Sweater Weather!!!

The 'Cold Front' - such as it was - finally arrived in the night and it was sweater weather today!

We enjoyed the little electric heater in the camper while we ate our stick to the rib breakfast of hot oatmeal, buttered toast and hazelnut coffee!

While I wore a sweater - a CHRISTMAS sweater - the quads stayed warm and toasty in their new PJ's!

I gave them all nice hot baths AFTER their lunch of spinach!

Not their favorite by any means and made for some interesting diapers later in the afternoon!

Two seriously pretty little girls!

Can you tell who they are?

Here's the other baby girl!She was helping her mom with the Christmas cards!

Amber can type like the WIND!!! Rightly so since her business is WORDS!

I did light duty today in Quadville. I arrived at noon and did the baths then left at 2:00 to do TWO errands (the bank and Sam's for a RX) which took TWO hours! I went back to the babies for TWO hours and it was time to go home! This day went by fast!

Louis Dean is working on HIS blog post as I'm working on mine.

Dinner tonight is a turkey and dressing casserole we froze at Thanksgiving along with garlic cheesy potatoes and Ranch Style beans.....and it's all nearly ready to eat!

I'm enjoying our Christmas Camper all decorated up!

Just need to do some 'damage control' before I can take pictures.

Leaving Louis Dean home alone for over 6 hours left some areas that need to be 'fluffed!'

Fortunately he wasn't in the bedroom so I do have ONE clean room!

Of course, there are only THREE 'rooms' in here and one of them is a tiny bathroom - which has its own Christmas tree!!!

My Santa (with his broken glasses which I have been meaning to fix for YEARS!) turns his head. I plopped a larger Santa hat on him and he can STILL move his head from side to side! His arm is also 'broke' so the candle is hitched on his belt. I need to mend a few things!

Above him hangs the largest Santa I have painted to date.

I like looking at him.

Tomorrow BOTH of us work in Quadville!

 Louis Dean misses those babies when he skips a day with them.

The weather forecast says the temp will dip down into the 30's tonight!

Perfect time to see if that electric blanket of ours still works!

CHRISTMAS is Coming!!

My Santas are DONE!!!

This is the one  I am keeping and then I have one all painted and packed in the truck to take HOME for Christmas! Our family has a tradition! Doesn't EVERY family have at least ONE?

On Christmas morning as many family members as possible gather at my sister's home for breakfast and then we do a Chinese Christmas Tree gift exchange! This is SUCH a fun thing to do and we spend a lot of time and thought on the gifts we take! I have taken different things over the years but for the last several my 'gift' has been a Santa painting. I paint a new one every year - 'NEW'  as in taken from a card or gift box and/or bag - and then painted up on canvas in oils.

I barely finished this one in time!!

As soon as we had our morning coffee yesterday I was out there putting on the final glaze.

My palette had seen better days but it served its purpose until the very end!

I lay out the paint when I start a new picture and then FREEZE it (by placing a palette paper on top, folding it in quarters and placing it in a freezer bag) in between painting sessions.

We spent today in Quadville and I admit it was hard to say goodbye to these precious babies!!

We realize what a blessing it is to be a part of their lives - especially since we have been there for them from 'the beginning!'

Louis Dean was determined to spend some 'Quality Time' with each one of the babies today - 

knowing it will be nearly a week before he holds them again.

Little Logan - who SMILES as big as she can every single time you say 'PRETTY!' - is usually most comfortable sitting BESIDE her Granddad where she can see what is going on.

However......Louis Dean has convinced her to be a 'Shoulder Baby' as well!!

He does have a way with these quads!!

He held them all during the course of this day! For EXTENDED lengths of time!!

SH! Don't tell Amber how much we spoil the babies!!!

How can we RESIST??

In between feedings, diaper changes, laundry and tummy time I wrapped presents, made Popcorn Crunch....

.....and worked on the quads Christmas gift!

A denim play mat for their tummy time.

All I have left to do on it is the 'quilting.' I will 'stitch in the ditch' along the denim squares.

I will do my best to get this done in time for Christmas!

Harrison and I had a BALL today as I made some weird mouth 'music/noise' and he laughed and laughed until he had TEARS!!! And so did I!!! We had so much fun together!

I usually put the TV on to the 'Toddler Tunes' and then sing/dance/entertain them.

Sometimes it works - and sometimes I am a total DUD!!

The thrill of it all!!! You never know when you will be a STAR in their eyes!

As I write - Louis Dean AND Lucy are both sound asleep - AND SNORING!!

The truck is all packed, the camper is clean and everything on our 'To Do' list has been DONE!!!

All that's left is for me to pack up my laptop and turn in myself.

3:30 am comes early!

He wants to be on the road by 4:00!

That's fine with me because I will be snuggled up in the back seat!

I promised him we can stop for breakfast at Sam's Cafe  in Fairfield, Texas.

They have a buffet Louis Dean dearly loves!!!

It will make a nice break in the drive home since it is half way or so!

And I AM anxious to get 'home.'

I want to see my other four grandchildren and my oldest two children.

AND my MOTHER and SISTER!

It's a wonderful thing to be able to live in TWO worlds!

I am so grateful God has worked out all the details of our lives that we can DO this!!

And by the way!! Have you noticed my new Christmas Blog look??

Part of it I did MYSELF!!

The header my talented daughter, Amber, did FOR me!!

She is a professional writer and you can check out her blog - which includes a tidbit where the quads were mentioned in Houston Modern Luxury where she was a senior editor before quads 'BQ' and is now a freelance writer and a regular contributor editor HERE!!!

I guess it's time for me to sign off and go to sleep!!

Catch you all later!!!