A Visit From Santa

We went to Michael's school Christmas party where we ate dinner, ran into old friends, and got to sit on Santa's lap (well, not me and Nate). Michael wasn't so sure about sitting on Santa's lap. (Can you blame him? It is a little scary!) Madison was all smiles as usual!

Merry Christmas to me!!!

You are looking at my brand new, wonderful Christmas present. (Although it has already been used twice since Saturday.) Nate and I couldn't wait to ride together so we are saving some of my new gear and that will be my "Christmas present". I love it! I can't wait to race with Nate next summer!

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words... And I Have Two!!

BEFORE




AFTER



I cut off over 20 inches of hair!!! It will soon be on its way to Locks of Love. (This is the second time that I have donated, but the first time wasn't as much, 13 inches.)

Not that I look like her else wise, but I think this is a total Victoria Beckham haircut. What do you think?

Trick or Treat

Michael LOVED trick or treating. (Honestly, what kid wouldn't?) It didn't take him long at all to realize that all he had to do was knock on a door and he would get some candy. In fact, he liked it so much, that when we were Trick-or-Treating at Nate's work he decided to dig in and ate a Hershey's Kiss. This was bad for two reasons... One, he is allergic to milk, so couldn't have the chocolate. Two, he didn't take off the foil wrapper, and he ate it. It took him all of about 30 seconds before he threw it up. I was nervous the night was going to go down hill from there and that he would be too sick to trick or treat, but he recovered quickly.


Notice the gun? It's mine that goes with my pirate costume. Michael wouldn't put it down. But hey, what Pooh Bear doesn't wield a gun??? He loved checking out people's Halloween decorations, and especially all the Jack-O-Lanterns that people had set up. It was a fun night and Nate loved answering the door in his costume to scare all the kids!!!

Halloween Party

Nate and I hosted our first party in our new house, and we had lots of fun doing it!

Nate's costume was amazing. As you can see, he was the headless butler! Michael and Madison were the best friend pair, Pooh and Piglet. My pirate costume was popular, as two of my nieces were pirates too! Nate's brother won the Best Costume award. (He is the escaped convict that you can see lurking in the background.)


One of Nate's friend showed up late, Butt his costume was great! It had hair in all the wrong places and was disgusting. That is what made it so good!


We had a fun night and missed everyone who wasn't there! Happy Halloween!

Michael and Pooh

Michael loved his costume and liked wearing it a lot. The only problem is that it is made to keep kids warm when they are outdoors trick-or-treating. Indoors it is like a sauna and our already skinny son sweats off the pounds while wearing it around. But he does make a perfect and a dang cute Pooh. I figured for him to be Pooh Bear was only apropriate, since he said "Pooh Bear" way before he even said "mama".

Can you find Madison in this picture?

As I was packing up to leave my cousin's house, my other cousin's little girl started helping me pack up Madison. She added some stuffed animals and the entire contents of a tool box before we noticed. Thanks Brin. It was so cute that I had to take a picture and have a good laugh. Madison just sat there and took it the whole time she was getting buried alive! It was pretty funny! If you look closely at the picture it looks like she is screaming for help!

Michael's Loves

We went to my cousins house to play last week and had quite a time. Michael came home with two new loves as a result. The first was a battery powered Jeep. Michael loved driving that thing around, and most importantly that he could do it himself. There were lots of tears when it came time to taking turns.

Michael "off roading".

The second love and MOST important, THE drill. While playing inside he found a toy drill that makes noise and moves when you hold the handle. Power tool and noise, need I say more? The toy spent the rest of the day by his side. He loved it (that is a huge understatement). The kids were jumping on the trampoline and Michael wanted to go on. I told him that he would have to leave his drill off the tramp or someone would get hurt. This led to a fiasco. While on the tramp Michael would cry because he wanted the drill. While on the ground with the drill he would cry because he wanted to be on the tramp. I finally gave in and let him be on the tramp with the drill (sorry Kim and Sarah).
Michael crying because he wants the drill.


Michael and his drill.


Watch out for the drill!

Needless to say, the drill came home with us thanks to the kindness of my cousin. And although he has mellowed out about it a little bit and he isn't crying anymore because he has to put it down to eat, it is still the first thing he asks for after his nap and when he wakes up in the morning. Michael always has so much fun at the Conants, and with such fun stuff and friends to play with, how could he not?

Michael and his two loves... the drill and the Jeep.