Christmas Caroling

It's that time of year when there is lots of singing in the air! Last night we enjoyed Christmas Caroling with our friends and neighbors. There were about 50 kiddos and at least one parent for each. We had three trailers full of kids and we sang loud for everyone to hear. This year some of the big boys (9-10 yr old) were the ding dong dashers--which means they rang door bells and ran to get people out of their houses so we could share our glorious sounds with them. OK so not really so glorious but fun and screechy. The girls trailer was the best by far. They were so loud and they knew their stuff. I was with the little kid trailer--and about the only mouths moving were the parents. My singing voice isn't so great, but I am loud so that helps a little. Gates knew a few words to Jingle Bells and We Wish You and Merry Christmas, we sang those a lot. After the caroling we went back to another neighbors house for hot coco and cookies. A hot coco explosion occurred right as we got there--UGH! Something happened with the coco maker and it literally exploded. Poor lady, I felt really bad for her. It's a new couple in the neighborhood that hosted--they have 3 little boys, we met them at the pool this summer. She was a brave soul to host, honestly I think she had any idea what she was getting herself into. The coco got cleaned up and night ended with Santa stopping by for a visit. He was very very believable!! Gates sat in his lap and told him exactly what he wanted -- a ROCKET! I sure hope Santa comes through. Until next time......

Let the Parties Begin

Saturday night Todd and I went to our first party of many for this Christmas season. Todd's boss Mark always has a party at his house, with lots of yummy food and fun friends to catch up with. Myself and Liz are the people watchers of the group--we sit and analyze what everyone was thinking when they put on their outfit for the night--jeez some people just don't get it. You have to remember there is quite an array of people there--ranging from 20 to ??80, people with lots of money and people with no money(me and Todd)HEHEHE, people that work at NC State and people that don't work at all, bosses and well, yes their slaves, retired folks and NC state students, and the list goes on and on. Some of the people I literally see once at year at this party. It's always fun to see what is going on in every ones lives. Yes, I'm nosey and always have been---right mom? My parents always use to tell me they were going to buy me a jacket with a great big nose on the back and make me wear it. I guess I haven't grown out of it. I try to think of it as being interested in peoples life not prying, but call it what you will.. Our next party is Tuesday--NC State Athletic Dept. Until next time.....

Disney On Ice

Friday night we took the kids to see Disney on Ice. Gates was mesmerized!! His little eyes lit up and he watched speechlessly. His favorite part was from Cars(the movie).. I think I kinda liked that part the best too. It was really cute. This was Gates first time seeing anything like this. Gunnar loved it too, but her favorite part was the SNOWCONE!!!! Go figure. I must brag a bit and tell why Gunnar was even able to get a $10 snowcone in a most beautiful tinkerbell cup---she got 20 out of 20 on her spelling test!!!YEAH! She is doing so great and we are trying to reward her progress. She was so excited, she got to pick out anything she wanted and thankfully she only picked the $10 item instead of the $100 one. I would have bought that one too because we did have a deal, anything she wanted:) Even though I had to listen to Todd moan a bit about being there, I think he enjoyed watching the kids as much as I did. He likes to pretend to be all tough but I'm starting to think it's all for show. Knowing him he's dreaming about being out there on the ice toooooo!