In Love With The Boy: Christmas Break

Why hello long lost blogging friends!! It has been a while, but we have been super busy and super sick so this was last on my list of things to do.

We had a great Thanksgiving!! Our holiday spirit consisted of 3 different sicknesses, all within 4 weeks. It started out with Landon having mono the 2 weeks before Thanksgiving which carried over for the next couple of weeks. The week before we got out he broke out in a rash on his face and arms that looked like chicken pox, but wasn't. Fever with that for 5 days. The next week he had strep (which is what I think the rash was from and it just didn't show up as strep the first week), then we got better for a week and then he was sick on Christmas. :( BLAH!!!! And in between there, I got sick with a sinus infection the first 2 days of Christmas break. Anyways....we didn't do much of anything over the break. This was the first break that actually felt like a break and was somewhat relaxing.

When we were feeling great we just hung out and then went on the adventure of riding the The Pink Pig at Lenox. We went with my friend Lisa from work and her kids. I really wanted to take Landon the previous two years, but always forgot about it and then it would be gone. This is something that Ben and I went to as little kids back in the day when Rich's was still around. It used to be on the top of Rich's and it was a pig that you got in and rode around the track. They stopped doing it and since it has been brought back it is a little different set up, but I did include a picture of the old one. Which by the way, was SOO much cooler. We went the Wednesday before Christmas, which was a mistake. We got there and it was a 2 hour wait to ride the stinking 2 minute and 7 second ride. My mom was sweet enough to wait in line while Lisa and I took the kids to the food court to waste a lot of time. We came and waited the last 3o minutes or so with my mom. The kids did great and we really had a fun time. Good memories made!!

Landon waiting patiently to ride!!

There's Priscilla!! Me, Landon, Lisa, Amelia, Carson, and Jordan (he's hiding behind her...he was being shy!)

They've got their ticket for ride....he was soooo happy about it!

This is what the old one looked like. See....soooo much cooler!

On the ride. He was excited because it was on train tracks so it was a "Pig Train"!

We had a great Christmas. I was excited about this Christmas because Landon would get it so much more than last year. He has been talking about what Santa would bring him since right after Christmas. There were only a couple of things that Landon would constantly say that he wanted from "Ho-Ho". They were cars, dump truck, fire truck, fire truck station, and an airplane. I felt like I needed to accomplish those things more than anything since that is what he constantly asked for. And I did.....and he was happy!!

We were up at 6:30 to start the festivities! We quickly distracted Landon upstairs with Alex while we got Da and everyone downstairs to get ready. Landon came down and was so happy to find his 3 story fire truck station. That was by far the best present ever! He loved going through all of the other things that Santa brought. We played and then we decided to do some presents. Landon thought everything was for him and opened everyone's present for them. He loved it!! We did brunch and enjoyed all of that. Landon went down for a nap and then that is when he woke up with a 102.7 fever!! The rest of the day was just hanging out and taking it easy. This Christmas was so much fun and I can't wait until next Christmas!!

drinking "coffee" with Papa

playing his piano...one of his other favorites!

Playing with his firetruck station!! It is all wooden and very heavy duty so this will be a keepsake. It's like a doll house for a girl!!

This is how the night ended at 6:15...sound asleep and down for the night....you know this one didn't feel good if he was asleep in.my.arms. and at 6:15! haha