I don't want to be 5!!

So today we had Jake's 5 year check up at the doctor's office. He strutted into the office telling everyone, "Know who's 5? Me that's who!" Everything went well until the nurse brought in the shot tray and Jake figured out what was going on. The nurse pricked his finger to check his iron level and Jake freaked out. "I want my NANA! I don't want to be 5 anymore! I want my NANA!"

So much for needing Mommy when he's sick/hurt!

Jake turns 5!

Well it's official... Jake is 5! He woke up yesterday saying, "Today is MY day!" And everyone he talked to knew it was his birthday! We surprised him last Sunday with a trip to Chuck E. Cheese. Jake and Connor love that mouse. We had a good time playing games and eating pizza and Power Ranger cake. In fact, Jake loved it so much that he begged Nana and I to take him back yesterday after he got out of school. Because I'm a sucker we went back. The place was empty though and we got to play on all the "big boy" games because they weren't being monopolized by the older kids!

Nicholas enjoys his first visit to The Mouse!

The Bramhall Boys playing at Chucky Cheese!

The Pink Pig!

Today we went to Buckhead to ride the Macy's Pink Pig, an Atlanta tradition since 1953, this was our first year riding the pig. Why would you ride a pig you ask? Well, it's a pig and it's a TRAIN! Need I say more? The boys we're estatic to go ride a train pig.

Of course the line was long and horrible, but the boys were actually on their best behavior and we got through it and they rode the pig 3 times!

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Christmas Musical

Monday night was the boys Christmas Musical at their school. We were very excited to see it as Jake had a speaking role and we had been helping him memorize his lines. He was very excited about it and every time I would pick him up at school the teachers would tell me he was doing an amazing job at practice.

Connor on the other hand was scared senseless about it. According it his teacher he cried nonstop during practices... except for Monday which was the dress rehearsal.

So I took the boys to the school and dropped off Jake in his classroom and he got into his costume. I took Connor to his classroom and he started bawling and ran away from the costume and tried to hide under a desk. No matter what his teacher or I did we couldn't get him into the costume. So Connor came with me and watched the musical.

Jake did an amazing job. He knew all of the songs and came right up to the microphone to say his lines and he knew all of them! Then towards the end of the musical we came back up to the microphone and sang a solo! It was such a surprise and Rob and I were so thrilled and proud of him.

Christmas is coming!

The boys are so excited about Christmas coming! We decorated the house and the boys did a great job of putting ornaments up on the tree. Everyday they wake up and say, "It's getting to be Christmas time!"

Of course, presents have become a major discussion. Jake and Connor both want EVERYTHING they see! So all I heard for a while was, "I want to buy this." So I told them that they should put it on their list for Santa to bring. Well now the list is about a mile long and I'm having a hard time explaining to them that Santa won't bring everything on their list and they need to pick the most important toys they want and put them at the top of the list. I guess I didn't really think that one through!

Last Saturday we took the boys to the local park, because they we're doing train rides. Of course the boys stayed on the train for as long as they would let them!

"Someday Mommy..."

So the other day the boys and I had been running around doing errands and we got home late. I was tired and didn't want to cook, so I ordered Chinese food. When I sat the boys down for dinner Jake and I had a very interesting conversation!

Jake (looking at his Chicken Lo Mein): Mommy, when I go to Nana's she cooks real food for me.
Mommy: Oh? What kind of food is this?
Jake: This is pretend food since you didn't cook it.
Mommy: Well, I really like pretend food then.
Jake: Don't worry Mommy, someday you'll be able to cook real food like Nana for me.
Mommy: Good, that's a relief!

Soccer finally ends!

On November 11th, Soccer finally came to a close. For Jake it went out with a big score! He had decided that in order to get a trophy he needed to score 3 goals in the last game. He even told his coach this! The last game, however, was against a team with two really tall girls, they were even taller than Jake! So he had a really hard time getting the ball away from them. But just before the final whistle blew, Jake scored his 3rd goal. We're really proud of both boys for doing a great job this season in Soccer!