Merry Christmas from The Jordans!
Friday, December 19, 2014
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Christmas-y
The girls were invited to a Christmas Tea Party today. It was so cute and girly. Tons of girls, all dressed in their cute dresses. They had tea sandwiches, cookies, fruit, cupcakes, candy, and pink lemonade for the tea. I think all the girls felt special to be drinking out of "the real teacups." Lol. They also made ornaments, wrote letters to Santa, made jingle bell necklaces, and had a little photo booth. The girls had a great time!
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| Joey mostly just wanted to play with their toys the whole time. |
Later we took the girls to Target so they could all pick out gifts for each other. Shelby was getting so mad at Joey because Joey was telling her what she wanted, and Shelby wanted to think of a great gift for her all on her own. Some days everything is an argument with those two.
Then tonight we went to the HOA Luminaria Night. Loved it. It is just crazy to us to finally belong to an HOA that actually does stuff and doesn't just take your money. Ha! So the HOA set up luminaries through the neighborhood. They did carriage rides, and then at the clubhouse they had face painting, a balloon guy, cookies, candy, hot chocolate, reindeer, and of course, Santa. I really liked this Santa. He asked the girls lots of questions like, "Did they eat all their vegetables?", and "Do you do your chores when you are asked?" Lucy still wouldn't sit with him, but she did wave and blow him a kiss!
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Our House
Someone mentioned to me the other day that I never posted any pictures of the house. I guess because it's still a work in progress. But here is a video from when the house was listed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpNapDbzxOs
Since we have been in the house the A/C has gone out 3 times (twice downstairs and once upstairs), the heater has gone out (but not really, it ended up just being that the squirrel cage was loose), there was a leak in the master shower which caused us to have to completely demo the tile in the shower and replace the drain pan, and just yesterday we had to replace a water heater. All of this has been so frustrating! It's not like this house is that old! Why can't things just be built right and built to last? I was talking with a coworker who just built a house a year ago and has had nothing but problems ever since, so I guess it doesn't matter how old a house is...sometimes these happen. In my frustration yesterday I realized, though, how blessed we have been. Each time the A/C or heater went out it was only on 1 floor, so we at least could live on the other floor and be ok. And with the water heater going out, we didn't have hot water in 3 bathrooms, but we at least had it in the 4th bathroom and could still shower/bathe. I also think about how fortunate we are to be in a position to be able to fix the problems when they occur.
We have also done a few projects here and there. Jeremy built some shelves for the conservatory. I really love how this room is coming together. I really wanted a room where the girls could read, play board games, play music, etc., and it is exactly that.
I didn't take any pictures of the upstairs or master bedroom or anything. Jeremy did build another huge window seat/toy chest like he did in the old house, and that is so nice to have to put all the girls toy in.
Despite the issues we've had with things breaking, we are overall happy here. Love having friends close by, being closer to stores, and having a layout that works so much better for us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpNapDbzxOs
Since we have been in the house the A/C has gone out 3 times (twice downstairs and once upstairs), the heater has gone out (but not really, it ended up just being that the squirrel cage was loose), there was a leak in the master shower which caused us to have to completely demo the tile in the shower and replace the drain pan, and just yesterday we had to replace a water heater. All of this has been so frustrating! It's not like this house is that old! Why can't things just be built right and built to last? I was talking with a coworker who just built a house a year ago and has had nothing but problems ever since, so I guess it doesn't matter how old a house is...sometimes these happen. In my frustration yesterday I realized, though, how blessed we have been. Each time the A/C or heater went out it was only on 1 floor, so we at least could live on the other floor and be ok. And with the water heater going out, we didn't have hot water in 3 bathrooms, but we at least had it in the 4th bathroom and could still shower/bathe. I also think about how fortunate we are to be in a position to be able to fix the problems when they occur.
We have also done a few projects here and there. Jeremy built some shelves for the conservatory. I really love how this room is coming together. I really wanted a room where the girls could read, play board games, play music, etc., and it is exactly that.
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| There is normally a small table in between the chairs. Had to move it for the kid tree (which has two sections of burnt out lights). Also, I don't know why the walls in the hall look yellow. |
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| You can see all the pictures I have lined up on the floor waiting to be hung. One day. |
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| From the stairs looking down. |
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| The kitchen. Complete with chili cooking on the stove. ;) |
I didn't take any pictures of the upstairs or master bedroom or anything. Jeremy did build another huge window seat/toy chest like he did in the old house, and that is so nice to have to put all the girls toy in.
