rowan has a very giving little spirit. one of his favorite pastimes these days is to wander around the house gathering things to bring to me, or to his daddy, or to whomever he's interacting with at the moment. tonight, at my grandparents' house while we were watching a movie, he brought books to my stepmother, vesta, one at a time until the little bookshelf he was looting was empty. by the end of the movie, vesta had a lapfull of books and magazines. i brought his new play vacuum to their house to keep him occupied during the movie, but he was more than busy giving "gifts" to vesta! cute. : )

micah napped during the movie, and was sad to discover there was no pizza left for her to eat when she woke up. i fed her some honey nut cheerios and mandarin oranges instead, and she was happy. especially when she got some vanilla ice cream for dessert. : )

earlier this afternoon, i took the kids to my mom's house to open our stocking. she and my stepdad, wesley, put together one, big stocking for our family. in it was a little multitool for my keyring, lots of yummy candy, a nemo gel pack to put in the fridge for ouchies, and two beautiful little waldorf dolls: one winter gnome, and one rainbow girl whom josh christened eva.

i've taken some pictures of all the new additions to our doll family, but i'm too sleepy to upload them onto the computer tonight. i'll post these, plus some other family christmas photos, tomorrow.