Bedtime Stories

Lofton and Landon love for me to tell them stories at night, and especially, Mario stories. Each story ends with me saying, "To be continued..." They love it, but truth be told, there is only so much I can think of for Mario, Luigi, Lofton, and Landon to do. Yeah, the boys are characters in the stories, and they've done it all; they've gone to Mario World and rescued Peach; they've gone to the North Pole to see that Bowser is on the naughty list. We started these adventures in June while in Destin. It is about time for me to end the stories and think of a new story line. But, it is hard for me to do because the boys love it and get so excited each night, and the other night, they even wanted Levi to join in the bedtime story fun.

Sleepover

Both boys love to have someone spend the night, and of course, Lofton loves to go stay with other boys, but Landon is too young to go. So, we like to have sleepovers at our house so he can join the fun. This last sleepover with our friend Justin was the first one in which Landon slept upstairs with the boys and didn't come down to his bed. Before we know it, he'll be ready to go to someone's house.

Snow Much Fun

Since school resumed after Christmas break, Lofton has only been back 3 days! He has had this entire week off (Mon.-Wed.) due to a couple of inches of snow. Crazy, but we'll take it. I love having him home. We've enjoyed these snow days; in fact, we've had 3 others since winter began. The boys had Micah over to play one day; they played in the snow for awhile, and then on Tuesday, I took the boys out for 2 hours, which is an all time record for me. I have never liked the cold, but when I bundle up in Phillip's hunting gear it isn't so bad. We sledded at the park for over an hour, but of course, we cheated a little by getting in the car and warming up before going back for more. After all the snow fun, we of course came in for hot chocolate every time and to sit on the heater.

Stomach Bug

Landon woke up last Sunday morning with the stomach bug and a few hours later Lofton got sick, too. Luckily, it was short lived and within 24 hours they were better. Though they hated being sick, the boys enjoyed lounging around and playing video games and watching tv. Unfortunately, Levi got sick the next day, but his too was short lived.