Max was up at 3:00am. I had him "sleeping" on my floor - it was killing him! It was almost equally hard on me, if we didn't always go to bed so darn late on Christmas Eve, I would be tempted to wake the kids up myself.. its so exciting!
You'd be hard pressed to find a better way to say farewell to 2010 than this.
The Library invited Mrs. Clause to read Christmas stories to the kids - a big projector shows all the pictures while she reads in a lighted corner of the stage, and then they get to tell her what they want for Christmas.
This picture is just how I feel - the two little ones, and my great big Max! So that's what they mean when they say time goes by so fast. I smiled like I knew what they meant.. but I had no idea. I almost have an eight-year-old. That seems very old, like I'm no longer a young mother - and that only leaves one other adjective, one I'm not sure I'm ready to embrace! 
Miss Connell's second grade presents "Glow" - featuring Max as the "non-talking bee". Not his first choice, he likes to talk. But true to form, Max can make anything cool.
His good buddy Brandon was the green caterpillar pictured in front of him here. The caterpillar is supposed to sound sleepy, and Max said that Brandon is shy so he murmurs a lot, that's why he got such a good part.
Sam loved watching his big brother, he was cracking us up doing all the actions along with them while they were singing - and then Max let him try on his costume. I guess a true star doesn't mind sharing the spot light.
