Merry Christmas, Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to Weewee

Well Christmas has come and gone, my birthday was excellent and this weekend my baby boy turned 5! I called him weewee in the title because that is what Emma calls him. It drives Aaron crazy and WE don't call him weewee but Emma is convinced that is his name.

Favorite Christmas presents: coaster cars, ukulele, and dolls

I gave Aaron a snowboard but he has yet to find time to use it...

I gave myself a kitchen aid and have used it, a lot.

For my birthday I went with Aaron to Richfield. He does surgery there once a month and I tagged along. My sister watched the kids so it was just the two of us. It was a HORRIBLE snow storm that night and I really thought he should just cancel but he was determined to go, it was scary but we made it. The next morning I walked on the treadmill for an hour, swam in the pool and relaxed in the hot tub. Aaron came home a wee bit early because 3 of his surgeries canceled because they didn't want to go out in the snow! We ate at wingers (thanks again to Amanda and Cannon).

The picture with the kids sitting on the ledge, well Bert (the bird) flew into the chandelier and couldn't get out so Aaron had to climb up to get him. The kids thought that was a great spot to hang out. sarah wanted to make it a permanent fort. HA.

Family Christmas card

Here is what we put together on the computer to send out to people this year. Only trouble was, we didn't have all of our addresses together and thus didn't get enough printed to send out. When all the cards from other friends started arriving, we had to quickly print off some more. Next year, we will be ready!

https://acrobat.com/#d=Kn6WnZMqxpcdIIMdSSgCIg

Tried to post this on facebook, but would not allow posting pdf file. If this link doesn't work, let me know.

Random Christmas Memory

This week I had a funny Christmas memory pop into my head...

The year was 2003 and Aaron was in medical school. Becca was about 7 months and Sarah had just turned 3. I had picked up a few things at yard sales and stashed them until Christmas but didn't really have a wow present, we just didn't have the money. Christmas Eve I was passing by the large garbage bin (really a fenced in area where you could ditch couches, bikes, larger items) and I saw a cute slide and thought that was a perfect wow gift. After the kids went to sleep I went out and got it and brought it in. I started to wash it off and it cleaned up really well. Then I noticed ants, lots of ants, lots of big ants crawling out of the wholes of the slide. They had gone into hibernation in the slide but when they came into the warmth of the house they woke up. This did not phase me. I took the slide apart and took the yellow part up to the bathroom where I rinsed the ants out. I added bleach and rinsed and rinsed until all the ants were gone. I assembled the slide put a bow on it and the girls loved it in the morning. Becca was only 7 months but she could climb and slide like a pro!

graham cracker houses

Every year growing up we made graham cracker houses...we have carried on the tradition with one exception, Aaron thinks it is just gross to wait a whole month before eating the houses so we only wait 24 hours. Becca's is a temple, Sarah was making a spaceship but then changed to a frog, Aaron's is a tree house, and mine, David's and Emma's are just normal houses. Emma ate more candy than she put on her house. Hum, we probably all did :)

Actual conversations

David: Emma, tackle me. Hey Emma, tackle me.
Emma daintily tiptoes over and tickles him making tickling noise.

David: No, no, no. I didn't say TICKLE I said TACKLE. Like this...
Emma: Wah, wah, wah.

Poor David, no one to tackle him.

In the car.

David: Moooooom, Emma learned how to say the word bum. (like he was tattling on her for using fowl language)

Too cute!

Sometimes life is just too cute! I have the best video of Emma feeding David popcornn but it just won't load! I don't know why. I have tried twice and even let it run over night.

David is my most affectionate child. He loves cuddling, snuggling, playing with my hair and sitting on my lap. Emma is all girl. She loves cute things, lip gloss, babies and shoes. If anyone has a good suggestions on how to make my movie work please share!

Happy Halloween...almost.

Tonight it rained on and off while we went trick or treating. Emma LOVED it. She was fascinated that people would give her candy. She would open up one candy and lick it and then open another candy. Half way through the night David fell down (it was kind of hard to walk in the box) and half of his Lego pieces fell off so we made him into a domino. Sarah was Yoshi (a dragon from super Mario brothers..you can't see her spikes and tail.) Becca was a cat...you have to love the simplicity of a cat :)

Can you guess who's pumpkin is whose.