Christmas

Christmas was so much fun! My kids are the perfect age. They're such believers. We had an elf this year that came to visit us, named Elphabub and every night he would report back to Santa my kids behavior. My kids were so mesmerized by him and couldn't wait to see where he has hiding the next morning after reporting to Santa in the North Pole. On Christmas Eve we went to Jared's parents house for their annual Christmas Eve party. Santa came at the end and gave each of the kids a present. What they had been waiting for all year a dream light.

 Noah was under the weather and so we made him wear a mask so he wouldn't cough all over everyone. It worked wonders. No one else got sick.

 All the grand kids on the Minnoch side.

 Christmas morning: Noah opening his telescope.

 My husband always sneaks a present in Santa's bag for me. So every year I get called to come and sit on Santa's lap. One year it was socks.  I must have been good this year, because it was a diamond ring.

I mustache you a question will you be my Valentine?

Polar Express

My mom and I took the kids on the POLAR EXPRESS and can I just tell you they're were the most excited and best kids EVER!!. We met the elf and we got to real hot chocolate and Mrs. Claus chocolate chip cookies. We rode to the North Pole and Santa got on the train with us. He kind of had a weird beard but my kids didn't seem to notice. Noah got the first bell and you would have thought he won the lottery. He just kept walking around telling everyone that he got the first gift of Christmas from Santa. I was so glad we took them this year because they are such believers and it was so fun to see their excitement when we arrived at the North Pole. 

 We also did so much service this Christmas with this little countdown. It really put us all in the true Christmas spirit. Each day was a day of Service and my kids LOVED it. Some of my favorites were buying dinner for the person behind us. Handing out candy canes. leaving presents for the mailman. Buying the cashier her favorite candy bar. I think Noah enjoyed this activity more than anyone.

French Toast with Santa

 Yesterday was Jared's birthday. We went to Kneaders for his birthday dinner. I couldn't think of a better place to eat for Jared than Kneaders because it was their delicious french toast night with Santa. His favorite food is breakfast food. My kids loved it. Santa was so nice. The only bad thing is now my kids lists have gotten longer. Every time we visit Santa my kids think of more things they need. :) 

My little guy is losing teeth like crazy!

I came home from work the other day to find Noah with his tooth hanging by a thread. We tried all night to get him to pull it out. Finally he let me pull it out. It came out so quick. His top tooth and two of his bottom teeth are also loose. But we're trying not to make them too loose. Otherwise he will not have any teeth in the front. 

I found this cute tooth fairy pillow so he can keep his tooth in it for safe keeping. 

Scheels

Have you been to Scheels? It is the coolest place. It is a huge sporting goods store. It has anything/everything you can imagine in sporting goods. It even has fudge. We spent about 3 hours there just looking around. Karly's favorite thing was the full size Ferris wheel in the middle of the store. I personally loved the fish tank. You could walk under it and it has so many cool fish inside it. We were there at the right time. They have a thing called the kids club and they showed us how they take care of the tank. They gave my kids Swedish fish and another ride on the Ferris wheel (which Karly LOVED). One interesting fish fact I learned. The guy in charge of the fish tank gave us lots of information. He said the clown fish aren't a sex when they are born. Whichever clown fish is the most dominate in the tank turns into a girl. The second most dominate clown fish in the tank turns into a male and all the other fish stay neutral. However if the female fish dies. The male fish turns himself into a female and another one of the neutral fish becomes a male. Crazy I had no idea clown fish were so interesting. 

They also had lots of photo opportunities. 

The best bowling for my little kids. They loved it!

Go visit! It's a pretty fun place.