Building monster trucks at Ridemakerz

The boys loved building their own cars at Ridemakerz. Owen built a monster dump truck and Jared chose a Dodge Viper.

It's beginning to look a lot like ...Christmas?

We tend to put off our visit to Santa until Christmas Eve. December is so busy...the mall is insane...and the line is too much. We were shopping today and saw that Santa was already at the mall. The boys were presentable, so we stopped! It's a tad early, but they loved it.

waiting to vote

Here are the boys waiting in line with us to vote this morning. Owen asked us "are we voting for 'barackobama'?" (all one word) When I asked him how he knows that name, he said "he's on TV all the time" So true.

He then proceeded to chant "I want barackobama" over an over - Little Dem had better zip it or he's sleeping in the garage.

Starbucks released their red holiday cups today ... coincidence?

Enjoying a Donut

Visiting the Cider Mill

Two Little Ghosts

First Day of Preschool

Owen did great for his first day of preschool this year. He was very excited to see his friends and his teachers. Once we got there, he was a little apprehensive, but he found his hook, hung up his Hulk backpack and lunchbox, and headed into Circle. He found a friend to sit with and gave me a watery smile - but he sat down and was listening to the story.

Jared had his first day of swim practice last night and did great! There are a TON of kids this year (likely a Michael Phelps phenomenon) so we may switch him to the later time slot. Fifteen kids sharing a lane is just TOO crowded!

We started Cub Scouts last night too, which should be another fun year. Our little Wolves were excited to get together again.