Tyler 's tonsil surgery

Tyler had his tonsils out on the 13th and let me tell you it was not the easy breezy surgery that everyone told us it would be! He didn't eat for a week!!!! He didn't want popsicles, ice-cream, shakes, jello, pudding, or any of the other soft stuff that I bought him. He basically survived on ice water. It really took about ten days for him to feel like himself again. Thankfully by day 11 he had his appetite back and I am sure that after the holidays he we will have put back on the few pounds that he lost during the whole ordeal!

Dance

The place where Emma is taking dance class does not have the 3-4 year olds in a recital, that will come next year when she is in the 4-5 year old class. So to make sure the parents get so see what is going on they always have at least one observation class. This past week I got to watch Emma do her thing! This video is long but pretty cute! Marshall said that Emma always has just a touch of smart ass in everything she does---you might agree after watching!=)

Family Pictures

Once again Marshall did one of his least favorite things in the world just to make me happy....FAMILY PICTURES!

The very talented Susan Dukat took them and I am just so thrilled with them. Here are just a few of my favorites!

And a few silly ones!

Thanksgiving in Mexico

Yeah yeah yeah....I know...I have become a total slacker blogger. I could go on and on and tell you all about how crazy busy I have been, but if I had to relive the horrors of teaching Tyler's Kindergarten class again I think I just might not make it!;) Seriously though, it was a VERY crazy November and has continued in to December. I am hoping and praying that our boring old existence will return with the new year.

For those of you who didn't know-- we spent our Thanksgiving in Mexico this year. At the last minute we decided to get out of Dodge. We hadn't used our time share for the year and Marshall had enough airline miles for us all to fly free so we hoped on a plane and headed to Cancun. It was a bit unconventional but it sure was a blast!

The kids were awesome travelers which made the trip oh so much better.

Here are a few pictures from our much needed vacation.

Yes..the water is THAT blue!

Nap time in the shade.

She is just something else=)

The kid pool with the side in the background.

Petting a shark.

Fun at dinner.

Happy vacationers!

Emma's hair is her pride and joy. She loves having long hair and is pretty particular about how it looks. But even she was on board with the fact that we needed to do something to it. So today we went to visit my hairdresser, Toni, and she got about 4 to 5 inches taken off.

At first I didn't think it looked like we had cut off that much, but when we came home and looked at her before pictures we could really tell it was a much needed change.

Her only requirement was that it was going to stay long enough to put in a ponytail--which it is. She loves it and her daddy is happy that he doesn't have quite as much hair to comb every night after bath!

Halloween

I need a weekend of rest from our crazy weekend!

Friday day we had parties at school, Friday evening I had book club, Saturday we had a soccer game, birthday party, and football watching with neighbors; then Sunday we had a full day of Halloween festivities! I need a nap just remembering how busy it was.

Here are a few highlights from the past few days.....

We painted our pumpkins.

These are the treats that I made for the class party.

Tyler's kindergarten class.

She was so beautiful. The highlight for her was wearing lipstick.

Tyler LOVED his face paint.

The neighborhood kiddos--notice the only other girl is a small baby and she doesn't even live in our same neighborhood. I have a feeling Emma will never lack in the date department!

Tyler and his BFF Drew.

Even the moms dressed up-- I was supposed to be Esmeralda from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

Pumpkin Patch Day

Today we went to Buckelew Farms for our annual Pumpkin Patch visit. This year was even better than past years because we went with two other families from our neighborhood. The kids all had a blast hanging out together and picking out the pumpkins that they plan to carve and decorate.

Halloween night celebrates the one year anniversary of us living in this house. And I have to tell you, Marshall and I are really enjoying the fact that we have some awesome neighbors that we have become great friends with over this past year.

Tyler with two of his neighborhood buddies, Drew and Sam.

Emma and her Boys!!!