happy 12th birthday, Elle!

A dozen years with Elle-m-n-o-p! I’m definitely feeling it but also thinking where has the time gone? We are starting to experience the tween years with this one, but she is still amazing. Clever, witty, beautiful, helpful, insightful, thoughtful, creative, defender of her siblings. She loves dogs, softball, Marvel, playing the switch, board games, reading, riding her hover board, movie nights, and arts and crafts. She even learned to play the trumpet this year! 

On her birthday we got special softball themed donuts in the morning. The cubs had a dentist appointment in Edmond so we headed there after breakfast. Even though Elle wasn’t happy about it we got great reports for everyone. Then Elle chose Pops for lunch and a trip to the Lego store. We had to head home for practices. Unfortunately Todd got really carsick so that kind of put a damper on the rest of the day. Elle had practice then we ended up ordering Ted’s to go since kids eat free on a Monday and we watched some TV before bed. One of her gifts is to get her ears pierced and we’re hoping to do that this week.

guymon new year’s trip

We saw Grammy for the first time since July over New Year’s. We drove out to Guymon and did a small New Year’s celebration and then Christmas again the next day. Uncle Ken came by one day and the cubs loved spending time with him! Reese loves Grammy’s chocolate cake so she and Copper helped Grammy make one. We took a trip to the park, played outside, and played lots of board games. The cubs also fell in love with Kitty Cat, Grammy’s cat. It’s pinewood derby time again so Chris usually does a design and cutting session with Grandad’s woodshop stuff while we’re there. When we’re in Guymon it’s always like taking a walk through Chris and Aunt Kathy’s childhood. This time we got see Chris’ baseball collection and found all the He-Man stuff! Elle found lots of vintage McDonald’s toys and has set up her own ebay business. She researched each piece and is hoping to make some good money. 😂 

Christmas Day 2020

The kids were kind to us and didn’t get up too early. I love the excitement though! Probably my favorite moments are when they exchange gifts with each other. Copper described his gift to me before I opened it. Bottom shampoo! 🤣 It was hilarious! I loved gifting Chris his Wee Box! It’s a subscription to a monthly box of goodies from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I ordered early so I was able to wrap up the first one. It had a beenie cap, a clock with a thistle to ring in the new year, a 2021 calendar with pictures giving clues to what that month’s box has as a theme, shortbread for First Footing, and a sign that says Lang may yer lum reek, which literally means, “Long may your chimney smoke.” The best way to wish someone a long and healthy life.

That afternoon we went to Michelle and Dennis’s house and had Christmas lunch and gift exchange with their family, Grandma Wilson, Nana, and Aunt Casey. It was the first time we were all together inside  since maybe last New Years. It was good for our souls! We played games and kids played hard!