Alarcon Family: March 2013

I always do this to myself. I get bad at posting and then here I have 8 months worth of catch up to do. I most likely won't cover all the details of everything going on with the Alarcon clan but I will try.

Let's see, since I last posted some fun things have happened around here. Chase started Kindergarten in September and it was very exciting. They wear uniforms here in Savannah and Chase was so excited to take his Mario lunch box to school. He was just excited about school, period. As for me, I was excited for him but also a bit sad. As I watched him get on that school bus I remembered the last 5 years and stood there, tears streaming down my face while smiling and waving goodbye at the same time. Then I looked over at Ramon and his eyes were misty too so I didn't feel too out of control. When Chase got off the bus that afternoon he came running towards me with his arms wide open and couldn't wait to tell me all about his day! And I couldn't wait to hear all about it. I missed him so much.

We also went to Disney World in September and I don't even have words for how fun that trip was. We had the best time. It was our first family vacation and we just enjoyed every minute. We are already planning our next Disney trip! We obviously took hundreds of pics but here are a few shots to show the magic in the kid's eyes and all the fun!

Halloween was fun. Trick or treating in a new neighborhood was a fun new experience and the weather was fabulous. We've never experienced a WARM Halloween so that was different.

Christmas was quiet but fun. We enjoyed our own little family and created our own traditions together. We made salt dough ornaments that we painted and hung, we made chocolate chip cookies that we delivered to friends and neighbors. On Christmas Eve our elf Buddy gets picked up by Santa and goes back to the North Pole but he leaves the kids a note and a gift (usually jammies). This year we let them give Buddy and hug and kiss goodbye which, if you know about Elf on the Shelf, touching your elf is not allowed so they thought it was so fun and didn't want to let him go. It was so cute.