dear santa

dear santa,

i've been a very good mommy this year.

my room is always clean.

i always eat all my vegetables.

i keep up with the laundry,

the dishes

and the vacuuming.

i go to bed with little or no protest most nights.

i brush my teeth.

i comb my hair.

and try not to watch too much tv.

and this year,

i only want one thing.

for you to mail back this letter

from my cute little monkey

who wrote, stamped and mailed

all by himself.

because there are some things

that i just want to keep for myself.

thank you,

from one very proud mommy.

zoo lights

ruth's cris

before heading out to celebrate with daddy's fellow graduates,
we asked monkey to take a picture of us.
here's his first attempt...

second try was much better.
what i love about this picture is not just because monkey took it,
but dif you look closely enough
at super mucus' face,
you can see that he is giving you his best smile.

congratulations daddy!

i'm pretty proud of ya.

bye bye toddler beds

two little boys

sitting on the top bed
of their brand new big boy bunk beds!

bye-bye racing car beds!
hello big boy bunk beds!