It's about time

Well, it finally happened. Bubba finally let me pull out his loose tooth last night! It took about 30-45 minutes of hysterical laughing (he gets that from me, poor kid), but we finally pulled the tooth that has been loose for quite some time. He came home from school yesterday and was able to bend it almost all the way forward. Jeff about lost his lunch a couple of times watching him do it (wimp!). I'm posting a regular picture of him, and then a heat map picture because you can see the gap better.

You gotta love it, baby!

Over the holidays, we were very fortunate to be given tickets to see a Jazz game. They were great seats and we felt so lucky to get them. It was the first time that we have all gone together to a Jazz game. We had a lot of fun! The kids loved being there. They especially loved The Bear, and trying to catch whatever the cheerleaders threw out, or what the blimp dropped. We didn't catch anything, but they were giving out free t-shirts. We also received little takeout boxes filled with samples from Tuscano's. Yum!

Peanut really got into the game. She was cheering and chanting with the best of 'em! Jeff liked that a lot and was excited to see her getting so into it. Bubba...not so much. He liked being there, but he didn't get into the game as much. He would rather be playing basketball than watching, I think.

Here are some highlights:

Of course, our two favorites: D-Will and The Bear!

Holiday Fun!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. We had a great time with our Hinds family! Unfortunately, Peanut and I were sick for most of the week before Christmas and part of the week after. We both had really bad cases of the flu with the whole works. Hot and cold, prickly skin, body aches, headaches, and high fever (103.9 for me, 102 for Peanut). Don't worry, we're still alive and don't seem to be any worse for wear. But we were pretty miserable for awhile. Luckily, Jeff and Bubba didn't get it, although, Jeff is going through a more mild case now. Bub woke up at 5am on Christmas morning!! Mally and I were still under the weather, so I made him wait until 7am to wake her up for presents. It was hard for him, but he did it.

Bubba wants me to add that his favorite Christmas present was a Pillow pet. He really does love it and cuddles with it all the time. Peanut says that she had a lot of favorites, but her most favorite was a pack of Zoobles that she got. For anyone that I usually send a video to, I haven't been able to put it together yet...it will get done eventually and I'll get them sent out.
For New Year's Eve this year, Peanut and Bubba were allowed to stay up until midnight. I thought that they would have been more tired that night, but they really did just fine! And they stuck their little heads out of the front door into the frigid cold to bang a couple of pots and yell "Happy New Year"! Then we all went to bed. Sounds crazy, right?

This week the kids went back to school. They were a little sad to have to go back, but I think they enjoy the schedule and seeing their friends. They had a spelling test yesterday and both got 100%. Yay for my little smarties! They're still excelling in their reading and were some of the first kids in their class to start AR (Advanced Reading). They read books that are a little bit different than the normal reading books and then they have to take a quiz the next day on the computer to test their reading comprehension.

Here are some pictures from Christmas: