Christmas Break

The fact that I live at school & spend way too many days working in the double digits of hours is sort of made up for when we get breaks. (Sort of...)

Noni got Bop & his buddy matching boots for Christmas  Anderson could not wait to get to work doing whatever it is that they do outside all the time.

Total savings for the year at CVS-$918   Percent savings for the trip-94%
Future Melissa, you are welcome that younger Melissa was frugal.

Real Life. Lots of errands. Not sure what Anderson is eating here..

A visit from our girls! (please ignore Max's 3 month pants-we were at the doc & that was all I had in his diaper bag)

This girl will put on a show.

*"Ok, I will do a dance recital for everyone," was said with an exhausted sigh, basically out of nowhere,  followed by a sparkle dress outfit change and demands for music.

We went to a Kids' Discovery Center for a New Year's celebration & it was really fun because they have a bunch of science exhibits that are very interactive and there was a celebration for New Year's Eve with a giant ball, streamers, noise makers and all kinds of celebratory things.

Anderson is really into space right now and was so excited about the space shuttle and telling anyone who would listen random facts about Mars.

ANDERSON LOOKS LIKE HARRY POTTER AND I JUST REALIZED IT!!! (he is holding a confetti popper or something. I can't remember the name of it, but it is clearly a synonym for a wand.)

Sunny came with us & she is just adorable & we love hanging out with her. 

Max & Reese took over most areas, as usual. 

 Then..the plague hit us. I was covered with more puke on the first day of 2014 than I was in all of 2013, I think. Clearly a sign of good luck. *This continued for a few days off & on.

Poor Max had the following over the same span of 5 days: a stomach plague, an ear infection, his 6th antibiotic in 2 months which means a destroyed stomach, 2 emerging teeth. And....he is still perfect.

*What kind of kid is this baby who literally pukes on me, keeps me up all night and covers everything with antibiotic poop/spit up and yet, literally makes me the happiest Bobble in the world? (If this is not a sign that he is going to get a letter about Hogwarts when he is 11, I don't know what is.)

 Noni games.

 We taught Lily about boy crafting...our volcano.

My boys in their matching vests from Noni. 

 BONUS: Thanks to the freezing temps (it was kind of fun to see 1 as the temp) and snow, we got a snow day to hang out together! We went sledding and drank hot chocolate and played and then ran to to the YMCA the second their child care opened in the afternoon because we were going crazy. (I.I was going crazy)

Anderson LOVES ice & I think it is because he can destroy it. He will go outside and just try to break the ice in the sand box all of the time. He loves it.

I definitely enjoyed my time off with these boys!