Our Blurry House

Here is our house all decorated with lights. I promised I would send you a picture, but the night I took it it was really windy and cold and I couldnt hold the camera still enough. Enjoy anyway!!

HO HO HO

On Tuesday (12-23-08) we went to Children's Wonderland....or also known as "Santa's Workshop" by Luke. We saw Santa and the kids put in their last minute requests. Jake was very impressed that Santa knew the difference between Lego Star Wars games and Star Wars Clone Wars game. Luke was literally giddy in his effort to get all of his requests in to the Big Guy. Sam has begun to be very skeptical about the whole Santa thing as the facts are just not adding up right and he is asking a lot of questions. The big talk may be coming.
This is the kids waiting in line to see Santa. We had Colin with us because he had spent the night with us the night before. As I was taking this picture, The Toledo Blade photographer was behind me snapping a million pictures of the boys. He then took our names and ages and where we were from and said the picture may be in the paper the next day. There werent any pictures in the paper the next day or on Christmas Day....so not sure what is up with that?? Stefanie has accused me of allowing some pervert to take pictures of her son.....lol. He showed me his ID, I swear!!

This is the boys standing in front of the alien display...their fav! Notice that Luke is always looking away during all the pictures....the reason is that there was a reindeer in costume walking around and he was a nervous wreck trying so hard not to be bothered by it.

Here is Luke, Colin, Jake and some other girl in the engine of the train. They got to ring the bell the whole three trips around the track. Sam couldnt ride because he was about 10 inches too tall for the ride. I think he was really bummed.....poor thing he never asked to be so tall.

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeff!!

On Thursday, December 11, 2008, Jacob lost his first tooth!! Both of his front bottom teeth have been very loose for quite a while. The one was bothering him so granny took and tissue and went to wiggle it and out it came. Jake didnt cry or anything....he was so brave!! He put his tooth under his pillow and the toothfairy left him three dollars. He is hoping the other one comes out soon so he can have plenty of money to go buy a toy after Christmas.

OASIS Children's Christmas Musical

On Sunday, December 7th at 6:30pm was OASIS's musical "The Christmas Checklist". This is Sam all dressed up for the part of "Narrator". He had four long lines that was all scripture telling the story of Jesus' birth. He insisted on buying a tuxedo to wear and we had to compromise on just a tie! He thought dressing up and the cookies at the end were the best part of the whole deal. My baby might be getting too old now for me to insist he be a part of these things??!!
The preschool class were all dressed up as sheep and made their debute at the end of the show. They were way too cute. Some wanted to stand up and dance and others wanted to lay down and sleep and others just wanted to talk when they werent supposed to talk.

Here is Sam sitting with Jessica the other narrator while they wait for their cue to talk.

Japanese if You Please

The boys got the hat you sent in the package we got from you today. So, I decided to get our the outfit you had sent them awhile ago and have them try it on. They looked so cute!! I thought you would enjoy seeing them looking like little samuri's. They loved it as you can see. Jake added the ironman glasses in his picture because he was trying to look at fierce as possible.

Luke looks good in a braid, don't ya think??

Sam the Drama Man

On December 4th, 2008, Sam showed his true talent by playing the part of Toy Soldier in the 4th grade musical titled "Santa Goes Green". He was responsible for a whole two lines...."Yeah, even Christmas trees can be recycled!" and then later "We can chop them up and make mulch or compost with them". He was sick to his stomach all week and even told me he was "nervous as CRAP"!! He got through it just fine and the whole musical was really cute. Above is a picture of him saying his lines at the mic.

This is a picture of Sam daincing with a girl in his class who is dressed up like a rag doll. Crappy pictures, I know, but my camera never works in dark auditoriums when I have to use zoom.

Here is Sam singing in the openning number. He is on the top row in the middle. His head is turned towards the girl next to him.