We are laying low tonight. Possibly going across the street to the neighbor's for a bit but the kids have had such a crazy schedule lately that we want to have them in bed by about 10pm - and then we'll sip our Blanc de Blanc sparkling wine (and Natty Light) and watch football until the ball drops.
Here is a picture of Ella making a cake in her Easy Bake Oven that Aunt Amanda gave her last year for Christmas. 
She is a really great baker!
Be safe and have a wonderful night - love to you all!
Si (copying what he's seen his sister do) has decided walking down the stairs isn't quite fast enough.
Thanks for all the b-day presents!! He seems to be enjoying them all!
Mason was sick most of the day yesterday - had a fever of 101.3 and felt lousy. He's feeling better today though still not 100%. I'm glad it didn't hit on Christmas!
Two years ago today I was on the way to the hospital right now in labor with Si. Woke up at about 8am and told J that we might need to find someone to take the kids - that I was feeling weird. Hospital at noon and he was here at 2:38pm - what a GOOD baby he was too - happy, slept so great. He woke up this morning as rotten as can be - he knew he had just hit the terrible twos!
What a fun and wonderful morning. JP and I didn't get to bed until about 2:30am - the gang stayed over and helped wrap (Thank goodness!!) and partook of food and beverages...lots of beverages. The kids didn't wake us up until around 7:50 - M said he had been awake since 5am. They had an awesome time ripping into all the gifts and everyone seemed very happy with their new toys - including J who got a new portable air compressor, knives (ours were incredibly cheap and dull) and I got new red mammoth crocs, some silpada jewelry and best of all, a new 300mm zoom lens for my camera - I love it!!Everyone is playing with their respective toys and having a grand time. Later today we will go to mom's and dad's for dinner and to hang with the rest of the family. 
We made our first call ever to Poison Control today
....J was doing some stuff for work and was gone, M was at the movies with pap-pa and E was up in her room playing. It suddenly dawns on me that I haven't heard a peep from S in awhile...that usually means he is looking at his books or getting into something. I went upstairs and the smell of Vicks vapo-rub about knocks me over. He's covered himself all over his chest, arms and neck in it. I asked him "did you get the medicine in your mouth?" and he says "eat med-sin, eat med-sin". When I started rubbing it all off with the wash cloth, he stuck his tongue out too to be wiped down - apparently it wasn't as tasty as he'd hoped...His breath didn't smell like Vicks but I figured it was better to call Poison control and see what they say! J came home then and called the hotline. Not to worry, apparently it takes quite a bit (2 tablespoons or so) for it even to be an irritant, meaning that he might then throw up. I watched him for about an hour to make he didn't seem sick or have a tummy ache.
This is when he fell asleep in his floatie in Dale Hollow Lake.
And Finally: this is JP and E on the wave runner in Dale Hollow.
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