Merry Christmas!.. And A Happy New Fear

My little cousin Juno ( left) got this cool
tent for Christmas.  Does anyone else see that creepy
invisible elf in the background spying on us? 

It's been Christmas ya'll! I'm so pumped. So, you know how all sorts of blogs have Christmas posts? Well, this is kind of one of those. A Christmas post. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year.
Okay, so here is the big question. Are you ready? You sure? You really super duper sure?
Great, you guys are awesome. So... here it is. Does... anyone else... think... that elf on the shelves are creepy? No seriously! They make eye contact from whichever direction you look at them.
It's like their creepy camera's monitoring your every move. And with their jolly little hats, and huge round adorable " you can trust me" eyes. Don't let them fool you. Their probably all just smugglers who work for this big band where the leader is Santa, and they smuggle out all your presents and valuables. See what I'm getting at? Maybe Elf on the shelves are actually trying to dominate the world!? And renaming it " Whoville!" Ahhhhh! Okay, I need to pull myself together.
It's up to me to defeat them.
So here's my plan.
I take over Santa's job, after disguising as an elf that works for him, and getting him to trust me.
Then, deliver the presents to the houses and communicate in elvish to the elf on the shelves that I can get them to world domination. Yeah... yeah, and then I'll lead them to my secret lair and
and  right into a trap... Muahaha. It's the perfect plan. I'll collect all the elves on the shelves, and then send them to Mars!

Tight fit. Cool game. 

Oh man... I think we need to change the topic before I explode. How about some Christmas Carols?
One two three four!
Sing silver belles sweet silver belles
Elves are near, world domination. 
No oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh elves. 
and they are smugglers and they are smugglers. 
Oops, I don't think those are the words
They see you when your sleeping. They know when your awake. 
They steal from you at night so put up security alarms so they won't take.
uhhhh... whoospie. my bad. hehe...
let's try one more time.
Jingle belles Jingle belles, elves take all your stuff. 
World domination is near, they should be in handcuffs.

Okaaay, that was a fail...but it doesn't matter.
What I really want to say has nothing to do
with smuggling, conniving, incredibly creepy elves on the shelves. I'm here to say this...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all of you. I hope it is filled with joy, and not elves.
I hope everyone reading this agrees with my elf theory, and enjoys their Christmas.
Wishing you a merry Christmas from Ginger Spice and Cocoa

I look over, and that's when mom snaps the
picture.

My cousin Elah's house
of graham crackers. Watch out Hansel
and Gretel!

When I got my leather jacket.
We call ourselves the Awesome Gang!

                                                                                        

My uncle Josiah ( Middle) me ( Left) and Sage ( Right
posing for a picture that mom was taking. Holding and wearing our new gifts.

Juno, admiring the graham cracker houses.

My grandma ( also known as Nonny)
opening up a gift that my uncle gave her

Various Photo's Of Mine Part 2

Pictures are fun. They are REALLY fun!!

Here are more I'd like to share with you, so behold...
Various photo's of mine PART 2  (Ooh dramatic. Just imagine while I was saying that, that there are lights flickering on and off and suspenseful, adventure music playing. Then it would be like the best thing EVER.)

I think I like taking pictures of flowers. It's so easy. God did all
the hard work in making them beautiful, and so all you have to do
is point and shoot and they almost all turn out the way I want them to turn out!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
( I actually don't see any kittens, but... it works...somehow.)

This is Eva's eye,  isn't it pretty?

EXPOSURE! EXPOSURE! EXPOSURE! I LOVE
EXPOSURE! :)

I really hope my camera didn't get wet well taking that.
I know I got wet, but not too much. It's a fountain at a garden store so....

Is it a cello? or is it a violin?

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater...Or Was He?

So, I'm here to talk about my late pumpkin, Shadow Hopkins. (Before Halloween, I bought a pumpkin and named him.)


He was a good pumpkin, with a black belt in karate. He was also a master of disguise.
Shadow even dabbled in art a little bit, and piano. He was a fan of Mozart.
And so I kept him longer then I should've. Shadow Hopkins was a strong pumpkin. He resisted the urge to soften. Sometime after Halloween, I finally had to throw him away, but before we get to that fateful day, I shall tell you how this began to happen.

One day, I realized that he had begun to smell bad, but I paid no attention. The next day, he was softer, and had a black spot.

Still, I let him live.

He began to shrink. I know, weird right? A pumpkin, shrinking. I couldn't believe Shadow Hopkins
was shrinking. I knew he was beginning to rot, BUT I COULDN'T LET HIM DIE!!!!
Sorry, got a little dramatic there.

Then, a few days ago, I realized he was falling apart. Oh, my dear Shadow Hopkins! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I ignored it still... (Can you blame me? I mean, he's a pumpkin with a black belt in karate. How can one throw him away? I even named a book character after him in a series I'm writing.)
Then, I picked him up and realized I could see inside him... not a good sign. WARNING.
He was seriously fluffy. White and fluffy on the inside. I would've taken a picture for you... but I just couldn't...I seriously would've but... I'm sorry, but pumpkins aren't supposed to be fluffy! It's abnormal.
Let me give you some advice. Before a pumpkin gets fluffy... THROW IT AWAY!

Shadow Hopkins 
was a good pumpkin. 
black belt in karate. 
defeated James Moriarty. 
traveled back in time and met Mozart. 
Was capable of so much more.

Rest in Peace.