Christmas Tree

This year putting the tree up was definately more of a chore then fun. We had been sick all week and I had no motivation, But after much nagging from the boys I agreed. This year the scene for putting the tree up was much differentthen in past years with matt lying in the recliner with a blanket sleeping off his sickness, and So not to disturb Matt or annoy me too much the boys watch a christmas movie while I put the tree together on my own...once the tree was up I told the boys to go for it with the decorations. Ethan ever so eager was putting up all the decorations, especially excited to put up the homemade items ones.

Daniel on the other hand decided he would just play in the tinsel like a 2 year old!. During the decorating of the tree I stepped back and trod of my camera which I had stupidly placed on the floor and broke it!.So the only photos I have in on my phone which didnt turn out that great...(need to add a new camera to my christmas shopping!). Thankfully once the tree was up the excitement of Christmas started. I just love Christmas. I love the lame Christmas movies on TV, I love Christmas carols, Christmas cooking, Turkey, Tinsel and wrapping presents. The only thing that is missing from the perfect christmas is snow....but I am not holding my breath for that!

what to buy for a 14 year old boy

I have been thinking all week and I still cant figure out what to buy for my Nephew for christmas. Teen boys are way to hard to buy for.

Is santa real???

That is the question that I was asked last night by Ethan. In the past I had always said to him just "if you dont believe santa wont come". But he was full of technical questions of santa last night so I had to break the bad news to him who Santa REALLY was! It was heartbreaking to break that news only weeks before Christmas. I was really hoping for him to one more magical christmas before reality set in....But I did try to soften the blow by telling him that now he was a big boy he was allowed to know the special secret about Santa that he needs to help keep from others so he was a little excited about having a special secret to keep.....but I couldnt miss the disappointment on his face....then he asked about easter bunny. So in one night he lost Santa and Easter Bunny. I didnt have the heart to tell him about the tooth fairy also :)

A Hard working Missionary :)

I was browsing blogs this morning in attempt to put off house work, when i accidently clicked on a random blog instead of the one I actually wanted to visit. When the page flicked up of this random blog I was presented with photos of Elder Scott Docking working hard on his misson :) Here is what I found....( yes I stole the photos!)

( Maybe a way to get people to listen to his message ??? !!)

7 MONTHS TODAY

Today we have reached 7 months. Zack Is still a super easy baby. At 7 Months Zack has his first tooth , which came through last week and another very close. He is eating solids now and LOVES his food. His little legs are becoming quite chubby! every day he is getting closer to rolling over but apart from sliding around a little on his back he is still stationary which is kind of nice. Unlike his Cousin Levi who is such the little mover and shaker Zack is quite content just lying there!

All Things Harry Potter

( if you look carefully you can see all Daniel's Harry Potter scars. You may need to click on the photo to see it as the pen doesnt show up well)

Recently the boys have become Harry Potter obsessed. It all started when some of the older kids at school started calling him Harry Potter because of his scar on his forehead. he got quite upset until I told him that HP was cool (but really what would I know I HATE HP!). I bought Ethan the first DVD and both boys begged daily from that day forward to watch it. Daniel's obsession has grown however as he draws the HP scar on his forehead. He also draws it all over his body, all over his bed sheets, the walls, books. He often will draw ethans scar on his head as well and asks me why he doesnt have a cool scar like Ethan's. Last week Daniel fell over and hit his head on his bed and the first thing he asked when he stopped crying was to go to the hospital to have his head stitched to get a scar and was terribly dissappointed when I told him all he needed was some frozen peas for his head.

The School Bully - a mothers fight

All year Ethan has been battling a kid at school .This kid has not only spent the year teasing him but also kicking, punching, shoving, throwing mud and getting his gang of little friends to chase, circle and trap Ethan as they try to scare and hurt him. For a long time Ethan didn't tell me about this, but as soon as he did I marched down to his school angry that this had been allowed to happen. I went to see his teacher who played dumb to all this ( come on some of this was happening in her classroom). She is either lying or really does not pay attention to the kids. However I did eventually get a call from the schools vice principal advising that the issue was being dealt with and that I was not the first parent to complain about this child.
Things seemed to settle down for a while until yesterday when Ethan advised that it was happening again. So this morning I went in to see the teacher again who then turned to me and told that Ethan needed to stay out of his way, and what was Ethan doing to provoke it and that she couldnt do anything unless she saw it with her own eyes. As I left school this morning I was mad. I hopped in the car and all the way home I was fuming at this condesending teacher. How dare she blame Ethan who is the worlds nicest kid and NEVER intentionally is mean to anyone ( other then his brother!).
I got so mad that I rang the school and demanded to speak to the vice principal.. I made my complaint about the boy and then made my complaint against that horrible teacher. I very firmly advised the school that they had a duty of care to protect my child and that if it was an adult doing these things it would be a police matter. I then Advised that I would go to whatever lengths to protect him, stepping on whoever I needed to in the process.......

Now hoping there will be changes. I think the school has got the message... I am one mother not to be messed with.