More pictures to come of the "snow angels", the friendly squirrel on our first snow day, my three extraterrestrials, and st. nicholas' coming. . . . .
Monday, December 22, 2008
OK, some more pictures from up north
Here are some more pictures of the family up north during deer hunting and thanksgiving time. See, even Fenric wears orange!
More pictures to come of the "snow angels", the friendly squirrel on our first snow day, my three extraterrestrials, and st. nicholas' coming. . . . .
More pictures to come of the "snow angels", the friendly squirrel on our first snow day, my three extraterrestrials, and st. nicholas' coming. . . . .
Stuff, where does it go??
Speaking (or rambling) about stuff and the over abundance of spending that happens at this time of the year, a friend sent me a link to this website: the story of stuff. It's a 20 minute video explaining our cultural consumerism and how it came to be and offers an alternative (or provides a challenge) to live a different way. If you have a few minutes take a look. It's pretty interesting. Bond and I just watched it.
Isn't it our responsibility as parents to
teach our children about the REAL reason for Christmas?? And to not just rely on the culture, public schools, society and all of the other capitalistic consumerism ventures?? (insert your own words there if you will)
I want my children to love and care for other people, not get all that they can get. I want them to be thankful for the 'stuff' they have and to be good joyful givers. My youngest daughter had a 'not so good' experience caroling with her little school friends on a fieldtrip. There happen to be a santa claus at one of the caroling stops and instead of giving a little something to all the children (hum, what a concept) he threw 'stuff' out into the crowd and my little daughter said to me, "Mommy, I just wasn't fast enough." (grabby enough, mean enough, greedy enough) What do you say to that! If I would have known that santa was going to be there, I might have decided to keep her home for the day.
Anyway, it's Jesus' birthday and my girls know that from their Ethiopian traditions. We are thankful for that, but there is the concern of the big fat man who wears the red suit. They've never heard of the gent before. We've had a few conversations about reality versus fantasy, (i.e. you know that deer, even reindeer don't fly, don't you?) So we are trying to be gentle, but yet instill the REAL reason for Christmas!! Today I asked the girls who they liked better, Jesus or Santa and I must say Jesus won hands down!! Go Jesus!!
I want my children to love and care for other people, not get all that they can get. I want them to be thankful for the 'stuff' they have and to be good joyful givers. My youngest daughter had a 'not so good' experience caroling with her little school friends on a fieldtrip. There happen to be a santa claus at one of the caroling stops and instead of giving a little something to all the children (hum, what a concept) he threw 'stuff' out into the crowd and my little daughter said to me, "Mommy, I just wasn't fast enough." (grabby enough, mean enough, greedy enough) What do you say to that! If I would have known that santa was going to be there, I might have decided to keep her home for the day.
Anyway, it's Jesus' birthday and my girls know that from their Ethiopian traditions. We are thankful for that, but there is the concern of the big fat man who wears the red suit. They've never heard of the gent before. We've had a few conversations about reality versus fantasy, (i.e. you know that deer, even reindeer don't fly, don't you?) So we are trying to be gentle, but yet instill the REAL reason for Christmas!! Today I asked the girls who they liked better, Jesus or Santa and I must say Jesus won hands down!! Go Jesus!!
WALL-E
AND EVE. . . . . . .
What a great movie! The girls like this movie and it's the first movie they were able to see on the big screen. We watched this movie over deer hunting/thanksgiving week. Ask my father-in-law about it and I'm sure he'll give you rave reviews!! He loves that environmental stuff ya know!
What a great movie! The girls like this movie and it's the first movie they were able to see on the big screen. We watched this movie over deer hunting/thanksgiving week. Ask my father-in-law about it and I'm sure he'll give you rave reviews!! He loves that environmental stuff ya know!
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is combined with deer hunting and has been since 1993, the year before I married Bond. This was also my first year deer hunting. . . . Exciting hey?? Anyway, we had our traditional turkey dinner and the girls were in awe when they saw the turkey come out of the oven. They thought we shot the turkey out in the forest too! The first thing they said was, "Did grandma shoot the turkey?" Of course my answer was, "No, she didn't, don't you remember when we went to the grocery store and bought it?" Kidist reply, "No!" So there you have it. . . The turkey was indeed purchased at the grocery store in Jackson County Wisconsin. Exciting. . . .
Turkey is good food! The girls like turkey. I was hoping to make some traditional food for them as well, but it got very busy and it didn't happen. We watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving too! The girls are taking a liking to Charlie Brown and for this we are happy. I'd rather Charlie Brown than Hanna Montana, or some other nonsense caricature. So I welcome Snoopy and Woodstock anytime.
Turkey is good food! The girls like turkey. I was hoping to make some traditional food for them as well, but it got very busy and it didn't happen. We watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving too! The girls are taking a liking to Charlie Brown and for this we are happy. I'd rather Charlie Brown than Hanna Montana, or some other nonsense caricature. So I welcome Snoopy and Woodstock anytime.
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