http://julie.marzhillstudios.com A mother's blog of 1 little, 2 little ... 5 little pixies. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:13:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had a lot of fun here at the house last night. We allowed the three older kids to stay up late. We asked the kids what kinds of healthy snacks they liked and that's what we had for dinner (and to eat throughout the night). We ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/happy-new-year-2/ We have arrived down at Jeremy's parents' house. Yesterday, it was still a bit too icy up there in Chicago-land, so we skipped our church's Christmas Eve service and had what is quickly becoming our family's traditional service at the house with the reading of the Christmas story and singing some ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/merry-christmas-2/ They had a lot of fun making this: Emoticarolers http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/my-kids-are-weird/ Tomorrow is our church's Christmas Cantata and I am directing it, so I am nervous about that. For Noelle's birthday down in NC, I bought some craft foam projects which all of the kids enjoy doing and they had a really great time with an art time. In fact, they ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/im-so-busy-random-stuff/ Noelle is five today! I'll write more later. We're getting ready to start our way home. http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/its-my-babys-birthday/ We are down at my parents' house in the mountains of NC. I love, love, love it here. It isn't as cold as Chicago and there are mountains and all kinds of stuff. Mom took me to a neat little fabric store down here. I didn't ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/christmas-in-nc/ This last Wednesday, our homeschool group had a talent show. We didn't have very many members show up, including some that had signed up to do stuff in the talent show. Our leader was gone since she'd had surgery not long ago, so we got started a little ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/homeschool-group-meeting-6/ Just thought I'd let you know... after a few days of leftover chicken (we had cornish hens for Thanksgiving) and other leftovers, Little Caesar's Pizza tasted really good for dinner tonight. Oh, and I was very happy to fill up the van for under $30. It was all the way ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/pizza/ As promised, I am putting up another five of my small thankfuls. 6. I am thankful for my friend, Sarah, who is in Florida right now. I call her up once or twice a week and we always talk for a long time. We just talk out all ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/thankful-pt-2/ I'm going to list 5 little things I'm thankful for today and then another 5 tomorrow. Not the big ones, like a house, vehicle, my children and so on, but those little blessings that just make life so fun. 1. I am thankful for nighttime chat buddies. When ... http://julie.marzhillstudios.com/index.php/family/thankful/