Fun Around the House

My husband.  Went shopping.  On "Black Friday".  ?!?!  He actually went out on Thanksgiving to Wal.mart leaving the house at 8:30 for an XBOX that was going on sale at 10:00.  ?!?!  Who is that man and what has he done with my husband?!  With the economy the way it is (we discuss it a lot around here) companies are making products so cheap you can't NOT buy them.  (Not sure I follow his line of thinking, but I act like I do and I trust him.)  So we now have an XBox to play and several new games!  (Oh, and with the kids so little, - and I'm sure it was as much for him as them- we went ahead and opened it on Black Friday!)  Here are the boys playing Madden.  Grace and I love the Kinect games.  He was actually home by 11:00 so I could go to Kokomo.  And stand in line for 3 hours at Old Navy.  Been there.  Done that.  Not going to do it again. 

 Grace and Cooper are very into spy stuff right now, and here she is going through her spy bag.  :)  She also loves to create.... and she did just that this vacation!  An empty ribbon spool + several boxes and gift wrap tubes + and two jello boxes = Wall E!!  So cute!!

Oops... more Museum

This backpack is on display in the Take Me There - Egypt exhibit.... not sure what they are teaching their kids over there!!  More mirror fun.... and oh yea:  All on my fancy new phone!!!  (Tim finally convinced me to drop our land line. :(   I guess I'll have to get [gotten!!] over it!)

Museum Trip

After school let out we headed to the museum.  We've been waiting all year for the slide!  This was as good as I could do with my camera!!  Also, we were able to see Santa again this year.  Cooper wouldn't sit by himself, but would talk to him; though he didn't know what he wanted for Christmas!  Also, on the way out we each posed as tough Bumblebees (which the kids both got one for Christmas!  Man they don't make Transformers like they used too!).

Decorating for Christmas

Well, it finally happened!  I no longer have to baby proof the house!  So, several more decorations made their way out of the tubs this year!! Yay! In addition to that, the kids were WAY excited to help, so I put them to work on the nativities straight away.  They also both have a small tree that they got to choose where to put.  Grace put hers in the bed room where they sleep and Cooper put his in the bathroom.  So cute.  (Also, Grace learned that the bulbs get HOT and burned her finger so badly she had a blister for several days! )  Here is some of the other fun stuff...

Christmas tree foot prints we made last year.

My cross stitch pictures from Toby and roommate Nikki  :)

Snowman nativity from Theresa  :)

Rainbow getting in the spirit with some Scami snowmen

Seasonal snowmen.... in order per Grace's request.  :)

Our musical snow globe - a hit for several years from the Paskos

Snowflake flannel sheets (WAY on clearance last year!) with fun foil snowflakes

And no holiday is complete around here without some free printables from TipJunkie!  :)

So excited that our snowmen decorations (That are all in one place) can stay up all winter!  :)

Good times this year!!!

Christmas Treats

I try to get to preschool early on the day I know the sign up sheet for the party will be out so I can get plates, napkins, doughnuts, etc - 'cause it's just easier.  :)  But for Grace's party list day, Cooper had to potty so there was no time to get to it before everyone else did.  So, treats it was!  She helped me make the cookies - one each for each kid.  Good times!

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Past (2010)

This post is a mess - I admit it.  But it is too hard to reorder pictures once posted, so I apologise, but it will just have to do.  I think it appropriately captures the season, though.  Read on.... As I was trying to plan Christmas Jammies for this year, I went back to last year's blog to see what the kids wore on Christmas morning.... I couldn't find any Christmas posts!!!  What the?!  Well, as I now recall, I was in a serious funk  last year at Christmas time.  (As is evidenced by the fact that any December updates were done in February!)  Unfortunately, I missed blogging about our Christmas morning, and it also affected Tim as well, as I don't think he even wrote in our Christmas journal.  This makes me sad for last year's Christmas, but I'm so thankful we are not repeating the past this year.  So, as I use this as our family journal, I don't want to miss the good parts of last year.  So here is a brief recap of last year's Christmas - what I can remember. 

The kids got a fishing game that they challenged Grandma and Grandpa to.  :)

Our first Christmas at The Farm with Cousin Nick.

Naptimes were still big last year and it was a HOOT to find where he would give in and sleep!

There was a lot of baking.... Cooper helping with the recipe.

Grace's main request was a stuffed Santa.  I FINALLY found them the week before Christmas!

We gave the kids a camera.  We have LOTS of fun pictures of the ceiling, couch, feet, curtains, etc.  So fun to see what they see!

More nap time fun.  :)

The last two winters have been hard on me for some reason, so I decided to be proactive this year.  November was the new January for me and I hit the Y with a vengeance and started watching what I was eating.  (There was some incentive from my children who were constantly taking pictures of me from their eye level that made me look very pregnant, as well.)  And, I'm happy to report, it has worked!  I exercise 4 times a week, have cut back on carbs if I can, and allow one sweet thing a day.  I'm going to "splurge" today and tomorrow, but then I'm back at it.  This season has been so fun with the kids and we're looking forward to seeing family.

Updates of this year to come soon!!