GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emmy scored her first goal of the year last weekend.  It was a beautiful shot that I can't begin to illustrate in hockey terms, but her coach was impressed with the skill.  It was  a one on one shot where she shot the puck right into the corner of the net.  Grandma and Grandpa Eckert were there to see it and we all were really excited.  Later she chose Tutti Fruttie frozen yogurt for her special treat to celebrate.  We enjoyed the day off today and the kids played play do, sang and danced to Xmas songs and I made them pancakes (with chocolate chips for Emmy and lots of syrup for Bobby).

Christmas Program and a Christmas Card sent by God

Bobby and Emmy were in the Church Christmas program last weekend.  Emmy had chosen to be an angel and Bobby was a sheep.  They looked so cute up there during their parts.  Emmy did tell me that the angels did not get to be up on stage enough and also she felt Bobby had more stage time than she did.  When she was to exit the stage I saw her squinting out at the audience because she hadn't found us out in the audience yet at that point.  I looked pretty ridiculous smiling and waving frantically but it did allow her to spot us and her whole face lit up.

Our Christmas cards are all hanging up and we hang more as they arrive.  Bobby was looking at all of them the other day and he exclaimed to me, "Mommy, God sent us a Christmas card!"  I wondered what he could be talking about and then I saw him looking at the card sent by U Mary to us that has a Nativity scene on the front of the card.  He thought that made perfect sense that God would send us a card that had Jesus's birth on the front.  It was sweet and smart and just another part of my Bobby I love.  I did explain that we aren't on God's VIP Xmas card list.....but I loved that he thought so.

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

This past weekend the kids and dad finished making bird feeders as a weekend project.  The kids had a lot of fun making that mess!  We also went to story time with Santa at the Zoo.  The kids both got picked to help Santa tell a story which they were pretty excited about  (although the look on Bobby's face says otherwise).  Then as we walked around the zoo the mama deer came over to visit and the kids got to pet and get licks from her for quite a while before we finally told them it was time to go.  We have been very busy getting ready for Christmas time at our house :)