weekend recap...

saturday started off with Corinn waking up early, saying she didn't feel good & she didn't want any breakfast....remember, Jaden was sick friday & didn't go to school - and that was a week after this weird puking-one-minute-fine-the-next-bug had already hit both the girls....well, i guess it went around full circle! by friday evening, Jaden was feeling just fine, and by saturday morning, Corinn was back to laying around with a puke-bucket!

i left to go get my hair done at 8am....leaving Curtis to tend to our sicko & her big brother and sis....i got back home, literally a minute after her first vomiting session....she continued on like that all day - not able to keep much down at all...just sipping on ginger ale

i was working in the kitchen later that day, and walked into the living room to spot this - Gabby rubbing Corinn's back - how sweet!!!

she was catering to Corinn all day - getting her more ginger ale, covering her up if she was cold - it was so stinkin' sweet! it might not have been the best idea on Gabby's part tho....cause wouldn't u know it, by dinner time that eve, she was puking again too! i had just made a huge pot of spaghetti, when she started with the sickies....Jaden & i ended up sitting down 4 an intimate dinner for 2 that night ;0)

i called the children's choir director at church, because the kiddos were scheduled to perform in the "hanging of the greens" ceremony the next day (a ceremony full of song & in which the entire church takes part in decorating the sanctuary for Christmas)....i told her that i wasn't sure if they'd make it or not - but that with the way this bug was going, it was still possible

and would u believe - all 3 kiddos woke up on sunday morning, just fine & dandy?! and none of them have complained about not feeling good since! praise God!

first, all the kiddos handed out candy canes to the church members....u can see Corinn's ornament in her hand as well....see that big tree in the back/left of this pic (behind Jaden)? that's the tree that everyone in the church helped decorate....we all picked up an ornament as we came in

and then later, we all filed up front to decorate, while the choir sang

see how pretty?!

then the kiddos sang one song from the Christmas program that they'll be performing later this month....i think their director must have picked the most difficult song out of the whole program for this performance - but the kiddos still did great! :0) u can really hear Corinn belting out the words in certain parts! Gabby's still a little shy, Jaden kept asking Daniel what page they were on....and cute little Jessie (up front) loves pretending she can read & keep up in the book ;0)



then, they ran to go change for their parts in acting out the nativity scene....the girls were 2 of the shepherds

jaden was a wiseman

and all 3 were total cutie-patooties!

after church, daddy had to head to work....the girls laid down for a nap....jaden & i decided to make some cookies

chocolate/chocolate chip! mmmmm!

u wanna know the secret to making big, chewy cookies like this?
u'll never believe how easy it is!

they're made from a cake mix!

yep, and once u try to make cookies this way, u may never go back to making them the way u did b4!

take any flavor cake mix u think might sound good as a cookie (we used devil's food for these, but u can use yellow for regular choc chip cookies, funfetti 4 fun cookies 4 the kiddos, we've even done spice - yum!)....add 2 eggs & 1/3 cup of oil....& if u want - stir in chocolate chips, or nuts, or whatever u think sounds good....mix together 2 form ur dough....spoon on to a cookie sheet, just as u would 4 any other cookie - i use a small melon baller to get mine nice & round & all the same size....flatten the cookies a bit, so they're nice & even - remember, they're like cake, u want the cookie to be even so it bakes even

then bake at 325-350 degrees (depending on ur oven - mine burns hot) for 5-7 minutes....this is key - the difference between these cookies & other cookies is that they bake up quicker....as soon as u see the bottoms browning, pull em out - they may even seem not so done to the touch....let sit on the hot pan for about 2 minutes & they'll firm up perfectly....then transfer to a cooling rack....this makes a perfect soft & chewy cookie!

the rest of my day mostly consisted of me doing laundry, washing bedsheets, wiping down everything, spraying Oust disinfectant spray - totally trying to rid our home of the weird-buggy-germs once & for all!

then after the kiddos were in bed, i brought in the Christmas boxes from our storage shed out back & set up our tree (yes, we have a fake 6' tree - which is way bigger than i remember, now that we're in a tiny house vs the HUGE apt it was set up in last year)....i strung the lights & got it ready 4 the kiddos to help decorate 2nite....i'm not sure, but i think we're missing 1 box of Christmas stuff - with the move, it might have gotten put in the stuff to go to our storage unit down the street....i guess i'll find out 2nite....ugh - i hate moving!

of course i'll take pics 2nite & will have those 2 share with u 2moro....i hope u all had a great weekend too! :0)