Turkey Trot

Buddy and I ran our 2nd annual Turkey Trot together :) I love having this time with him! Although, he was ahead of me the whole time, lol ;) I'll beat him next year! 

Breakfast for Dinner with Santa

Winter & Wyatt surprised us with tickets to a Breakfast with Santa! We were all so excited! :)

It was set up so nicely and the kids were great! We got there and the kids decorated their own gingerbread! After we ate, Santa came and each kid got to spend a few minutes talking to him :)

Halloween 2015

This Halloween was another great one. It's sad to think Buddy is getting to the age where he doesn't always want to trick or trear, but I'm grateful he did decide to go this year. Him and Princess were out the full 2 hours for trick or treating. Monkey, after an hour of going house to house, was ready to go back home and hand out candy. He may have had more fun doing that! ;)

Mother's Day

What a great day!  Lacrosse,  park,  food, family,  fun...and perfect weather!  :)

He knows

Tonight we told Buddy about Santa.  There was an incident on the bus where Princess came off in tears,  so we decided it was time.

I've been dreading this day for a while.  We used this letter as a way to talk to him about it.
http://www.cozi.com/live-simply/truth-about-santa

Though bitter-sweet,  I think it went over better than I expected.  At least for me. And at first, Buddy had a lot of questions,  and was sad.  But when he found out he could help us go Christmas shopping for his brother and sister, and help us wrap presents and move our elf,  Wyatt, he got SO excited :) He even said that he didn't want presents because he'll get joy in seeing Princess and Monkey open theirs.  He also offered to help pay for the presents,  but was quick to add that he doesn't get much allowance so he's not sure how he'll do that!  Smarty pants ;)

I guess we'll see what questions come to him in the next few days.  And hopefully Christmas will be just as magical for him.
It was a sad and difficult door to close,  but I'm excited to see what opportunities are in the newly opened one :)