WEBSTER FAMILY

We had a ridiculous amount of fun over Thanksgiving break!  Originally the plan was to only have one family from out of town come visit but plans changed and we got to see our Auntie Em and the Henderson clan!  It was super fun to catch up with Conor, Christine and Ashley and the Hendersons who had recently fled the great state of CA and our favorite Great Grandma Bonnie.  We played all day (and sometimes all night).  It was awesome!!

I cannot even remember why these two beauties were both throwing tantrums at the same time.  I believe it had to do with who got to use a certain plate?  Ah, yes, they wanted to both use a plate.  There were two of these little plates with fishes on them.  But one of them has a scratch mark and neither of my princesses wanted to use the plate with the scratch.  Oh the joys!

 My sister Tara called and asked if she could stay at our home for Thanksgiving week.  The carpet got put in on Tuesday and we had until Sunday to get things thrown together...what a whirlwind.

In other news, I LOVE when my girls are super cute like this:

One of the things I enjoy volunteering at the school for is called FAME.  It stands for Fine Arts & Music Education.  On a monthly basis, I help introduce the kids to a different artist and composer.  I think this past month was one of my most favorites though.  We talked about Michelangelo.  And so our art project was taping paper on the bottom of the desks, laying down and coloring just like Michelangelo did for 4 years in the Sistine Chapel. 

WOW! We have been parents for NINE years!  I cannot begin to describe what a challenging and rewarding this experience it is.  But that's not what this is for, this is about HIM!

Xander: LOVES to read and watch TV.  He'll read anything--he reads his sisters princess books and his Percy Jackson books.  He loves Capital Mysteries, Geronimo Stilton, I Survived and Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson.  For his birthday Nana & Grumpy took Xander to a Percy Jackson at Fairy Tale Town.  It wasn't quite what he had hoped for but he had a good time.  And he'll watch anything too...he'll sit with his sisters and watch Elmo and Barney but he prefers Ninjago Chima or Wild Kratts.

Xander is a GREAT big brother!  He has his favorites depending on the day but he tried really hard to spend time with each of them.

Xander loves his friends.  And he loves school.  PE is his favorite part of the week but he loves Math and Science and Spanish.  He has a great teacher this year who is really challenging him to slow down and pay attention to detail. 

Xander is really growing into a young man and helping more around the house and asking for more responsibility.  Again, we are so blessed to have him in our family and since I only got one boy--I feel truly blessed that I got him!  But lest we forget that he is 9...just ask him something that he doesn't agree with and you may get this look:

 We bought some goggles for the science experiments
 And I made all the boys take a picture BEFORE the party got started
 We started the night out with science fun!  I picked up a microwave for $20 and we had fun microwaving different things: eggs, soap, grapes, and of course, foil.  The boys had a lot of fun watching the different things.  I only wish that we had had more!

 Then we used dry ice to blow up balloons.  These 3 boys got their balloons to be HUGE!!


I am extremely thankful that I have at least ONE boy!  Xander is a bundle of fun.  He loves life!  He is always looking to learn something new and have fun.  We are so blessed to have him in our family!

We joined up with some friends and had a great time snatching candy and watching friends pass by!