Oh Santa!

And Santa's big delivery was a dollhouse for the girls. They were thrilled and slightly amazed at how big it is! (Well, when you've got three little girls clamoring to cram their Kelly and princess dolls into tiny chairs, it pays to have a big house!) Oh, and little Micah, who is content to push empty water bottles around the house, got a monkey-ball from Santa. ("I wouldn't give his troubles to a monkey on a ball!" {obscure Letterman sort-of-reference} 

Merry Christmas!

Well, at exactly this time last year, Anna and I were at the Children's Medical Center in the ER waiting to get the gash in her face stitched up after falling out of my arms onto the leg of an upturned stool. (No, it was not pretty.) So, I'm thankful to report that as of noon on Christmas Day 2008, there have been no accidents. Well, okay, there was the pecan cookie reaction that Bethany had last night at church which precipitated me racing to Walgreen's to get some Benadryl (she was fine). Oh, and Micah crawl-tripping over some shoes and bumping his face on the mudroom cubbies which resulted in him biting his lip (he was fine). All in all, though, it has been a lovely and relaxing Christmas for us. And I just wanted to share a little peace and joy with you all.....:)

Random pumpkin-carving picture of the Boy

Ok, I know you don't come to my blog to see pictures of our laundry, so I decided I just HAD to upload this hysterical one of Micah attempting to clean out our pumpkin for carving at Halloween. A picture is worth....

Thank God for tumble dryers

So, our dryer died last week. We had a repairman come out and tell us we'd be better off buying a new one than sinking money into this one. So, we wait. And waiting is not a huge problem. The problem came when the repairman said, "Oh, sure, you can continue to use this one until next week. Just make sure it cools down between uses."  Buoyed by the fact that I got a load of Mom and Dad laundry washed and dried, I boldly tossed a fairly large load of kid clothes in the washer (we had run out of panties). And even though the dryer has now had a full 36 hours to cool down, it will not work. So, I'm stuck hanging up a ton of very small t-shirts, footed PJs etc. This is what ONE load of kid laundry in the Lawrence household (lights only) looks like. In case you're curious, that's 33 hangers' worth, not to mention the 18 pairs of very tiny panties hanging around the house (strategically placed over the heating vents). I realize that people all over the world get along swimmingly without tumble dryers, but I am thankful I don't have to be one of them!