Apex Christmas Parade

Let the parades begin.... Gunnar was in her first of two parades this past Saturday night and boy was it chili. Thankfully she is really hot natured and the cold air and rain didn't seem to bother her as she jumped rope with her big smile and short shorts.... Yes, shorts, in 38 degree weather, raining, and windy--I was bundled from head to toe and still really cold. Her group was 64th in line of about 110 participants, so we waited patiently for her to come by. She looked so cute and did a fantastic job, never missing a beat. We were standing close to the finish of the parade so we could just scoop her up as soon as she was done. I quickly ran over and gave her a coat, where she shoooed me away and said she was sweaty... I guess after jump roping for 2 miles I would be sweaty too??? maybe. Our next parade will be this Saturday in Cary. It is early in the day, so hopefully we won't have to deal with the cold weather and rain... wish us luck!!!

Dirt Bikes Galore

Gates has a new friend Hunter, that is in his preschool class and they are becoming best buds. Hunter has an older brother that has a dirt bike or two... Gates loves to go to Hunters house to play. There is ALWAYS something fun to do. They have a huge piece of property with tons and tons of space to play and explore, oh and ride dirt bikes!!! Hunters dirt bike use to have training wheels on it but have recently been removed... The last time Gates was there playing, he got to ride....ALONE!! He wore a helmet, chest protector, boots and I felt ok with him riding. The dirt bike goes about 15miles/hour, not too fast but definitely fast enough. It is a REAL dirt bike, not a battery operated toy.. REAL MOTORCYCLE!!!! YIKES.... and yes I allowed him to ride. Big mistake, because now that is alllllll he talks about. He has dirt bike FEVER. He wakes up and gets on the computer to watch dirt bike racing, stunts, crashes, etc... He has now basically begged Santa for a dirt bike, however Santa is not going to comply with his request this year.(poor little guy). Todd and I just can't bring ourselves to do it this year. We have absolutely no place for him to ride and I can see me loading a dirt bike in my car on a regular basis to take him to some field to ride.. YUP, not happening this year. I hope a skate board will do?? HEEHEE

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH!

Gunnar basically has no teeth at all!!! I think at the moment she is missing 6. She can barely eat anything. Corn is a big no no and wings aren't going over so easily either(two of her favorite things). Finding stuff that she can actaully bite into is quite the challenge for me these days. She is rolling in the dough, however... The tooth fairy was very good to her. NOt enough for an I touch yet, but getting closer with every tooth. I love to listen to her talk, makes me giggle;) I can already see lots of big teeth coming in, ugh, just another step in the growing up process!!!!