Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving this year was spent in Utah with Kathy's family. Grandma Stott celebrated her 90th birthday and all the family that was near gathered for the party. It was fun to see cousins, aunts, uncles, and of course Kaylee and Kierra. The best part, however, was shopping with Mom the day after Thanksgiving. We stopped at Toys R Us around 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night but the line was around the building and they weren't letting many people in so we went straight to Walmart for the deals that started at midnight. Mom and I stood by the Wii games for an hour, got completely smooshed, and I had to drag her out of the crowd after I got my game at approximately ten seconds after 12:00. It was great! And I'm pretty sure Mom enjoyed it too.

Mood music

Just a little song to get us all in the Christmas spirit . . .

Sorry I don't know how to rotate the video. Next time I take it on my phone I'll keep the camera the other way. It's still awfully cute.

Five!

Jake turned five in November. Josh was adamant that Jake have a party so on his actual birthday we picked up two of his cousins and ate some cake and opened presents. Not a big celebration but enough for Jake since he wasn't even asking for the party guests. He was very excited to get his glow-in-the-dark Thomas train track from mom and the Joker and Penguin from Grandma and Grandpa Stott.

He is such a sweet kid. He loves to tease, joke around, and play tricks to get people to laugh. He's very quick to say "I love you" and still lets me kiss him but puts definite parameters on it (I can only kiss him at home some days and only in the car other days, etc.). He's my little daredevil who loves to jump off of everything--you'll hear more about that in a future post. We love our Jacob!

Fall 2010

Since Christmas decorations come out by Halloween, I figure it's OK to post about Halloween during the Christmas season, right? Josh was a "Halo army guy" and Jake was Superman! Right before the church trunk or treat, Jake actually brought me the Batman costume that he's worn for the past two years. Now I realize Jake is a small guy, but even he has finally outgrown the Batman outfit. So, he went back to the closet and picked out the dinosaur costume. Since trunk or treat was outside, I wouldn't let him wear the dinosaur because it has a huge fleece tail that would drag on the ground. Since I made that one, I'm a little attached to it and didn't want it ruined. So, he went back to the closet again and got out the bigger Batman costume with muscles. Jake's grown, but not that much. So, he went back to the closet and settled for Superman. What a good sport he was! And he made a very cute Superman.

Baptism

We held Josh's baptism down in Arizona the weekend after his birthday. He was very excited and I was so proud of him. His Grandpa Smith performed the baptism and Grandpa Stott did the confirmation. It was wonderful to have both sets of grandparents there to support him. As Josh was getting ready for bed that night, I asked him how he was doing. He was so happy and said, "You know, I didn't feel any different when I turned eight, but I feel different now!" What an awesome kid!

Eight!

Josh just loves his birthdays and this was a big one. He turned eight which means his baptism was right around the corner. He was very excited to fly to Arizona for the baptism but before we left we had to celebrate at home. He got the Star Wars double light saber that he wanted and a Halo jeep made out of Megablocks. The dirt cupcakes we took to school were a big hit too. He was a little disappointed that we didn't have a party with friends but has seem to forgiven me.

Squeak's

After Pike's Peak we stopped at Squeak's Soda Shop in Colorado Springs. My friend had taken her kids there and it seemed like such a fun place I couldn't wait to try it out. It's a great sandwich and soda place that mixes (almost) any flavor and color soda you could imagine. I decided to try purple oatmeal cookie with vanilla ice cream and Josh had a red root beer float. Jake doesn't like pop, so he tried cookies 'n creme ice cream for the first time. They both loved it and we can't wait to go back! Next time . . . watermelon maybe in blue.