Yes, Yes, the Best Night Ever.

OO I had the most fantastical night with Owl City last Thursday night. I joined in on his Midsummer Station World Tour in Boston.  Here are some photos. I snatched up a spot close to the stage, and then I sang the life out of me! My dad enjoyed it as well.  Listening and singing to his music makes me smile. It's as simple as that. :-D   It was a very energetic show, and I enjoyed myself immensely.  I made these Owl shoes and painted my door with Owl City lyrics. Pretty epic, I think,  no scratch that, I know it's an epic door. :-) I love walking into my hide away even more now, if that's possible.

Okay other 'new' things about me.  I've started learning French and Elvish, I'm into French cooking, I rediscovered my love for lemon squares, and I have many plans for a bunch of artsy, crafty things.  I have Pinterest to thank for filling my head with such amazingness, well the ideas were already there in my ever whirling thoughts, Pinterest kind of just brought all these ideas to the surface. It had to push through a lot of other whimsical, fantastical  things going on in there, but it finally emerged through all the aspirations.

Today I read To Kill A MockingBird by Harper Lee.  Looooveeeddd iiit! *said in a sing song voice*

~ Fin 

Spring has announced it's arrival by raining for almost the past two weeks and I've been love'n it!  I'm the kind of  person who loves the rain even if it rains on a day I didn't want it to.
 I went to the theaters with Josh and Dad to see The Avengers.  I was anticipating this movie for months and I wasn't disappointed. I must say even though it was definitely one of the best superhero movies ever, I'm debating whether or not if it's my favorite superhero movie.  That debate will probably be happening  forever.  My favorite superhero dude is, (and always will be) Ironman.  Although Hawkeye was really up there with his "totally for real, but totally unbelievingly not real" skills with a bow and arrow.  : ) Just another reason why I need to get an archery set now and expand my amazing skills that I have for the sport er, I mean will have once I actually get one.

~ Lyddie

Best Life Size Stuffed Animal Ever!

Tomorrow night is the performance of Macbeth!  Today's rehearsal went really well.  We've got some super cool props and such, so it should be a great night.  I've got 20 free minutes while I wait for my clothes to bleach so I thought I'd write.

Today I was on the search for my favorite childhood stuffed animal.  I started on Amazon but I couldn't seem to find it which was odd because that place has everything!  Anywho, I looked again this evening and wait for it.... YES! Found it.  And what is "it"? Well,

Best stuffed animal ever, right?  I won't say how my first one got away from me, (believe me, it won't happen again) but I will say how I discovered it when I was about 10.  My Nana took me out for my birthday to a toy store in Falmouth and said I could get anything I wanted in there.  I looked up and there was this alcove above the store door.  On display were these life size dogs.  My trained eyes immediately zoomed in on the husky dog, my favorite breed.  Well, you know the rest.  She bought it, and I was in childhood bliss, the "I've got the best stuffed toy ever kind of bliss". So, yeah, I just ordered the same exact one off Amazon with my babysitting money and am waiting with the highest anticipation ever for it to arrive!  Gotta go!  Mum just got home from work!

~ Lyddie

Since this month has been super crazy I don't know where to start!  I finally got a paying job for babysitting
1-2 year olds at my church every week.  They are so fun to play with. :-) I'm currently in a second Shakespeare play.  We're doing Macbeth.  I'm not in it as much this time, even though I play two different people, Lady MacDufff and a Gentlewomen which is like a maid or something.  Last night, (Friday evening) I went to the theaters with Hannah, Annie, Olivia, and Caleb to see Star Wars the Phantom Menace in 3D.  I was the only one who wore a Star Wars shirt!!  Clearly we can see the bigger fan here people. :-) So, my mom and I are official vegans now.  Meaning we only eat plants and whole grain foods. Absolutely nothing that comes from animals. It's been going really well although it's super hard for me because I see my siblings eating everything I'm trying not to eat but want to.  I've basically been making ziti
for all my lunches.  I know, I know!  So yummy and it's impossible to get sick of eating ziti practically everyday right? Ha-ha.  Here's a picture of our guinea pig.  Sarah and I got out some stuffed animal toys and put him among them.  See if you can spot him!

Oh, he is so cute.... Today I'm planning on a huge organization of my room.  I want to make wall space for my I Love Lucy posters but I don't want to take down the cute old fashion little girl pictures I have on my walls.  The only answer is I need a bigger room with 50 foot wall space.

~ Lyddie
Luke 6:31 And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. 

A short narrative of Christmas... My Christmas.

