Happy New Year 2009

As i write this post my little princess is falling asleep beside me on her blow up bed in her little sister's butterfly tent, Trey and Ethan finally shut down their engines on their constant sound effects and fell asleep, Raegan finally cried herself to sleep. I tried the rocking thing but after telling her 15 times" if you don't lay your head down your going back to your bed", her quickly laying her head down for 2 seconds each time and then popping right back up...we decided she was crying it out tonight, johnny is laying on the couch snoring, and i, after falling asleep during the movie Wall-e am not feeling so tired... I am LOVING no alarms for the past week, Monday will be a jolt back to reality and then Tues or Wed (can't remember which day they start) will be back to getting up early for school...

I picked up a luch shift at Chilis today since we got up and were doing nothing anyway, decided to go to work for a few hrs and make a little $. The kids and Daddy were still in their pjs when i got home, so i take it they had a relaxing day! Then tonight we went to get a bite to eat (after getting a late afternoon bath that is) and were going to take the kids to the Great Mall to play but as we got their were told the mall was just closing, so we went to Mcdonalds and let the kids play till they were sweating and tired! Trey and Avery took Raegan up in the maze and took her down the slide, she didn't seem to mind but when asked if she wanted to go again wanted nothing to do with it. She is still at the stage where she just walks around, scopes out what table has some chicken nuggets so she can try to steal the box and just has fun watching all the action. Ethan on the other hand was being egged on by a bunch of older boys and was stepping up to the plate being "the guy that was after everyone" he was growling and chasing and they all thought it was great cause they could fake him out easily. He fell asleep within the first 15 minutes of Wall-e so i think we successfully wore him out...

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and now for a few more pictures of Christmas...