December 2 Today our Advent event-of-the-day was decorating Nathan’s Christmas tree in his room. He also enjoyed putting out his nativity set that he received last year. It’s become a great tradition for us. Then we all had some great fun with the reindeer antlers pretending to be Rudolph and dashing away to deliver presents!…

Nathan is OBSESSED with having a sleepover sometime soon. He’s been talking about it for weeks! At first it started out with him wanting to call his classmate, Eric, for a sleepover. Then, when I told him that his mommy might feel that he’s too young to sleepover at our house, he replied that he…

The kids and I made it into Austin on Friday and are really having a great time visiting with family here. Our flight was great, including the wonderful bagels and cream cheese, XM Radio, and raisins. Upon picking us up from the airport, my dad took us to this great hole-in-the-wall Mexican place to pick…

I finally have the kid that draws on walls. William did it and I was so freakin’ pissed! He did it right in front of my eyes too while I was sitting two feet away from him. This is so huge for me because Nathan has NEVER entertained the idea, much less actually written on…

I can’t believe it’s so freakin’ cold out right now when two days ago we were just outdoors enjoying crunching leaves and playing soccer out back. Nathan was insistent that I take a picture of him with his “mad face”. But for the most part we had a great time outdoors. We originally had gone…

I think that’s from the 69 Boyz “Tootsee Roll” song from back in the day but don’t quote me. Anyhow, Will is into dipping lately. The other day I took the kids out for lunch at Panera and I ordered the Broccoli Cheddar soup and Will loved the soup. Only, he ate it by dipping…

Without question, this is the longest I have ever gone without blogging! I have so much going on right now but I won’t bore you with those details. We’ve been keeping busy since Halloween and it hasn’t slowed down! So, here’s a couple of pics from the big candy-fest. Before leaving to trick-or-treat. The kids…

Nathan has been fascinated by receipts lately. He usually asks to get a receipt of his own anytime we leave someplace. Today after our brief trip to Target, I let him hang on to the receipt and when we got inside the car he told me he was going to try and find the Jello…

Today was Nathan’s very first violin recital. His performance was a Beginner’s Exercise which involves focusing during one variation of Twinkle, Twinkle. He has been practicing so hard over the past few weeks at rehearsing everything from walking up to the front, to bowing, to holding his violin steady while focusing on the “scroll” part…

Tonight was Trunk or Treat at our church so we decided to take the kids for a real dress rehearsal of what’s to come in a few days. The kids had a great time and we shelled in a ton of loot. Looks like whatever else we bring in for Halloween will just be icing…