Visit with Santa

Zach asked Santa.....wouldn't you know it....for Car Mountain and a pack of "Cars Movie" cars.

Ali on the other hand....a nice long list - including a puppy (again).

Festival of Trees

One holiday tradition in our family is going to the Festival of Trees (minus Dave, he doesn't like crowds). We love to go and see all the beautiful trees, wreath's, gingerbread houses etc. Not only are we supporting a great cause but we have a really fun day together.

Lots of Crafts......

Calling one of Santa's Elves at the north pole.

Ali and Zach love kids corner.

This year Ali had a manacure.

One of their very favorite things is the giant bubble. They have a kids swimming pool with a stool in the middle. They stand on the stool and the booth worker pulls a hula hoop up around them and they are inside a giant bubble and get to blow big bubbles.

There are yummy treats and goodies and all kinds of crafts. We usually spend a good 5 hours there.
The past few years my best friend Joanie has been going with us. We would walk down an isle to see the trees and then switch over to the opposite isle. Zach kept going back over to the side we had just walked down, yelling Joanie, look at that one wow! We would say, Zach we just saw that one isn't it cool. He would say no we didn't. There are so many amazing trees every year!

I am also happy to say....I didn't lose sight of my son, not once... this time anyway.

Ratatouille Gingerbread House

Whinnie the Pooh & Friends Gingerbread House

Shrek at his Swamp

Putting up the Tree

We love Christmas, and putting up our tree is one of the highlights of this time of year.

More on Best Friends

Last night my mom gave Zach a can of sprite to take home with him. Zach and I were putting his seatbelt on, he held up his can and said mom, "I am going to save some of this for my BEST GIRL!" I said you are, who is your best girl. He said with a grin "ALI!" My heart melted.

Best Friends

This morning as we were getting ready for our day. The kids were eating their breakfast and talking. They were being kind of silly so I told them they needed to eat because we had to get Ali to school. Ali has been off track for 3 weeks. They have absolutely loved the time they have had together during this break. After I said that they needed to eat, Zach asked me if he is still 4. I said yes Zach you are 4. He went on and on about how he didn't want to be 4 anymore. "I want to be the same age as Ali". I know he was saying this so that he could stay with her all day. Ali, being the little mom that she is tried to explain that he doesn't want to be her age. She said to him "once you are in the big school you don't get to do the fun things that you are doing in preschool right now". I just sat there and enjoyed listening to them.

Zach is only wishing that he could be with his sister more. They sure love each other and enjoy playing and helping one another with different tasks. This is a great blessing to me, as I have worried that they wouldn't be good friends. I never had a brother, so I don't know what it is like to grow up with one. I see that my kids are truly blessed to have each other. Although I would like another baby, a sister or a brother for them. I am very lucky and blessed to have the two greatest kids on earth in my house already. I still cross my fingers that Dave will have a change of heart one of these days. Time is passing though and Zach is getting older, the gap between him and a new baby would be a big one.