God Ordains: "It's That Time of Year..."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

"It's That Time of Year..."

"...when the world falls in love, every song you hear seems to say 'Merry Christmas, may your New Year dreams come true!' and this song of mine, in three-quarter time, wishes you and yours the same thing too."

Signs that Christmas is coming:

It is getting colder
We've had our first bonfire in the backyard
We've been drinking hot chocolate and coffee... a lot
The air conditioning's off
I'm wearing above-the-knee argyle socks
There are more blankets on the couch than pillows
Lowe's Christmas Tree tent is set up
Thanksgiving is next week
I finished my Christmas shopping
I made a list of all the Christmas movies I want to watch this year. (Actually, I'd better get started...)
I got my first Christmas present of the year
I'm singing Christmas songs
Target put up their five-billion snowflakes hanging from the ceiling
Grandpa's started talking about canceling Christmas (he does it every year, without fail)
Everyone is wearing five-inch-thick sweaters even though we live...in...FLORIDA
The sun is brighter
I can see my breath at night
We're not going to the beach anymore
My Christmas countdown says "37 More Days until Christmas!"

Obviously, I get excited about Christmas... like, REALLY EXCITED. What do you love about Christmas?

Here's the list of movies for me to watch...

Elf
Eloise at Christmastime
Christmas in Connecticut
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Holiday Inn
White Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
Polar Express
The Santa Claus
Holiday Affair
The Shop Around the Corner
Home Alone
A Christmas Story
Christmas with the Kranks
Love Actually
The Nativity Story
The Ultimate Gift
Saint Nicolas - VeggieTales!
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Obviously, I need one more movie to make my life complete! Any suggestions?

16 comments:

Emily Swanky said...: I LOOOOOOOVE ELF!
I watch it year around! :D
Like my favorite movie... sad I know :P

♫♪"I'm singing, I'm in a stoooore! I'm in a store AND I'M SINGING!"♪♫
"HEY! No singing in the North Pole!"
"Yes there is, we do it all the time!"

*pfhahaha*
Ok, I'm done now! :)

Have you ever seen Babes in Toyland?
I always liked to watch that one... good Christmas-ish movie :D

Miss ya!
♥M; November 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Anonymous said...: You should watch March of the Wooden Soldiers. It's like Babes in Toyland, and it was made in the 1930's but it's hilarious! =]; November 18, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Kaybs said...: AHHHH CHRISTMAS IS SOOO CLOSE!!! :)
I love everything about Christmas!!; November 18, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Becca said...: Holiday Inn and white christmas are my fav
and elf is a classic.......; November 18, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Unknown said...: "That's not Santa. HEY! You're NOT Santa!"
"Yes.I.Am."
"No you're not... You sit on a throne of LIES."

Hahahahahaha I <3 Elf!; November 18, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Mikayla♥;; said...: an artsy Christmas Movie i liked was 'the christmas cottage' (sometimes called 'Thomas Kinkade's House for christmas.')

it made me cry!

so good. :); November 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Mikayla♥;; said...: also...my fave Christmas CD is Relient K's 'let it snow baby...let it reindeer'

☺; November 18, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Sidney said...: Elf is the best movie ever, case closed.; November 18, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Unknown said...: Thank you Sidney.
LOL

:D We should have an Elf party!!; November 19, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Carly said...: ooh! I'll join!! :P; November 19, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Carly said...: oh, and another sign that Christmas is coming is that I just made a gingerbread house today! yippee! :P; November 19, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Unknown said...: No way! I totally want to make a gingerbread house!! I saw some at Target and thought about it, but I didn't get one... maybe I should though... it would make a fun blog post... :D; November 20, 2009 at 7:37 AM
Carly said...: haha yeah. I think I'm gonna post a few pics of it... :); November 20, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Carly said...: (except I already ate one piece of the fence... :D); November 20, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Unknown said...: Hahahaha! Nice! LOL Are you going to soccer this sunday?; November 20, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Mariah said...: I just watched Elf a couple hours ago!! Definitely agree with Sidney, Carly, and Emily---Elf...is pretty much the best Christmas movie. :); November 26, 2009 at 11:40 PM

Tanner said...

"Yeah. When I get bigger, I can buy some money."

"I won't be able to do that until I'm bigger and wiser like you."

