Well, December has been so darn overwhelming that I have been doing my best to just make it through alive. As some of you know, both Ammon and Manessa had birthdays. One just two days before Christmas, and the other just two days after. I also took a turn to host Thanksgiving this year, which I have not blogged about either. So instead of trying to play total catch up I am just going to start now and run with it. The cute kids in the tub was just a cute picture that I wanted to throw in. Then I will go ahead and give the birthday and some Christmas deatails here as well.
I let Manessa help me put stickers on the party invitations, and she was having a littel too much fun. I am still finding stickers in random places.
We had a joint birthday party for the kids on the 27th, (Manessa's actual birthday.) I made Manessa a Barbie cake and I was going to do a really cute cake for Ammon with a dump truck that my sister-in-law told me about but he insisted that he wanted a snake. So I returned the $23 truck and lined up a bunch of green cup cakes. It was way cheeper, but probably not as cute as it could have been.
There were 16 kids here between the ages of 3 and 6, I'll tell you what, that was one of the dumbest things I have ever done. But the kids made out like bandits. Santa was a little out done by the birthday possee. Ammon got a small skatebord for Christmas, and this full size one for his birthday. Leland really likes both of them too.
Ammon also got a pair of roller blades, and a light up lazer gun that was from Grandma and Grandpa Whiting. (you can see the little skatebord in this one too.) He has even tried riding the skatebords with the roller blades on. We had to explain to him that it probably wasn't a very safe idea.
Manessa got a princess scooter that she has been riding all over the house. She has also grown attatched to the mask that was from the pin the tail on the donkey game. It was amazing the flood of relief that I felt after the party was over. I guess I just don't deal with stress very well. I am sorry that we went so long without any postings or updates. But now I gave you a big one, so there you go! ;o)
