Christmas 2010

From Santa:

Avery

• Lego Log Cabin
• Japanese erasers

Connor

• Harry Potter Hogwarts Lego set
• Civilization V (PC game)

Bennett

• Harry Potter Train Lego set
• Club Penguin membership

Jamie

• Kindle

Dan

• Trip to Orange Bowl (GO CARD!)

Other presents:
Avery - iPod, puzzles, loops memory game, earring holder, coin collecting book, snow globe
Connor - iPod, marbles, books, Lego Whitehouse architecture, coin collecting book
Bennett - Batman stuff, couple DS games,

XBox 360 Kinect sensor, Kinect Sports, Sonic (Kinect)

Relatives

Nancy: 1 yr Subscription to Geocaching Mag (FTF). here.
Cliff: split with Cheri/Dann to get standard yearly Ren Spooner (?) shirt
Zack & Adam: backpacks to hold their new laptops

Great Quotes by Ben

Heard part of Joan Jett's I love rock and roll on the radio, and Ben a bit later was singing it.

I love rock and roll, put another diamond in the juice box baby ...

Classic. The kids and I were rolling. Now it's stuck in all of our heads, but when we sing his verse out loud, he says

Stop singing that - I copyrighted it!

We were driving around in downtown Carlsbad after bailing on Pizza Port for dinner. Looking for any other choices to eat, and calling out what we see. Ben throws out:

We could eat at the "shuh-shee bar" (Sushi Bar).

Kids started ROLLING !!

Jewish Students at Stanford Go "Gaga" for New Building

Buddy Brook sent me this article. Funny timing - we (the Indian Guide Aztecs) just built a GaGa "pit" for our kids' local elementary school. We first saw GaGa in action about 3-4 years ago at Camp Marston in Julian. Kids absolutely LOVE it.

Jewish Students at Stanford Go "Gaga" for New Building

Ben Helping with Measurements

I was measuring whether a new TV would fit in the family room niche, and Ben wanted to help. I called out the measurements and he wrote them down. Great help!

Bennett 6 year old checkup

Stats

• Weight: 65.25 lbs > 97%
• Height: 49.25" > 97%

NO shots! Doesn't have to return till he's EIGHT!

Ben's Year Book

Ben got his first year book today at school. The kindergarteners dont really know what to do with them, or what they're all about. Great quote from Ben as he was looking through it with his buddy Collin today:

Collin, we are now famous. Everyone looks at this book.

Stuff to blog

Avery Catalina (Ashley rules, etc)
Connor Catalina bounce out
Avery San Mateo bounce out