First off, Disney on ice totally rocks! Really. So much fun! We even let Alex skip school for it :) That's the kind of mom I am ;)
That piggy bank ice skater (ham) deserves a LOT of credit, he really had real ice skates on his hands, crazy. There was also a toy troll that I couldn't stop laughing at. I tried to get a picture but they skate fast...
Now for some seasonal funnies. Alex and Lydia like to point out lights on houses while we're driving in the car. They just yell, loudly, "CHRISTMAS LIGHTS". There are lots of christmas lights out there, so we were getting tired of the yelling. I told Alex to describe them instead, like "pretty lights" or "look, blue ones!". So the next house he yells "PLEASANT!"... he kind of got it :)
Lydia was telling a friend at church that "Christmas is about giving" and then she said, "I've got lots of presents under the tree, and they say Lydia, Lydia, Lydia, Lydia" So, does she get the true meaning or not? :)
I'm so glad we're family, I love this guy!
We love having this guy in our house. He has embarrassed me in public places so many times I can't keep track. He likes the rules and likes to enforce them... and he has this AMAZING vocabulary, probably from Dave. He never gets stage fright when he sings or talks in front of a whole bunch of people, he's actually quite a little thespian. Watching movies with Alex is always an adventure, he's so completely involved in the movie that he literally cannot watch while sitting... he's in on the action. Sometimes he'll just scream out at scary parts (in the theaters too). He loves to play with Lydia until she puts too many princess stories in the pretend play, and then he must go on kill mode...
He loves legos and star wars, but since another little boy had a star wars birthday not too long ago we chose lego theme. Dave made the cake because I was too afraid :)
We love you Alex! Happy Birthday!
Now for some seasonal funnies. Alex and Lydia like to point out lights on houses while we're driving in the car. They just yell, loudly, "CHRISTMAS LIGHTS". There are lots of christmas lights out there, so we were getting tired of the yelling. I told Alex to describe them instead, like "pretty lights" or "look, blue ones!". So the next house he yells "PLEASANT!"... he kind of got it :)
I had to monitor the "asking Santa" portion for our kids this year. They started getting very vague and obscure... like Lydia wanted a 3-D world (what???) we decided to change it to a barbie car ;) I also had to quietly remind Alex that he didn't want a Lego atlantis, he wanted Hoth. How in the world do parents just let their kids ask Santa for whatever? Does Santa ever disappoint? I don't remember.
Kids before church. Don't they look good? :) Although, I can't figure out the red-eye thing on my photoshop... hence the scary black eyes...
