Other Things That Happended In November Because December Is Breathing Down My Neck

Other Things That Happened In November Because It's Getting All Christmas-y Up In Here

 

1.) The first most notable thing that happened in November was that we got our first snow. Hmm... my feelings were mixed with first snow joy and the reality of a cold dreary winter ahead. Luckily not everyone felt the same...

This girl has asked me all summer when the snow was coming back because she just LOVES SNOW!! When I picked her up from preschool and it was snowing I could barely drag her back into the house. She ran around trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue. She did!! You can kind of see them but those suckers melt QUICK. She was dancing around with joy. Unfortunately for her...and not for me...the snow didn't stick around that long and was replaced with the sunniest November on record for the twelve years that we have lived here. It has been wonderful!!

2.) The second most notable thing was that we now have two teenagers at our house. Exciting and yet bittersweet.  Kameron entered teendom and is now thirteen and Reilly turned seventeen. These kids just grow up so fast!!

Both kids birthday celebrations included spending a lot of time at the mall and going to the movies with friends...in Reilly's case with friends and the boyfriend. Oh yes. She has one. His name is Andrew and he is on the football team. Kameron finally reached the age of getting a cellphone and Reilly reached the age of paying for her own. :) There is a heck of a lot of texting that goes on around here. It really is a struggle to curb it and try to try to teach them texting etiquette, such as texts can wait, especially when you are having an actual conversation with your parents/anyone or it is family time or dinner time or whatever. The constant beeps and buzzing are so irritating. The other thing that has happened is that Kameron is finally getting to be a moody teen...it had to happen sometime I guess.  For girls the drama starts kicking in at eight...it has taken Kam all the way to age thirteen to begin to be a little grumpy. It's been nice. He continues to sulk rather than screech and we appreciate that!! Seriously though boys seem handle the transition from child to teen with much more ease than girls do. Girls have it rough.

Our kids are now referred to as "the big kids" and the "little girls." Although the "little girls"are growing up too darn fast as well. We had to have "the talk" with Ailey already because Human Growth and Development is already starting. How did we get here so fast? I am happy to report that she took the news about how babies are made the best of our children so far. There was a blush, an embarrassed smile, and a shy "okkkaaayyy." Each kid has gotten progressively better from Reilly's freak out upon her hearing the news. Maybe it has more to do with us and how we inform them. I really think we have a great system down now. Brynnie should be a breeze. (Famous last words?)

3.) I went on an epic road trip to Montana with my mom, Stacey, and two hilarious friends: Penny and Rebecca. We were all vendors at the Vintage Whites Christmas Market in Kalispell, MT.

Love these two crazy ladies!!

Our sale was successful and we had a great time. We rented a house for our stay in Kalispell and it was nice to have our own rooms especially since I was sicker than a dog. Seriously annoying. I caught a nasty cold with laryngitis that lasted for three weeks. It was awful. We loved this vintage show and will definitely be back next year.



Vintage Whites Christmas Montana Market

 

4.) Ailey has had some great Activity Day Activities. She loves going and there is such a huge group of girls that age that they had to break them up into two groups with two leaders for each group and there is a whole slew of girls just about to move into Activity Days. Craziness. This was one of her favorite activities:

I love that even the nine-year old girls are excited about future opportunities to be missionaries. I love that they are preparing for and planning on serving missions...just like nine-year old boys. So many new and exciting opportunities in the Church right now. It is a great time to be a girl!!

 

 

5.) We have a person whose inner trumpeter has been thwarted. I wonder who? Our whole family has jumped on the old trumpet bandwagon. Pretty much every time Kameron is practicing someone else wants to take a turn tooting on that horn. Usually this guy:

 

 



 

 

6.) Brynnie can read 10 words!! I love that all my family are readers and book lovers including my husband and all four kids. How sad would life be without the richness of books? I don't even want to think about it.

 

 

All the old Dick and Jane books I've collected over the years are getting a lot of use. Bryn can't get enough of them. She is so cute and takes reading so very seriously.  I think she is probably closer to reading about 12 words now.

 

7.) Bryn brought this funny paper home from preschool. They were studying families and she had to fill out a sheet about all of us. Here is a section from her paper. I about died laughing when I read what she wrote about Tyler.

 

I think Reilly would disagree!!

  

8.) I can't get over how big these two are getting. Our little Ailey and Dane are looking so grown up these days. Glad they are still such good buddies as well as cousins.

 

9.) Had another fun lunch with friends at my house this month. I love these get-togethers. Wish I had more time and energy to entertain.

10.) We participated in another Vintage Christmas Sale...The Two Women Antiques and Craft Show here in town. It was fun. We are done with shows until March when we head down to Salt Lake to be in the Vintage Whites Market there. It will be nice to have a little break to build up inventory and relax. 2013 was a great year of growth and expansion for Sisters Creed. 2014 looks to be just as exciting. We are already lined up to participate in eight different shows in four different states. Can't wait!

Two Women Christmas Show

 

Okay!! Now I can move onto December!!