What a Weekend!

So, my sister Tara came to visit this last weekend with her kids and I think that we were going non-stop the entire time. It was nice to have them visit. I know that my kids especially enjoy it when they come.

We started the weekend Friday afternoon with lunch at the hospital with Maggie and Pompie (my mom and dad) which quickly continued on at their house while they were both still at work. Next I was informed that Madison would be spending the weekend there with Breklynn so I needed to go and get her overnight bag packed.

Then on Saturday we Tara, Mom and I took the kids cosmic bowling and to McDonalds. I would love to post the pictures that we have of it but we are still waiting on Maggie to send them to us. Hint, hint!! They had a lot of fun bowling and oh yes, I killed Tara and so did Breklynn. :)

At McDonalds Kaydence decided that she wanted to climb in the toys following Breklynn. At first I really thought that I was okay with it but I quickly learned that I was an absolute nervous wreck!! I am so used to Madison being not adventerous in the least that now that I have one that is I'm not so sure that I am as okay with it as I thought. When I told Toph of the nervous breakdown that I was having with Kaydence up in the toys, he laughed. Of course, so did Mom and Tara. She made it back down to my level without a scratch but didn't like the slide all that well and did not decide to venture back up. THANK GOODNESS!! I don't think that my heart could have taken it again.

On Sunday we had an enjoyable family dinner with everybody and finished the night off with a game of Tripoly. Unfortunately Tara had to head home with the kids before we got started but we will get her to play one game with us eventually. We just need to remember to get it out sooner.

To sum it up we had a very eventful and busy weekend but it was all fun!!

Christmas has gone!

Christmas has come and gone in a blizzard of wrapping paper at our house. Christmas is Madison's favorite time of the year and she talks about it all year around but I can honestly say that this was the first year that she actually got into the whole present thing. She generally just likes all of the lights and music but was really excited for the first time for presents. I think that it would be an understatement to say that her Maggie (my mom) has completely and succssfully incorporated her love for Christmas into her grandaughter and for any of you that know Toph, this has taken some adjusting for him to become excited about Christmas instead of playing the part of Scrooge. I must say that he did rather well this year though he still full-heartedly blames my mother....she doesn't mind.

As for Kaydence, she was so accustomed to being told "NO" when it came to touching the tree and the presents that when Christmas morning finally got here she had no problem telling everybody "no, no" as they were opening their presents. There was actually a moment of hesitation and a bit of coaching before she would touch her presents. It reminds me of a video that we have of Shalie (my little sister) when she was a little bit older than Kaydence is now doing the same thing.

As for the New Years celebration, my kids are not much for partying or being up late. They were in bed by 9:00 p.m. and sound asleep without a fight. I know, lucky us!

From our family to all of yours, we hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and hope that your New Year is filled with happiness and joy!!