This is what happens often when I try to take some time out and relax. I think this was a Sunday evening and the kids wanted to watch "funny movies." (AFV) Corbin only lasted a few min. He will only sit for one movie, a kids show about motorcycles made in the 90's. We checked it out at the library a few weeks ago and I may have to try and purchase it. That kid loves motorcycles. Our neighbor parks his motorcycle right next to our parking spot and Corbin can't get enough of it.
We enjoyed a day at the beach with my sister's family and my brother Eric. The water was really cold but a few brave souls ventured in. Jenna actually went to the water's edge for the first time. We enjoyed awesome fish and chips at a little fish shack just off the road in Malibu. I guess this is a perk of living in CA.
Happy Birthday Baby boy! My little man is 2 years old. We celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese with cousins and friends from AZ. Corbin loves Chuck E. and talks about it all the time; especially the Bob the Builder ride. We had only been there once, but he cried for Chuck E. at least once every few days. Corbin is such a sweet boy. He does have a lot of trouble in him too. He talks about as much as his sisters do and he gets into things twice as fast. He loves to make you laugh and it is nice to finally have a little one that likes to snuggle.
We had a great Christmas morning. Well... once we got the kids to sleep Christmas Eve that is. Kallie was so excited she couldn't go to sleep and then she was up at 3:30 am and wanted to open her presents. She was really mad that I made her go back to sleep until 6.
After opening presents and getting ready we headed to my sisters for the rest of the Holiday. We had 4 out of 5 kids sick on Christmas night but luckily it was only one night. We were sad that Daddy had to work most of the time but he came up on the days he had off.
Byron and I had a night out (which is rare) for his work Christmas party. It was held at the Disneyland Hotel Grand Ballroom. It was lots of fun to get dressed up and have great food. There was karaoke, gambling, Guitar Hero, and dancing. We watched people do some really great karaoke and others that were really bad. There were awards given out and lots of good things happening for his company. We have had to make a lot of sacrifices, but have been really blessed for him to have gotten this job and enjoy it so much.
Decorating the tree is always an adventure with little ones. Most of the ornaments end up in one spot, but Byron says it doesn't matter because I'll just rearrange it anyway. That's only partly true. I don't move all the ornaments... just the ones that need to be moved.
The hardest thing is teaching Corbin that he can't touch the ornaments anymore. We've had 3 broken ones already. I hope we can make it the rest of the month with out any others being put to an early grave.
