St. Nick Night

St. Nick night was 12/6 and Santa visited us in the evening. He rang the doorbell and left 2 buckets of candy on the deck. Tradition has it that if you've been good Santa leaves you candy and you'll be getting a present from him on Christmas Eve. If he leaves you rocks or coal, then you've been naughty and won't be getting anything from him on Christmas Eve. Nate was very excited when he opened the door and saw the candy. Earlier he had been a little naughty and I had warned him that Santa might see him and I didn't want him to get rocks. When he saw the candy he squeeled and put his hands on his cheeks and said, "Thank God, Santa didn't hear me!" How funny!

Daycare Christmas Program

The daycare Christmas Program was last Thursday. It was really cute! Schmoo was the most awesome cow and Boo the prettiest angel!

Youth Hockey Player of the Week

Nate was chosen as the Youth Hockey Player of the Week the week before last and got to skate with the Bucs (USHL Team) Saturday 12/13. He got to stand by the door as the lights went out and the smoke screen started and the players ran past and onto the ice. Several patted him on the head or commented as they went by him. Then they announced the starting line-up and then announced Nate as the youth hockey player of the week in that "get-ready-to-rumble" voice and he skated out in the dark & smoke and spotlights to the blue line between two of the players. He stayed out there with the starting line-up through the national anthem and then skated off. He did so well. I was afraid he might be scared at the last moment because of the dark, smoke & roar of the crowd, but he wasn't. He wanted to stay out there and play. He did so awesome and we were so proud.

Individual Poses

Here are the individual poses. They were all so good we had trouble choosing.

School Pics

Here are the daycare pics from this year. I was very pleased again this year. Life Touch always does such a nice job.

Knock-knock. Still there?

Hello all...it's been so long since I've taken time to sit down and blog - reading and writing. Life just gets crazy sometimes and I can't seem to find time for everything. Lately I'm just so exhausted by the end of the day that I drop off to sleep putting the kids to bed. I'm going to put in a couple entries tonight.