The Tooth Fairy is coming tonight

Bella lost her first tooth in the middle of dance class tonight. I guess she pulled it out when she was in class and put it in her dance bag. She came out at the end and showed me right away. She was so excited, she was showing all her friends. She's pretty excited for the Tooth Fairy to bring her "pennies and a toy." Easy enough :)

Beating the winter blahs...

We've been doing a lot of this lately since it's been such a long cold winter...

Bedtime routine

He couldn't possibly go to bed, he has too much work to do at his tool bench. With his Cubs hat on. Backwards. He is too funny.

Larsen Christmas

We celebrated Christmas at our house with Cory, Jeni, Larris, and Jackie on the 26th. The kids got to open their presents right away, so they had all day to play. Among other things, Jack got a Thomas train with a track and some Lincoln Logs. Bella got a Tag reader and the G-Force movie she has been wanting. A very successful haul for both of them ;)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

We headed home for the night and let the kids open the gifts they gave each other. We usually open all our gifts that night, but this year they were just so tired and we had already opened a ton that day, so we saved them for the morning. Jack got up first on Christmas morning and we woke Bella up right away. She bolted out of bed to see what Santa left for her and found her kitties under the tree. Jack was a little out of sorts and wasn't sure about all the stuff at first, but he was playing with the Thomas trains pretty quickly.

A few Christmas photos

Better late than never :) We spent Christmas Eve (day) at mom & dad's house where the kids opened gifts and ate lots of great food. Justin and his kids were there and Monica and Nick, so it was a full house. The big gift was a train table to leave at Gma & Gmpa's house for when the kids come to visit. They all thought it was pretty cool, but of course Jack played with it non-stop.