a bedtime story

Tonight I read Blake a book.
Then I told him it was time to get in bed.
He didn't want to get in bed, he wanted to play.
I told him if he didn't get in his bed, he would be in trouble.
I repeated this two more times, getting a little more serious each time.
Then he told me I was mean.
I told him that I didn't care if he thought I was mean, it was still time to go to bed.
Then he looked at me and said, "You have stupid hair."
Seriously?
Not sure where he got that one.
I have awesome hair. ;-)
Goodnight.

organization works!

Yay!  I put these hooks here for the kids a while back.  They are hanging on the first wall you see when you walk into the house.  I had to remind them for the longest time to hang their backpacks up when they came in, but today....holy cow!  Look what I found when I walked through the door....ALL THREE kids hung up their stuff.  Without. Me. Asking.  BOOM, that's how you do it!

Elfie Hefner

Turns out the Elf-ster is quite the ladies man.  This is the second year in a row that he has taken a liking to Rapunzel....he forgot to visit the North Pole last night because he was too busy "smelling her hair", according to Aubrey.  Adelyn said yesterday, "How in the world can Elfie watch what we are doing when he is always looking at Rapunzel?"

And today, after he had not moved, Addy says, "I am giving that elf one more chance before I take Rapunzel away from him for good."  

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

We had our first Santa sighting tonight at the Salado Christmas stroll!

Elfie made a return trip from the North Pole to keep an eye on these Watkins kiddos!

Christmas decor is popping up all over the house.  ;-)

Tis the season to be jolly!  Fa la la la la, la la la la la!