Santa, Birthdays, and Getting the Tree

We celebrated Kade's birthday on Saturday. He is the big 0-7! He got to really party since there was no school to interrupt the festivities. We started the day with a visit to see Santa at the kids' elementary school. They dined on doughnuts and chocolate milk, and were rewarded with a ring pop after they sat on Santa's lap.

(Adrienne's only there for the ring pop. She talked a big game, but when it came down to it, she was a little afraid of Old Santa)
(Only there for the ring pop, thinks he is getting too old for this stuff)

We continued the fun by heading to the mall to wait in the monstrous line to see Glenn Beck and get him to sign his new book for us. (Well, maybe that trip was for me, but Kade got to meet him too). It was really great to see him, even if it was only for about 9.1 milliseconds.

(Burke took this photo, forgive the blurriness; he is camera-challenged)

After the mall madness, we went to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa W and went to see Bolt. Not just the regular old run of the mill Bolt, but Bolt in 3-D! We all had the fancy glasses and everything. It was really cute, but I was so tired...I had a little nap...I woke up refreshed for the second half of the movie.

After the movie was over and we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, we steeled ourselves for the annual argument and went to get our Christmas tree. We have argued over the tree every year since our marriage began. It never changes: I want an artificial tree, he wants real, I want a smaller one, he wants a tree that could show up in Rockefeller Center. Anyway, I took the high road this year and caved in. We got the bigger tree and even had enough good feeling left to decorate it on Saturday as well. (He still has to water it every morning and night until it dies, which should be in about two days).

After decorating the tree, we ate Kade's birthday dinner of Hot Dogs, gourmet style. (That is grilled). We ate cake and ice cream, opened presents, and then played for the rest of the evening. It was a great day overall, and more importantly, Kade pronounced it the best birthday ever!

Happy Birthday Kader!