sickies.

today we stayed home from church because the men/boys all got sick. it was quite unfortunate, but somehow they all were well enough for some of this goodness: 

except for zak would not touch my masterpiece, he had to have a different pancake. i say that proves how awesome we are. ;) 

we then continued the day with this:

 costco sells pre-built gingerbread houses. best. invention. ever. because who really wants to put the house together? all that matters is the candy that goes on it. 

he was quite proud of his accomplishment. i'm pretty sure he's been counting down until we could do the gingerbread house every day this week. 

then we watched zak's newest favorite movie: the polar express. to say he was excited was an understatement. conka {our elf. don't ask where he got his name from. zak just whipped it out} brought zak a polar express train and candy canes from the north pole to help him watch the movie. 

 greysen also thoroughly enjoyed the movie. it brought back memories of me playing the soundtrack in the philharmonic in high school. ohhh the good ol' days. 

later, we went through the toys r' us magazine to pick out what he wanted to ask santa for. just guess what was at the top of the list? 

 trains. duh. 

 i don't know how to make this not side-ways, but it basically says he wants trains. 

and of course, you can't write letters to santa without some hot cocoa with marshmallows and whip cream. 

in zak's prayers tonight, he said "please bless the polar express" like six times. and "i'm thankful for the polar express and trains" like 4. so basically, it was the best. day. ever. 

i'm so glad my grinch of a child has become more excited for christmas, i've been putting in a lot of effort to make him want to do something!