Lizards and Snakes and Frogs, Oh My!

So just when you think your daughter has become "girlie", carrying around a darling little lady bug purse.....

......you open it to find she has been carrying around....

A cute little purse full of lizards, snakes, frogs and I'm sure there are dinosaurs in there too.

Karson and I went to the Mother/Son Dance a couple weeks ago.

This may be surprising to those that know both Karson and I's hatred for dancing, especially in a large group of people.

But, he only wanted to go because his teacher would be there.

There was no dancing on either of our parts of course, we stood in the back and watched the rest of the boys running around, not really dancing either.

It was really loud and hot and when we didn't immediately see his teacher, he was ready to go, and I would have gladly obliged.

But, his beloved Mrs. Turley and her son Craig were there and so we visited with them for about an hour and left.

The highlight of Karson's eveing was going with Mrs. Turley to the classroom when it was dark outside.

Highlight of my evening was not having 10 girlfriends try and pursuade me to come out and dance with them.

Too Skinny!

It's sad when you are so skinny that not only can you put on your jeans without unbuttoning or unzipping them, but also put them on backwards!

She had them on for at least 20 minutes sitting on the couch playing her DS before I pointed out her pants were on backwards. Crazy!

Updates

Aubree & Ryan went to the school's "Daddy/Daughter Dance" last Friday.

Aubree discovered very quickly that the stage next to the DJ was a great place to shake her booty for every one's enjoyment. Poor Ryan only got a couple dances and was left to mingle with the other dads that were also deserted by their daughters joining Aubree in the spotlight.

We also sadly said good-bye to our good friend Timmy, as he is escaping LV's crappy economy and moving back to Chicago with his family.

We will miss him!!

We had a pizza party with a bunch of friends and then hit the bowling alley.

This is Aubree and Timmy having a staring contest.

Visit from the Gramma's

My mom and Grandma came to visit the week after Christmas.

The kids loved every minute and were so sad when they left.

Aubree made a pinata at school and we were going to do it on New Years Eve, but we forgot and did it last night.
It had a total of four candies in the bag. Aubree said "I put one for each of us!"

Merry Christmas!

We took the kids to see the lights at the Ethel M cactus garden.

As usual, the kids got WAY more presents then they wanted or deserved. :)

Santa brought them both a Nintendo DS and the usual surprise in the fish tank.

This year it was a dinosaur, go figure.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas too!

The Godfather, part IV

Ever feel like someone is trying to send you a message?

I'm not a big fan of the cats, specifically Clover, who is mean and hateful and who hisses and growls at me every time I try and move her off my bed.

While Ryan insists girl cats bring you gifts to show their love, I can't help but think there is an ulterior motive behind her "gift" the other night, on MY side of the bed

(LUCKILY on the floor!)

The pigeon is easily the same size as Clover, and yet she was able to murder it without any blood or any sign of the fatal wound and bring it in through the cat door, which is squished behind the kitchen table, carry it upstairs and place it strategically next to my bed for me to find.

Very clever and very scary.......but I think this was the plan.

The Count Down's on!

The kids are getting very anxious for Christmas!

We took them to Santa to place their orders.

The best place in LV to go see Santa is the Bass Pro Shops.

It's very red-neck, but there is so much fun and cool stuff to do, even for the "City Boy".