Happy Birthday Kelli!

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Happy New Year!

2009? Already?

Christmas

I couldn't believe how quickly Christmas was here and gone this year. I didn't even get cards out! The boys were soooo excited. Mike asked Jackson, as he was tucking him in, what Santa was going to bring him and Jackson said, "Just one batman toy, and one transformer because mommy doesn't want too many toys." Heartbreaking? Maybe. Accurate? Yes.

Don't feel sorry for my children, when Christmas came to a close we had stuffed two car loads and destroyed the house. Again we want to thank all our friends and family for making our holiday so wonderful and filled with joy. We felt so blessed to have all our new books, and toys, and clothes, and soccer net, and plasma cars, and (oh sweet bliss!) the DVD players for the car. But we are even more blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives. We love all of you!

Thanksgiving

So, the great thing about Finn's Halloween costume is that he was able to pull double duty and be our Thanksgiving mascot as well. We had a low - key Thanksgiving this year with a nice dinner at Nona's house - except that she forgot to make my rolls. The end.

Okay, okay, okay.....

So I'm a little behind. In my defense, my digital camera broke and that was a bit of a deterrent. Michael's wonderful parents decided to make our Christmas and get us a brand new one (THANK YOU!!!) and so I will attempt to redeem myself. In the meantime........

Halloween

So now that Jackson is 4 he has the nerve to actually have opinions of his own - including a very strong opinion about his Halloween costume. Jackson decided to be Batman and there was no swaying his resolve. So despite his mother's protest that there would be 6 hundred billion little Batmen this year we found ourselves walking about with our little cape crusader. Sigh. The bright side was that he was very proud of his super self.

Jackson's unwillingness to be bossed made me realize that this could very well be my last year without any input from Finn. He will be nearly 3 next Halloween and could possibly muster up the nerve to have his own opinion about which costume he shall don. I knew this was my last chance to stuff him into the most appallingly adorable costume I could lay my hands on ..... enter the peacock. First, let me say that it is the male peacock who is colorful in nature. Second, look how freaking cute he is. Plus, this costume had the added bonus of working for Thanksgiving. (He was the mascot.)

Seriously, look at his little peacock botto.

We went out Halloween night ready to hit the neighborhood, but Finn refused to leave the wagon for the first 1/2 block and Jackson far too quickly tired of both his mask and his cape. "I'm Batman - look at my pant legs!" Once Finn got the hang of it he became the most enthusiastic Trick or Treat-er by far, running from house to house pointing at his pumpkin and saying "pease, pease"

By the end of the night we had amassed a disgusting amount of candy, very little of which we will actually allow them to eat :)

August? Really?

I haven't posted since August? In the immortal words of one of my favorite assistant managers, "really? really."