Our Little Theologian?

So, we went to church this morning and after church it took sometime to get the girls ready to go back outside (coats, hats...). While we were in this process, Lizzie's friend, Jonah asked, "Did you have a good time in children's church today?"

Lizzie's response (with utter excitement and joy at what she was about to say), "Yeah! We ate Cheerios!"

Kool Aid Fun

So when we went back to the Northwest for Christmas we visited our good friends Jed and Mel and their 3 kiddos. At one point they got out a bunch of colored silks for the kids to play with and the girls loved them.

I proceeded to find out how to acquire these "play silks" and logged the info away (not well as I would later have to email Mel for a reminder :-))

Well, recently I have been preparing for this year's Passover (I know it is months away, right?). This year we are hosting our first ever seder (only the second seder we have participated in, but the first was so wonderful last year that we had to do it again, so thanks David and Judy for encouraging such an amazing new tradition within our home :-)). In preparation for the seder there were several things we wanted to have before it gets close, a seder plate, kippots (or yarmulkas), copies of the book that we will be reading through (Celebrate Passover Haggadah by Joan R Lipis) and finally shawls for the ladies.

This is where the silks come in. I decided that since I need light weight material for the shawls that I would simply buy enough plain white silks for all the ladies that might attend to wear. Then last night I took these white silk scarves and used various flavors of unsweetened Kool Aid to transform these scarves into this:

So There

Well Nana, hopefully that is enough pictures for you :-)


And hopefully they are alright for all the grandparents, since all I was asked for were pictures of the little girls :-)

Potty Training Take 2

So, we have once again been potty training in the Hutchison household. However, this time it finally seems to be getting through!

Lizzie loves her big girl undies (mostly because they have princesses and we have a new fascination with everything princess as our best friend down stairs loves them too!)

Here is Lizzie showing Nana, Papa, Ma, Pa her new princess undies (not really new, but since she never got to wear them last time we tried this they might as well be):


And since we have been making runs (and I do mean running) to the toilet, we have no time for pants.




Of course since Lizzie doesn't need pants, Ellie has to follow accordingly.

Just for kicks

So, since the last post only had Lizzie, it is only right that this post be of Ellie chowing down on one of her favorite things...toast with blackberry jam. As she would say, "mmmmmmm!"

Snow isn't just for Looking At

After playing in the snow a couple weeks ago, the girls longed to have a taste of the cold wet flakes. So, I did what any reasonable mother would, and I got some for them.

Of course we had to put some fruit juice on it to make it even more exciting.

Winter in New England

A couple of weeks ago Lizzie and I went for a long walk to get some winter shots. Here are few to wet your appetite for the snow :-)

Sister Mary Martha

I just ran across this blog by a nun. She has some pretty funny ways to explain her stance on various church related issues. Give her a read when you get a chance!

I also put her on the sidebar links for quick access to nun humor!

Delta Update #2

I know, I know yet another Delta update. I am getting as tired of writing these as you may be reading them, but I have vowed to keep you all posted and so I shall.

Since I was too upset to talk Allen kindly offered to carry the burden of the dreaded Delta phone call.

Sunday evening he made contact with a Delta Customer Service Representative over the phone. The call went something like the following (edited to save time):

Allen explains the situation and our being short changed.

The Delta CSR (I call him Jim) says, "Well, in looking at the note from the Manchester, NH Com Air Baggage Claims Department (yes he did just blame it on another company), it looks like they told us to cut a check for $100.00 (mind you the car seat cost $159.99 plus tax). It is out of our hands, since the airport employees are the ones that told us how much to pay out. You will need their okay for any additional amount."

Some reiteration from both Allen and then Jim occurs getting no where, so Allen angrily, but politely ends the conversation determined to call back another day.

Fast forward to today.

Allen calls Com Air and gets Com Air CSR "Bill" and explains the situation even more thoroughly this time than last. Bill take a number of minutes to find the info in the computer and then says, "I see it here, but it looks like the people in Manchester specifically noted that the car seat was only worth as much as $100.00, and that you chose to go outside that amount by selecting a car seat of a different brand and price range."

Allen, "But, we were never told a price range, and all we were told to do was find a car seat comparable to what we had, which we did. It happened to cost more because our car seat wasn't there and I don't see why we should pay the extra money when we were never told to keep it under $100 (in fact the amount discussed at the Delta counter was $150)."

Bill, "I completely understand what you are saying, but there is nothing I can do from my end of things. You should contact the Delta Corporate Customer Care Loss Prevention Department(you know things are bad when they have a department for something that obscure)...Hopefully they can help you out."

So that is it, which means yet another letter in the mail to Delta. What a mess!

Note: "Bill" was really great to deal with, just had no authority to do anything for us. Jim on the other hand was less than pleasant to deal with.

Delta Update #1

So, I finally was able to send the letters out to Delta this past Wednesday. Yesterday Lizzie gets a letter in the mail from Delta. It is a check. Great, a reimbursement check, right?

WRONG!!!

Refund for a little over half of what the new car seat cost us (as the receipt we gave Delta clearly showed).

Fuming Mommy?

You bet!!!

So, add another unnecessary phone call to the mix of complaints about Delta Air Lines. That will be for later though, I am too mad to speak intelligently, right now.