Saturday, December 29, 2007

Silliness is hereditary!


A few months ago, Chris started this thing...when someone talks to him, like a cashier at a store or someone we see that he doesn't know very well, he makes this "scary" face and says "RAAHH!" I thought it was from Halloween and his obsession with scary stuff around that time. I know we didn't teach him to do that. Anyway, it's pretty funny and most people get a good laugh out of it, so I haven't really given it any thought. This evening I was trying out my new scanner so I went and got the box of my old pictures from the closet to find one to test out. I haven't looked at them in a couple of years so I got caught up in looking at a lot of them. Then I came across the funniest thing...a picture of me and my cousins from Christmas 1985. I was about 2 months older in this picture than Chris is now, and the resemblance is amazing! Obviously, I'm the cute one on the left.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Santa Claus was here!




I remember when I was a kid, we would wake my parents up by 6am to see what Santa Claus had left for us. I guess that comes as kids get older and understand what is happening a little bit more. I was surprised when at 9am I was the first one awake in my house. I finally woke Buddy and Chris up about 9:30. Chris was SOOO happy to see that Santa listened and brought him a CHOO-CHOO! We got to sit around and be lazy for the rest of the morning, and went to Buddy's uncle's house for a late lunch. Chris jumped on the trampoline, which was cool as long as he was by himself...he got a little scared when the bigger kids were jumping too. We came home and played with presents more tonight. Aside from a big huge temper tantrum from Buddy's 9 year old half-brother, it was a pretty great day.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Christmas Eve...before, during, and after.
















Merry Christmas Eve! We opened presents, and Chris had a fantastic time! He loved ripping the paper so much he hardly cared what was inside. That is, aside from the occasional must-play-immediately Lightning McQueen. I of course cleaned the livingroom up before we sat down to open presents, and by the time we were done it was a million times worse than before!

Friday, December 21, 2007

park day again.




How can Christmas be five days away, when it's not even a little bit cold? This afternoon we headed to the park to let Chris play, and we didn't even bring our jackets. We let Chris run around where he wanted to, and we just followed him. He started at the playground of course, but then wanted to go exploring. Every few seconds he would tell one of us "look at that"...fascinated by every little thing.

Friday, December 14, 2007

the plan.

A little over a year ago, Buddy started managing shifts at Applebee's. He opens or closes shifts (usually closes, 4pm-1am) and does the checkouts and deposits. He gets paid hourly for that. Anyway we have been waiting to hear when he will go to his management training, to be a salaried assistant manager. Finally he got to talk to the Area Director and figure out what our plan is. We will be going to Houston the first week in January to start his training. I say "we" because Chris and I are tagging along. In order for me to stay here, we would have to rent a second car and hire a babysitter, and I don't make enough money at my job for that to be worth it. Plus, it might be fun to get out of the BCS for a little while! His training will last 6 or more weeks, during which we will be living in a hotel suite. (But Applebee's pays for it!) His days off will usually be 2 in a row so we can come back here if we want to. After the training is over, hopefully he can come back to this restaurant...the AD is going to try to get him to anyway. There's still a chance we might have to move though...I guess there are pros and cons to that but I'll worry about that when it gets closer. For now I'll be satisfied in knowing I get to quit my job soon! Haha!