Christmas Day

This is Betty the Kids Great Grandmother,

she lives with us now, and we are happy

to have her:)

Christmas Eve 

My Baby Turns Five 

Grandma Mimi made the cake YUM...

This is a video of Ally at 18mo.

Here is my little Christmas Confession

Every Christmas eve, It is almost impossible for me to fall asleep.  I still believe in the Christmas spirit. All night I sit up and hope that in the morning when I wake up a miracle has occurred.  A present I have always wanted or didn't even know I wanted would be waiting for me under the tree. 

That element of surprise and anticipation still keeps me up and I love it. Here is my draw back,

when I wake up in the morning and there is no miracle, it tends to depress me, and my Christmas day is ruined. Now the Question, (MY DELIMA) do I pass this on to my children? 

Alexis:  "Mommy, Santa isn't real, is he?"   

Mom:   "What do you Think"

Alexis:  "I don't think he is real Mommy, is he"

Mom     "uhh, Lets ask your dad"

Do I Say: "No, Santa isn't real".  Tell her the truth and crush any anticipation of a Christmas miracle happening that night.  Or do I LIE and say" yep Santa exists"  and have her follow in my footsteps of disappointment when her Christmas wish doesn't come true? 

Trick Or Treat Halloween is My Favorite

A Trip Down Memory Lane, halloween  04'-08'

A Bat a Witch and Cinderella 08'

A Black Cat, Alfalfa and A Spider 07'

 Tinkerbell 06'

A Little Princess Indeed 05'

       

         Ally's Very First Halloween 04'

Alexis is a Flower & Bryan is the Flower Pot

Carving Pumpkins

I Love Fall

I LOVE FALL

I love fall smells, like baked apples, cinnamon & nutmeg

I love fall colors, burnt orange, cranberry, olive green & plum 

I love fall foods, pumpkin pie, turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes & cranberry sauce

I love fall sounds, crackling leaves under my feet & soft whispers of wind

My little trouble maker

A Proud Parent Moment

One lovely day while picking up Alexis form preschool, Ethan and I were waiting quietly and patiently with all the other preschooler parents and siblings....Then the Fire Alarm Sounded

(Weeerrrrr--Weeeerrrr--Weeerrrrr)

My sweet son had reached behind me and pulled the fire alarm.  All of the schools students and faculty were evacuated as quickly as possible.  I was still standing next to the alarm MORTIFIED with my head down waiting to tell someone what had happened.  A man approached with a key ready to, but failing to, turn the alarm off. "I'm soo sorry, my son pulled the alarm" I said, Hoping that he would smile and say "don't worry about it, these things happen"

 but he didn't. 

I walked outside after fessing up, and there it was the Big Red Fire Engine and it's LOUD sounding alarm, rushing towards the school. I could see the parents turning there heads watching and wondering what was on fire. (I think it was my face). Luckily, No Harm No Foul!

But Mark MY Works, this is just the beginning of Ethan's MISCHIEF.