Braces

I finally have BRACES!

I have been so excited for this day my entire life. I got my braces on the 18th of December. It took about two hours which isn't bad after waiting for over 20 years. Ok, the excitement is still there. I have showed them to everyone... the lady at Starbucks and the two ladies waiting behind me, the cashier at the grocery store, all the parents at Ryan's school and the kids there, the little kids in Dylan's class (bless the little girl who told me that they make me look beautiful) and to anyone else who looks at me.

Now, I am very excited about having braces, however, I have not been able to eat much. My mouth hurts so bad. Because my teeth are so horrible, imagine putting something on them that sticks out even further and think of how that is rubbing my cheeks, my lips and tongue. I have sores everywhere in my mouth. They might not have been so bad if I only can learn to keep my mouth shut and stop talking to everyone.

Regardless, I am so happy about the whole thing that I try to remember the pain is only temporary (is 30 months considered temporary?). I have to have 4 teeth pulled also so I will update the blog with a new pic when that happens.

Christmas Fun

This week was full of fun and lots of Christmas cheer.

Dylan's daycare held a Holiday Program on Thursday, December 20th. The pictures above were taken before the show started. The lovely ladies who teach his class had done all the kids' (boys and girls) hair. I showed up with Dylan's clothes and when I started to take off his shirt, he reached up and said, "my hair". Ok Dylan, I won't mess up your hair! The two year old class was going to dance to Jingle Bell Rock. It was show time and off trotted the little ones. As they stepped out in front of all the parents, every kid got shy or cried except for one adventerous boy. Even Dylan wouldn't dance. Finally, I got him to do the moves as I shook his body into the groove.

On Friday, December 21st, Ryan's class had so much fun. First they made Elf Books with their Fourth Grade special friends. The books were very cute and Ryan illustrated his by himself. He drew a great Elf. After lunch, I brought in sugar cookies for the kids to decorate and headboppers for the kids to make. They also got to watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in class. Several other moms came in to help and we set up stations. The cookie station had circle and snowman cookies that the kids could decorate with chocolate or vanilla frosting and top with a huge variety of sprinkles, chocolate chips, pretzels (antlers), marshmellows and M&M's. Oh yea, you should have seen it. On the craft station, the kids were making headboppers (not headbands, mind you, that offends the boys). It was fun to watch each kid make their craft and see the excitement in their eyes.

So school is out for two weeks and Christmas is on its way. Happy Holidays to each and everyone.

Ryan the Reindeer??

Ryan is so silly sometimes! As we were leaving Gramma Chris's house one night, Ryan decided to hook himself up to the sleigh and join the reindeer. He even had the bells connected to him. He was wearing a reindeer hat that he had gotten when he went to see Santa this year. He could almost pass for a reindeer. I hope to remember to check his bed after Santa leaves our house on Christmas Eve.

Merry Christmas!

Fantasy Football

Click on the pic to see it bigger and the #1 ranked team.

I don't need to say it, do I? I beat the boys. Go girl, GO DIVAS!
I should have been 12-1 but I lost the last 3 weeks in a row due to injuries.

I decided that I wanted to learn to play Fantasy Football so Jack suggested we start our own league. We asked his dad and his BIL to join. I think we had a lot of fun and we learned quite a bit about Fantasy Football. We did an automated draft this year but we won't do that again. Eddie ended up with all the RB's and Jack Sr. had all the QB's. Towards the middle, all the teams began to even out and the games were actually fun.

In Fantasy Football, we only play 13 games and then the Fantasy Playoffs begin. I will let you know in 4 weeks who the Cabana Clan Superbowl Champion is... I hope it is me!