Smash Room

 

Mom and I needed a mother daughter weekend and so we did that a few weekends ago. There was something I wanted to do with mom was a smash room. It can be kind of weird if you haven't done them before, but it is so cathartic and helpful. A few swings were iffy, but there was a moment it clicked and she loved it. It helped a little with things she's going through. It was such a fun weekend of shopping, snack, smashing and just talking. 

Picture Dump

It's been a bit but not much has happened, but I have a few pictures on my phone. 

Luna likes to sleep like a human sometimes. Pretty cute when she does. 

Emery finished her Lego, took her a few days but it looks really cool hung up on the wall. 

Emery and her friends get together each year and pick a name, go to Build-a-Bear and they make one for their secret person. Then they show what they created. Its a cute way to do gifts for each other. They went to Scentsy afterwards for pictures.  She also went downtown on New Years to watch the potato drop. 

Cailey was in London for a few weeks visiting her family. She brought home so candy (love a Curly Wurly) and a cool skyscape. Cam was very excited when she got home. 

Christmas Day

 Before lunch we watched a few movies, then just had snack foods for lunch. After lunch all the kids crashed and took a nap. Cam Emery and Jacks tried to stay up all night. They didn't make it but were up late and tired. Beck was tired from waking up early. I guess that's what they get when they wake up at 6:30 in the morning. 

We finished the night off with homemade pizza and watching the next instalment of Stranger Things. It was pretty good, now only one episode left. 

Emery worked on her Lego on and off all day and got a little over half done. It's looking good however her fingers hurt a little. 

Christmas Day Morning

 The 'joy' of being woken up at 6:30 am, is by 9:30 am I'm ready to write the morning down and a few things are cleaned up. 

They always send Jackson in to wake up us, as if we don't know they will come in early. 

It's always fun when we get things they didn't expect or wanted but didn't think they would get. 

Emery's favorite was the Batman Lego. She had high hopes she would get it but didn't think it would happen. Thanks to a good sale, it happened. Now she'll be busy the rest of the day. 

Beck's favorite was the Monster squad poster. He got 4 big ones and is now moving his room around to make all of them fit. 

Jacks' favorite was a new keyboard. It lights up and makes a cool noise when he types. I think it has quicker rection time too... maybe? He also got a lot of figures that he's been putting together.

Cam's favorite was a book about Dinosaurs or the kitchen things. He got a wok, nice knife and Soda Stream. Cailey is in London for Christmas with her family, so they have been texting all morning too. 

Brad's favorite was a dart board. We've been married 20 years and I did not now until this year that he liked to play darts. He mentioned it in passing in April and I've had it saved since then. Thankfully he was telling the truth and liked it. 

I love a necklace Beck got me, A view finder that has pictures of the kids and some Tula skin care. Laffy Taffy used to have seeds on the watermelon and sparkles on the cherry. They don't anymore, but Brad found someone who makes it. They taste pretty close to the real ones. 

Now we have 'Maze Runner' on and will possibly fall asleep before the movie is over. More to come later-if we stay awake. 

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

 

We had a good Christmas Eve this year. We started with breakfast at The Griddle. It wasn't bad, but I think Black Bear still wins. 

Came home and did our PJ's and gift exchange. As the kids get older they put more thought into what they get. It's fun to see what they decide to get for who they have. 

The we played some games and watched "Home Alone".

We got our family picture early and with only having cell phones, we have turned to doing selfies. Cute family we have!

This years PJ's are all from "Elf".

Beck slept in his room and the other three stayed up in Cam's room. 

Each year we hide their wrapping paper in new places. This year we put it in their shoes, however Beck didn't have any shoes, so he got his on a weight (he uses them a lot).

Stockings are still my favorite thing to shop for and open. 

There were a few things this year that took up a lot of space. It's all set out just waiting for the kids to wake us up super early like they do every year. 

Emery's Outings

A new movie came out called Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and a lot of kids were excited to see it. We took Jacks to it (it was okay) and Emery went with a group of friends. They all dressed up as characters from the movie. At the end of the movie a little girl came up a few times to tell them how much she loved their costumes. Emery was Freddy Fazbear. 

This past weekend she went with a friend Maddie to Arizona. She has family out there and they do a Christmas party each year. Kind of weird to have her gone all weekend but she had fun. 

Then most recently she did a two mile race with Jenna. She says they made her do it, but I think she had fun.