Connor's Christmas Program!

 
  Oh, no big deal. I'm just the mother of the most adorable reindeer of all time!

   Connor had his very first school program last Friday. It was a proud moment for me! I beamed and giggled like an idiot, I'm sure. They sang lots of songs, and played a few with bells. Connor, of course, wasn't paying attention to his teacher and slowed the song down by taking forever to ring his bell on cue! But he made it up later. One cute little boy, Dax, (our neighbor and Connor's best friend in the class) loudly asked after the end of one song, "What did we play, Miss Nancy?" When she whispered to him Jingle Bells, he proclaimed, "WOW!!!" Connor responded just as loudly, "You did a GREAT job!" The two of them got lots of laughs together.
   
     About halfway through the program, Connor's little reindeer headpiece started falling off. The poor kid (and Miss Nancy) struggled with that for the rest of the concert. But he was a trooper! Sorry Connor. It's your dad's fault that you have such a large head and nothing fits properly....

                   Proud parents, in our fun-size chairs.

                          
        Connor in the center with the festive red pants. Dax is on the far right.

                  Not a fantastic picture, but shows his droopy antlers.

     

 

 

 

Lounging

   Since Thanksgiving, I've been pretty lazy. It's wierd to wake up and not go through a to-do list in my head! And it's been really nice to relax a little. It's turned cold now, and we've had a little snow. We've spent a lot of time inside being cozy together. We did venture out the other day as a family. We took the boys to the new Scheel's store a few miles away. They have a big fish tank that you walk under upon entrance. And a ferris wheel. (Or as Max calls it, the Furnace Wheel) Connor was thrilled to ride it, but once Max got a good look at it he chickened out! So Connor took Max's token and got to ride twice!

 

They played Buck Hunter, and there was a big corner with target shooting and characters that would dance and sing when you hit their target. Once again, Max was scared. But Connor loved it, and to our dismay announced to nearly everyone we passed by that we were going to go shoot everyone! No matter how much we tried to correct him, ("TARGETS Connor! We're going to shoot TARGETS!") he continued to be excited about shooting everyone. One stranger commented that he probably wouldn't be getting any presents from Santa this year. Maybe we'll wait a while before bringing him there again.

Maggie has her first two teeth! It's amazing how calm she is all the time. You could hardly tell she was teething for the most part!

 

Tomorrow Connor has his first school program! I'm so excited to see my little man singing with his class! They grow up so fast. I'll be taking LOTS of pictures!

 

From our lazy days:

 

                Max's 'pocket'

         His toy cell phone goes there too.

  Bath time with Baby Leah.

  One of our beautiful, cold days.

 

Today we've opened a new package of building blocks (joy of all joys and squeals of delight), and will spend another day inside, lazy and warm.