And Another One Gone, And Another One Gone, Another One Bites the Dust

It all began a few days ago...some wiggly teeth for a wiggly boy. Andrew wiggled and wiggled and wiggled that first tooth. On Thursday at Music Makers, he ran up to me excited because he had yanked it out.

We busted out a pirate flag tooth pillow and that night he was so excited for a visit from the tooth fairy.

Then Friday (the next day), Andrew got off the bus and the other one was gone (it hadn't even seemed super loose to me). He said he wiggled it all day but since his teacher doesn't like them to have their hands in their mouths, he just used his tongue.

That's some determination if I ever saw it.

Since, there are currently no loose teeth in his mouth, he has been threatened if I find he has yanked out anymore. :)

Just Another Manic Monday (and Tuesday and Wednesday....)

A busy busy BUSY few weeks. I feel like we have been running from one thing to the next and doing our tag team roles as parents. There has hardly been a night when both parents have been home. It's been crazy but we have had some good moments.

Thanksgiving was great (no pictures to document though). Phil and Jen came from Boston and spent the day with us. We had so much fun with them--the kids love seeing them. Ate too much and then seemed to keep eating all weekend.

Here are some actually documented other moments of life:

There is a big luncheon coming up for all the missionaries in our mission (80, I believe). The kids helped me put candy in all the gift bags for the missionaries. It was a task but a lot of fun too. We did it when Annie was asleep, otherwise most of the candy would not have ended up in the bags!

A low key night at home. We played games and lit a fire in the fireplace (something we never do). Then we heard sirens and the town fire truck came down the road all decked in lights and playing Christmas music. Santa rode behind it on his sleigh and gave us a ton of candy. The kids were so excited (all without the camera).

A fun treat going to McDonalds after some shopping. This McDonalds had a large TV in the corner, so Matt and I had good conversation while kids were glued to spongebob. Oh the joy. :)

O Holy Night

Our ward had a live nativity this past weekend. Matt and I had signed up to help on Thursday--we each did a shift and were both wisemen (I was hoping for a more angelic role, but nonetheless....). The kids were so excited about it all and loved watching it. We decided to come back on Saturday evening so the kids could see it one more time. There were some extra costumes so the kids were able to participate. They LOVED it.

2 angels and a shepherd. (I love the angel with the pink fuzzy hood)

a 3rd angel. She was so excited and kept saying "I a angel" over and over.

They did their parts and then music played for a minute or so while all characters stayed in place. We brought the angels back in so we could get a picture. But where is our 3rd angel you might ask?

She had to get up close and personal with baby Jesus. On the 2nd time through the script, when "multitude of heavenly hosts" (aka our girls) came out to the shepherds, Annie made a v-line straight toward the manger. It was sweet.

All the cute kiddos.

A fun night!