And their off

It's been 13 months since Seth got his braces on. Good fortune has come his way and he was able to take them off five months early. He has been a good sport with avoiding his obsession with peanut butter. Maybe we'll have to take him to Kings in Miesville for his peanut butter burger.

A lot has changed in his appearance over these last 13 months. He's looking more and more like a young man.

Next step in his dental cares is a clear retainer that sits practically unnoticeable over his teeth. He'll wear them 24/7 with the exception of brushing and eating. I sure hope he doesn't lose it. Next Monday he goes back for his permanent retainer.at least peanut butter is back in his life. He's one happy boy again.

Big 10

My baby boy is 10 today, well, not until 10:40pm according to him. Sam woke up close to 6am to make him a peanut butter waffle sandwich. Cheyann made him lunch. He brought cupcakes to share with his class and others throughout school. All of 4th, 5th and 6th graders sang him happy birthday at lunch and he even got some more singing at AppleBees. Jenna, Cheyann, Adelynn, Mason and Nick Estrem joined us for dinner too. It was a fun night. 

He's such a little love bug. I love snuggling with him when he's right out of the shower. 

Favorites:

Remote control things

Boats

Auto Races

Snuggling with mom

Spending time with family

Top 5 in Life:

Family

Cowboy statue from Great Gma Williams

Living in a house and not on the street

Being kind and letting Jenna and kids stay here. 

Going to Florida

3 Things to do by age 11:

I want to go camping in Iowa

Get better at reading and school

Move

Christmas Crafts

The big kids brought home crafts they did in school over the past few days. Sam's tree wasn't much of a surprise since I helped her class paint them. It was fun being at school to participate in her activities.

Seth made a gingerbread house which didn't last very long. The kids started eating it for breakfast the very next day.

I wish I was more crafty so we could do fun stuff like this at home. I'm sure a quick stop at Michaels would be a great starting point.

Googly Eyes

With Jenna and her kids living with us (since September, in case I don't catch up on my blogs) we have two elves. Harley returned and Cupcake joined our house to report back on Jenna's kids.

Harley put googly eyes on pictures of Seth, Sam and Adelynn. Noah escaped the silly eyes since his picture hasn't joined our wall yet. 

Cheyann, Mason and Zoey (Big Addy) didn't have pictures up so Cupcake did the next best thing. She put the eyes on their forehead. It was quite comical seeing the kids reaction.

Pie Times

It's time for our annual Cub Scout Pack Holiday Potluck. What else does that mean? It's Pie Time!

Each den's top seller earns a chance to pie one of the leaders. Seth has an advantage because he's the only scout in his den. All of the kids love to go after Matt because of his long beard. 

A few new faces were welcomed, like Luke and Rob

Mary has avoided being hit with pie by using the girl card. No luck this time thanks to Seth and the following of other scouts who pulled her to center stage.

Last but not least was Brian. Seth got him last year and had a little follow through on his contact. Now a different scout picked him and yet again, he was provided an additional push as the scout wanted to ensure he did a good job.

Look Who's Two

Two Years has passed since Adelynn June was born. She has grown so much and is so bright for her age. Potty training hasn't been a success yet, although I'm sure it doesn't help that we aren't always diligent on reminding her about sitting on the potty.

Her vocabulary is pretty impressive and quite easy to understand. She repeats a lot of sentences that she hears others say. She loves doing FaceTime with her grandparents.

She likes to do puzzles, read books, help cook, make messes and snuggle with her brothers and sister.

She scores!!

Sam had her first game today. She played The Lakers from Prior Lake. During warm-ups Sam skated up to the boards to wave to me. As she turned away it dawned on me. She stopped... Without hitting the boards. I shared the news with Linda in excitement. That wasn't all. She was skating backwards, and kept up with the team when they took off forward. I wanted to run out there, pick her up and twirl her around. She did it!

The game was a good one. Our team has a handful of things to work on but all in all it was a great game. Score isvr kept at this age and they only play half rink due to their size. I believe it ended somewhere around 5-9, Lakers. Sam even scored a goal for her team. I can't wait to watch many more of her games. At time time she said she's done with Girl Scouts and The Randolph Dance Team. She just wants to play hockey.

I am so proud of my #7!