A little Bass Pro

The Saturday before Christmas.  It was the first Saturday all fall that we
had absolutely nothing on the calendar!  We were done with Shopping, ready for Christmas except.... A Santa Picture.

So I suggested Bass Pro and Chris said lets go now!  So we dressed and off we went. I didn't think about it being Christmas time and the fact that Bass Pro is connected to a mall here.  But it was perfect. We parked by Bass Pro and walked right in.  We had to wait maybe 10 minutes, if that, for our turn with Santa.  I was afraid it would be a terrible wait but it was just perfect.  It was not overly busy in the kids area so they got to play all the games and we had a great time!

 Of course a look at the fish.

 The remote control car worked great!

 A little shooting.

 What is under there?

 A little Wii.

Please Dad can we have one!

All in all it was a fantastic trip.  We even decided to make the walk around the mall!  The Santa picture came out great!  And as always a free and totally fun morning is my favorite!

Candy Cane Fun Run

Saturday morning started out very early this week.  It was the second annual Candy Can Fun Run.  The three elementary schools in our neighbor/subdivision came together and created the Candy Cane Fun Run as an event to bring our schools together.  Our school has a "Fit Girls and "Iron Boys for all the fourth and fifth graders that want to participate.  Both boys and girls run in the afternoons after school building their endurance to complete the 5K in december.   The boys also have strength building stations and the girls read a book and discuss it as part of the program.

This year we had 1700 people participating.  The beginning and the end of the race started at our school.  There were over 400 kids alone in the Iron Boys and Fit girls that signed up to run.  It is very cool to see all the kids, their parents and so many teachers running.

Chris and I went to take pictures.  Unfortunately running 3 miles on a Saturday morning is not my idea of fun at this point in my life.  But I am mentally preparing because Ladybug has already told me she will be doing it next year.

 Ladybug and some friends.

 Batan and his bestie.

 Face Painting time.

 Ladybug and Batman got a little bored as I took pictures of everyone crossing the finish line.  But they had their blue slushies to pass the time.

Please note.  December 8th.  Sun shining.  Short, t-shirts, I was actually sweating.  Slushies were a good treat to cool off with at 9AM in the morning!

Two days later.  December 10th.  It is cloudy, dreary, freezing cold, like winter jackets and earmuffs cold, and the wind is blowing on top of that.  Yuck!

 Batman and our VIPS coordinators in front of Frosty!  He thought it was so cool that she picked him up.

 And Ladybug and I.  Notice our bling shirts.  Two candy canes that make a heart.  Loved these.

Ladybug getting her face painted.

 The fire truck was there!

And Batman with Frosty.

Very successful event for our community!

Baby Teeth Photo Shoot

First let me apologize!  I am shocked to realize that almost a whole month has gone by with no posts.  I want to say I will promise to do better.  But I am really just trying to get through the things I have to do everyday.  But I will promise to try!

Batman has been asking me if he has a loose tooth for a few months now.  I will patiently wiggle his teeth for him and tell him no and that he has to be patient.

Well Saturday, he came a running!  Low and Behold he had a loose tooth.

He claims that he was chewing gum and when he chewed his tooth came loose.  So that is the story we are going with.

After seeing a friend do a photoshoot with her little one before she lost her first tooth, I new I would do the same with Batman.

This was Saturday afternoon of a very busy day.  There was no time to go and take pictures.  I told him NOT to pull it out that night.  Because he was motivated for the tooth fairy right then.

He struggled and explained to me that he couldn't stop wiggling it.  Fortunately, it held till after church on Sunday.

Just him and I went over to Cypress Station together for a photo shoot.  This is the most excited he has ever been about taking pictures!  He was so for it and I got a bunch of great pictures of him.  He ran and explored and smiled for the camera and even indicated he needed another photoshoot after he lost his first tooth.

But these are my favorite pictures of him.  I absolutely love his smile.  This is the Batman I truly love to see.   The kids are pretty much always fighting these days.  One is always mad at the other and both are usually getting in trouble.  School is a constant struggle for Batman and we are struggling to keep up and stay positive.  So I love to see him be himself and having fun and being an individual and not Ladybug's little brother.

 A little spiderman web shooting

 My absolute favorite.  I see it on a canvas pretty soon.

 Course I love this one too.

 A little gymnastics as well.

But mom, I can't stop wiggling it!

On Sunday he carried around a tissue for several hours asking me if his tooth was bleeding about 50 times. I will let you know when it comes out!