All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

OK, so maybe not two...

My baby lost his first tooth today!  He is growing up way too fast.

Ten On Ten: December

Breakfast

Scoping out weekend sales

Cozy fire

Lunchtime

Ornament

Note from Landon (age 5)

The reason for the season

Hmm...which shoe?

Ready for guests

LOVE these girls!

Snowflake Lane: Epic Fail

For the past couple years at Christmas time, I have been wanting to do a family outing to Snowflake Lane.  I have friends who have sung its praises, stating it as a fun, free, holiday family event.  So I was so excited when Aaron (who can at times be a bit, ahem... GRINCHY at holiday events) agreed to go this year.  We already had some business to do in Bellevue so when our power went out at home (for some unknown reason) we decided to make a day of it.  Well, apparently a FEW other people had a similar idea.  It was ridiculously crowded.  We arrived about a half hour early and people were already staking claim to their spots.  So Aaron and Landon got us a spot while Levi and I went to get everyone Starbucks.  I have never waited so long at a Starbucks.  We waited the entire 30 minutes to get our drinks and barely made it back in time for it to start.  It also proved to be not "exciting" enough for my action hungry boys.  And I quote,"You mean all we're gonna do is just STAND here and watch them hit the drums?"  You see, there was no room to do anything BUT stand there and watch.  You couldn't move at all, there were people everywhere.  So needless to say, we shouldn't have gone on a Saturday.  I thought the lights were pretty and I could see where it might be fun under better circumstances, but I'm thinking I won't be getting another stab at it anytime soon. I did get some good photos, however, so I'll just be happy with that.

I'm still slowly coming to grips with the fact that I have boys.  My boys just don't do Christmas lights, decorations, or basically many things that I deem "fun."  They hate shopping and trying on clothes.  They're not really into making crafts or looking cute.  I don't hold these things against them of course.  I love them just as they are.  The problem comes when I have expectations for them to love these things because I think they should.  Because I did when I was little.  But I was, and very much am still, a GIRL.  So I am choosing to embrace this life that I have been given, the life as a mother of boys.  And I will be on the search for a Christmas tradition with a masculine flare.  In the meantime, you can find me in our front yard throwing a football or in the trenches of a full on Nerf gun war... trying not to get mud on my heels.

Blast From the Past: Christmas 2006

Levi, Age 3   Landon, Age 22 months

These cuties popped up on my screen saver slide show today and I just had to share.  Where did the last four years go?

Ten on Ten: Stack It Up

It's that time again already. Has it really been a month? Here's my second stab at Ten on Ten. This time I decided to challenge myself and stick to the theme of "stacks".

Making lunches.

Getting ready.

Bible study.

Laundry.

Stuffed stack.

 

Building a fire.

Playing.

Dinner time.

Home grouping.

Cork stack.

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Revenge of the Si(x)th

This year for Halloween, the boys dressed up as Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi.   We were also invited to a birthday party for this sweet guy...

our friend Micah, who was turning six.  Micah and Ethan also dressed up as Jedi, so on this halloween, it was pretty safe to say that the Force was with us!

Here's a few shots I captured at the party...

If there's an instrument, he'll find it!

Time to trick or treat!

 

 

 

Thanks to the Bachs for a super fun day!

PS. Here are our jack o lanterns... I was going to do a separate post, but Blogger is making me crazy and I'm all done with it!

Can you tell that Star Wars is still really big at our house?

To The Batcave, Robin!

Landon's Kindergarten class had a bat party as a "sort of" halloween party.  (They aren't really allowed to do Halloween parties in our district.) The class has been learning about bats over the last few weeks.  Lots of little bat projects have been adorning our fridge lately!  I was able to volunteer for the party and Landon was very excited to get to have me there at his first school party.

 

 

Landon's friend, Logan (He's the tallest kid in the class by far!)

Pretending to be fruit bats finding a meal

Singing The Five Little Pumpkins song at the end of class

Making a bat magnet

My baby is growing up too fast!

The Patch

This year we decided to try out a new pumpkin patch called Thomasson Farm.  They have lots of fun activities for the kids to do and it is really affordable. Of course, I took a million pictures.  The kids would not even humor me by the end.  But here are a few of my favorites.