Early December odds and ends

This is how Jerry and Luke bond the best.

Rebecca has some major bloody nose issues. I was like that when I was young too. I'm sure her finger in her nose doesn't help the situation either. But one morning I was woken early by hysteric screaming from Rebecca. Jerry was already at school and Luke was sleeping next to me. I tried to calm her and tell her not to be so loud or she'd wake Luke up. (Anyone who wakes a sleeping Luke gets my wrath - not a happy thing.) I was getting upset with her for being so dramatic when I finally got a glimpse of her face from the light coming in from the hall. A very scary sight to wake up to. Blood was gushing out of her nose AND mouth. I know - probably too gross for me to include in a blog post, but I had to include for a few reasons. 1. To show this picture that amazes me. The bathroom really looked like a crime scene. There was blood everywhere. (Picture without backstory is pointless for this one) The pic is after the bleeding had stopped (which took a while) and I'd even cleaned her face a bit. It still doesn't do it justice with how bad it looked. Gross huh. 2. So everyone reading this can be amazed at what a supermom I am for keeping my calm and helping her without even waking Luke. HA!

This was one of the first snowfalls we had. It didn't stay long, but as soon as the girls saw snow they wanted to go out. As you can see, They obviously didn't really know how cold snow was. i.e. Sydney's dress up princess shoes and Rebecca's sandals without socks.
A girl in the ward arranged for a group tour of McCord's candy shop. We got to go with a bunch of other kids from the ward to see how they make candy canes. It was really fun, and the kids all loved it. Especially the fact that they got to make their own candy cane.