Truth Be Told #11

Truth Be Told #11

Holiday Happenings at the Lamp Post

Hello, Readers.   It's almost Christmas.

Sorry for the delay.  I took a week off of writing because we were sad at the Lamp Post last weekend.  We're still sad, but Mom says it is a good thing to keep on writing.  Here is some holiday cheer.

I get to say goodbye to my braces in a week.  I can't wait!

Em and  I had our dance show.  It was fun.

We had a Pinterest party.  Tracy made pillows out of t-shirts.

We made Rockin' Rudolph and reinbeer.

Amy braided my hair all pinteresty.

Good news of the week:  Girls like Sam.

Emilee does.

And so does Delaney.

Both of those pictures came home in his book bag last week.   

Natalie was happy because she gets to cheer again this year.  She cheered yesterday.

The Huskies won.

Annoying thing of the week:  

Mother Eloise is not good with electronics.  Somehow while trying to change the song on the CD, she changed the language on the dashboard.  We think it's French.

The family Christmas party was last night.

Santa comes and Natalie is never too old to sit on his lap.

Sam is so excited this year.  He has been sooooooo good.  Sam loves Santa.

Santa brought him what he wanted.  A Brawlin' Buddy--Shamus.

I dare anyone to call it a doll.

 It snowed and we got to sled ride on Amy's hill.  She lives next door to the Lamp Post.

Somehow Sam convinced Mr. Burns and Chris to make him a ramp.  That kid could convince anyone to do anything.   He's hard to say no to.

He even got Mr. Burns to go down the hill on the sled.

This is the Christmas tree in the Lamp Post.  All of those presents are for other people.  We have lots of friends and family.

I can't wait to give everyone their presents.  Mother Eloise gave us one present early.  We got the game Monopoly and we are going to go play it now.  Sam gets to be the Banker.  He probably won't give me any money.

Have a nice holiday.  

Check back in a couple of days.  I'll put what I got on here.

Ellen Louise

Truth Be Told #10

This weekend was a JOY!

It's almost Christmas but the weather doesn't feel like it.  We don't even have snow yet.

This was my yard the other morning.  It was so warm after school Em and I practiced volleyball and Sam rode his bike.  We usually are shoveling snow by now.  

Rudolph was on this week, so you can be sure that Christmas is coming.

Sam had a friend over on Saturday.  

We made the mistake of letting them lick the bowl from the Christmas cookie dough.

At least this was better than the last time he had a friend over.  Mom told them to go outside and play and in ten minutes time this is what happened.  

Sam's friend's mom came before we had time to clean them up.  Mother Eloise was frantic.  

Sam's friend's mom said "Mud equals fun" and that it was okay.  I guess everyone needs to find some sort of joy on the weekend.

Natalie likes to hang out with me on weekends.  We do nails.  We went to see the Harbor Creek High School Christmas play.  We liked that.

 The big event of the weekend was Sam's first wrestling tournament.  

We were nervous, so we had to recruit some helpers.

Tracy is Sam's Godmother and she and Jarett came all the way out to Cambridge Springs and surprised us.  Tracy calmed me and mom down and explained wrestling to us.  It's confusing!

Sam won his first two matches and lost the third one.  He did great!  He got this trophy.  

He was a good winner and a good loser.  

He got this cool trophy and we got to go out to eat afterwards.

We were all happy and it got us in the Christmas spirit.

Here is a little more joy for you to start off your week.

Ellen Louise

Truth Be Told #9

Truth Be Told #9

We Were Blown Away

This is who we went to see last night.  Country Star Carrie Underwood performed in Pittsburgh for her Blown Away tour.

This person opened for her.  His name is Hunter Hayes.  He just won a Country Music Award for New Artist last month.  He is really good at piano and guitar and a good singer.

Mother Eloise bought me his t-shirt because I saved the people in front of us getting barfed on by Natalie.  She hogged too many nachos and got all flipped out over us changing her seat.  She has autism and sometimes when she gets worked up she pukes.  Natalie coughs before she pukes and I recognized the sound.  I got her up to the bathroom just in time. It was pretty gross but it was worth a Hunter Hayes t-shirt.  I wore it to school today.

This is who went, me, Grandma, Natalie, and Aunt Karen.

Mother Eloise was taking the picture.  She's never in any pictures because she's always taking them and doesn't trust anyone else to use her camera.

Carrie is really pretty.

She has pretty hair.  

And the world's best wardrobe.  Even Aunt Karen was jealous.

She wore this hi-low dress first.  We loved it but she got ripped on by Hollywood for it.  They called it "over the top."  I don't think it is over the top.  

She wore this pretty multicolored short dress.  

She wore cut off jeans and a t-shirt and cowboy boots and still somehow made it glamorous.

She came out in sparkly pants for a duet with Hunter Hayes.  Mother Eloise and Aunt Karen said not many people can pull that off.  But she looked really nice.

The last song she wore a tornado colored dress and did Blown Away for the last song.  

 It was really cool and it looked like there was a real tornado on the stage.  Confetti was flying all around.  It was really powerful.  

Mother Eloise says that Carrie is a good role model to have.  She eats healthy, works out, and is a nice person.  She uses her talent to make others happy.  Those are good things.

Here is the video from youtube for Blown Away.  It is based on The Wizard of Oz.  Carrie plays the role of Dorothy.  Look for clues in the video, like what Carrie is wearing.  It is really artistic.  

Have a nice night,

Ellen Louise

Truth Be Told #8

Christmas Begins Early at the Lamp Post

This weekend my parents went "shopping" and Amy and Brad came over to babysit.  I know they were Christmas shopping because they were being vague about where they were going.  To pass the time we told Sam to make his Christmas list.

When I used to make my Christmas list I put one thing I wanted, one thing that Natalie wanted and something like "world peace".  I always had to write Natalie's for her.  

Then comes Sam.......

This isn't the cuddliest Christmas list in the world.  And it was four sheets long.

He wants WWE action figures.

If you're unfamiliar with "professional wrestling" here is The Great Khali he mentioned above.  Maybe Santa won't recognize it because Sam spelled it wrong.

He did want a few Ninja Turtles, too.  At least they are kind of cute.

Not like Funkasaurus that he also asked for.  

Can you imagine what our house is going to look like Christmas morning?

This weekend Natalie spent her time painting.  She loves to paint.  Paints will be on her Christmas list this year.  

I finished my wreath that I showed you last week.  It turned out better than I expected it to.

I want to make a Thanksgiving one like this but I couldn't find any orange tulle.  I have all the other colors but Wal-Mart didn't have orange.  If you know where to buy orange tulle or orange nylon net in Erie, let Mother Eloise know.  

Have a good week,

Ellen Louise