Nativity Creativity

My beautiful nativity scene got some creative additions by Corbin.

Corbin put the tractor, farmer, and the pig on the table because they must be in the mud.

Then horse and cow were honored with the privilege of being by Baby Jesus.

Corbin placed sheep in that particular spot so that he could be by his other sheep friends.

All of his animal placements may appear random, but Corbin put great thought into their placement;)

This piece of nativity creativity will be coming down shortly, but I have a feeling that variations of the nativity will be coming and going as the Christmas season progresses.

Thanksgiving 2012

 

 

Did you see all the wonderful pictures above of our great Thanksgiving?  Yeah, I know there are none!  We forgot to take one single picture…sadness.

We had great food (I've been eating for five days straight!), fun family times, and although Chris and Corbin both were battling some colds we all had a great time.

Chris and I did spend some time in Kansas City over the Thanksgiving break.  We shopped and went to the Chiefs game.

I found a handful of great shopping deals and at the game I won an autographed football! 

I never win anything, so this was exciting.  It did not matter that I really didn’t care about the football or even know who had signed it, the fact was that I won something.

Chris will attest that I’m not very lucky at winning prizes.  Chris used to be very lucky and before we were married he won several great prizes.  As the years of marriage have accumulated his winning streak has declined.  I feel like I’m the direct result of this:)

So, the only picture I have of Thanksgiving weekend is of me and my winning football.

Thankful List in Pie Form

At our church playgroup the kids made thankful pies.  As you move around the pie each “slice” revealed things they were thankful for.

Let’s take a look at Corbin’s:

Corbin’s first thought of thankfulness was for his trucks and trains.  Not a surprise to me:)

Next up,

banana and yogurt were given their time of thanks.

So, at this point in the activity I felt that I needed to prompt him to remember the really important things to give thanks for…. like, I don’t know PEOPLE who daily care for your needs??  I really felt these people needed a little thanks…so Corbin of course said:

Grandma and Grandpa! 

Umm, no Corbin those weren’t the people I was thinking of.  Although they are all really great and it’s nice to be thankful for them let’s think again. 

The people who take care of ALL of your needs EVERY day…think on it….and go…

“Mom and Dad?”  He said questioningly.  Yes, Corbin, yes your parents.  I’m so glad you are thankful and appreciate the daily care we give you;) 

One day I’m confident I will not have to work so hard to make the pumpkin pie thankful list…one day:)

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**Note: He also had listed friends.  This was an unprompted response and was so very sweet.  But, the picture of that was terrible.  He had his eyes closed and his face contorted.  But just for posterity sake I wanted all of his thankful list to be recorded here.  The prompted and unprompted responses:)

Just Like Daddy

Corbin discovered his pockets. 

He said he was just like Daddy.

I asked “why?”  He told me he had pockets and that he could put things inside of them, just like Daddy. 

Hopefully Daddy doesn’t need quite as much concentration to find his pockets as Corbin does;)

By the end of our photo shoot Corbin had enough.  He proceeded to give me a little pout face and in true celebrity style covered the camera lens with his hands.

Apparently Corbin is getting too big for this camera stuff:)

Wordless Wednesday

 

The Great Debate

Our little Bible scholar, Corbin, had a great debate with his father over the animals on Noah’s Ark.

Corbin told Chris that the pig and sheep were NOT on the Ark.  When questioned as to why the answer was obvious: they wanted to stay in the barn.

Oh, of course!

Chris tried valiantly to talk him into the facts that Noah brought all the animals onto the Ark, but Corbin would have none of it!

Corbin conceded giraffes, hippos, elephants, monkeys….and the list of animals went on and on that did indeed go into the ark, but when it came to the pig and the sheep it was a definite roadblock…they were in the barn.

Perhaps, we have a bit more work to do when it comes to Bible knowledge with Corbin;)

Driving Education

Corbin and I were driving to a friend’s house and we needed to take an exit ramp that had quite a curve.

I came off the highway and onto the ramp at a speed that was perhaps a bit too fast. 

Here’s what Corbin had to say:

Corbin: “This is not a racecar.  It’s mommy’s car.”

Me:“You’re right Corbin.  I did go a little fast around that corner.”

Corbin: “Mommy, it’s not a racecar.”

Umm, ok, got the point Corbin;)  Too funny!  Driving advice from a two year old…and he’s right. 

Ouch, schooled by a two year old.

However, before you give Corbin too much credit I would also like to point out that on many occasions he does ask me to drive faster.  But, at those times I’m going the speed limit.

Apparently, Corbin has an internal speedometer that’s very particular...he wants to go not too fast, but not too slow.  Ok, Goldilocks I’ll try to drive just right for you in the future;)