Ben has been home all week because his preschool teacher is out of town and although he has been a little bored at times its been nice having him home all day. It's funny how he and Emma have started to play together so much more even though she bosses him around like crazy. She went over to him this morning and just smacked him in the head for no reason at all and I was telling her how she needs to be nice to Ben and not hit and he just kept saying"oh its okay Mom , Emmy can hit me it's okay i don't mind, it's fine Mom". Unfortunately I feel like she is going to turn into this little girl that can do no wrong because her brothers let her do whatever she wants and usually just laugh when she comes up and whacks them with something. I really hope she doesn't but if I have a terror running around in a couple of years at least I hope I'm aware of it. For now though I am just glad that they play so well together and that she has older brothers who will look out for her and hopefully just teach her through example how to be nice. I'm crossing my fingers.

A couple weeks ago after being sick for a week and a half Emma was looking pretty skinny and little. That next week after feeling better she was eating everything and snacking all day long and now her cheeks have returned and she is looking nice and chubby with some cheeks to spare.

She turned around and hit him in the head after they were looking so sweet for a second.

CHRISTMAS DINNER

Growing up my two cousins Amber and Megan didn't have any sisters (megan finally got one when she was 16 ) so we all grew up close like sisters. We have always exchanged gifts for christmas until a few years ago we decided that we would start a new tradition and have a girls dinner in december so we can catch up and that would be our gift to eachother. This is now one of my fav. christmas traditions! I love looking forward to seeing them and just having girl talk that we can't have when our moms or aunts are around. Nobody is the center of converstaion and we all talk about our lives good and bad and just talk about girl stuff and our crazy families. We all go different directions for christmas now, so it was a nice way to get together and see eachother during the holidays. This is a tradition that I hope we can continue but i think we should do it more than once a year. Love you girls!

I have been really bad at updating my blog lately so this week I will be posting more often, well at least thats my plan.

MR. Sand Man.........

The boys were so excited the other night when their Dad came home and told them he had brought them more sand. Our sand box had slowly lost all it's sand and I wasn't minding that it had lost it's appeal. Well today Ben and Emma helped to fill it back up and they were both so excited! It had been rained on so it was sticking to them more than normal but Ben loved shoveling the sand in and I was glad he was getting the workout.

They both were disgusting by the time they were done and i made them undress outside before they could come in to a hot bath. It's amazing how entertaining some dirt can be.