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Interview with a 3 year old

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I had heard of kid interviews on a few blogs over the last few years, but didn’t really put much thought into doing one myself until I saw one on Pinterest. I asked Lily these questions a few days after her birthday, but I feel the answers would have been the same no matter.

What’s your name: Avery Wiggins

How old are you: 3 years I guess

What’s your favorite color: Blue and red

Who’s your best friend: Olivia

Favorite animal: giraffe

What do you want to be when your all grown up: I want to be like back pack Elmo (he was in a book she was scanning while I asked these questions)

What’s your favorite movies: I answered for her, Jimmy Neutron, Tangled,  Super Why, Cat in the hat

What is your favorite book: Olivia

What makes you happy: When my toys are back

What makes you sad: When you guys (me and Daddy) are gone

What is your most favorite food to eat: broccoli

Favorite song: ABC

What game do you like to play: a doggy game (make believe)

Can you write your name: no

Hopefully I’m with it enough to continue doing these as the years pass. I know I’ll love looking back on this in a few years.

Happy Early Holidays Everyone

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Christmas has come early to the house of Jinx this year.  I don’t know exactly where it all started but I think it was when my Sister-in-law Katie said something on Facebook about putting up her tree already and it kind of snowballed from there.  I mentioned to to Waldo and he said that it was a great idea to put the tree up now, that way we’d get more time to enjoy it.  I told my Mother-in-law what we were planning and she loved the idea.  Now we have our tree up in our family room, my MIL has her tree up in the livingroom and Katie has all of her other decorations up (her house looks great) and her tree will be up any day now.
Christmas Tree 2011

The tree was just the beginning though.  I’ve already spent one afternoon baking and gifted our new next door neighbor a lovely box full of Holiday Cheer.
Early Holiday Chocolate Chip And Mint Cookies

I made two different cookies and rice crispy treats all with a mint theme.  Here are my chocolate chip cookies with a hint of mint.  I cut up Andes Mints for these.  I also made Triple Chocolate and mint Crinkle cookies.  I added chopped up Candy Cane Kisses and Andes Mints to the crinkle cookies. I can’t believe I didn’t get a picture of those. And now I can’t even find the recipe online. I got it from last December’s Food Network Magazine and it is amazing.

Cut Up Peppermint Kisses

These are the chopped up Candy Cane Kisses that I put on top of the rice crispy treats.  I loved them.  Waldo informed me he’d rather have semi-sweet chocolate then white minty chocolate. All the sudden I have no idea who he is anymore.

Happy Cookie Girl

Lily got to enjoy a little cookie after her lunch and she thought it was the greatest thing EVER.

Packages

Here are my finished packages. One to my Sister-in-law Katie and her family and the other two to neighbors.  We tried to give the neighbor’s theirs tonight, but only one of them was home.  We might be forced to eat the other box,  you know I can’t give away 3 day old treats, it would do. Forced I say.

Hey you can see the Triple Chocolate and Mint Crinkle Cookies in the box, they are covered in powered sugar. Yay I did sort of get a picture of them.

Early Holiday Packages

Happy Early Holidays Everyone!  Enjoy!

All of these pictures were taken with my phone in less then stellar light. Sorry.

30 Days Hath November – Day 6

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Day 6 of 30 Days Hath November is perfect for me.

Before Lily was born I was a huge reader. I love it. I usually had a book with me. I’d read at lunch in the work kitchen, I’d read in the doctor waiting room, I’d read anywhere and everywhere. Well as just about any Mom will tell you I sort of gave up reading anything but board books once Lily was born. I missed it so much. A month or two ago Waldo downloaded a e-reader app for his phone and told me about it, I still didn’t think it’s be right for me. Then my sister Jolene told me she was reading “The Help” and it was great. I asked Waldo to help set me up with it and I read it at every opportunity. I had that book read in less then a week. After that I read the whole series that True Blood was based on. 11 book in probably 3 week. My blog suffered, I tried no to let Lily suffer but she probably did a little. I couldn’t stop. Even thought I didn’t love the last 2 books I had to read at every opportunity.  I was so sad when the series was over and didn’t know what to read next.

Waldo read the series A Song of Ice and Fire a few years ago and loved it. He was so happy when Game of Thrones came to TV and we watched every Sunday and both loved the show.  So now I’m reading A Game of Throne.  Since I liked the TV show and Waldo loved the series I’m going to read it through, but it’s a very long book and I’m having trouble making myself finish it. I know how a lot of the stuff turns out from the show and being that it’s the first in a series it’s a lot of background and a slow read.  Waldo ways the other books in the series are better.

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30 Days Hath November – Day 5

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For day 5 we are looking back on three years ago today.

Three years ago my life was very different. Waldo and I were living in NW Montana, I was working at a Credit Union (that I loved) and I was 7 months pregnant. I just looked it up and my baby shower was on November 9th.
11/9/08
It is hard to remember a time that Lily wasn’t a part of our daily life. I can’t even remember what we did with all of our time. I guess everyone says that and it’s so true.

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30 Days Hath November – Day 3

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Today for 30 Days Hath November Désirée wants to know something I never leave the house without.

I know it’s not very unique, but I never leave the house without my phone. Waldo and I got smart phones a year ago and our lives have never been the same. I always had my phone with me before, but now it’s sort of my life, like lots of people these days.
My phone

I also always have lip balm with me. I have no problem admitting that I’m totally addicted to lip balm. I like a lot of different ones, but for now I’m stuck on Burt’s Bees ultra conditioning.
Lip balm

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