Sunday, November 28, 2010

Santa

The kids were so excited to see Santa today.

Trimming the Tree

I think this is the earliest we have ever gotten our tree up and decorated for Christmas.
But, with how busy our December is, it was either now or never.
The kids had a blast decorating for Christmas and making cookies today.

This is the first year we have done a fake tree. We usually cut our tree down at a tree farm, but this year, it was just easier to buy a fake tree since we will be gone the week before Christmas and we didn't want to come home to a dry tree with needles everywhere.The kids are excited for Christmas and seem to want everything. The "I WANT" is really starting to get annoying.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Turkey Trot

On Thanksgiving morning, we did the Turkey Trot race in Novato. Connor, Ryan and Cody ran the 1 mile kids race (with Ed and Uncle Tom as escorts). In the below picture, the kids are stretching before their race.
I ran the 10k race with my sister-in-law Cara and Ed's cousins Kate, John, and John's girlfriend Victoria.
The race was pretty disorganized, but it was fun way to spend the morning before stuffing ourselves with Turkey.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Ryan lost a tooth

Ryan couldn't let his brother stay ahead on the tooth count for long. Ryan lost one of his bottom teeth today at Granny and Grandpa's house.
Ryan's tooth fell out in the kitchen at Granny and Grandpa's house, while he was hanging upside down. Ryan was surprised and exited, and happy he found the tooth after it fell out so he can put it under his pillow tonight.

This is Ryan's first tooth to fall out naturally, but his second missing tooth.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Connor lost a tooth

Connor lost a tooth today. It came out at the park after soccer. Connor was devastated that he could not find it for the tooth fairy.
I explained to Connor that he could write a note to the tooth fairy and she would understand and still leave him something tonight for the tooth. This is the note he wrote...
This is the second missing tooth, but the first tooth Connor lost on his own. The first had to be pulled by the dentist after he fell and cracked it.

Connor's other bottom tooth is also loose and Ryan's two bottom teeth are loose, so I think the tooth fairy will be visiting us again very soon.