Christmas and general update

I can't believe I haven't posted since November, where is my post Christmas post?!?!



Christmas was amazing.  We had so much fun and the boys loved every minute of it.  They were your typical crazy, loving every minute of it, spoiled boys!  We did a lot of activities this year, which included, my annual Christmas at the Zoo party, Seeing Shrek and Santa, Seeing the house that lit up to music, using our hand prints to make a tree, making cookies for Santa, and of course Christmas at Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunt Karen and Uncle Marty's and Christmas morning.  It was amazing, exciting, and overwhelming.  I'm glad we have 365 days until our next Christmas season as we definitely need to recover ;-)

Austin's favorite toy was the Batman Robot.  He asked everyone for this today.  Lucky for him, Santa came through!

John David's favorite toy was his Superman Robot.  He loves the noises it makes.

Kevin celebrated his birthday this week.  I surprised him with tickets to Michigan Wolverines basketball game in Ann Arbor.  The smile on his face when he saw that we were going was awesome!  He was so excited. We even got him a program and a souvenir cup! We made it to the jumbotron after tweeting a picture of us at the stadium.  Lucky for him, he's going to another game soon, but this time at Northwestern!  My guy and his Michigan sports! 

We have John David's first school conference in next week. I'm excited to hear how he is doing.  He's writing on the board at school, and it's so fun seeing his writing and his art work.  He has a creative mind. I know he's ready for Kindergarten and he will enjoy it.  I'm looking forward to no naps for him during the week.  He stays up til 830 ish because he's not tired.  Austin goes straight to bed and for the most part doesn't come out, I guess that's what a long day does to you!  Every night JD comes out 3-4 times, to give us another hug and kiss.  I try not to complain because I sure do enjoy the extra hugs and kisses.  John David has been so cuddly with Buster.  The kid won't leave him alone, always hugging him, getting his pillow, so Buster can rest his head on it, it's so cute!

Austin has been a rock start.  I'm so impressed with everything he is learning.  The other day, he said, "Acutally, no".  What?!?!  Where did you learn actually?  Crazy, the things that come out of his mouth.  We were reading together the other day, and he is remembering words.  So cool to see my little man read!  Homework is another story!  I think we do better to do the 4 sheets on the weekend, because he is just too tired to do it when he gets home.  He can be so crabby, and then having him do homework on top of that, well, it never ends well.  Austin is so creative with his pictures too.  You should see all of the stuff that comes out of his backpack, fortune tellers, paper airplanes, pictures of the family or whoever he's making that day, it was batman the other day, so much paper!  But it's cute seeing his artwork. He has been so creative at building, whether it's legos, blocks, or these new locktagons.  He built this cool car!


I'm excited to announce that I won an award at work, "The President's Choice" award.  Our President gives this award out to one person each year.   It goes to a person who shows outstanding contributions towards the success of Edlong.  I just celebrated 10 years in December and I know I had a tremendous year this year, but for the President to see that as well, just makes me feel so accomplished and happy.

Stay tuned for more.