Santa came to Preschool!

Mo was lucky enough to have Santa come to preschool!! And Henry got to see him too!

School Christmas...

I love that our kids go to a school that celebrates Christmas! This year Emma's class sang Jingle Bells in Spanish. I would write the word in Spanish, but I'm sure I would spell it wrong, so I'm not going to!

She was very excited to sing and to see N8, Mo, Henry and myself sitting in the audience!

A gal at school that does the pictures for the yearbook, Bambi, took this awesome pic!

Benjamin's class sang Silent Night in German and then the Song of Peace:

They both did an awesome job!

My Favorite 5 year old!

Happy birthday to my favorite 5 year old! Mo is 5 today and our family just wouldn't be the same without him!

Here are a few things we love about Mo!

• He love to help me around the house!
• He awesome at Super Mario Bros!
• He loves Pre-k and is a great student!
• He know how to ride a bike without training wheels!
• He writes his name without any help
• I think he's going to love math (we're constantly talking numbers!)
• He give great hugs!

Mo as a newborn:

And now:

Happy birthday, we love you!!

A whirlwind Saturday...

Ever since Bud turned 8 there has been a Saturday in December that I see on the calendar and in the back of my mind dread! It's a Saturday VERY full of Cub Scout stuff!

We began our morning at the annual Christmas Parade. We dropped Bud off behind Home Depot with the other Cub Scouts and then found our spot on the road to watch. I always forget how long it takes for the parade to make it's way around to the near end. But we had Shar and Justin sitting with us so it was nice to visit:

We got to come home for about 45 minutes before we were off to pack meeting. Bud got his first activity badge for Webelos- the Outdoors man.

Then we were off to the push cart races. Luckily they hold them right in the church parking lot so we didn't have far to go!! Also Emma & Mo got to participate which was fun for them as well!

They also did a hammer throw (I know 8-10 year old boys throwing hammers for fun!! Seriously!)

Do you think she was pleased with their race?!

 

Mo has been asking to go bowling for a long time and I told he we could go for his birthday. This was the only day that seemed to work so we were off to go bowling!!

 

 

Henry helped me with most of my turns :) At least that's my excuse for my score!!

 

We ended the day with an annual date nights at a friends home. Great food, a fun game and loads of laughs!!

I tried this recipe (and one with cheese and onions, but I didn't really care for it!). This is super yummy!

Source: plainchicken.com via Rachel on Pinterest

The Tree Lighting...

It's December!! Which by N8's rules means we can finally decorate for Christmas! On Saturday we got the tree down and assembled and the yesterday morning we decorated it!

This year I made a pompom garland to go around the tree. I like how it turned out, but I wish it "popped" more.

My little crafting helper...

Mo is in PreK which is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. So we still have a lot of time together (with Henry too!). This past week he helped me on a little Christmas craft!! We made a star to go on our house this Christmas. It's not as big as the star we had on our house growing up, but it's still awesome!

He helped me nail it together:

Then spray paint it brown:

Then a light cream coat on to of that to make it more rustic:

All wrapped in lights!

Now it's up on the house with the rest of our lights!!

Before & After

This past week Bud got his braces off, here's a before any braces:

 

 Here he is just before getting them off:

And here's the after!!

He has a lingual bar (a metal bar on the tongue side of the teeth that holds them in place) until he's ready for the next phase of braces! Yay!