The Reason for Time

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

                                                         -Albert Einstein

Even though there often doesn't seem to be enough time in a day to do everything you feel you must, if there was no such thing as time everything could happen at once.  This my friend would cause pure chaos so next time you are upset about how you spent your time just be happy that all the things you have accomplished didn't happen all in the same moment.

Christmas Countdown Day's 18 - 23

Ok, I know I am behind but now skipping to the point my pictures....

Christmas Countdown Day 18

Today I rang the bell for the Salvation Army it is so much fun and my littler sisters did a great job helping me out.

 

Christmas Countdown Day 19

Decorating OUR gingerbread house. It was really fun and the girls made it extra special.

 

Christmas Countdown Day 20

No picture yet but I did want to share that we made chex and peppermint marshmallows today and it taste AWSOME.

Christmas Countdown Day 21

Our family tree!

 

Christmas Countdown Day 22

Mom made these adorable throws for the girls and in case you can't tell they loved them.

 

Christmas Countdown Day 23

Today the girls helped Dad make banana cake which we all thoroughly enjoy any time of the year but especially at the holidays.

Christmas Countdown Day 17

Each year at Christmas us kids get a new ornament to display on one of the many tree's.  Check out mine for this year.

Christmas Countdown Day's 15&16

Oooops missed a day again. Eeeeh life goes on!

Christmas Countdown Day 15

Today I got to see both my nephews and they are the most adorable little things.  (Please excuse the squinting, the sun was VERY bright!)

Christmas Countdown Day 16

Christmas Countdown Day 14

The other day when we were visiting my Grandparents my PaPa burned us some Snoopy Christmas music on to a CD.  After listening to the CD twice (in a row) the song "Nuttin' for Christmas" got majorly stuck in my head and still is to this moment so I wanted to share this picture just for fun.

Christmas Countdown Day 13

Sitting with Santa!

Christmas Countdown Day 12

Me with my BEAUTIFUL sister on her special day!

Christmas Countdown Day 11

Today was spent traveling and I chose this picture as my favorite because Mom was take a picture of the sign at one of our stops while I was taking the same picture with my phone.  She didn't even realize that she had captured me taking the picture in her taking the same picture (if that makes any sense).  Any ways this is one of my favorite stops, the candy store!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bonus Picture:  HAHAHAHAHAHA CANDY!

Christmas Countdown Day 10

Part of my costume in the theatre production "Christmas Without the Angel" was an adorable scarf supplied by the mother of the two youngest girls in the cast.  Me and my mom both liked the scarves that we thought it would be so cool if we could get one for me and each of the girls.  Today I presented the scarves to the girls and they loved them!

Mom neglected to save a pic of them at this point so I will share a pic in the days to come.

Christmas Countdown Day 9

The past two weekend's I have been performing in a local community theatre's production of "Christmas Without the Angel".  I have been acting on stage for quite some time now and really enjoy doing it every chance I get.  Today I am again sharing the photo's that my Mom shared but for good reasoning.  I as an actress do not get to see myself on stage but my Mom does, she is always there supporting me or helping me back stage with costume changes and such.

 

To: Mom  Thank you for always being there for me and helping me with whatever I need.  You are a wonderful person that I can't live without!  YLA

Christmas Countdown Day's 6, 7, & 8!

Boy, is everything crazy around here or what I just can't seem to keep up.  So, today I'm posting today's picture as well as the past two days photo's along with it.  I plan to get better at putting up a picture each day (we'll see how that goes.)

Christmas Countdown Day 6

On the 6th our page was all about snowmen so Mom went through the house trying to photograph a bunch of the different one's we have.  Her being a collector of snowmen we have a large abundance of them all throughout our Christmas Decor.  The photo show's a new addition to our snowman clan this year.  Mom found this wall hanging one day when she was out shopping with Dad, then found the perfect place for it to hang right next to our red and white themed tree when they got home.

Christmas Countdown Day 7

On the night of the 7th Dad took the girls to go look at Christmas lights around town.  The girls took most of the pictures themselves and did a wonderful job if I do say so myself.  I especially like this picture because I have said Merry Christmas to many people and gotten the response "It isn't cold enough to be Christmas," so to me this picture really suited the season.

Christmas Countdown Day 8

Today we, as a family, went to see the "Nutcracker" Ballet.  I really enjoyed watching the story unfold without anyone ever speaking.  Here is a picture of the souvenirs we bought before the show.

Christmas Countdown Day's 4&5

Christmas Countdown Day 4

Today we handmade this year's Christmas cards, we all enjoyed getting to personalize each individual card.  For today I am sharing the same photo as my Mom did since there weren't that many pictures and we both really liked this one because you can see all three of us girls working on a different card.

 

Christmas Countdown Day 5

The focus for today's page was "Christmas Book's"  we have a bunch of Christmas books that get read each year.  This year we decided to wrap 24 of our Christmas books and open ONE each day, starting December 1st, leading up to Christmas.  The girls really like getting to choose a book at random and open each night for someone to read to them.

Christmas Countdown Day 3

        While we did do a good bit of just relaxing today, we decided to focus on wrapping paper for the scrapbook.  On the page Mom used actual pieces of the different wrapping papers under our tree this year, she also placed this picture on the page, it is a cute little basket that sits in the front of our tree to hold any small gifts we may have.

Christmas Countdown Starting Late!

As homeschoolers, we choose to take off from Thanksgiving till after New Years. So, this year Mom decided we would work together to complete our very own countdown to Christmas project in the form of a scrapbook. Each day till Christmas we will be taking photos of our fun Christmas activities or other things relating to Christmas around our home. Then we will create pages full of memories for our album. As a way to share all the fun we are having I will be showing a favorite photo each day right here. Today being the second of December I am sharing today's as well as yesterdays favorite photo.

 Christmas Countdown Day 1

Yesterday was my 2nd annual Christmas Party, during which we played many games. One of my favorite games involves having some of the guest (including myself) complete a "funny" task.  Mine was to dress up as Rudolf using antlers and red lipstick for a nose, then fly around the room singing Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.  I love this picture with me in my Rudolf look.

 

Christmas Countdown Day 2

 

Also check-out my mom's blog, here to see her favorite picture each day!