more busy days...

These last few days have been crazy. I am loving having both my babies home for Toni's two week vacation from school. Of course three days after Christmas was Mikeys birthday and it was on a Sunday this year. I made and decorated cupcakes for his Sunday school class to share for a snack that day. Mikey had a mini church party which was good because if we had to celebrate his birthday on Sunday it would have just been Mikey, Toni and I. John was hunting that weekend, Lia was in Mexico for the holidays, and our other neighbor had to work. Did I mention that our phone lines were down for almost 5 days around the holiday...yep no phone calls in or out. Boy my voice mail was full when it finally worked. Anyway....we celebrated his birthday on the 31st. On the 30th John and I took our little family down to sea world for the holiday shows and fun times to be had. The kids had a blast and I got to see my dolphin again. I love Mattie and will always have a special place in my heart for her. While we were at sea world we caught a 4D theater show (The Polar express) and it was the coolest thing. When the wind would blow in the movie you would feel wind in your face. Or when the train rumbled so would the theater. When it snowed in the movie....the theater filled with snow. It was so much fun and I wish I would have taken pictures of our family in the goofy 3d glasses we all had to wear LOL. We also caught the Orca whale show with shamu, the dolphin/beluga whale show Viva, and a few other things as well. We timed everything just right and saw everything the park had to offer. The kids loved climbing these large rope structures and it was hard keeping track of them. We walked all day up and down the hills at sea world and Toni never asked for a break or to be carried. Mikey did well too only asking a hand full of times for a piggy back ride. I was impressed with my babies as we passed by complaining 8 and 9 year old being pushed in kid strollers. After the day was done we drove our 2 hour ride home and put our exhausted selves to bed. We slept hard for a few hours and then Mikey woke up and crawled into bed with us. Before I could go back to sleep I heard someone beating on the door. The time was around 4:30 in the morning. I woke John up and he grabbed his gun to answer the door. I thought it was funny because I told him if you needed the gun they would not be knocking. Anyway...it was his sister from Washington that he has not seen sense he was almost 4. She was on her way from Hammond LA. to El Paso Tx. She stopped by to meet him and it just happened to be very early. After a hour or two of chatting we all went back to bed. The next day we spent getting to know her and playing silly games like uno attack with her, her husband and her daughter. It was the 31st and that was Mikey's party day so they got to meet the neighbors and be present for a Mikey party. It was a nice visit and we went to Gatti land so the kids could play and we all ate pizza and had a grand ol' time. After the outing we came back to the house to ring the new year in. It was nice ringing in the new year with new family in the house. Anyway...like I said it was a busy time and I am leaving out soooooo much but for now this is an update on what has been going on.