going to talk about eyes and how so many are blessed to see. If you have never heard Brandon Heath's totally awesome song "Give me your eyes" you can scroll to my green playlist on the bottom of my blog and listen to it while you read this post.

Here is the lyrics:
Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere,
Why have I never cared?

Chorus:
Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the ones forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see
Yeah Yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide what's underneath
There's a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work
He's buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Chorus

I've Been there a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way you see the people all along
Chorus (x2)

Brandon Heath is asking God to give him a heavenly viewpoint of this world. Can you imagine what its like from God's eyes? He cares about everyone and everything.
Have you ever thanked God for your eyes? What about your vision. Almost everyone is born with eyes, but not all are born to see. Like Helen Keller, some will never see a sunset, a waterfall, or their mommy and daddy's faces. Don't take your vision for granted. God gave it to you as a gift just as He gave you life!

Praise Him, thank Him, all ye little Children, God is love. God is love! <3

Blessings and love,
Butterfly

Sunday, November 30, 2008

New feature

Hey everyone,
I added something new to my blog....... a playlist! I have two actually. The red one plays Christmas music and the green one plays Christian music! The are at the bottom of my blog and you can turn on whichever one you want to listen too. You can add one to your blog too by clicking on the create free playlist tab but be sure to ask your mom or dad first like I did because it requires your email address to use. Enjoy!

~Butterfly

SNOW!

I am soooooo hyped! Its finally snowing and I am talking real snowing with lots of beautiful snowflakes!!! YEAAA!!! I hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving and enjoyed this weekend with your family/friends!
Friday my dad, brother, sister and I went Black Friday shopping. The only two things I bought was a 4GB card for my camera which was originally $30 but on sale for $12! And I bought my dad earmuffs for Christmas that were $25 but on sale and with my coupon, only $9! I was pretty happy to complete my Christmas shopping. : )
Yesterday, my whole family decorated our entire house (inside and out) with Christmas decorations. We put up the tree, decked out the fireplace, and I even put lights up in my room! (See pics below: )



My awesome room lights! : )






Our magnificent Christmas tree.
Our TV all decked out with stockings playing the Christmas music channel.
Post more later,
Butterfly