The boy's Christmas Party

I signed up to bring a "main course" to the kindergarten Christmas Party at Jonathan's school. My plan was to order chicken nuggets from Chick-Fil-A...

Then Jonathan asked me to make sandwiches because I "make the best sandwiches" he says. Yesterday he handed me this list of what kind of sandwiches each classmate wanted.

And yes, I complied. There are only 10 students in this class. It only took me about 30 minutes.

Each child will get a drummer boy and Christmas tree. I also included some for the teachers because Jonathan did not want them to be left out.

Merry Christmas to the Kindergarten class at HCA!

My first "Mom" jewelry

While shopping for pajama's for the boys, we walked through the store near the jewelry department. Immediately the boys wanted to look for gifts for Mama (that's me!). How can you say no to the sweetest boys in the world when they want to buy jewelry for their mama?

At Sears, Dustin was a tremendous help. He helped the boys pick things out then tell me the price so I could approve it. And he wrapped them up pretty for them. All this so that I wouldn't know what they picked out.

The boys couldn't help themselves this morning...they had to show me "one" thing that they got for me. After I took a peak they decided that they wanted me to have it today. So...

Here is Joel's "three" bracelets....

and Jonathan's "mom" necklace...
Wonder what's left in those pretty packages....

Merry Christmas!

Nervous Breakdown!

On our way to school this morning, I chose a different route because the railway barriers were down and lights flashing.

I watched, waiting for the train to come...no train.

I watched several other drivers turn down West Street and maneuver around the barriers and I followed.

Here's the conversation I had with my son, Jonathan.

J: Mama, why are we going a different way?

Me: I went a different way because the barriers were down, but there is no train.

J: I think the barriers must have had a nervous breakdown!

Oh, I could not stop laughing but had to hide it so that he wouldn't get his feelings hurt. Enjoying my life with these boys!

Mixed Drinks

What causes a child to decide that he wants a mixed drink? When we buy a fountain drink at the convenience store, my oldest always wants "orange" but my youngest changes it up a bit:

One day it might be Sprite.

The next - a little bit of Sprite and the same amount of Pepsi.

The next - a little bit of Fruit Punch and the same amount of Coke.

And my favorite - a little bit of Sprite, a little bit of Fruit Punch, a little bit of Pepsi and a little bit of Coke!