Christmas 2008

On Christmas Eve, friends of ours asked Jamie to come over and play Santa to their kids and few of their friend's kids. I snapped a few pictures before he left.



Some after Santa Claus came pictures



Jasmine was the first one up. We aren't really sure what time she was up actually. It was more like Daddy rolled over at 5:30 am and Jazzi was staring him in the face. They went downstairs and I heard her whisper yell "Santa came!" so I rolled out of bed and came down. We always let the kiddos get into their stockings as they wake up. They all got toothbrushes, Webkinz, candy, underwear, books, Bakugan (boys), hair stuff (girls) and movies (well only Jacob ~ Wall-E and Jenna ~ Tinkerbell).



Jazzi was just a tad (ok, a ton) embarrassed over the underwear.





When he took his Hershey kiss cane out, he started walking around like an old man. He's so dang funny.









On to the bigger stuff. I didn't get that many great pictures. They were opening things so fast. Jasmine was Santa and was passing them out before I could blink. They all got great stuff and were quite happy.





She has her mother's hair (I'm sure Oma and Opa could find some pictures of me with the exact same Christmas morning hair).









Controlling the 'do











Yes, all three need the exact same game. I had no idea which games were which when Jasmine was handing stuff out and she just happened to hand them all Madden at the exact same time. Way to go Jazzi! The boys were all so excited to get this game. With Daddy and the boys, this is THE game!



Carl, Becky and Chad came over a bit later to do gifts. Chad loved his cell phone among the other things we got him. All the kids loved the gifts Aunt B picked for them. Of course I didn't get pictures. I don't know what my deal is lately with not getting pictures. *sigh*

They also got some great gifts from Aunt Brenda and Uncle Phil, Uncle Frank and Aunt Sis and Grandma Farrar.

On Sunday, Oma, Opa and Uncle Boo will be over to do Christmas.

The only other picture I got yesterday was of Jacob and Jenna. They were playing with their Let's Go Fishing Game from Uncle Frank and Aunt Sis and thought their fingers would make great fishing poles.



Merry Christmas to everyone! We'll have more pictures on Sunday when Oma, Opa and Uncle Boo come!

Poor Jenna

I went out to walk the dog and came back in the house to Jenna screaming bloody murder. She went to run upstairs and ran either into the chair railing or banister. She bashed her forehead pretty good. It swelled up quickly and was purple the second it happened. Poor girl.

She really only cried for about 5 minutes but was still doing that sniffle, suck in breathe thing for awhile. She put ice on it and then watched Tom & Jerry. All was right with the world again.

Jasmine, The Dentist

When Jasmine was a baby, she didn't get her first tooth until she was almost a year old and then they all just sprouted out one after another. Now they are all falling out one after another.

She had another loose tooth except this one had another tooth already growing in behind it. I let Jasmine know she only had a few days before she'd have to go to the dentist to get it pulled so it wouldn't cause problems for the one that was already half way out. Being as Jasmine is, the tooth was out 3 hours later. I think we owe her a co-pay or something now.

The one on the bottom is the newest goner.



Of course Jacob had to do something to be silly after I took Jazzi's picture.

Christmas Cookies

I made sugar cookies and the kiddos, minus Jordan since he wasn't here, decorated them. They each got a plate of cookies and a plate of icing. It's much easier to let them each have their own stuff then trying to share.

As you can tell by Jenna's mouth, she already sampled the icing.



Very serious work here



Jacob is going for the abstract look on his cookies.





Cheese!



Yum!



Check out Bear waiting for something to be dropped.



Proper sprinkle placement is very important.







Handful of icing



TA-DA!



Jacob's cookies



Jasmine's cookies



James' cookies

Jenna's Clues

Jenna ran up to me and said "A clue! A clue!" and this is what I saw...



Not sure what Joe and Blue were trying to figure out with Jenna as a clue, but I'm sure it was something pretty cute and fun.

Resting Bear

Jenna takes such good of Bear. She always makes sure he is tucked in tight at night. He actually stayed like this for about an hour.

Jasmine's Baton Show

Jasmine takes baton every Monday right after school. This past Monday was their final class and they put on a little performance for the parents. Enjoy!

NKOTB Part 2

Yes I feel like I'm 12 again! I just had to see them again. It's really Jamie's fault though. He said "if they are in the area again, you and Katie can go." You can't say that and then expect me to NOT go. Jersey is totally in the area. A 3 1/2 hour drive with two girls that get lost walking to each other's house is totally a smart idea.

