Tea time

Well, the time has come. Lauren is beginning to express her own sense of style more and more each day. And Sunday, as we were getting ready for church, I brought her her new dress, her new tights and her new boots and she said she needed her pearls and her gold headband, too.



I still laugh at how I, of all people, have such a girly girl. Although, I must admit, that even Dustin and my father laugh at how I've only really started acting like a girl in the last few years. I guess Lauren is rubbing off on me.

I look at Ella and wonder if she will take after her sister or if she will start out like her mom.



Anyway, we went into church charged and ready for a good day. We left church feeling like we had run a marathon and ready for a nap. Not a good day for the Bricker girls in church on Sunday. Whoa! Lauren threw a fit that required her removal from the sanctuary and Ella wanted to walk up and down the pew the entire time.

Sadly, I cannot even tell you what the sermon was about and the fact that I can even tell you the Holy Gospel was about Jesus' baptism is nothing short of a miracle in and of itself.

Once we got the children fed and their sugar levels back up to normal levels, the rest of the day was fine.

Dustin and I did make a large purchase this weekend. We bought what every corner lot homeowner needs in Iowa:


We pooled together all of our Christmas money and decided to get it. The 100+ foot lot line is too much for the four-wheeler and the blade when we get a heavy snow. And since I don't know how to use the four-wheeler and the blade I end up using the shovel all the time. And I do not like using the shovel with this much snow.

I do want to point out, though that everyone owes us because thanks to our purchase...you can guarantee no more snow this winter. ;-)

The rest of Sunday was our usual routine of laundry and cleaning.

Except, of course, for tea time - which was served promptly at high noon.




What a Southern belle, huh?