Arthur's Christmas

We headed out for some family fun tonight! We went to see Arthur's Christmas at the movies and it was so cute! The girls were loving their 3D glasses!

 and loving each other too!

 We will have to go see it again....they never made it to the end! I loved sitting there in the theatre all cuddled up in love and Christmas!

Boys Movie night

New school year...new friends!

Tonight the boys invited classmates.... which were new and old friends.... over for a movie night. I love getting to know the new boys they are talking about and I love seeing them make new friends!

We had quite the crew even though I never got a picture of the whole group together! They were wired for fun and full of energy!

It was a night to bond with new friends.....

and a night to make deeper connections with friends they already know and love.....

They played...and they played! Boys being boys and having a ball!

 Capture the flag....

Soccer.....

The sounds of a backyard full of boys...it's one I love! They are so full of energy and so full of joy! Just give them a ball and they are happy! Old and new friendships growing with every laugh!

It always feels good to be victorious! I felt just like this tonight...like I had done something good for the boys!

We settled down for popcorn, cookies and drinks as it started to get dark....finally it was almost showtime!

We watched Mars Needs Moms.....

As true darkness settled in we did smores too!

It was a fun night! I loved seeing the boys so happy and I am so thankful for the friendships they have found in their classmates!

Mars needs Moms

With Jeremy gone...and that sitting in for us all...I wanted to do something fun with the kids...so Saturday night we headed off to the movies to see Mars needs Moms.  The movie was great and everyone enjoyed it...even little Lila sat through the whole thing!

 After seeing a movie about outer space...we rode home under a beautiful, full moon that was special as it was closer to the Earth than usual. I hope you took a moment to notice it...it was spectacular! And it is always comforting to know that even half way around the world...we all see the same moon...in the same sky...even daddy who is far, far away in India.

JB for JR

Julia Rose officailly turned 6 today! The girls went to the Justin Bieber movie to celebrate! Sk was so happy to give her her presents and have a fun night with her BFF! Happy Birthday, JR!

Date night

I can't tell you the last time Jeremy and I went out on a date....and if you are talking about a date with just the two of us..forget about it!  The stars aligned tonight and Chris and Susan invited the boys and Kay-Kate over for a sleep over and mom took Lila Ray. Not only were we getting a night out, but we were going to come home to an empty house...just the two of us. We could not believe it...and we were so excited! We got all the kids where they needed to be and got ready to go out...but what to do?! Where to go?!

  Kid free.....well except for Jack-Jack!!!!

We decided on dinner and a movie...creative I know...but we really wanted to see Tron before it went out of the theatres because my brother, Jason said it was the best movie he had ever seen! We started at Martini's for wine and yummy food...we just talked and talked. It was so nice to be out and about in the world...and be together. We then headed off to our movie..which was in 3D so we got to rock out the glasses!

 

We headed home...giddy to be going home to an empty house. We got home abut 12:30 from our movie...put Jack in his crate..and started shutting the house down. At 12:59 the phone rang....it was mom telling us that Lila was up and crying. We got in the car..... and left our kid free house to go get her and bring her home...God love her!

So the three of us headed up to bed together. With Lila snuggled between us...I reached over and gave Jeremy a pat and told him I loved him. It had been an amazing night anyway. Date night number 1 of 6 complete...we broke away for the night and it felt so nice!



We are moving through our traditional Christmas movie check list...tonight we boarded the Polar Express! How can you not love a movie with the quote:
"Remember the magic of Christmas lies in your heart"
-Santa

Tangled

Sarah Kate really only wanted one thing for her birthday party...to have a book drive for needy children...seriously? She is turning 5...she is an amazing, giving child with a very special heart. We are doing that..on her birthday we are having an open house and she is collecting children's books to take to the Center for Women and Families. I still wanted her to have a little fun too...you only turn 5 once right? She has been wanting to go see the new movie Tangled...so we invited her closest girlfriends to go do just that! We started with a trip to Beleeza Salon for Abbie, Sarah Kate and Julia to get a new do for the occasion. They were so cute...feeling fancy and special...and they looked adorable!

Back at the house we met up with the Crane twins and they chose an ornament from the Make Over Tree that was a tube of roll on body glitter and flavored lip gloss...followed by a piece of Tangled Cake and sparkling grape juice..then it was time to load up to go see the movie!

The girls snacked on candy and popcorn and enjoyed every second of the movie! They are now true Rapunzel fans! Back again at the house we opened present, played for a bit and then said goodbye to the Crane twin and settled in for a small sleepover with Abbie and Julia. We put on new Rapunzel pajamas and magically the advent box knew their would be extra girls in the house and held 4 beautiful Christmas jingle bracelets as advent prizes!  We settled down for the night and watched one of Sarah Kate's all time Christmas favorites....Barbie in the Nutcracker....they fell asleep with visions of sugarplum fairies dancing in their heads! It was a very fun night for my Christmas princess!