Fun Bath Idea

I am addicted to Pinterest and I found this really cool idea.  I found a whole tube (15) of glow sticks at Target for $1.  They are non-toxic, just in case they were to leak.  

I tried it out and Landon loved it.  He wasn't sure about it at first but once I showed him what it was he had so much fun.  Of course I didn't leave him unsupervised but it was a fun idea for a fun and different bath time.

Disclosure:  If your child is in Landon's class this year don't be surprised when you see this idea as part of your Valentines Day Card :)

Christmas....finally

It is the middle of January and I am just now posting about Christmas but that's how it goes on this blog.  What a great time we had with family.  Travis got to spend some time with his family which he really enjoyed.  I lost count of how many puzzles he and his mom worked but it was something like 5.
Because my brother lives in Nashville now, we celebrated Christmas with his family the week before Christmas. Landon was so excited to open his gift and couldn't wait to play with his new Imaginext Toy Story 3 Tri-County Landfill.  But more than his new toy, Landon LOVES his cousins Skyla and Spencer and it's great when he gets to spend time with them.  I hate that we all live so far away and the time they get to spend together is so little but we will take what we can get.  The only thing missing from this day was Travis. Landon and I came to Knoxville about 4 days before Travis because he had to word until the Wen.  before Christmas.  The pictures from this day are great except for the fact that Travis is missing.  We wish that he could have been there!

Christmas Eve we went to the Kerr's to have a great meal and open lots of goodies.  Landon got another Woody (Hawaiian Woody) from Uncle Kevan, Lego walkie talkies from Gee and Papaw,  Matchbox cars and track from Uncle Brian, and iTunes card from Caylin and Megan.  This video shows how much fun the Kerr boys had with Landon's race track.  I guess there are just some toys that you just never outgrow.

I wasn't sure that Landon was going to accept adding a new Woody to his collection of friends but Uncle Kevan will be happy to know that we now travel everywhere with not 2 Woody's but 3.  

We spent Christmas Day at the Curington house.  We had a great time with my mom, dad, April, Bobby, Cory and Ryan.  It was a great day and of course Landon got lots more fun stuff the play with including a play saxophone  from Aunt April and Uncle Bobby, some cool games from Granny and Papaw and a BIG Toy Story coloring book and music CD from Cory and Katelyn.

All of this being said....we didn't forget that Christmas is the celebration of Jesus's Birthday.  We make sure that the time leading up to Christmas day and even Christmas day of we talk to Landon about Jesus being born. He has his own manger scene to play with and we read lots of books about the real meaning behind Christmas.  So......don't judge this post as we focus on the wrong things.  But honestly, we try to teach the idea of Christmas all year long and not just in December.