Happy New Year

We've started 2012 with an ugly round of sickness, and Ruby's gotten the worst of it.  This time the culprit was Kai, who brought the bug home from school and decided to be sick for Christmas.  He shared it with all of us, and the lingering effects are still around, even after 10 days.  Yuck.  Poor Ruby got an ear infection on top of it, so I've spent this week at home with the two little ones.  I just thought I was going back to work this week. So much for that plan!

Here's little Roo feeling crummy but still being a good sport donning her cute new headband and house slippers.

On a happier note, the holidays were a lot of fun, though they really flew by.  Pla Shee couldn't believe it when I told him he had to go to school on Tuesday.  He's already counting down the days until Spring Break.

We spent Christmas here, then I took Kai and Ruby down to Houston to visit my family for a few days.  Aaron and Pla Shee met us in Giddings later in the week and we all accompanied Aaron's mom down to Rockport (near Corpus Christi) for the weekend. It was really foggy and too cold to swim, but we had fun anyway looking at condos and houses (Aaron's mom is looking to buy a place down there).  A few pics from our trip:

We celebrated our 11th anniversary and the new year in our Best Western hotel room with sparkling cider for the boys and party hats.  We also took them to see the Chipmunks movie.  It was terrible, though exactly what I expected.

Here are the kiddos during our 8 pm "party."  Kai is saying "owwie" because of the strap on his chin if you were wondering.

And here's Ruby, who decided to join the party at about 2:00 am.