TreasuresInTerraCotta

I un-decorated the tree!  (Mostly) Can you tell why? Yep, the lights were on the blink!  And when I say "blink" I don't mean blink, I out.  So my super-hubby did some disassembling and he put his Electrical Engineering Degree to work!  Good thing he had a little helper.  Who was eating a Christmas Tree cookie for breakfast! Mom-of-the-Year, I tell ya! I guess I better go RE-decorate the tree.  Maybe I'll move all the decorations that were on the back to the front.  It's like having two Christmas trees this year!  

Calvin has played three seasons of soccer. We enjoy this inexpensive, non-competitive league for his age and he seems to enjoy it overall. Who can complain when an active boy gets an extra 1-2 hours of running a week? What I would rather complain about is all the "extra" stuff. The first two seasons we purchased pictures and trophies. One set of pictures turned out ok, but honestly, I have better pictures of him and his team mates from my own camera. And here are our trophies. The first one is like a paperweight. He loved it. He called it (and still sometimes calls it) a Champion! The second seasons trophy is much cooler! It has a pose-able action figure on top. What 4 year old wouldn't love that! But don't look too closely or you might see a type-o. Oh, it's not an obscure little type-o, like misspelling our last name or getting the team name wrong. The year is incorrect! REALLY incorrect! Can you tell me who wouldn't have noticed that error? ...