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I am feeling very neglectful of my blog.  My Dad even posted a comment about not seeing any recent posts. Eh,  I guess I have writers block or my life is just not as interesting as I think.   Each time I sit down to write, I end up deleting everything and walking away from the computer.  I think I have a case of the winter blues.  The holidays are now over and the ornaments put away.  Tree is gone, candles packed up and all of the gifts put in their place (with the exception of the Wii….that da*n Santa brought a new Wii to our home, even though he was instructed to not bring anymore video games!)  The Wii will have a place in our living room from now on.  After all, Mr. T practices his bowling game almost every day!  

 It was our first Christmas that we stayed home for the day.  We usually go to my parents house but now that they have moved away (sniff, sniff) we stayed in our PJ’s until about 2 PM and competed in Wii bowling and tennis.  We also got Rock  Band for the Wii from Chuck, Ann and the kids!   I will say although I am a music lover, I really stink at the drums!  My children, after laughing outloud and pointing at me, have told me that I look like Animal from the Muppets.  I don’t think that is a good thing!  But whatever…

After taking trumpet lessons for over a year, Boy #1 has decided that he wants to switch to the trombone.  What??  He told us that when he first was able to pick an instrument in 5th grade, he really wanted to choose the trombone, but at the time, his two best friends were definitely choosing the trumpet.  Being a little more of a follower rather than a leader, my boy followed suit.  He felt that by choosing the same exact instrument, he would have a good shot at being with his best friends for lessons.  Well, he was not so lucky and was split up from them, which ended up being OK.  He really does enjoy band.  He has a very cool band teacher.  Young, hip, spiky hair, cool clothes and the best part according to the boy, the teach loves video games and he has a great sense of humor!   If that is what it takes for him to love music, then so be it!  Anyway, just before Christmas, my boy started talking about wanting to give up the trumpet and switch to the trombone.   He emphasized to us that the trombone was really his first choice anyway.  The boy talked to the band teacher, and he gave him his blessing.  I am told that “you can never have enought low brass…”  so we gave him our blessing as well.  I would not ever want to jeopordize his love of band, so the switch was made.  Now, it has only been about a month or so of learning a whole new instrument, but he loves it!  The best part?  We never have to remind him to practice.  He just does it all on his own!  And the very cool band teacher with spiky hair and cool clothes and a love of video games called us last night to set up some private lessons and he told us that the boy is doing so well, he should be a shoe in for the jazz band soon!  That is great news, because that has been his goal all along!

Right after my 40th birthday, I came home to find a package on my doorstep.  I quickly opened it to find a gift for all of us, even Dewey from my “Aunt” Kristin all the way from Minneapolis.  Kind of weird to call her my “aunt” when she is quite a bit younger then me, but she is married to my uncle, so…well, that is how my kids put it to me anyway.   So anyway, inside this box were these incredibly cute and delicious personalized cookies!  They were almost too cute to eat, but some how we managed!  Take a look at these and tell me these gorgeous, fondant covered morsels would not make your day…

 

 

 

 

Aren’t they divine?  And do you want to know why she had these little delights sent to us?  Just because.  Isn’t that the nicest thing ever?  Aunt Kristin, you made our day!  And our week for that matter!  Thanks again. You are the best Aunt, ever!

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