Jolly

Date of occurrence:
December 7, 2024.

Lily is messaging Opa. Opa asks her what she will be doing today. She says they will go outside for a bit and after that she doesn’t know what they are going to do.

Opa tells her he likes watching Christmas movies. He also says that aunt A. LOVES Christmas movies.

Lily:"That is why she is so jolly!"

Opa:”And what about me? I am jolly too, right?”

Lily:"That’s where she gets her jolly, is from you."

Opa:"And where do you get your jolly from?"

Lily:"My family, and you, and Oma."

If we weren’t jolly yet, we would be now! Grin.

Good Find

Date of occurrence:
December 3, 2024.

Opa once told Kc how Opa’s grandfather used the word ‘whatchamacallit’ when he couldn’t immediately find the correct name for something.

Kc remembered it.

He sends me this picture today.

He saw it in the gas station.

We both think that’s funny.

He didn’t buy and try. Nevertheless…

Good find, bud!

I Am Bored

Date of occurrence:
December 1, 2024.

Lily calls.

She is bored.

She doesn’t have much new to tell.

That is okay by me.

I don’t mind un-boring her.

She can call us anytime!

Christmas Lights

Date of occurrence:
November 30, 2024.

After leaving here in the afternoon, aunt A. takes Emma and Leo for a small hike and, as soon as it is dark, to see the Christmas lights.

Sophia and Londyn are spending the night somewhere else, Kc is working, and I am not sure why Bella and Lily aren’t going.

Leo, Emma, and aunt A. truly enjoy the display of lights dancing to the music. Then it is time to go back to their mom.

Leo and Emma will be leaving again tomorrow, but we learn we will see them at Christmas.

That’s great. We are looking forward to it!

Helping Hands

Date of occurrence:
November 29, 2024.

Leo and Emma are spending the day and night with us. Kc brings them over and plans on staying until he has to go to work at 4 pm. The rest of the family will not be here. They are sick. 

Kc is called away early, unfortunately. I still have several extra pair of hands to set up the Christmas tree and put out the decorations. 

Aunt A. is participating as well and in no time our house is ready for Christmas. The fridge is raided and emptied of leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner and we are having fun playing games with the kids.

We had a great time.

Thanks guys. For the visit and the helping hands!

Thanks, Bud!

Date of occurrence:
November 28, 2024.

Leo is playing chess with Opa.

He looses a couple of times, but eventually is able to win.

Opa:”Well, thanks buddy. You made me drop in ranking. Thanks very much bud!”

Leo:”You are welcome. How does THAT feel, buddy?”

Opa’s answer? A loud and heartfelt HAHAHAHA! lol.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Date of occurrence:
November 28, 2024.

Our Thanksgiving is usually pretty quiet. Youngest daughter celebrates with all her kids at her house and that leaves Opa, our oldest daughter, and myself.

It doesn’t diminish the celebration and definitely has no impact on our Thanksgiving dinner. Grin. This year is different though. Late afternoon Kc and Leo drop by.

What a treat! Leo and Emma are spending the week down here and the entire family is coming over tomorrow. We sure didn’t expect the boys to show up.

Or should I say the ‘bearded men’? Leo didn’t shave this month, because it was no shave month, according to his teacher. I guess Kc’s busy schedule doesn’t allow for a shave?

Either way, we are happy to see them. Happy Thanksgiving!

A Christmas Surprise

Date of occurrence:
November 27, 2024.

I suppose you can guess what Londyn asked from Santa. Yes, a turtle! After an intensive search, we found a legit someone who sells baby turtles.

Mom has an aquarium for it, aunt A. bought all the necessary accessories, and Opa an I bought the turtle. It’s such a cute, little guy! He is prolly not even 2 inches yet.

We keep the little critter here until Christmas.

That way the surprise won’t be spoiled.

We got him today and he quickly settled in.

He is getting acquainted with his new environment.

We can’t wait till Christmas.

Londyn is going to be over the moon!

Hard Work

Date of occurrence:
November 26, 2024.

Even though school is out for this week, there is no free time for Kc.

He has internship for three days, shoveling dirt for a new to build hospital.

He also has a part time job at Pizza Hut and has his own Lawncare business.

If all that isn’t enough, he also takes care of a disabled friend.

No rest for the weary, huh?!

Hello Kitty

Date of occurrence:
November 20, 2024.

At Lily’s school they have a program where the teacher gives the children points for being good, doing their homework, etc. They call those dojo points.

Lily saw that her teacher had a Hello Kitty sticker and decided she wanted it. She saved up her dojo points for three weeks, so she could get that sticker.

Today, she RUNS off the bus, calling:”MAMA, MAMA!!!! I GOT THE STICKER!!!!” Lily runs to her mom and gives her the sticker she saved up for THREE weeks to get.

Lily specifically saved her points for that particular sticker to give to her mom, because she knows her mom loves Hello Kitty

It definitely touched mom’s heart and ours as well. We are super proud of her.

Yeah, we have another good one there!❤️