John 1:1-5, 14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

Through him all things were made;

without him nothing was made that has been made.

In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it...

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Merry Christmas!

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07-03-08...
Expected arrival date of a baby monkey to the exhibit.

10-29-07...
Positively confirmed, courtesy of Dollar Tree's $1 home pregnancy test.

Hmmm... maybe I do have an excuse for my blogging slump...
After all, I have been hiking Mount Everest
every. single. day.
Isn't that right, Pinks?!:):):)

Where's my orange juice?! I need orange juice!!!

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It’s inevitable, really.

There’s never an end to it.

Maybe it’s not always obvious and blatant... Still, it’s there.

Even when one is completely ignorant as to the subject matter, it’s there.

It may be somewhat passive aggressive at times… But if you look, really look, oh surprise, surprise; it's there.

Competition.

Also known as “sibling rivalry.”


Overheard earlier:

Blessing #3: Guess what? We watched “Turkey Cheese” today!

B#1 (aloofly): Oh. I’ve already seen that.

B#4: No, it was “Turkey-lese.” We watched “Turkey-lese” today!

B#1 (doubly aloofly): Oh. I’ve already seen that, too.


Really now... you don’t say... what an impressive movie-viewing repertoire for my 7-year-old!

The fact that it was actually “Hercules” is not all that important, I'm sure, since she's most certainly already seen that one, as well.

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Okay, Miz LazyBlogger is back... Surely after things settle down with the holidays and all that, I'll be better able to sit my lazy bones down in front the computer to post more often... Right?

But, of course, just as I logged on to start this post, Blessing #3 comes running in to let me know that B#5 has just opened a present. Fortunately, it was a present for me, so I just folded the paper back around it and taped it together. (Mmm... thanks Mr. & Mrs. Monkey! I'm counting down the days to Christmas morning when I can open that one!)

Now that I've taken care of that "disaster," I remember just why I haven't gotten much blogging done lately. These monkeys act, well, like monkeys... Even more so than they do when I'm not distracted by the computer!!

They're monkeys, for sure, but they're cuties. We had the church Christmas children's program Sunday night. We captured a good hour of video, so I cut out a few clips and uploaded them for your viewing enjoyment. :)

B#3 had a little speaking part with the preschool group. You can even hear him above the other voices when they were singing Away in a Manger... that is, if you're not too distracted with watching B#4 swing her baby back and forth!

You might want to watch the video just to see the end where B#5 ended the show with a bang! I'm just glad that I happened to turn the camera off all the kids singing to tape him for a while. Otherwise I would've missed him stealing the show... and the baby Jesus!:)

Stop the Amazing Grace video first!

Then click once to activate; click again to play.

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Random musings... brought to you by Blessing #3.

Moomm... Sometimes you've got to just open up your mouth and let the sunshine get into your throat, huh.
Don't ya, Mom? You know why? Huh, Moma?
'Cause if you swallow an apple seed...
(Insert thoughtful pause.)
And then you have to eat some dirt, too.

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Yeeeehaw!

We went to Costco the other morning after dropping the girls off at school and running by Kinko's. We still ended up getting there about twenty minutes before they opened, so we sat in the car for a little bit. The kids played, and I read my book.

Of special excitement during our wait in the parking lot was the spotting of a man walking his miniature horse. The kids were thrilled.

Oh. Did I say horse? Hmmm... maybe I meant dog.

And, in other news. Ketchup is no longer ketchup. It is now "lick'm'up." The new term has been coined by Blessing #3 who really does love to lick up the red stuff... much to the dismay of Monkey Daddy who does not appreciate this effort to not waste any food on the plate.

As in:

"Moma! Can I please have some lick'm'up for my chicken nuggies?!"

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