Busy & Totally Fun Week!

Hayden has finally lost his first tooth! He is so excited! He has another loose tooth right next to it. This kid has been wanting to pull out his teeth for the last year and a half! We kept telling him, you'll know when they're ready, don't rush it! Well, I think you'll like the story of how he lost it. I had bought the kids advent calendars this year. The boys got lego ones and the girls got little pets ones. Hayden was trying to get the lego bag out of day11, but it was stuck in there. He kept pulling and kept pulling and then it finally broke loose. So did his tooth as his hand with the legos in it slapped back into his face! lol. I will never forget the loss of his first tooth!

We had our weekly movie night this week with a couple extra kiddos. My nieces Alyssa and Courtney. We had a lot of fun this weekend hanging out with them. My Granma bought all the kids new fleece Christmas blankets that they all wrapped up in with a bowl of popcorn and we watched the movie, Shorts. Dan and I had thought it would be funnier than it was, but the kids enjoyed it. We have been having a lot of fun doing movie nights. We've also been doing game nights. It has been a lot of fun too and such a great way to spend some time with the kiddos.
We did an early Christmas with my family this year so we could all be together. We went away from the traditional turkey/ham dinner and had chili, cinnamon rolls french bread, corn bread and just too much more to mention. My sis Leeann makes a mean breakfast casserole! Yummmm!! Dan said my bro makes some great quacamole. I wish I was an avocado fan so I could have tasted it! We all had a great time. My mom and dad even tried out the wii! My mom beat me at bowling!!

Dan took the girls out for a father daughter afternoon. They went to the father daughter Christmas Ball and had lots of fun. Maddie just loves to dance! Dan tried getting her on video, but it was too dark to see it! I can't wait to see the pictures when they come back in. I'm hoping they'll be in before school ends this week so I can share them with you. The Girls looked so beautiful!! Dan was quite handsome too. I love getting to see him all dressed up in a tie instead of holey jeans, shirts and boots!!

While they were at the dance, the boys and I worked on putting their new lego sets together. For those of you who don't already know, Hayden wants to be a fireman. He loves the whole idea of being a firefighter ( I should say he is obsessed with it...lol)! He also wants to be a chef. I told him that works out great because he can do both. He can cook up some great meals for his fire crew and fight fires!! He got this lego firetruck from his great granma and he did a great job on putting it together. I hardly had to help him at all! Yay Hayden!!

Ethan put together the millennium falcon from star wars. I think Ethan's was harder to put together than the firetruck, but maybe because there were so many small pieces.

I thought I'd also post some of our Christmas deco too. Dan and I were trying to get the tree set up before the kids got home from school. We weren't quite finished yet when they were suppose to be picked up at the bus, so Dan ran to get them and I quickly finished it. It was so worth it when the kids walked in the door! Ethan's chin literally dropped open with surprise! We had some fun putting their ornaments up. I never finished putting Dan and I's ornaments up, so there are some bare spots on the tree. I figured a little more green than usual will be okay this year..lol. You can't see the top of the tree, but the angel on the top this year is Haylee! She made it in preschool last year and it looks great on the top of our tree!

By the way, the pumpkins you see in the picture...are now GONE and disposed of!

I love the Lego Christmas set! The boys can put it back together for Christmas each year. The Christmas carolers really don't want to stand up much though!! lol

The kids and I put together some gingerbread structures this year. The girls and I put the house together and the boys and I put the train together, It was fun and completely messy!! They actually haven't even tried to rip any of the candy off of them yet!! So, that has been our week. We have had lots of fun and hope to have lots more! Some snowball fights and snow forts would be nice before Christmas!! :O)