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"The Big Chill"

We went to Ben's Christmas program at Owl Creek School recently. The program was called, "The Big Chill", and it was pretty cute!! My pictures, however, not so much....

The picture at the top is really the only cute one I got.


I don't think that the school cafeteria lights helped the photo quality, but I'm pretty sure they had nothing to do with my bad timing. I have so many pictures of Ben with his eyes closed!

We had our Luxe Christmas party this past week, too. It was very nice! We had dinner at the Springdale Country club...Wade and I both had a yummy steak....and exchanged our Secret Santa gifts. I was Ryan's S.S. and got him a wool scarf....that kid walks in to work half frozen some days after walking from class.

Betina was my S.S. and got me the BEST scarf and an awesome NARS makeup brush that I REALLY wanted! So sweet!!!

It was a lot of fun! Such a nice thank you from Juliette and Dr. Miller and so much better than the Christmas party I attended last year!!! The photos are on my Facebook page, but I will post them on here eventually....sorry I'm not prepared for that today.

Danny Spungen, whose grandfather in 1941 launched Peer Bearing Co., a ball bearing manufacturer in suburban Chicago that was sold earlier this year, said his family unanimously decided to thank the company's 230 employees with year-end bonuses of $10,000 and more, with the amount based on years of service.

How cool is that?

Look, it should never be about the amount. That's not the point. The point is that the gift has to mean something. Ten thousand dollars to every employee when times are tough is AMAZING, but what's more amazing is that the family decided unanimously....did you catch that part?

Or, really putting thought into how you can creatively stretch $10 into a meaningful gift for someone is, well, thoughtful.

Enjoy your family this season, enjoy Christmas for what it celebrates.

Bummer

Mom's Log 12052008

I'm constantly looking for signs that Ben hasn't grown up too much.  

I love this one!

Last night Ben called me in to his room after he went to bed.  When I got in there he said, kind of pitifully, "I think I pulled a muscle".  

Please keep in mind that he is in bed not moving around much but trying to go to sleep.

When I asked what (could have possibly) happened, he said that his stuffed fish fell out of bed and when he reached for it, he pulled a muscle in his arm.

Trying to ease the situation, I said that he probably didn't pull a muscle but just stretched a little too far.

He was a little annoyed that I wasn't taking this injury a little more seriously and shot his arm straight out and snapped, "I KNOW.  Look how  long it is now!"

Sweet Baby.