Our Nano-Second of Fame....

Last Friday, Johnny was playing cars near the TV. I was watching Good Morning America, and was busy doing dishes, and picking up the house. GMA was over, and Regis and Kelly came on TV. Regis was gone and Nick Lachey was Kelly's co-host for the day. When they walked out together, Johnny yelled, "Mom, come quick, Regis got a haircut!"

I thought it was SO funny and texted my Aunt who loves Regis and Kelly. She told me to e-mail the show and tell them the story. So, I sent a quick text to the show telling them the story and how I thought it was too cute not to share!

Yesterday (Monday) I recorded the show, just in case they said something. I didn't sit and watch the show, but was busy around the house while it was on. A friend who knew the story saw the show, and e-mailed me and said, "Was that just Johnny they were talking about on Reg and Kelly?" I went back and watched it and sure enough...our story made the air! Johnny has watched it about 20 times with a BIG smile on his face! (Kelly got his age wrong...but he didn't seem to mind!)

Sunday Funday!

We celebrated our little family Christmas today.

Always exciting to get presents!

Bubba is WAY into it this year!

And LOVES to open presents!

Erik's boss gave him tickets to the Panther vs. Falcon game this afternoon! Curtis' first official NFL game! (I thought a free ticket meant a DATE for me..but I forgot I have all boys and EVERYONE wanted to go to the game!)

Curtis was SO excited to go with JUST his Daddy!

Desperately trying to get on TV!

Sitting in the Club Level bar with Daddy warming up!

While they were at the game, we went to our town's local Christmas Parade with some friends! It might not feel like Christmas down here, but this sure did put us in the holiday spirit!

This is Johnny and his little girl friend!

She told her Grandma and Grandpa that Johnny was so "handsome, Handsome, HANDSOME!" when they were in town visiting! So, her whole family just refers to Johnny as "Handsome" now!

Who doesn't LOVE the fire trucks with wreathes on them?

Johnny waving at the fire fighters!

All the little girls were plugging their ears with the sirens blaring and my boys were LOVING it!

Hmmmm, I'm thinking I'd only see this entry in the south!

They called themselves the "Hillbillies!"

Bubba was LOVING it!

Johnny standing near the birth place of Andrew Jackson!

Temperatures dropped throughout the parade...suppose to be in the 20's with the wind chill tomorrow and Tuesday! Guess it's getting us ready for the weather back home in WI/MN at Christmas! We can't WAIT!

We LOVE Our...

New Neighbors!

It's hard to beat all the wonderful neighbors back in Minnesota...but we sure lucked out when it came to a great set of neighbor's here! Our next door neighbors are the sweetest people from Aberdeen, Scotland. (Same place my best friend Lynne is from). And, they LOVE little boys! (Thank goodness!) Anyways, our neighbor lady loves to come watch Bubba, and does it to allow me to volunteer in the kids classrooms once in a while. This weekend they had us over to dinner, and to give the kids Christmas presents! All my boys feel right at home in their house...especially Bubba! He has won over their hearts!

Mrs. knows how to get RIGHT to his heart with a bag of Cheetos! She would grab a Cheeto and take a bite, and Bubba would grab it out of her hand and stick it in his mouth REALLY fast! This was cracking her up all night!
Here are the boys with their new goods! I wish I would have video taped Curtis and Johnny opening their gift from them! Mr. and Mrs. got my boys Mario Kart for the Wii (something they always wanted) and the boys were screaming and jumping around! Mr. and Mrs. were in heaven watching it! They were way too generous, and we really appreciated it!
We did a few Scottish traditions, such as each boy had a 'cracker' at their place to open up and let pop!

With goodies and a hat in the middle!

After that, it was on to the competitions for the night! Here is a short clip of what our evening was like! As you can see, my kids LOVE the neighbors! We had a great time, and I can NOT believe we were there for over 5 hours! Again, we are blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives!

Deck the Halls....

This weekend was our neighborhood's annual Breakfast with Santa.

It was our first time there and I was pleasantly surprised!

The kids got to do crafts!

And Bubba got to do, what Bubba does best....EAT CANDY!

Here he is raising his hands in victory! You see, he realized every time you sat on Santa's lap, Santa gave you a treat! (Mainly b/c I don't think Santa could remember who had seen him already). Bubba kept telling me, "One more second" and "I have to tell him something." Then he would run up to Santa, back himself up to him and say different things. The first time it was, "I want Chuck the Talking Truck and cars." The next times it was, "I got my hair cut." Then, "Look at my new shoes!" Finally, "See my belly button!" You get the picture....

Here he is outside with the goods...

Three Christmas ring pops, and a candy cane!

The boys were loving the hot coco and seeing all of their friends!

I LOVE THIS!