Oooo… I had never seen the video until I looked it up for this post. Cutie pie Matt Saracen from Friday Night Lights is in it! I miss that show. Best show ever.

Oh, and apparently Miley Cyrus has a country song. Who knew? Everyone but me, possibly?

I can’t get that video to center on the screen and that is really bothering me.

Dan has been painting our kitchen cabinets and they look great, but it has been taking forever {sorry babe, but it has}. His schedule is so crazy, so he’s only been able to work a bit here and there on them. He really has done a ton this weekend though.

Have I mentioned that Luke got his 5 year old shots last week and is now set for {and excited about} Kindergarten? I’m sure to mention it a few hundred more times between now and August when I become a sobbing blob because my baby is 5. He was just my baby in the basket yesterday, I’m almost positive.

A new family moved into our neighborhood and they have 4 children. My kids are beyond thrilled. They’ve never had kids nearby to play with, so this is a nice treat.

That baby picture is killing me. Look at those cheeks and little lips. Oh my goodness. Somebody give me a baby for a minute to rock and then give back.

I’ve started having the boys fold and put away their own laundry. If they get done with their clothes and cleaning their rooms {and maybe another chore or two} they can watch America’s Funniest Home videos {or “The Uh Oh Show” as it’s known here}. I’m loving it.

I’m happy that The Voice is back. I really like that show. I plan on it taking over American Idol’s place.

I should really go and get Daniel set up with homework. Joy of joys. Have I ever mentioned my love of homework? Can you hear the sarcasm in my typing?

The first time I started to ask him questions, he told me: “My talk is all out of batteries.”  Ha!  That is so Luke.  His batteries got charged and he answered my questions the other day.  So, here are Luke’s favorites at 5!

food: chicken nuggets and french fries and strawberries

drink: sweet tea

song: My Girl and All Day  {thanks, Daniel}

color: red

TV show: Batman {the 1960′s one } and Octonauts

game: Daniel’s DS

restaurant: all of them

thing at school:  playing on the playground

book: Jack & Annie {Magic Treehouse books}

food:
Provino’s shrimp alfredo  {I’m not sure of the name, but he shared some with his daddy one time and apparently loved it }

restaurant:
Laredo’s {local Mexican place}

song:
My Girl  {Ugh, it’s on repeat in his room~ and what are they? 12? And texting their girlfriend.  That so sounded like someone’s old mother.  Ha!}

movie:
Lego Star Wars the Padawan Menace

game:
Star Wars the Complete Saga for the DS

subject: Math

I love Karate!

Book:
Eragon

Color: Blue

* I’m blogging from my ipad for the first time. We will see if I’m capable of such a thing!

* We started off our year with Daniel getting strep throat and then I was next in line. It’s the total pits and I wish adults could recover as fast a kids!

*Daniel earned his purple belt in karate in December. He’s super proud and really enjoying karate.

* I might should not own up to the fact that I’m a soap fan, but I am and I’m sad that One Life to Live had their last episode Friday! I’ve watched that show my entire life {ratting you out there too, Momma } and it’s been my one that I’ve DVR’d since Daniel was born. It’s always been my kid naptime show. No more…

* Daniel got a few gift cards for his birthday and Christmas and was dying to spend them after Christmas. He had $65 and managed to buy $100 worth of Legos and a new game for his DS. That’s my bargain shopper! He was so excited to get 2 huge Lego sets for half off.

*Luke was also excited to use his gift cards… for what else? Batman, of course. They now make Batman legos. After Christmas. Guess who wants them all?

* We went to Golden Corral last night {we haven’t been in ages} and they now have a chocolate fountain that my kiddos thought was the best thing ever. There was ridiculous amounts of chocolate on our children and their plates!
Chocolate covered strawberries for my strawberry lover

*I need a lot more practice on this ipad blogging thing. I’m too used to my computer.

* Have I mentioned my love of teacher blogs? Since I got my new job they are saving me with there awesome activities! That and teacherspayteachers.com.

* Luke is really into The Magic Treehouse books right now. I thought he might want to read a chapter book and I was right. He is loving them. I had book 1 at school, so he wrote me a note the other day to put with my school things, so that I would bring the book home for him.

*That’s all for now!

Jeremy, Santa’s elf stirred up all sorts of trouble in the days that he was with us. You can see his first few days of mischief here and here.

We had a lot of fun with Jeremy.

I didn’t take the first picture of my boys all dressed up on Christmas Eve and Christmas day! I can’t believe it, but they looked super handsome. J

I really didn’t take a whole lot of pictures on Christmas day either. I took pics of the kids opening toys and that was about it.

It was a great day. The kids loved everything. We had a nice church service. We had a yummy breakfast and wonderful lunch. We played. We rested. We had a fantastic Christmas!

We had one of the best Christmas seasons this year. Both boys were super excited and very appreciative. Both boys got the fun concept of gift giving and receiving and they both understood the true meaning of Christmas and were willing to share that with any and everyone! We have had a great break from school and spent a lot of time with one another. It’s really been wonderful.

2011 was pretty good to us and I pray that we here and you there may all have a super blessed 2012!!

He was so excited about his birthday and tore right through his presents first thing. When your birthday is 2 days after Christmas, it’s hard to space your gift getting throughout the day.

He was super excited about his Imaginext toys and he loved his Where is My Hairbrush playdough. J He played with it all morning! He would make his Veggie Tales friend “hair” (aka playdough) grow and then cut it with his playdough scissors.

He also got a cool big boy Phineas and Ferb bike. It took him a little bit to warm up to it, but he loves it now. He rode it all through the house. J

We had chili for lunch (one of Luke’s favorites) and had some cake. He was so proud of his cake that he helped me make. It ended up this crazy hot pink color, but we all called it red. He mixed the batter and iced it and poured sprinkles and put the candles all himself. He was so proud.

We headed to the zoo in the late afternoon. We went to Zoo Lights for Daniel’s birthday and Luke was disappointed that the animals were sleeping, so we went to see them awake.

It was cold and nearly 4:00, so I was worried about how much fun the trip would be, but it was great! The animals were so active.

The rhinoceros walked right up to us and stuck his head over the fence. We didn’t dare touch him, but we could have! I didn’t even zoom in for this awesome picture above.

Animals that we don’t usually see moving around came right up to us and the lion was roaring over and over.

We told Luke that he was singing Happy Birthday to him. J We had such a great time and Luke loved every bit of it.

We went out for the birthday boy’s favorite meal: chicken nuggets and French fries.

All in all, I would say Luke had a fun day turning 5 years old!!

If you were to peak into my house today you would see a Christmas tree waiting to be disassembled and a couch full of decorations ready for Christmas boxes.

If you were to peak into my house today you would see lots of people (and animals) resting and all of my pretty Christmas cards still hanging on the Christmas tree.

I made a Christmas card blessing ring this year and LOVE it!

If you were to peak into my house today you would see a big ole mess and a sick boy lying on the couch playing video games.

Actually, maybe it’s best that you don’t peak into my house today…