Circle of Life

Tonight Hudson and I had a date night. It isn't very often that Anthony and I just get one of the children alone so when there is an ounce of opportunity we usually jump on it. I had been hearing that Marley and Me was a really good movie to see and so I checked out the listing and what it was rated and thought that it would be a good one for Hudson also. I have to start off by saying that I tricked him to go to Walmart first with me (because he HATES shopping). I told him that we had to pick up dog food. Well really I wanted to slip through the clearance Christmas isle. While there I saw the .88 cent candy and thought heck ya.... I always sneak my own in, why not tonight??? Well then I remembered (he stood just over 4 feet). Mr. Rule Follower Hudson (where the heck does he get that from)??? :) He was appalled that I would even THINK of such a thing! He was not going to jail for me is what he said. When talking to Anthony on the way to the movie he said to him, "Do you have enough money to bail us out of jail tonight dad?" It just cracks me up how he is such a rule follower. Heavens... I'm not complaining (just thinking its cute). :) The movie was great. Hudson laughed so hard. I made him cover his eyes at the two parts that were maybe not so appropriate for a 6-year old. I was NOT ABOUT to cover death AND sex in one night!!! At the end he asked to sit on my lap and I could just feel him shake from crying. I'm not sure if I was crying because of the storyline or because I had Hudson feel these sad feelings he was feeling. Either one it was great conversation. He has had his hermit crab (rest in peace Marty and Elmo) and a guinea pig (Trix #1) die so he's dealt with death a tiny bit. We talked about how babies die, trees, grandparents, and our favorite pets. It was a conversation that I felt was time to be discussed. Even as an adult its not easy to grasp or even talk about, but important. Great movie!
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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone! I hope that everyone got exactly what they had been wishing for. As we laid in bed last night we listened very hard for Santa. Would you believe that we actually heard him land, jingle his bells, and even yell, "Ho, Ho,Ho!" Our tradition is that the boys sleep in our bed (1 time a year) on Christmas Eve. It was great. A few minutes later Anthony came running up the stairs to see if we had heard what he did. He had been watching TV and he said Lucy (our dog) started going crazy. The boys were WILD!!! Then... in Santa's note to the boys he told them that he had stopped early in the night but Lucy had scared Blitzen and so he had to come back. :) It was cute!

The boys (and Abby) were up at 7 and so eager to get downstairs. When we got down stairs we noticed that Santa had been very good to us (Amen). Hayden had been blessed with a huge gumball machine (fully loaded), Hudson with a Nerf gun and some Wii games, Abby a dolly and tub, and Anthony and I new pots and pans (how did Santa know)??? Then we opened from each other. What a fun day!
There was only 1 little unfortunate incident. Hudson and Hayden were playing (rough) on our bed and Hayden slipped and hit his mouth on our foot board. His top gums are literally pushed up and his right cheek on the inside is pretty banged up. I panicked and Anthony stayed calm. We went back and fourth on whether to take him to the ER or not. It may need some stitches to hold the gum back down. I really thought he was for sure going to have a couple loose teeth also. We can't get our figures in there to check yet. OUCH!!! He was such a trooper. He cried for a little bit, but got super tough. I may take him to our dentist tomorrow. We shall see! UGH!

I have all of this week off and next. We are hoping to hook up with some friends in Waverly over New Year or hanging around here will be fine too. Merry Christmas Everyone!