Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Jingles has been busy



Jingles went for a ride in a roll of toilet paper. He lept through the bannister and rolled down the stairs.

 
Watching the boys from Macen's underwear.


Macen passed his flu to Jingles so we found him like this right before we left for Cancun.





Silly elf! He trapped the boys in their rooms. How Macen saw this in the dark I have no idea but he managed to go under the very bottom one to get in and out of his room before he was officially able to get up for the morning. Jingles' assistant wondered after she had done it all how she was going to get in Maddox's room if he woke during the night. He has been waking frequently and she thought she had just made the middle of the night wakings more difficult for herself, lol. Thankfully it was a night of peaceful sleep for everyone.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Cancun, Mexico

 
A Cancun sunrise!



The view from our balcony. In the far bottom corner there was a decent sized heated pool we spent the most time in. Macen loved it and Maddox was able to walk around in it as well.



Maddox did not like the sand at all ...or at least he didn't want to be sitting or standing in it.




This was the only way Maddox would play in the sand, lol.



Macen spent a good amount of time looking for seashells. We came home with some great ones!









 
"We are the people our parents warned us about" is what the sign says. We were highly amused and loved our time (and drinks) at Margaritaville.






 
We got a glimpse of what the teenage years will be like - Macen wanted nothing to do with us once he discover the Kids Club. The first afternoon he went and the second time I went to check on him, he was not happy, exclaiming "You keep coming back". The next day he spent most of the day there except when James pulled him out for lunch. They did all kinds of activities with them from games, wii to activities on the resort such as the waterpark.



 
The main reason we picked this resort! Macen loved it!


 
Jingles even found the boys in Cancun and left them souvenirs.



What a trip for us! Macen threw up the entire day before we left. He made it through the night without incident so we hopped on the plane. James and I were on edge if he would throw up but he did fine. But...Maddox threw up just as we landed in Cancun. Turns out it was just from being too hot and not from catching what Macen had. I tried to keep him in the room after we got the resort since we weren't sure but he knew Macen was in the pool and that is where he wanted to be. We had several more incidents over the next couple of days with each of them throwing up from foods they didn't like. And then Maddox started throwing up Wednesday night from having what Macen had before we left. Vomiting stopped in the early hours of Thursday....finally. Maddox was wiped out though and needed lots of sleep.

We took the boys to both Hard Rock Cafe for their pins and Margaritaville for drinks.  It rained on us Tuesday and Wednesday. Good thing about Cancun though is it was warm so we just swam in the rain. It was a steady rain both days with a good downpour Wednesday afternoon. We were in the heated pool and were already wet so the rain didn't stop us! The resort is pretty nice. There were different themes for each day like pirates, celebrities, nature, etc. The food was good but we thought the food on cruises is better. The waterpark was a big draw for us and it didn't disappoint.

By Friday morning, we were ready to come home though. We enjoyed our time there but it's always time to go home.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Look who made it to Whoville!



 
Maddox did fine with Santa last weekend but was crying before we even sat him next to the Grinch.


Visiting Santa Claus


Thursday, December 6, 2012

Our Graduate



 
James now has a Master's from the School of Advanced Military Studies. With a bachelor's and a previous Master's dregree, this is the first time James has gotten to walk the stage for graduation since high school. A pretty big deal for him. We couldn't be more proud of him!

Jingles in action...

Jingles has been both busy and lazy since his arrival :)
 
 
He played Macen's Angry Birds game one night.



And this would be Jingles' epic fail to date. Way too much toothpaste was used, lol. Good thing I got a pic right after it was done.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Kicking off the holiday season

 
Jingles arrived on a TIE Fighter this year. He brought some Lego Star Wars figures for Macen, the Little People Christmas train for Maddox and Madagascar 3 for them both. Macen has patiently been waiting for him to arrive. It seems he is finally really getting into our elf.



                          And both boys got an advent calendar. They were really excited with some "wow's"!