Santa visits ballet

Santa came to visit the kids at the ballet class; Caitlin was terrified when he started talking and was screaming. She did love her gift from Ms. Lisa though. Isn't the crown super cute. My little ballet princess:)

He gave candy canes to all the other kids.

This was the look from Caitlin and the other girl when they saw Santa.

Cody's fight w/ a display stand at Fry's

This picture is a little blury; the bleeding has finally stopped. We were at Fry's and apparently Cody jumped on Cameron and he fell backwards and hit his head on a display shelf. I was holding him and I didn't realize it was anything more than a bump. One of the pharmacy workers came over and told me that he was bleeding and I realized my hands were full of blood-a little scary. They called 911 and the EMT's came and bandaged him up. They said that because the bleeding had slowed down, even if they transport him to the ER they would've sent him to Urgent Care for stitches so I decided to drive him to urgent care myself. All of the kids were crying because they were scared. Kris was called by somebody but didn't give him any information other than the impression that Cameron and Caitlin were at Fry's alone because I had to go w/ Cody in the ambulance. He made it to the urgent care before I did-lucky he didn't get a ticket on the way. Our good friend met me at Fry's and took Caitlin. I am so greatful to have people to call in an emergency. Cody ended up getting 5 staples in his head which need to stay in for 8 days. We have a friend w/ a staple remover so at least he shouldn't need to go back there to have them removed. No anesthetic and he did so well, he cried but took it like a champ. Cameron took this pic in the car on the way there.

why is there a baby in my shirt?

So, Cody was looking at a picture of when Cameron was a baby. Kris, Cameron and I were sitting on a quad and I was very pregnant w/ Cody. Cody asked if the baby in the picture was him and I said "no, it is Cameron, you are in my belly" Cody says "what, why would you just shove my whole body into your shirt to hide me, that is so weird?" He is a very funny boy:)

ELF on a SHELF

My friend has used the Elf on a Shelf with her kids for a couple of years now and she loves it. She bought it for us last year so I was excited to get it out and start this new tradition w/ my kids. Last night I took the little elf out of his home in a box and set him up on the shelf. Nobody seemed to notice it all day so after baths and dinner tonight I told the kids I had a surprise for them. I told them it had been sitting there all day and Cameron was surprised that he hadn't seen it. He asked Cody and Cody said "yeah, I saw him just sitting there doing nothing all day" They were very excited, so we sat down and read the story about this little elf and how he is Santas helper and he flies back to Santa every night to report on the kids behavior and any wishes that they may have. You get to pick a name for your elf and the kids chose "Scooby". You are not allowed to touch him and every morning he will be in a new location. So here is where the story gets funny. I opened up the book to the first page and right away Cody says "this looks like a very boring story"Cameron was interested though. So we read the story and half way through Cody says " he is not going to fly to Santa, he is just a fake doll sitting on our counter" So I finally make it to the end of the story and Cameron is about to talk to Scooby and he says "mom he is so not a real elf, he has a tag coming out of his butt" After I finished laughing so hard and wipe the tears from my face I try to explain to him that maybe he puts his pants on inside out like Cody and Caitlin sometimes. Well, I am not sure if they really believe in this friendly little elf named Scooby but hopefully they will at least pretend to in order to start a fun tradition. Cameron has already told Scooby that he wishes for a hotwheel toy.