What a weekend. Dec 12-14

Well I am really trying to keep up to date with all the news that comes out of our house. But this last weekend was a bummer! Really! I will try to keep this mild.

Well let me start from the top. Imagine you are out to diner with your loving husband with no kids on a Friday night, you get a call from the babysitter (Kaitlyn Tanner) telling you that Gavin just throw up all over the rug. He is in the bath tub. Where do you want me to put the rug?

Okay?? Well you give instruction and then tell her that we are on our way. She has it all under control. Gavin is in bed and it is all cleaned up. Mom is up most of the night with him while dad sleeps on the couch. He lets mom sleep in (what a guy). So I get up and start to clean like a mad women. Just in case I want every one to have a clean toilet. The day goes on and Gavin is getting better. Then Tristan starts and an hour later Allyson follows. Dad is such a trooper this time around and helps out. So it is Saturday night, with 2 sick kids in the bathroom's. With the lingering sickness we can only dream of getting some sleep. Although everyone is holding down water we still don't get much sleep that night. Sunday is much better, we stay in the house and work on getting better for the coming week.

The kids miss out on Santa this year and the weekend is shot! No Christmas Party for us. That is okay, since every year one of my kids seems to get this around Thanksgiving or Christmas. Our only hope this year that is that this is it! Wishful Thinking? I will have to let you know.

Gingerbread House

We built a gingerbread house, well mom built the house the kids just ate the candy until it was time to put candy on the house. They seem to love it. They don't mind waiting until mom is done, since they are occupied with eating the candy. No worries, we always seem to have enough for the house. Did I mention that they love to eat the candy?? If you don't see dad in any of the pictures it is because he took them all.

Redlands Parade

Dec 6th was a very busy day for us. We finished that day off by going to the Redlands Parade with out Dad. He is not a big fan of parades. Well Mom ventured out by herself and it took her 20 minutes to find a parking spot. Then we had to walk about 10 minutes to where the Tanners were set up. It must have been a sight. There was mom with a chair, blanket and bag of goodies. There were the 3 kids all holding their own jacket. It was not cold but took our sweat jackets just in case. We made it just in time for the first band. They passed by us and gave out candy, toothbrushes and just about anything else, Tristan was the only one paying attention and would run back to mom and put it in the bag. The other 2 were eating the candy that Blake had. Good thing we had help getting back to the car. Thanks Tanners as usual!!

I wonder who takes these pictures??

Gavin!!!! This is what you get when a 3 year old gets a hold of the Camera! Kinda abstract?

Allyson's new hair style (December 6th)

Allyson is always wanting to wear her hair down and has a hard time when we brush it. She is so active that if we leave it down she gets lots of tangles. If mom would say that we will just cut it she would respond with okay. So we finally just cut it. She loves it. Check it out.

Another Family Tradition (Reafsnyder style) Dec 6th

The Reafsnyder Family (Kami's, Mom's side) have a tridition of having Chili and Soup with lots of goodies. They have had it for as long as I can remember. It started out on Christmas Eve but as the years went by and the Families grew (Grandpa is 1 of 10 kids), we started to have it on a Saturday in December. This year they had a jump house for the kids. They had a blast. It was great to see everyone there.

Allyson's first injury

Well I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. Mom wishes later rather then sooner. However, it was not all here fault. Now let me start by saying that it was a complete accident. She was at the store with the day care on Dec 3rd, and from the way I remember it she was standing next to the sliding door of the big van she now calls the big gray shark, as the door was closing she bent her elbow backwards and right in the way of the closing door. Not as bad as first thought. She is all better, but she says it still hurts a little. It took a few tries to get a good picture of it.