Can't believe it's already December

So much happened last month that I should have posted more often than I usually do. Time is going by so fast. Justin's mom came to visit us, and it was so nice to have her here. Even though there isn't a lot to do in Urbana, we had a great time enjoying each other's company, and I think she had a good time just getting to see where we live and what we do in our everyday lives. The kids were so happy to have her here. Alan wanted to be with her all the time; he would walk in the bathroom when she was doing her hair and sit on the toilet just watching her, at night he would ask her it he could sleep with her. It was really cute seeing how happy he was to have her here. We got to enjoy some nice fall weather and we were able to take the kids to the park to play with the fall leaves right before it got too cold to go out. She's gone now, but we thank her so much for coming to visit us. Hopefully we'll be together again soon.

We put up our Christmas tree really early this year since we are going to Dubai so early in December. Before we put up the ornaments on it Alan decided to decorate it with a bunch of his toys. He put up Legos, balloons, cars and a lot of different things on it. He was really excited about it; here's a little picture of it.

It finally snowed here last week and it was so much fun. We went out and played with the snow for a while. The kids made snow angels, ran on the snow, made snow balls and just had a blast playing with it. Alan was also having a blast trying to ride on Eric's little motorcycle on the snow. His big legs could barely move, but he loved riding on it. Since we were in Dubai the past two winters and it's warm even during the winter, the snow was a new fun thing for them to play with.

We're going to Dubai!!! It's already December. We're leaving in two days, and I still can't believe it. We're so excited to see Justin and finally be together again. When we come back he's coming back with us for almost a month!!! Next time I post something it will be from Dubai. I can't wait!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!

This Halloween was soooooooo fun. The kids are at such a fun age to appreciate this time of the year. A couple of weeks before Halloween my sister Arely and her kids came to visit and we had a little Halloween party. All of the kids got dressed up except for Eric who decided he didn't want to wear his Winnie the Pooh oufit and he wanted to use Alan's old Dumbo costume, at least he did dress up . We decorated the house when Justin came to visit, so everything was ready for the party. The kids decorated pumkins with pumpkin tatoos; they hit a ghost pinata and were so excited when they got all the candy from it. They had a lot of fun playing and enjoying Halloween together.

On Halloween day we were really busy. Alan went to his morning preschool all dressed up and so happy to see everyone at his school in their different customes. At school they took the kids Trick-or-Treat and got lots of candy. After that he went to his other school and I picked him up early because Eric and Alan had a Halloween party at their gymnastics class. They put up a Halloween inflatable decoration and used all the gym equipment to have a cool party for them. After that we went to Alan's school for another party and they had lots of games anf of course candy.

We ended the day going Trick or treating and it was so fun, the weather was perfect and the kids were in such happy spirits that they enjoyed every second of that day. We missed Justin a lot since it's his favorite holiday, but he had fun in Dubai as well. He had a party for the young men from church, he decorated the house and even bought eye ball ice cubes. On Halloween day he handed candy out to around 150 kids in the neighborhood.

Happy belated Halloween to everyone!!!!!!!!