Santa's Winter Wonderland!!

Oh yes it's ladies night....that's what I was singing Saturday night. My friend Alyssa is moving to Cali so we decided to have a ladies night. The kids went over to Keisa's for a sleepover. Michael kept them all, all SIX of them!! Big-ups to you Michael!! So Keisa, Alyssa and I got dressed all pretty and started out with something to eat. We went to Chili's. Alyssa had chicken tacos. Keisa and I had a sampler plate. I was not impressed with my food. I have been to Chili's many times and I love it but not this time. My chicken was cold. Luckily I had some Jamaican Paradise to keep me in good spirits. THE BEST DRINK EVER!! After dinner we headed out to a club called the Ultra Lounge. Our friends Sam and Yvonne met us there. It was a good time!! After that Keisa and I went back to Keisa's house and I joined my boys on the couch for some sleep.



Today our housing had a Santa's Winter Wonderland day. It was at an indoor iceskating rink. The kids were very excited. There were crafts, pizza, nachos, brownies, soda, hot chocolate, ice skating and Santa!! Deja didn't want to make any crafts but the boys made Candy Cane Reindeer and some Reindeer dust.


Then we ate. After that we got in line to get our skates. Jalen decided to just watch and eat of course. So Deja, Tayveon, and I got our skates on and headed out.



I was so nervous. It was VERY scary. I was more nervous about Tayveon falling. I can skate a little on my own but Tayveon was slipping all around. But Deja did AWESOME. She wasn't scared at all and this was her first time. Before I knew it she was flying around the rink. I couldn't believe it. She was so proud.






She offered to take Tayveon but I just couldn't let go of his hand. I was sooo scared to let him go. He wanted to go at first but I just couldn't let him. So I talked him out of it. I know that's not really what a parent should do but I just couldn't let go of his hand. I was just too scared. So Tay and I traded our skates back in for our shoes and headed off to see Santa. Deja stayed on the ice. Jalen was not at all interested in going to see Santa. He was just interested in pizza and brownies. Tayveon stood in line and anxiously waited for his turn with Santa. Finally it was his time. He took a picture with Santa and told Santa that he would like a spiderman toy for Christmas. Santa said he would see what he could do and gave Tayveon a goodie bad. Well when Tayveon showed up with that goodie bag, Jalen had a quick change of heart. He wanted a goodie bag so he decided to go ahead and get his picture taken with Santa. He asked Santa for a PSP. Then we went and watched Deja skate. She skated for an hour and a half. She loved it. She saw a few of her friends there so that made it even better. Afterwards we went home and it was time for baths and bed!!

Back to school in the morning......

TTYN

Christmas Fever!!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

I found the link to make this on my friends', The Hays Family, Thanks guys!! The kids really got a kick out of this. They wanted to watch it over and over. They have been saying "JibJab" all night!!

Sweater Day at School!

We didn't do much this week. The kids had school and I did a little Christmas shopping. I can't wait for Christmas day to get here. Shopping for gifts is kinda stressful. But very worth the trouble on Christmas morning when the kids open their gifts.

Besides that nothing exciting has happened. I have lost a total of 20 pounds though...that's pretty exciting to me!! Woohoo, go ME!! I am trying to exercise and eat better. I did good all week until today I ate chicken nuggets from Mickie D's!!! I guess I'll just have to do some working out tomorrow.

Hopefully there will be some excitement this weekend!!

TTYN

Gosh........

Well Daddy's gone, the week's half over, and there are 21 days until Christmas, Yeah-hoo!! Not a whole lot has happened so far this week. I am still waiting to hear back from a job I applied for, waiting sucks. They need to just hire me already!!LOL But in the mean time, I need to get some Christmas shopping done. I have no idea what to get the kids. Of course they have given some suggestions but I want to get stuff that they will actually use for more than a day or a week. This year I am thinking of getting a few big gifts instead of a lot of small gifts. I do like the look of all of the presents under the tree but half of that doesn't even get looked at after a while. So I don't know what to get. I only have 3 weeks though!!

Tayveon had some fun today. The Pre-K classes took a field trip to the Cinema Cafe. They saw Polar Express, had pizza, popcorn, and soda. Then they went over to the mall and saw Santa. Tayveon said he asked Santa to bring him a skateboard and Santa said "Oh". He said he also told Santa to bring him a cake and Santa said "Ho, Ho, Hooo!" LOL. That's funny to me because last night Tayveon told me that he was going to ask Santa to bring him: Spiderman cakes, spider toys, a phone, a big t.v., and lots of cool stuff. Then this morning he said that he is going to ask Santa to bring him a Kung Fu Panda toy. And he didn't end up asking Santa for any of that, except of all things, the cake. LOL



So when I picked Tayveon up from school, he had a candy cane and a snowman stuffed animal. There were a few other kids who had candy canes but Tayveon was the only one holding a snowman. He was in line with everyone else, including the teachers, so I just figured that he was the only one who didn't put it in his bag. Well when we got home I was talking to him and I asked if Santa gave him the candy and toy. He said "No". So I asked who gave it to him. He said his teacher gave him the candy cane. I asked who gave him the snowman. He said he got it off the table. So I was like "did the teacher give you the snowman?, Did all of the kids get one?" And he just said "I got it off the table. Gosh, why do you keep asking me?" And he said it so nonchalantly that it was hard not to laugh. So now I'm just thinking "Great, so did he friggin steal it or what?"

So I guess I'll find out tomorrow morning.

TTYN

A Happy Thanksgiving!!