Momma Froc is infamous for her terrible puns. We don't even actually mention it anymore because we know she'll respond with a pun. Somehow, this gene seems to have trickled down into her offspring anyways...
A Typical Phone Call Home
by
Chantelle
- 1:55 AM
"So yesterday I made these peanut butter cookies. And I decided to put Hershey kisses in the middle, except they were the mini kind... haha and it kinda made them look like boobs! And then I told your Dad, and he just shook his head and laughed! Then he grabbed one and said, "These are the breast cookies ever! In fact, they're so good I need two of them!"
Never have I been prouder to be their offspring.
My parents > your parents.
Most of today was spent in the company of my favourite preschooler, Anna, and my favourite toddler, Austin. We hung out while Mommy went to appointments.
After breakfast, it was a straight beeline to the basement, where the toys are carefully strewn across the carpet, and little dreams are born. (I feel like that statement should be included in the house description.) And the piece de resistance- a slide in the middle of the room. Anna then announced that we were going to play Princess, and I was going to be the prince.
Anna: "And this is our baby."
Chantelle: "What's our baby's name?"
A: "Cinderella. Actually, let's name her Baby Belle!"
C: "Like the cheese?"
A: "Huh?"
C: "Never mind."
At this point, Austin's little head perked up. "CHEEEEESE?!?"
Nope. Sorry buddy.
A: "Um, pretend you were in sleeping, okay?"
C: "DONE"
A: "You're supposed to wake up now! Didn't you hear the rooster?"
C: "Uh, sorry."
A: "Prince?"
C: "Yes?"
A: "Go make the food. That's what the boys do."
Our future rests in good hands. I crawled over to the play kitchen and whipped up some awesome plastic pancakes and hot chocolate. Delish.
A: "Now that we've finished breakfast, let's have dessert!"
C: "Dessert? You want dessert with breakfast?"
A: "Yes. Make us some fruitcake."
I handed her a couple of plastic hamburger buns. She politely thanked me and fed it to Baby Belle.
"CHEEEEEEEEEEESE!!"
We turned around to find Aus sitting on the ground with a piece of plastic cheese in his mouth.
What a boy.
On the Eighth Day of Kindness, I drove my roommate to her friend's house because she doesn't have a car even though I was busy.
On the Ninth Day of Kindness, I made breakfast for Roommate Christmas. And I helped clean up after our Relief Society Christmas Party.
On the Tenth Day of Kindness, we secretly delivered a Christmas package for a family that is going through a really hard time.
On the Eleventh Day of Kindness, my roommate Kara woke up extremely sick with the flu. So I fetched some ginger ale and medicine, and watched movies with her while I played doctor.
On the Twelfth Day of Kindness, I watched small children all day while their mother went to the doctor.
Well that was fun!
I think I shall keep going.
Stay tuned for "The Twelve Days of Kindness: BONUS EDITION"
On the Third Day of Kindness my true love gave to meeeee....
Nothing, because I'm single.
I'm not bitter.
No, really!
Moving on.
On Day 3, we made up a plate of goodies for our next door neighbours. It doesn't seem like a huge deal, but they're not always the most considerate of people, and we're not particularly fond of them. We sent them treats anyways.
On the Fourth Day of Kindness, I kidnapped Ben for an adventure! We headed out to Nic Sheran park and went to the playground, which is one of the coolest ones I've been to. There's a train station, and a castley thing, and a bridge, and this rocking boat... (Side note: Playing at the playground is much more difficult in the dark. I fell a couple of times.) After we had tested out everything, we proceeded to hide candy canes all over the equipment for people to find!
On the Fifth Day of Kindness, my cousin Sena and I met at our secret rendezvous point A.K.A. Grandma and Grandpa Edwards' place. I guess it's not much of a secret anymore... They've been in Calgs for awhile because Grandpa had heart surgery, so we decided we'd help out while they were away. We cleaned their bathrooms, and lugged out all their Christmas decorations so they wouldn't have to. And we made a welcome home sign. :)
On the Sixth Day of Kindness, I watched Hallie's kids for her while she went to the doctor. Anna was excited because I brought my "baby iPad" (iPhone) with her favourite games. I traded her for the TV remote and watched Charlie Brown Christmas. Win win.
On the Seventh Day of Kindness, Aislinn and I made a bunch of love notes for our friend while Hannah studied for her final. Then all three of us secretly went to her house and heart-attacked her door. Hehehehe.
The Twelve Days of Kindness: Days 1 and 2
by
Chantelle
- 8:17 PM
On Saturday night, we had our Church Christmas party. It was wonderful fun, with food and friends and a photo booth, and snickering as people shoved pantyhose on their heads. Everyone that came got a little box filled with candy as a treat. At the end of the night, there were tons of these little boxes left over, so I took em.
Kimmy and I drove over to the University Library and quietly handed them out to people that were studying for finals.
The smiles we got were great, but I think my favourite reaction came from this French guy. Kimmy put down the little candy box and said "Happy studying!", and this guy looked up at her and enthusiastically said, "MERCI BEAUCOUP! 'Ow do I repay thees kindness?! What do I do? Do I just smile?!"
We left the school grinning.
Day 2 was not nearly as extravagant, because I procrastinated until about 10:00 PM. So I just wrote little love notes to my roommates and stuck them on their pillows.
What nice things have you noticed people doing today?
Twenty Dollars and a Proposition
by
Chantelle
- 10:17 PM
Yesterday I had to run some errands. Being the classy lady I am, that of course meant a trip to Walmart. WOO. After picking up a few things, I went to the self check-out and rang everything through. I also took out twenty dollars from the cash back thing because I needed to load some money onto my student card. As I picked up my bag and turned to leave, the girl behind me said, "Excuse me! You left your twenty dollars there!" I remembered picking it up, but I quickly thanked her, took the bill, and left.
As I got into my car, I pulled the money out of my pocket and discovered not one, but TWO twenty dollar bills. Turns out, I had NOT forgotten to take my money, the machine had just given me more money than it was supposed to. But there was no way to put it back, and I couldn't give it to a cashier or it would have thrown off their till count for the day. I felt very bad.
As I got into my car, I pulled the money out of my pocket and discovered not one, but TWO twenty dollar bills. Turns out, I had NOT forgotten to take my money, the machine had just given me more money than it was supposed to. But there was no way to put it back, and I couldn't give it to a cashier or it would have thrown off their till count for the day. I felt very bad.
Good thing I've got an idea. (hehehe)
Momma Froc always tells us that when we're feeling bad we should go serve someone else. Plus it's Christmas time and we have a longstanding tradition in our family of performing little good deeds as our way of celebrating the "12 Days of Christmas". Since I'm on my own, I've decided that this year, starting on Saturday, I will do one random act of kindness each day until Christmas Eve. And I'm putting that twenty dollar bill will be put towards that. Every day there will be a post documenting the deed of the day, and maybe other nice things others have done. I'm welcome to ideas and I would LOVE people to join me! In fact, I DARE YOU.
You in? :)
