Adventures with Redd

Redd likes Christmas trees!

 

Then he took the Little People's car for a spin this morning.

 



More of Redd

Yesterday, Emmie and Ireland had a tough time finding Redd.  Emmie was convinced he had not come back from the North Pole. 

This morning, she found him much more easily.  I heard her a couple rooms away squealing and jumping up & down. 

Redd's New Hiding Places

Yesterday, Redd repelled down the curtains.

Today, Redd found a place by Emerald's baby picture above the entertainment center. 

Introducing Redd the Elf

Our family would like to introduce our elf, Redd. 

Redd ziplined to our house from the North Pole, using the North Pole Zip Lines.

 

 

The girls discovering Redd.

 

Day 14 ~ Little Things

After having a busy, rough day, I'm thankful for the little things in life: 

• warm, fuzzy slippers
• blue Pentel RSVP pens
• address labels
• comfy, broken-in sweats
• Mistletoe Memories tree decorations
• Out on a Limb scrapbook kits
• cameras on cell phones
• old photographs
• flip flops
• capri pants
• a full candy bowl
• Panera cinnamon crunch bagels
• Krispy Kreme chocolate iced, cream filled donuts
• cottage cheese with bacon bits
• warm snickerdoodles
• Harley rides
• pennies from heaven
• chapstick
• manicures
• Jack @ Skin Kitchen
• Crest whitening toothpaste
• roses
• Garth Brooks "Shameless"
• microwaves
• heated seats
• angels
• warm blankets on a cold night
• scrapbook retreats
• Ireland kisses & hugs
• Emerald kisses & hugs
• "I Love You"s 
• white gold
• Hawkeyes
• Facebook
• Nook
• John Grisham
• Thinsulate gloves
• comfortable jeans
• Which Wich
• strawberries
• real Christmas trees
• indoor plumbing
• Edgar Allen Poe
• Mod Podge

Day 13 ~ Chocolate!

Ode to Chocolate:

Candy-coated
Hot with marshmallows
Oh, sweet velvety goodness
Covering coconut & almonds
Over nougat and caramel
Love with peanut butter
Around pretzels 
Truffles
Ever the addiction

Thankful for chocolate!

Photo courtesy of wakeup-world.com
 

Day 12 ~ Health Care & Insurance

This one is very hard to be thankful for today, but I'm making the attempt...

I'm thankful for the health insurance through my employer.  Although I complain about the portion I pay for (a lot, especially today when I went through the open enrollment process for 2013), it affords me to take my daughters to their checkups for free, get free immunizations (including flu shots for the adults!), and save money tax-free to go towards medical expenses not paid by insurance.  I'm trying very hard to look on the bright side of things although my insurance payments went up by 19% for 2013. 

One thing I can be very thankful for are our health care providers.  Our family physician is one of the best around and we all love him.  Our dentist is wonderful and again, the girls just love him.  I have the best OBGYN around (although he no longer does OB work) and the best chiropractor.  We're so blessed to have wonderful doctors who care about our health and our family, who make sure we're on board with treatment plans, and aren't out just to get the copay. 

For all of this, I am thankful.

Photo courtesy of shotofprevention.com