Christmas Eve 2011

Christmas Eve was quiet this year. Usually we go to Mass with Jason's parents and watch the nativity with the kids from their congregation, then eat dinner with them but they moved to Washington last January so this year we had a nice quiet day at home. I am so glad that Dave and Amber could join us for dinner and opening gifts. Christmas Eve was a success until about 3 in the morning when I started throwing up. Yep the flu hit and it hit hard. Christmas morning was sort of a blur. Jason was awesome and took the kids to church and then over to my parents for the Christmas celebration. He got home about 6pm just in time to hit the toilet. Yep he got the flu too and then the next day Ethan got it. We were all wiped out for days. So I guess this will be a memorable year.

Christmas Tuacann Style

It is amazing what a little bit of green paint will do. Goodbye Jungle, we will miss you!!

Goodbye Baby Room

Yep time for a change. Brody has moved to the Spider man room and it is time to turn the baby boy Jungle room into a girly baby room.

Goodbye elephant
Goodbye lion
Good bye Giraffe
Hello cute owls and butterflies

Addy's Missing Tooth

Right before Halloween Addy came running into my bathroom. She told me she had a loose tooth. At first I thought she was excited then I saw the tears, why are you crying I asked "I am to young to be loosing a tooth" was her response. I reassured her that 6 is a normal age for loosing teeth. After that she wouldn't let anyone touch her tooth. So a few days after Halloween she was eating an ice cream cone and then came running in to tell me that her tooth came out. Great I said where is it? "I don't know she said" turns out she swallowed it while she was eating her ice cream. Don't worry we wrote the tooth fairy a note and she still left Addy some money.

Happy Halloween

What a difference a year can make! Last year Brody refused to wear his costume and did not want to have any part in trick or treating. This year Brody wouldn't take his costume off. And didn't want to miss an ounce of trick or treating. We went to the trunk or treat and he wouldn't even let me talk to anyone because he had to move on to the next trunk because he was so excited to say trick or treat.
Most definitely the cutest witch I have ever seen!
Addy with her cute friend Skyli


Ethan at the school costume parade
He is ready to report for space duty

Kosuke Visit's

Last week we had a student from Japan visit us. Kosuke is 15 and in 9th grade his whole class came over and each student stayed with a differnet family. Kosuke was very respectful and shy. He fit in great with our family and we enjoyed having him stay. Ethan was a little nervous about having someone stay with us but as soon as Kosuke came Ethan had the most fun. Kosuke brought us a book and paper to make origami. The kids loved doing this and Kosuke showed them how to make lots of neat things. He also brought us Japanese cookies and miso soup. We had a great time teaching him about Halloween. We took him to a pumpkin patch and then he carved pumpkins with us. He even helped us make halloween cookies. I think he liked decorating them more than eating them he said they were too sweet. He enjoyed going to trafalga with us. We also had lots of fun playing games like Uno and Sequence. It was a great experience for our kids and we are going to miss having Kosuke around.