Tickets purchased, kids at Oma and Opa's house and we're on the road early in the morning. Oh yeah, we have to find them. Stalk them. Whatever.

Last night was even better than the first time. We got soooo close to them!

Let me give some background. At this particular show, it's standing room only in the front. You could pay for VIP tickets which gets you a meet & greet before hand and access to the front spots. After that, is general admission (me). Wherever you get your spot is where you stay.

We got to Atlantic City at 1:30. People are already everywhere! We're trying to line up. They won't let us. They realize we aren't going to give up on it and they start roping off an area to let us line up. Which puts me and Katie 7th and 8th in freaking general admission line!!!!! So all the VIP girls (about 150) will be in front of us but as wide as the stage is, that will only be like 2 rows deep.

The line started at like 2. The show isn't until 8!! The security guard was super cool and would let us out of line to go to the bathroom or get a drink. All the people around us were really nice too. The girl in front of us and the one behind us were both there alone so we talked to them a lot. At 6, they let 25 of us upstairs!!! That's just to stand in line at the doors to go into the show. They line us up right next to the door where the merchandise table is! Yeah! I get my jacket. I really thought I wouldn't be able to get it because once we went up, I thought I'd have to go straight to the show and miss out. I wasn't missing out on my sweet spot for the show.

So we're standing again for another hour. During that hour, I met Danny's brother, Brett. Super nice guy. This is with my camera phone.



This is a pic of a girl we met on the road. As we were driving, I look over and they have *the jacket*. I can see it in their car. We start honking. Katie holds hers up and we are waving and honking and cheering. She found us when we were in line waiting to go in. Katie's in the middle.



At 7, the doors open and it's a mad dash to the front. One chick in our line wouldn't open her purse to show them inside so it through off us getting in sooner. They had formed like 3 lines at doors to get in during that hour. But still, there was only like 5 rows of people in front of us. A 6 foot tall girl stands right in front of me!! Are you freaking kidding me? It really wasn't that bad though because the guys were all over the stage.

Lady GaGa opened then Natasha Bedingfield came out.



Both did great but I was so ready for the boys to come out. My legs were killing me. It was hot packed in there but really I didn't care. Well I know I wouldn't once they walked out.

The show began....

I was always a Joey girl but this time around, I am in love with Danny. My regular camera wouldn't cooperate but I got a couple of good pictures of him and a few awesome videos. I missed out when they let him sing a part of a song. He has the most amazing voice. I have all of his solo work he did after the New Kids.



This is the part in the show where he talks to the crowd about the NKOTB tank top that is being sold for $35. All proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research. His mom died of breast cancer 9 years ago. Check out RememberBetty.org



He was the side of the stage where we were at most of the time.

They all came over alot and at one point, Donnie pointed right to Katie. Well this other girl said he was pointing to her but Katie and I know better.

Some of Donnie ~





The rest of my pics are pretty sucky. Katie got some awesome ones so I should have those soon.

At one point in the show, that 6 ft chick passed out so her friends got her out. A few people in front of us left and that put us behind two people which is when I got my absolute favorite pic with my phone.



The show was freaking amazing once again. Thanks for looking and bearing with me through my obsession!

Jaocb's a star!

Yesterday, I got a text from one of the neighborhood kids that goes to high school where Jacob goes to preschool. He told me to check out the school website because Jacob was on the front page!

http://www.senecavalleyhighschool.com/





This is obviously from the day they had their pumpkin patch at school. When I showed Jacob, he said "Cool. I'm on the net Mommy." Thanks Michael for letting us know! Not sure how long it's going to be up there and I would have been bummed if I missed it.

I Pledge Allegiance

Jacob told me today that he knows "The Pledge" so here he is showing it off for you.

Vote! Vote! Vote!

I hope everyone takes the time to vote today.

Just so you know, many places offer freebies if you have on your "I Voted" sticker. Krispy Kreme, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry's to name a few.

Vote! Vote! Vote!

All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

Well that's what Jasmine is singing now!



She lost her other front tooth tonight. She was over at Kaylee's house. They were going upstairs and Kaylee accidentally kicked Jasmine in the mouth, where her tooth was already lose. Well it was enough to get that sucker out! Jasmine was so excited! She can now once again, add herself to the Tooth Calendar at school. Every time a kid loses a tooth, they add it to the calendar. She has one for October and one for November now. She expressed an interest in getting a tooth per month! So Kaylee, if it gets towards the end of December with no losses, we'll be asking you to kick Jasmine in the mouth. ;-)