The Loose Tooth

I have never seen a child so annoyed by a loose tooth.  

Dylan was excited; his sister has been spinning him tales of all the magical things the tooth fairy might bring him.

But he was also bothered by the wiggly tooth in the front that kept twisting and turning.  

He kept saying, "I'm just going to pull it out!"

"Go ahead."  I called his bluff.  "Do you want me to do it?" (hoping he wouldn't call mine! Ew!)

Dylan thought better.  But began carrying one of those little cases around...just in case.

Until one day, finally, while eating it came out!

A hallmark moment.  My baby.

And the tooth fairy brought him the same as Eva....

Gingerbread Making 101

Every year, gingerbread houses top Dyleva's list of favorite holiday must-do's.  




In fact, it was the first thing they asked to do after Thanksgiving.  

I wanted to make them from scratch this year, but I was outvoted.  

They wanted the kit.

So.  We made the houses from the kit.  Dylan chose "Tio  Starch's house," and Eva wanted a Troll house.  

They worked diligently for 2 days, and created their masterpieces.

Dylan's had two gingerbread men laying down on the ground in front of the house.

"Mommy,"  he called.  "Do you want to know what my house is called?"

"Sure."

"Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Christmas.  Because they are looking up at the sky and they see the stars."

"I love it!!!"

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Fast forward a week.  

Gingerbread houses from scratch are back on the table, and we have family interested in joining us!

They did awesome!  I was a little worried the ninos would get frustrated, but they were so busy eating the candy, I don't think they even cared.  

Check out these houses!

Christmas Spirit!

Christmas craft for friends-bookmarks!

Late night snow play

Christmas caroling

Festival of Lights



Indy

Feeling the love during the car ride

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving in Indianápolis with Jeff's cousins. 



We had an amazing time.  Some of us had too amazing of a time. 






We left for road trip Wednesday after school.  We arrived in Columbus and spent the night.  Other cousins met up with us and we had fun hotel party!

We began our morning with toddies and Thanksgiving Day parade.



This is Dylan greeting the cousings from the window.

 Once we arrived we toured the casita de Archer.



Dyleva was pretty excited.  They had one room dedicated to only legos.    Legoland, if you will.





We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner.  What incredible preparation was needed to cater this event.  There must have been at least 30 people in thier home.  Many staying overnight. 

The cousins had a lot of fun hanging out together.  We had a night out and a dance party upon return.

COUSINS!  Oldest to youngest

 

Maybe it will become an annual getaway?