Michael's Birthday (Kinda)

This year was everything Hulk...because "Hulk is stronger than Superman, dad, of course!"
Here was this really cool indoor playland that Michael and his friends went to.

Argh, matey!

Pass the package....of course!

My attempt at a pirate ship.

They are singing some sort of birthday wish.

Here he is in his classroom. He absolutely LOVES school and is a little depressed everyday when he has to leave his friends.

So, it was Michael's turn to take center stage. Here he is in all his glory getting lots of attention from his friends. He took treats to his Pre-K class and then had a couple of friends over to celebrate. He wanted a pirate cake, so I did the best I could. I REALLY need to remember to cook the cake the day BEFORE...frosting melts when the cake is warm....

Kohls' Christmas Party

This was Michael and Tommy's first time ice-skating. Tommy took off like a rocket.

Horse-drawn carriage rides...

Dave's work had a Christmas party as well. Their budget was $500,000 which is slightly more than what I had for the ward party. It was amazing with an indoor ice-skating rink, all you could eat food galore, magicians, cookie decorating, and tons more. Needless to say, it was a blast!

Ward Christmas Party

Yeah, so I've been running around and stressing about my ward's Christmas party. I'm in the RS, but we were in charge of this activity, and since I have the easiest calling in the RS presidency, it is only fair that I headed it up. I had a great amount of help from other sisters, so it wasn't too bad, but I was so glad to be done. Here's a couple of photos from it.

Rachel's Christmas Concert

So, this year, Rachel's grade did the 'Nutcracker'. It was very well done. Rachel's class did the "Tea, Chinese Tea" dance, which she wasn't excited about, but was my favorite dance of all. She had a little speaking part and did a great job. She also wanted to be on the top of the bleachers, but as a shorty, there's no place but the front!

Dave's Birthday

Well, this time of year seems flooded with birthdays in our house. First Tommy, then Jane, then Dave, and then Michael. And so close to Christmas...it just doesn't seem right! For Dave's birthday, I took him to get a pedicure. It was his first time. He had told me he was willing to go, so I thought it would be great. When we walked in, the only person working there was a guy! and Dave was like "uh, no, thanks" and tried to get out of it. Then a lady worker came out of the back room and we were back in business. Unfortunately, I had a ward Christmas party I was in charge of, so we didn't get to celebrate much. We did get to eat at our favorite restaurant and ate the best meal in the whole world, Pollo Rosa Maria at Carrabbas...yum! Happy Birthday, Dave, I love you!