"Kaylee, can you play Indiana Jones with me?"

Mariah and I asked Tanner who his best friends were and he said, "Well, Jesse."

"Who next?" we asked,

"Boriah" (Mariah) then we asked,

"Who next?"

"Nafan" (Nathan) "to beat him up."

Once again, Mariah and I regularly ask Tanner,

"Hey, Tanner, Who's the coolest?"

His normal answer is,

"Nafan"

But on this rare occasion he said,

"Well... Justin wants to be. But Nafan is."

Later, actually months later, I asked Him again and he says,

"Tanner!!!"

"Mom, mom! Did you find Sleeping Beauty?"

"No, I found Cinderella, though."

"Yes!"

Tanner prayed during our Family Prayer time and this is what he said:

"Jesus-God,

Fank you for Josh and Megan and Kaylee and Tyler and Daddy and Timmy and Mommy and everybody. Fank you for all the toys and fank you for all the Indiana Jones. Amen."

"When I die, I'll be dead."

In the middle of the Miami Dolphins game today (Oct. 26) Dad was cheering the TV on by saying, "GO BABY, GO BABY, GO BABY!!!" and Tanner thought that Dad was talking to mom, since he (dad) frequently calls mom "baby"... So Tanner added, "Go mommy, go mommy, go mommy!" to cheer on the winning Dolphins. (they won that game, by the way!)

"Dad, Dad - That bad guy he fighted him and that guy, he killed him in the tummy!"

"Mom, I just want everyone to call me Indiana..."

"Tyler, Wario is not the best. Pit is the best!"

"Froggies.... You catch them and you stick them in a bucket."

"I want some water... (1 minute later)... thanks. Water is good. And so is french fries."

I asked him for a story from the bible and this is what I get:

"The guy had blood on him and he falled down and he died. David killed him"

"Pirates of the Carribean was fighting Davey Jones and was servants and was pirate ship."

"Davy Crocket, the big bear was behind Davy Crocket and Davy Crocket shoot the bear and he climbed up a tree. And that’s all."

"Nim’s island was on the island and it was so much fun and I didn’t know and she climbed up the tree. That’s all."

I was babysitting Tanner and he yells, “The treasure map! Servant…. Now you may be killed. No! Now you may be killed.” Walks over and picks up some string and starts twirling it. He hit something,
“Sorry,”
"Hey Tanner, please don’t do that." He pretends not to hear me. "Tanner."
"You won’t call dad! You can’t call dad." Twirls it with more vengeance.
"Tanner, please stop."
"You won’t call dad."
"No. I won’t."
"You won’t call him. You can’t."

"Welcome to Morning!"

"I win-d Timmy." apparently they were racing and he won...

Tanner prayed again this morning...

"Jesus, God... thank you for Mommy and Daddy and Tyler and Kaylee and let us have a good day. And please heal everybody. Everybody who doesn't have healin' in their body. Amen."

"Dad? Can Ty-Ty switch places with Timmy? 'Cause Tyler stinks."

Mariah told Tanner, "Tanner, You're so cute!"

And he replied, "Yeah. I am."

I asked, "Tanner, Who's the Coolest?"

"Ummmm. Sidney is. And Boriah is. And Tyler and Jess and Josh and Justin..."

"What about Nathan?!"

"No. Nathan's my best friend."

"So, he's not the coolest?"

"No! He's just my best friend."

"Kaylee! Mom made popcorn for us and do you want some?"

"No thanks."

"Don't you like popcorn?"

"No. Not really..."

"Why don't you like popcorn?"

"I dunno. I just don't."

"Is it because you're stupid?"

"Hey, Tyler... Do you see that pretty ball in the sky?? Daddy said that's the moon..."

"Hey. Who's the coolest?"

"Just Bariah... and Jesse"

"Who else?"

"No one."

"What about Nathan?"

"No one else."

"Lord have mercy."

"There it is! Home, sweet home..."

"This is the funnest thing I've never done!"

"Oh my gosh! Kaylee! Look at that star! It's moving really fast!"

"Kaylee, can I please take pictures with your camera?"

"No."

"Kaylee, can I take pictures with your computer?"

"Nope."

"Gosh. No one lets me do anything here."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

"It's That Time of Year..."

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