Gingerbread House 2011

The boys have been jacked out of their minds about Christmas. For whatever reason, Neil has been talking about gingerbread houses daily. So today while at Aldi, I spied a Gingerbread House kit... and it was on sale, what could be better! Here is what was able to make it onto the house, the rest had to be eaten so it wouldn't go bad.

Neil's Preschool Holiday Party

Neil's class held a party today which was kicked off by a concert. The kids sang a few holiday songs then we enjoyed a nice buffet together. Here is a still shot of Neil with a few of his girlfriend's.

I had a chance to chat with a few of the other parents and they all said how they always hear stories of Neil from their children (I'm not sure this is a good thing). Anyway, the little girl on the far right recently told her mom that she and Neil were going to be married. True to his gender, Neil has never mentioned this to me.

Now if you have the six and half minutes here's the concert video.

Winter Wonderland

Went to a holiday event at the Parks and Rec center last night. The boys got a chance to see Santa, which had to occur separately since Ben had no interest in sharing his lap time with Neil. Neil asked for a toy train (the abundance of Thomas items must not be enough), while Ben asked for ear plugs (what he means is head phones). They had an opportunity to make a Christmas tree ornament, bounce on the inflatables, ride the mini train, see Santa's reindeers up close, and best of all watch a juggler's act. Both of them were totally into this guy. The absolute highlight was when he juggled fire and pretended to burn his butt. "He burned his butt!! Ha-ha.", Neil exclaimed numerous times. I was more impressed that the juggler was able to propel his 300-some pound mass on a unicycle. Either way he was quite an entertainer.

Ben's School Journal's

Ben has been keeping a journal each month at school. Here are some of his entries:

An apple is red.
I play.
I went out to eat.
A pumpkin.
Carrot.
A berk is brown. (Not sure what what a berk might be.)
I went out to eat.
I like to eat turkey.