December crazies

I love December and Christmas, but it is always so crazy. I really start to look forward to the lazy days of January. I feel like I'm on edge trying to stay sane. Yesterday I washed Jeff's nice work pen. The pen is ruined, as are all the clothes washed with it. I had to lock myself in my room and have a good cry (unfortunately my favorite skirt was involved). Just in case you too are experiencing a crazy day here are some of Hannah's sillys.

Hannah looking at Christmas lights: "look!!! So many flashlights!"

Looking at a pair of scissors "we can't cut ourselves or we will get open"

Only a 6-year-old

I saw this in Owen's room and thought 'Well that's a freaky monster taking over some nice person's home.'

But he explained to me: 'This is Mary(pointing to storm-trooper lego guy on the right), and this is Joseph (storm-trooper on left), and baby jesus (lego guy minus legs in orange thing).

And this is the angel (rock monster on the house).

There you have it, a 6-year-old Nativity.

cElebRaTE!!!!

To start Owen's birthday off right Jeff and I pulled out the old "decorate the door" tradition I grew up with.

For breakfast we finished decorating cupcakes for Owen class...and then we ate some.

I took Hannah to Build-A-Bear for her birthday and Owen waited all month to go. He even took some of his own money. He was so cute.

We love going downtown, and hung out at the fountain after build-a-bear.

The bear! Star Wars outfit and all! And what would be a trip downtown without a ride on TRAX.

We had a fun LEGO party on Saturday. It was fun to have all Owen's friends over and they had a blast. I put the camera away after it started, but here are some before shots.

You're the one...

Who makes us smile!

who protects our family.

who is growing up too fast.

who gets us excited about everything.

Happy Belated Birthday!