All I want for Christmas is...

Rex has a reason to be singing that song this year!! That brings his total lost teeth to 5 already and he isn't even 6 years old yet!

Perfect day

Rex has had the last couple of days off of school and we got lucky today because Mark decided to take the day off to spend some time with us. The boys gave us the best gift of all by sleeping in until 9:00! It was amazing. Then after we got ready Rex and I went on a "date". He had won a free kids meal at Olive Garden so we decided to head there but not before stopping at Toys R' Us to make a Christmas/birthday list. He took his Star Wars notebook and a marker and wrote down the #'s of the Lego sets he wants and had me write the other toys he wanted. We got a pretty good list. We then headed over to Olive Garden where we looked at the Big Toy Book we had gotten from Toys R' Us and ate our yummy lunch. We also discussed Kindergarten, some of mommy's school memories and his friends. We had a blast together. There was no whining, no fighting and best of all no one else to share our time with. I realized how fun my almost 6 year old is and what a blast it is to hang out with him. He is so bright and so well behaved when he is given the time and respect he deserves. I can't wait to take Sam on a date and have the same fun with him. This is going to have to be a regular thing.
After we got home the boys went to a friends house, Mark went to lunch with a friend and I had some quiet time. Then all three of my boys went on a fun errand while I cleaned the house. They brought Cafe Rio home, we ate and watched "How to Train Your Dragon", while they wore their Dragon jammies and had chocolate shakes.
It truly was the perfect day.

Family Pictures

My good friend Kim does our pictures every year. It's kind of an awesome trade because I cut her hair and she does our pictures. So we get pictures done by an awesome photographer and she gets her hair done by an awesome hairdresser ;) with no money exchanged. Like the humility there?
She did amazing as usual. Here are a few of my favorites.