Why Do We Want A Picture of Our Little Ones With Santa So Badly?

So all of you out there that have found your little ones are not willing to sit on Santa's lap I found something for you to let you all know you are not alone!


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/holiday/sfl-scaredofsanta-ugc,0,7181908.ugcphotogallery


Of 214 images of children with Santa 90% are screaming!
I can understand why most of them feel that way, I wouldn't go near some of them either, poor representations of what is supposed to be a magical icon. Well anyway enjoy.

Merry Christmas and All That Jazz

Hi all, I know it's been a while but there wasn't much happening and then it all happened at once AGAIN...
We went to Florida for what was supposed to be a welcome home holiday celebration for my brother who is currently overseas and was supposed to be home but was extended as we all know happens more often that not. I drove the kids and I to Atlanta where Tom was TDY the week prior to us leaving and we stayed there overnight then headed on to Orlando for a week then on the way back we stopped overnight in Chatanooga to see the sights. We got home on Sunday the 23rd and had to finish getting ready for our own Christmas in our own place for probably only the second or third time since I left home. Oh and by the way sometime in there I was supposed to make and send out Christmas cards...OOOPS...they were bought at the BX on Sunday...and will be in the mail soon I hope. So here are some pictures of our adventures.


Sea World with Dolly the Dolphin and Cousins



Lookout Mountain





Kamdyn with Santa
I actually got a picture of Kamdyn with Santa and then she had her eyes closed. We were on the Polar Express Experience at Sea World and just walking along the exhibit and there he was and she just walked up to him like it was what we were supposed to do and I took the picture, it was great cuz I didn't think I was gonna get her that close cuz she always freaks out at stuff like that.

OMG...This Is Too Funny!!!

Got this from a friend, but had to make my own:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9603469686

OK Here They Are...

I came home with twelve cards, some are duplicates thats why you don't see them here. It was a blast but not the same of course...



...and I came home with a gazillion cookies and such.

EEEWWW More Stuff

Yup, as I said earlier the stink was slowly going away but not as fast as I thought it should and sure enough Tom took another peek only to find we didn't get all the carpet pad out of her nose. We pulled another good size hunk out and hopefully that's it and the stink will really go away now!

147

That's the number of cookies I baked after I went to the gym this morning. I know, what am I doing baking a gazillion cookies if I am going back to the gym? Well I have that cookie exchange/card making thing tommorrow and holy cow 18 people are participating so I need to make 9 dozen cookies. I know, 9 dozen is not 147 but I figured I was already baking I might as well make some more so I can throw them in the freezer for when the base or anywhere else decides they need a bunch of cookies or maybe I am just having a bad day and need some for myself:)

Edit:Yes, those are Snickerdoodles

Wow Do I Feel Good!!!

So I went to the Y this morning like I said I was going to. They had Step class at 9 and I barely made it through but decided to torture myself further because they had 30 minute abs right after class and I figured I'm here why not. Holy cow let's just say I took a few breaks. But all in all I feel much better knowing that I can do that everyday again.

Finally....

I am done being lazy. I went to the Y today and signed up! I couldn't take it anymore putting it off, making excuses, and waiting for the base gym to do something. I haven't been to the gym in exactly 5 months this coming Thursday. In that 5 months I have put back on 16 of the 22 pounds I lost going to the gym for 7 months. The gym here is nothing like GF not only do they have limited aerobics classes, they have no Mommy Co-Op or childcare to speak of. Boy were we spoiled! They did recently open a family fun room however they have limited it to ages 3-10, well that just won't work for me. So I checked out home daycare and they want $5/hr per kid, that would be roughly $40 a week just for Kamdyn. Then I decided to check out the Y. What a deal...$52.25 a month, free classes, and FREE CHILDCARE for however much I want to be there! Oh and my family can use whatever they want too. So there you have it I will be at the gym tommorrow again...Finally!

...Oh Yeah...

I am going to a neighborhood cookie exchange/card making evening on Thursday so I will let you know how it goes. I have to make 9 dozen cookies and we will come home with 9 different dozen and about 40 cards we make!

EEEWWW What's That Smell? (Warning:May Get Graphic!)

Tom was in Georgia again last week and called me on his way home on Friday and said hey wanna go to Missouri? Well, um OK. So Friday was spent doing laundry so that we could head out of town. He pulled in the driveway at 2:30, after an 8 hour drive and we were back on the road again for another 4 hours at 3:00 to visit some friends we had in Grand Forks who are now stationed at Whiteman. We had a good time hanging out and the kids had a blast paying with their friends. Last week I noticed that Kamdyn was getting some pretty foul breath. She had had a runny nose for a while so I thought maybe she was getting a sinus infection or something like that. I kept waiting for the fever and just plain rundowness (Is that a word? anyway) and it never appeared but the stink worsened!!! So after bath last night Tom looked in all of Kamdyn's facial orifices to check for spots on her throat, something in her ear, or possibly something in her nose. Then he saw it!!!! There was something blocking her nasal passage on her right side. He tried tweezers and such but really wanted a nasal aspirator to suck it out. So I called my neighbor who has a little boy and asked her if she had one and of course she did but she also reminded me that her husband was a doctor and might have some other device to extract the unknown object. DUH!!! I completely forgot and went over to see what he could find. Luckily he had some kind of extraction device and it was out in no time and Holy Cow did it smell. No wonder her breath was smelling so bad. So I suppose you want to know what it was....well I knew right away when I saw it. It was a piece of carpet pad. You see last week sometime when she was supposed to be napping she was playing with the heater vent cover and if you take it off it exposes the carpet pad and wood and stuff and apparently she didn't know where to put the piece she ripped off so she put it up her nose. So there is that worthy news for you all? I tried to make it as graphic as possible for you cuz I knew you would enjoy it!