The Snow Has Stopped

Our big snow last week allowed us to stay home together until Thursday.  It was nice because I got to really work on getting our house put back together after the big room switch-a-roo.  Evangeline loves her new bedroom.  It's not very attractive and definitely not very girly, but she's happy and she has lots more room to play.  I think Evangeline was ready to get back to school.  She missed seeing her little pals.  She was getting tired of lounging in jammies until the afternoon hours and watching entirely too much TV.  I was wracking my brain for some fun activities for us to do since it was too cold to play outside.  We made Shrinky-Dinks charms, tried our hand at a few Pinterest crafts and baked cookies in my first finished- unfinished project of the year...the owl apron.

Evangeline always likes to say her own prayer each night after the traditional prayer we say together.  Lately they have been rhymes, like she is trying to emulate the prayers we say at church.  She came up with this one the other night..."The Lord has given us to Mommy and the earth.  Jesus loves us even when we're cursed.  Amen." 

When Evangeline isn't sleeping with a handkerchief head banded to her head, she is sleeping in her new sleep mask.  She has slept in that thing every night since she got it over a week ago.  

I have been enjoying the simplicity around the house with the Christmas decorations down.  There are, however, a few decorations I am not ready to say goodbye to.  I will let them stick around for a little while longer.  I am also going to try to keep my orphan poinsettia alive that was abandoned at church.  I've never had a poinsettia, so we shall see...

My new red cabinet has found a cozy place in the corner.  It looks happy there. 

I sure did get some happy news today...that's all can say for right now, but I want to remember the exact day I received it.  "Adrienne, the happy news came today.  You were at Wal-Mart when you received it."  There, that should serve as a good reminder to myself.