Day 13-17 and other stuff

It's been quite a week for us.  Brex started last Friday with the stomach flu.  Poor kid puked all weekend and ran a fever.  Trey caught it by the first of the week and here it is Friday and both Cale and I have had it too.  On top of the stomach flu I had a re-treatment on an old root canal boy does that hurt.  Only good aspect is that I've lost some weight from not being able to eat and than being too sick to eat.  I think I slept most of the day yesterday. That's pretty unheard of for me now a days :). On top of all that Brex decided he finally wanted to potty train.  We found him Wed morning on the potty.  Since then he's been in underwear. woohoo!!!  Cale asked Brex yesterday what he wanted for Christmas and he said a shirt, socks and underwear, hahahaha that kid cracks us up. Trey and Elle got to shop at the school store and bought Christmas presents for everyone.  Miss Elle got a present for her cousin Abby and I thought that was so sweet.  Trey didn't forget Uncle Dan in his gift buying either, they are such thoughtful kids. Also the kids are having their christmas parties in school today and Elle has taken her polar express car with her.  I will have to post pictures later it turned out super cute thanks to daddy spending yesterday getting it ready.  

Anyway here's what Lucky has been up too that past few days. 

Day 13 he found himself stuck in our mini basketball hoop

 Day 14 he went fishing and caught a fish.(the kids LOVED this one.)

 Zip line anyone? Day 15 was adventurous.

 Day 16 found Lucky tied up.

 Day 17 he brought elf kisses for all the kids.

Elf days 6-12

Our elf has been busy and keeping us highly entertained.  It is so fun to listen to the kids as they race down the stairs to see what Lucky has been up too. But here is what he's been up to this week.  Can't wait to see what he comes up with next. 

Day 6 he toilet papered our tree

 Day 7 He wanted to color in Elle's coloring book

 Day 8 he used the fire truck ladder to get to the candy canes.

Day 9 he left a little message for the kids. 

Day 10 Lucky decided he needed a drink of syrup.

Day 11 Lucky replaced the Angle on our tree. I guess she needed a vacation.

Day 12 is making snow angles. A classic winter activity!!

O Christmas Tree

This is post number 4 so make sure you keep scrolling down to catch all of our other posts.  We finally got our REAL Christmas tree and it smell soooooooo good!  I love the smell of a fresh tree. The kids had so much fun decorating the tree.  They each have ornaments that they've been given every year and it's fun to watch them unwrap them and see what they have.  The kids were totally stoked and couldn't wait to bring the tree home. We even picked up a new snowman that looks like a snow globe that we have but it's an ornament that lights up.  It's super cute and the kids love it!  I'm excited to finally have a place to put our Christmas presents! :) 

Getting a look at the tree

 Taking it to the truck.  Big Helpers!

Decorating the tree

 Ta Da

Our Christmas Tree

Leaves

3 posts in one day wow I'm on a roll.  We stopped at the park on our way to the basketball game.  While there Elle and Brex started to make a leaf pile.  It was super cute, they would both get arm fulls of leaves and throw them on the pile.  It is still such beautiful weather here and we are totally taking advantage.

 Such determination on their little faces.

 Action Shots Love them!

 Love my kids!!

Basketball here we come

As mentioned in the post before Trey had his very first basketball game today and Cale and I are his coaches.  Our team did amazing and we barely lost right at the end.  It is definitely a learning experience for us.  We have some awesome kids on our team and we are so excited to watch the progress that is sure to come in this season!

Days 3-5

Lucky has been keeping us highly entertained with his antics.  The kids have had a blast trying to find him every morning.  They get so excited to see what new adventure he is having.  On a side note we have started Basketball with Trey and we are the coaches.  It's been a bit of an experience so far, partly because I don't really have any idea about basketball and the other part is it's the first year for all of these 2nd graders to be playing.  We actually missed the first game because we were up north so today will be an experience for all of us.  Wish us luck!!!

 Day 3 Lucky decided to relax in a bubble tub with some friends

 Day 4 Lucky repelled from our light.

Day 5 Friday night poker night right?  Lucky must like Chocolate!!

Elf on the Shelf Days 1 & 2

We have joined the masses that have started the Elf on the Shelf tradition.  Our Elf is named Lucky because according to Elle "He's Lucky because he came to such Lucky kids."  Lucky showed up on Spike our Dinosaur on our table.  He brought with him a book for the kids to read and some snickers. We learned that we can't touch Lucky or else he loses all of his magic and every night he returns to Santa to report on whether the kids have been good or bad.

 Day 2(today) showed the prankster side of Lucky.  He made the kids cereal for breakfast and turned our milk green!! The kids laughed and think Lucky is so funny.  They can't wait to see what he does next.