I have to post this picture it was taken one random night but this was the first time that all three of them were wearing similar pajamas at the same time. The big smiles are because all three of them were sliding up and down our hardwood floor on those pjs. Who needs ice skates right?
11/11/11
This was the year, my birthday landed on the most perfect day 11/11/11. I turned 29 and if you add those two together you get another 11. Spencer had big plans for the both of us we were actually going to go to N.Y as it was kind of our anniversary too, but I guess I decided to finish my basement instead so N.Y is going to have to wait for me a little bit longer. This will give us some time to plan. We are already discussing all the places where we want to go eat and see.
When Spencer asked me what I wanted for my birthday I told him I wanted to go and have a sleep over somewhere. Apparently a lot of people wanted to do this because all the hotels were booked in Salt Lake and the ones available were 400 a night. You’ll catch me dead before you see me spending $400 for a room.
Instead Spencer mom took the kids for the night and we went on a date to Rodizio Brazilian grill. They had pan the yucca which is something typical from Ecuador that nobody else bakes in Utah. Then there was this Limeade, Oh my gosh it was extremely tasty!
When we came home we watch my favorite show on the TV and went to bed.
Oh Silent Night! It was perfect, No Joshua’s complaining or Julia’s asking to turn on her fan in the middle of winter or Andrew’s terrorizing the house.
The best part was the next morning when we saw our clocks and it was 8:30 and we were still on bed.
This was the best night ever! The perfect present for the perfect birthday.
The next day Spencer and the kids baked me a cake and we had some ice cream. Andrew enjoyed it the most.
November 14Th
Spencer had a great idea for Family Home Evening. We mad Rice Krispy turkeys with the kids that night. Spencer took over the cooking part and I just took pictures and helped the kids make their turkeys
November 15 Th
After bath the kids were all settling down and when I saw that Andrew had climbed on one of our chairs. When I asked him what he was doing he hid behind the chair and came back looking at me with his squinty eyes. I am just glad I had a picture of this. We laugh the entire night.
November 18th
Spencer mom was sick and she had tickets to go see a ballet production of the Nut Cracker. Spencer stayed with the boys and had a boy’s night in and the girls had a night out.
That day Julia had gotten her first report card ever. Her report card was full of A’s.
That night, before we went to the show, as her reward she got to pick her favorite place to eat at. Subway it was.
The show was lovely. Except it was a bit too long for a 5 year old girl who is used to going to bed at 8:00. She grew really grumpy at the end Specially when the Snow Queen and the Nut Cracker dance 5 solo acts each in a row. Julia turns to me after their 3rd solo and said: “Mommy, they already dance” They need to go.
She fell asleep the second we got to the car.
The boys had a great night too, Josh told me they had watch the bad guys fight, so I assumed they watched Star Wars.
November 19th
The kids were so good
this year that they received
a special invitation from Santa
to have breakfast with him.
We had to be at the mall by 8:00
in the morning so it was kind of
tricky with 3 kids
to get there on time.
The kids felt so special the entire day. We even had our pictures taken with the big guy.
Julia told Santa she wanted a Rapunzel tower and a mini van for her loving family
It was great to see Josh with the Big guy.
Before Santa could even ask him any questions
he was reciting his list to him already.
#1 on his list a fire truck,
#2 a Thomas train, he is still a train lover.
But that was it.
Their list consisted of 2 toys each, not bad!.
When Santa finally got a chance
to ask him if he had been good or bad
he looked at me with a very concern face,
as if pleading me silently not to tell
him how many times
he had bug his baby brother this year.
Andrew, oh my Andrew is just like Julia. He was terrified of Santa. If you look closely at Santa I think he is laughing at my poor boy's horror.
Oh well this will be a picture to remember
My kids found this spot at the mall and made up for a cute picture, just have to blog it.
After that we headed to Barns and Novel where Julia had her first Choir performance.
Grandpa Smith came to see Julia sing and boy was I glad to have him help me with the boys while I tried to take some pictures and record the show for Spencer. He played with the boys at the train table.
After her performance they announced the winner of an art contest that her school had. They have to submit a picture of something that they were thankful for.
Julia drew a lovely picture and got 2
nd place. They displayed her picture at Barns&Novel that day.
November 21st
This was the choir’s second performance. This time they had it at the Layton Jr. High gym. The auditorium was full. There were 4 different schools performing that night. Julia was kind of nervous but she had fun and kept a big smile during the entire performance.
Grandma Smith came to the show to support Julia and help me manage the boys.
After that we walked across the street to the park where we saw the Christmas lights turn on.
November 26th
Andrew had to do some cleaning. This picture is so going to be on his wedding video. He was Shirtless, dorky pants on, vacuuming and had his goofy smile on, just the perfect combination, don’t you think?