It's 6:30am Christmas morning.  You wonder why you don't hear your little sister squealing with delight downstairs.  You roll over and peer down from the trundle bed at what appears to be a snoring lump, but it's hard to tell through the early morning light.  It's the kind of light that has some rays of the darkness from the night, but is slowing deciding to lighten up into morning.  You reach down and feel the lump. Yup, it's your little sister alright, sound asleep on Christmas morning.  So much for her boasting the night before about how early she'll rise!  How typical of her.  Well, I suppose I'll have to wake her up.  After all, no one is allowed to sleep in on Christmas! No one!  You stumble out of bed and start jiggling her awake.  Her eyes flicker open, and with an expression of confusion, delight and sheer excitement, she leaps to her feet.  She takes your hand and starts pulling you down the hall, down the stairs, and takes a quick stop to awaken the guinea pig Phineas, after all, no one is aloud to sleep in on Christmas, no one!  Down the next flight of stairs she pulls you, but you don't resist the pull of her hand, no, you go most willingly, for you too are filled with excitement.  The kind of excitement that only Christmas morning can bring.  After examining everything under the tree, you run to the fire place and look to where you hung your stocking but lo what is this? No stocking do you see!
Your eyes wander to the bottom of the fire place and you see five stockings all lined up.  Too heavy with loot to be hung on the designated pegs on the mantle.  You give a contented sigh and wander back to the living room where you plop down on the couch and... you read until everyone else finds their way to the room with the warm glow, and the brightly colored presents.  You then hear a roar and you know your oldest brother just arrived in his sweet ride.  By that time, your sister has already opened her stocking, but you like to wait for everyone to gather around on the couches.  Afterward, it's time to get ready for the morning church service.  When you come home, everyone starts the preparations for dinner, and once everything is cooking, you settle back down with the family to hand out the gifts you bought for them.  Your ears are filled with the sounds and exclamations of happiness, thankfulness, and glee.  The rest of the day is filled with the happiness that family brings to you.  That night some of the brood go to the movies to see War Horse.  What a good movie it was!  The clock reads 1:00 am and you can't believe how late the movie got out.  You start looking forward to a good night's sleep.  As you crawl back into bed that night with weariness,  (the kind you get from spending the day laughing, smiling, tearing paper off of gifts, and eating an enormously delicious meal) your mind is playing back the day and you give a shudder of contentment.  You start to whisper your prayers in the dark and you thank God for the greatest gift of all.  His son, Jesus Christ, born that we might yet live.   "Aahh it was a good day", you think just as your eye lids close and you fall into a deep sleep, not to awake from until 11 o'clock the next morning. : )

~ Lydia Catherine

Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ ... to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ!  — Romans 16:25-27 

Hope ya all had a nice Thanksgiving!  My family had a wonderful meal together, and  afterwards,  I took a nap while all the guys watched the football game.  Later that evening I took a slice of pumpkin pie but was disappointed with it.  BJ's pumpkin pie was false!  Ick, it tasted bad.  A warning to all, never be deceived by pies being sold at BJ's.  They may look scrumptious, but they're really foul tasting.

Because Mum is working tonight at the hospital, I made dinner for everyone.  I hunted up some cook books and found one called The Pampered Chef.  I flipped through the pictures till I found one that looked promising.  It was called Lasagna Chicken Alfredo.
It was super good and I enjoyed making it.  Everyone else liked it too. Well, everyone except Sarah but she hasn't learned to appreciate good food.

I've almost completed my Christmas list for others so, now I will put up my 5 things that I hope to see under the Christmas tree. Hee,hee that rhymed. : )

1. Permission slip from parents to go on a mission trip.
2. An I Love Lucy T-shirt, (or anything I Love Lucy!)
3. Music.
4. Elf ears/anything elfish or faerie-ish.
5. Books and then some more books.

Odd combination off stuff, I know.  Specially want number 4. : ) My BFF, Renee, told me on the phone I need to stop living in my books.  ; ) Ha-ha yeah right! Speaking of Renee... She's coming back to the Cape next summer! YAHOO!!!  I am very psyched with this news and am already counting down the days.  Summer could never come fast enough for me.... Ahh anywho, Mum's working late tonight and I plan on staying up to greet her when she comes home and to offer her some late night dinner, well more like super early breakfast.  So, that means reading O Pioneers by Willa Cather till she comes home. : ) Fun.

Good night ya all!

~ Lyddie Catherine ~

On Wednesday my family went out to TGIF, (Thank God It's Friday). I love that restaurant.  I got chicken that was encased with melted cheese, fried red peppers and onions.  I had creamy potatoes on the side.  

 The other day I heard Sarah calling me to come help her.  I walked into the room and I couldn't see her face because Phineas was on it!  She yelled, "Help! Get him off!" So, I picked him up with much protesting from the pig and I put him on the ground and he shot away like a rocket into the living room under the couch.  So I'm thinking, "Okay he's under the couch. He's not likely to leave that room."  A couple minutes later I hear, ''Hey, Phineas is in my room.'' Apparently Phineas likes exploring all the rooms in the house.  I went into Dave's room and sure enough, Phineas was under his bed.  Ha-ha.  I bribed him out with lettuce.  : ) 

Thanksgiving is next week!  I've got a lot of things to be thankful for.   Here's some verses on thankfulness. 

"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thes. 5:18  

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, his steadfast love endures forever." Psalm 107:1

"Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!" 2 Cor. 9:15

 I've got to go... Phinny just bit Sarah on the stomach.  I think he was trying to nibble the chickens on her shirt.  : ) 

I won't be blogging again until after Thanksgiving.  So, I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families on Thursday! 

~ Lyddie