Not Happy With A Haircut

Today, I got a call from David's Assistant Principal at his school

(the call was just before 3:00 and school is out at 2:40).

Apparently an older girl on the bus to the daycare center that he goes to for after-school care decided to cut his hair without his permission.

He said that he told her not to cut it, but she cut it anyway.

I brought home a pair of my good shears from school to see what I could do to try and make it decent.

I wasn't sure what I would find when I picked him up this afternoon.

It wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but still very upset that the girl did this to him!

Chopped hair (note big empty spot where hair was)

Making a 'not happy' face

Laughing at Michael laughing at him

Second attempt at a 'not happy' face

Not much better, but at least it is mostly shaped up and even after Mama got through.

Rest Time

Sunday afternoon 'Rest Time' at our house is usually pretty quiet.  The boys usually get to watch a movie while laying on their pillows on the couches and covered with their blankets.  Not yesterday.  Both boys lost the movie privilege so David was sleeping on his bed and Michael was on the small couch. 

He eventually fell asleep... 

Sheba likes to sleep on the couch as well.  She also likes their blankets.

 

Ice Skating

This past Saturday, David was invited to attend a Pizza and Ice Skating birthday party for one of his classmates.  Michael and I tagged along.  We had a great time!  Chris had to work, so he missed out on all the fun, but got to see pictures at dinner (we met him at the McDonald's that is in Wal-Mart) and hear about it from the boys.  The boys had never been skating (any kind of skating) before and I haven't been skating since ???????  We all laughed so hard! 
The boys fell quite a lot at the beginning and then David took off and did great!  It was almost like watching someone who had skated several times before!  I think we found a sport that he can do well in.  Michael took a bit longer to get his rhythm, but when he did it was way too funny to watch!  I did good to take pictures while skating on the ice, so I wasn't able to get any video of his style.  It was kind of a penguin waddle, while running on his toes.  I did fine as long as no one touched me and was very proud of myself for staying on my skates the whole time!  I didn't fall, however, I did check Michael into the wall quite a lot when he would grab my leg!
Some of the pictures are dark, but enjoy them anyway!

 

 

Skates are on

David starting out

Michael trying to not fall

Holding on and having fun

'Breakdancing' on the ice
(actually falling, but doing a neat job of it!)
 

Look, I'm skating

Two tired and wet little boys and one aching Mama!
We skated for about 2 hours.

Christmas 2012, part 2 (more pictures)

Setting up lights outside

Helping Daddy take lights out of the package

Helping Daddy take lights out of the package

Starting to string them out

David decided that he wanted to ride his big wheel instead of helping.
Michael was helping pull the lights straight.

Waiting on you Daddy!

Finding the 'corner' of the yard

Michael was telling David to stop playing and get back to helping Daddy!
(David was ignoring him...)

Mostly done!  Lights were also wrapped around the lower part of the tree.

Starting to put ornaments on the Christmas Tree!

Everyone's stocking was hung on the fireplace.
(L to R: David, Rachael, Sheba, Chris, Michael)

Sheba's new toy from her stocking

About 2 minutes later...

4 minutes after getting it...

Taken away after 5 minutes of playing with it!

Grandpa Dave & Grandma Lela came over for lunch and to help celebrate Christmas.

Michael's new slippers

David's new slippers

Opening gifts

Christmas 2012

Christmas Morning before the boys get up

Being very patient right now...

 

Sock Monkey stocking (Mama embroidered their initials on the hat)



Checking out what Santa put in the stocking

 

Sheba likes her new toy (lasted less than 5 minutes!)

 

New watch!
A Time Teacher (hour and minutes are different colors and match the hands)

 

Really excited about his new 'Video Game' system!

 

Loves the Tag reader and the books he got with it!

More stuff to explore

More stuff to explore

New cookbook from the show "the Chew"

Daddy likes the movie he got

 

Christmas Advent Book Countdown

Aunt Liz (Rachael's sister) stopped by a little while ago with a gift for the boys: a basket of wrapped books to count down to Advent.  They get to open one book a night to read and count down the days until Christmas (there are 24 books).  The calendar has been marked with who gets to choose the book each night (have to take turns) and we opened and read the first one tonight (David got to choose!).  Aunt Liz has been doing this with Cousin Charlie and it is a wonderful idea!  I think that we will need to continue this tradition.....

 

 

Look what we found!

While shopping for a few things at Kohl's today, we decided to get a new ornament for everyone. Michael got a teddy bear with his initial and David got a sparkly dog. We picked out a motorcycle for Daddy and Mama got a Russian doll.