I DID IT

This is entertaining.  But you'll have to watch it all the way to the end to fully appreciate it.  It starts with some charming singing "La, la, la, la, la" while he is creating a "great wall of markers".  He's building them with the express purpose of knocking them over.  Which he does and then proceeds to do his "I DID IT" dance.  It's a little long but worth it....

A Night in Bethlehem...

We got to dress-up  like characters from Bethlehem for the ward Christmas party.  Check out the kids:

Gingerbread Houses

The building process.....

The finished product:

Robot number two...

We went to dinner with friends the other night.  They have a beautiful baby girl who loves her "bumpo".  Turns out Brogan loves it too...in a different way:

Thanks for the picture, good food and memories.

Robot Number One

Brogan has a current fascination with robots.  He calls himself "Robot number one" and does a rather charming robot dance.  Today, while I was out collecting the girls from school, he and Brian were busy making a robot costume.  We came home and found this:

The result of an artistic and creatively inclined daddy who adores his boy and will do anything to entertain him (especially when it allows him the opportunity to relive his own childhood).

I can't think of a cuter advertisement for Goldfish crackers.

BLACK FRIDAY

We had a  remarkable Black Friday experience.  We went to Wal-mart....with our 3 kids....at 9:00am.  This is a special Wal-mart though.  It was built in a small little town in upstate New York.  When they were building it, they took into consideration the population of the area.  Which seems like a reasonable way to determine how large the facility should be.  Well, this Wal-mart is HUGE but, here is the kicker, included in the population of the area is 2 rather large prisons (one of them is a maximum security prison).  Needless to say, although the inhabitants of these buildings count toward the population of the area, the residents don't get out much....especially for shopping expeditions.  So, the store was peaceful but stocked!  Some of the "big ticket" items were already gone by the time we got there (4 hours after the sales started) but we still scored a new Blue Ray player for $70!  Seriously!  We were so excited.  On the way home, we stopped at a New England classic: Dunkin Donuts.  This is a shot of the back of our car....notice the Boy's face?  He loves donuts!

Here is a close up...so you can fully appreciate his love for this sweet frosted treat:

So, even with 3 kids in tow our Black Friday shopping experience was pretty wonderful.  Who would have thought?

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We have much to be Thankful for this year.  Friends and Family just happen to top the list.