Despite the issues we've had with things breaking, we are overall happy here. Love having friends close by, being closer to stores, and having a layout that works so much better for us.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Claire is 8!
Just as soon as all the laundry and chores were caught up from our Thanksgiving trip, we packed up and headed back down to Louisiana for a whirlwind trip for Claire's baptism and birthday party. It was another exhausting trip, but worth it to see family.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was exhausting. We left the Sunday before and headed down to New Orleans. We decided it would be easier to drive 8 hours on Sunday and have me work in the office Mon-Wed, and have Jeremy hit up all his clients in New Orleans that week, so that we then only had to drive and hour and a half to Hattiesburg after work on Wed, rather than drive 8 hours on Wed after work and get in really late. Not gonna lie- it sucks to keep three kids cooped up in a hotel room for three days. The girls were troopers though and stuck it out. We were able to go to the Saints game with our best friends, and even though the Saints lost, we had a ton of fun.
Thanksgiving was good. Lots of cousins playing and lots of good food. That about sums it up.
Thanksgiving was good. Lots of cousins playing and lots of good food. That about sums it up.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Thanksgiving Crafts
The Friday before Thanksgiving break was chaotic. I had volunteered to help with Joey's class party, and Shelby ended up being "Top Banana" (star student) that week, which meant I also had to go to her school to help with a craft and then eat lunch with Shelby.
On top of that, it was an insanely busy day with work. So I woke up super early and worked for a bit, then headed over to Joey's school. I love the way her teacher does their parties. She sets up tons of different stations, each with a different craft or activity, and we can just go through as we please and spend as much or as little time at each station as we want. They made turkey headbands, Indian vests, made and ate turkey cookies, had a treasure hunt, did some turkey bowling, made playdoh Mayflowers, and made butter. It is fun to see Joey with all her friends.
Then it was back home to work for an hour, and then back over to Shelby's school. I had been torn over what craft to do for her class, since by this point they had already made a ton of turkeys. Thursday night I finally decided that they would make butter just like Joey's class was doing. So we prepped all the baby food jars and I brought everything to her class. I started by reading them a story, which they really got into. Then we each got a jar, filled them halfway with heavy cream, and got to shaking...and shaking...and shaking. The kids' arms were getting tired, but it was great because at each stage I would stop them and show them how if we stopped after the first little while and added sugar and vanilla, we'd have whipped cream. But if you keep going it gets thicker and thicker and turns into butter. It was also great since they have been talking about liquids and solids in science. I also talked about how the pilgrims and Indians had to make all of their own food- they couldn't just run to Walmart and pick up a tub of butter. Anyway, they all really loved it, and it was fun to see Shelby with her friends as well. If only I had pictures from her class!
On top of that, it was an insanely busy day with work. So I woke up super early and worked for a bit, then headed over to Joey's school. I love the way her teacher does their parties. She sets up tons of different stations, each with a different craft or activity, and we can just go through as we please and spend as much or as little time at each station as we want. They made turkey headbands, Indian vests, made and ate turkey cookies, had a treasure hunt, did some turkey bowling, made playdoh Mayflowers, and made butter. It is fun to see Joey with all her friends.
Then it was back home to work for an hour, and then back over to Shelby's school. I had been torn over what craft to do for her class, since by this point they had already made a ton of turkeys. Thursday night I finally decided that they would make butter just like Joey's class was doing. So we prepped all the baby food jars and I brought everything to her class. I started by reading them a story, which they really got into. Then we each got a jar, filled them halfway with heavy cream, and got to shaking...and shaking...and shaking. The kids' arms were getting tired, but it was great because at each stage I would stop them and show them how if we stopped after the first little while and added sugar and vanilla, we'd have whipped cream. But if you keep going it gets thicker and thicker and turns into butter. It was also great since they have been talking about liquids and solids in science. I also talked about how the pilgrims and Indians had to make all of their own food- they couldn't just run to Walmart and pick up a tub of butter. Anyway, they all really loved it, and it was fun to see Shelby with her friends as well. If only I had pictures from her class!
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