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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Dance Preview

I finally got to see what I had been paying for the last few months. Parents were invited to see their child dance. Brylee would never show me what she learned, so of course, it makes you wonder what your child is learning. I was so proud of her! She actually did the moves she was supposed to do! I was afraid she would not perform, especially since there were so many people there. She was so excited after her performance that she did her dance, too! She did so well!

Christmas Open House

Brylee's preschool had their annual Christmas Open House where parents and grandparents were invited to see their children sing and receive the gift that their child made for them. She was not into the party; she kept telling us she was ready to leave. When it was time for them to sing, Brylee did not open her mouth. She just stood their and cried for me to hold her. When it was time to eat at their party, she would not eat until after everyone finished. She kept wanting to leave with us. Thankfully, Bryan & I were both off that day, so we took Brylee after the party ended. We spent the rest of the day with her! We ate Chinese and ran errands for Brant's party.

Happy 6th Birthday, Brant!

Brant celebrated his 6th birthday December 10th. He was so excited that his name was going to be announced on the intercom at school. Later that day, Bryan took ice cream cups & juice boxes to Brant's school for the class. Bryan also brought our mischievious elves - Ralphie & Christopher. Santa gave Brant & Brylee special permission to touch then & hold them on Brant's birthday. Brant was super excited to get to hold Ralphie & Christopher. He loved showing them off in his classroom. After all the fun, he got to check out early! After I got home from school, Brant opened gifts from us - a ton of Heman (yes, the Heman most of us remember from our childhood - Bryan got him into them - thank goodness for Ebay). He also got the new Toy Story Mania Wii game. For dinner, he chose to eat at Pepper's; so his parents & Uncle Chip & Aunt Ginger met us to celebrate.

Brant & his buddy Chance celebrated their birthday together two days later by having a big party at Gametime Sports. It was so fun - a jumper slide, tumbling mats & equipment, football, & much more. Brant's preschool teacher from last year made the delicious cake. It was so cute, and so yummy. The funniest thing happened, when we were just about to cut the cake in the party room, the lights went off and did not come back on. Thankfully, the lights where on where all the fun was! The kids didn't mind it, though. They ate their cake quickly and headed back to play!

After the party, we went to Brant's favorite restaurant - Mi Toros. He wanted to wear the big sombrero and eat fried ice cream for dessert!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Thankgiving & The Polar Express

We had a great Thanksgiving break. Bryan was off the whole week with us. We took Brant to see The Christmas Carol, decorated for Christmas, and just enjoyed spending time together. We ate lunch on Thanksgiving with Bryan's parents and then headed to Meridian for my family's Thanksgiving. We had a great time - I did a little shopping on Black Friday and took the kids to play at a park.

The Polar Express Saturday, we headed to Birmingham for the Polar Express train ride. Brylee did NOT like Santa. She immediately started crying when we boarded the train. Thankfully, she calmed down. She would not talk to Santa. When we arrived at the North Pole, Santa came to visit each child on the train, but not Brylee - she would not even look at him. Mrs. Claus tried to talk with her, but Brylee was not happy about that either. After Santa passed by, she was so happy. She enjoyed the rest of the ride back. We then headed home and the next morning, Ralphie, our elf had returned and brought Brylee one - Christopher! We look forward to spending the season with our elves!!