We start with the city parade. Note to self: there are a lot more people there when the weather is nice!
Bubba had his little Joy School party at our house. He participated more than I expected. He played the innkeeper(s) and did a nice job hopping from one inn to the next, shaking his head at Joseph.
He also thought the innkeeper ought to come and worship the baby Jesus along with the shepherds and wisemen, and why not? Surely the innkeeper came back to check on the little family during their stay in his stable.
Hilarious story: during Joy School Thursday morning we were making a treat for their party. Bubba and C were in the learning tower, and for some reason C said he wished Bubba were a woman. When I asked him why, he said so they could dance. Then somehow tutus came into the conversation. I told Bubba to tell C who he knows that has a tutu. Answer: Granddaddy. He has two, every time we're over there he talks about his tutus. So then R pipes up and says, "My daddy has a tutu too!" C (who is the oldest of our little group) looks at R, then Bubba, then me, and says in this deadpan voice, "My dad has three swords." I nearly died laughing. It's like he was thinking the conversation had gone too sissy and he needed to bring it back to more manly territory.
Our other event we really like is Christmas in the Country at the Triple R Ranch. They have free horse rides for kids up to 9 years old, Cakes is the only one who ever rides a horse, and this was her last chance. We kept trying to talk the boys into it. Silly is not the slightest bit interested, but Bubba is thinking about it. He told me he will ride a horse one time, as in one time ever in his whole life. I guess I'll have to really talk it up next year and get him to try it.
What Bubba was really waiting for was the hay ride. He kept telling me he wanted to do the loopy-loop, which was apparently his way of describing the tractor's route. He was just grinning from ear to ear the whole time. What made it even better was being surrounded by tractors; there were three hay rides going at once, and we were in the middle, so not only was he being pulled in a wagon by a tractor, but he never took his eyes off the tractor that was right behind us. He was just giddy with happiness.
Some of our other annual events were superseded by another very important event: the building of our new swingset! It arrived in 4 large boxes weighing a total of almost 900lbs. The instructions said it would take 2-3 skilled workers 24-36 hours to complete. The delivery man who brought all the boxes into the garage asked me if this was going to be a family project. When I said yes he asked if my husband and I drink. I told him no, and he recommended that we start! Hahahaha! Scott spent all day Saturday, along with a good friend from work and the other 2 Joy School dads building. Then he worked in the dark, mostly by himself, with some sporadic help from me and the kids, after work each night. Last Saturday another work friend came to help for the morning, then the kids and I took over after lunch. Scott doesn't like heights, so I got to sit up in the crow's nest and hold all the rails and such in place while he stood on the ladder below with the drill.
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| Cakes's first slide (it was cold!) |
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| Silly's perch |
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| Swings! |
They have already played on it for hours and hours. We can hardly even get them to come in when it's dark. Last night they just put on headlamps and took flashlights and stayed out there until they were cold. Some people have warned us that these playsets are a waste of money because they just sit empty most of the time, but not with these kids! I think they're more excited about the playset than they were about moving to a new house...
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