Thursday, December 27, 2012
Christmas Eve
We had another great Christmas Eve and were very fortunate to have lots of family and friends over to celebrate with us. We had 9 kids from 3 months to 11 so it was a little crazy, but really fun!
Tracking Santa
I put NORAD on the IPad and we spent Christmas Eve tracking Santa. It was actually really fun and somewhat educational. We told Carter where he was and then we looked up the country in his Atlas. It was cute and Carter LOVED it.
Christmas with the Corliss Family
On December 23rd we went to see the Corliss family and made some Christmas ornaments with the kids.
Christmas Cookies
The kids and I made Christmas cookies again this year!
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| Cookie making is hard work. |
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Kids
I have been seriously slacking on the pictures lately, which is very unlike me.
I wanted to write a quick note about the kids. They are crazy rambunctious boys who drive me crazy some times and my house is loud and I am constantly picking up after them.....and I couldn't be happier to have them. With the recent horrible and unspeakable tragedy in Connecticut I realize just how extremely lucky we are. I can't stop thinking about CT and feel sick over it.
Mason is the happiest kid in the world as long as you don't make him eat or go to bed! He could play by himself for hours. He loves his toys and he loves to play. Lately his new line when I try to get him to do something such as eat dinner is "Leave me alone, I'm busy." He has a great imagination and I love watching him play and talk to himself when I am not around. He LOVES his "bear bear." which actually belongs to Carter, but Mason has adopted him and goes everywhere with him.
I am amazed at how independent he is and how competent he is at entertaining himself.
Carter is so smart and so sweet. He has been having some listening problems lately that we are working through, but when he is good he is so very good and sweet. His writing has been improving dramatically over the past couple weeks. He can write his name perfectly and each week is writing is getting a little better. He can count up to 100 and knows all his numbers and letter sounds. Last night he asked me to lay in bed with him so he could practice writing letters and words with his magna doodle.
Our Elf on the Shelf continues to be a huge hit with Carter and our Advent Calender. Every morning with out fail Carter gets out of bed, goes on his search of the Elf and opens the door to the Advent Calendar.
I wanted to write a quick note about the kids. They are crazy rambunctious boys who drive me crazy some times and my house is loud and I am constantly picking up after them.....and I couldn't be happier to have them. With the recent horrible and unspeakable tragedy in Connecticut I realize just how extremely lucky we are. I can't stop thinking about CT and feel sick over it.
Mason is the happiest kid in the world as long as you don't make him eat or go to bed! He could play by himself for hours. He loves his toys and he loves to play. Lately his new line when I try to get him to do something such as eat dinner is "Leave me alone, I'm busy." He has a great imagination and I love watching him play and talk to himself when I am not around. He LOVES his "bear bear." which actually belongs to Carter, but Mason has adopted him and goes everywhere with him.
I am amazed at how independent he is and how competent he is at entertaining himself.
Carter is so smart and so sweet. He has been having some listening problems lately that we are working through, but when he is good he is so very good and sweet. His writing has been improving dramatically over the past couple weeks. He can write his name perfectly and each week is writing is getting a little better. He can count up to 100 and knows all his numbers and letter sounds. Last night he asked me to lay in bed with him so he could practice writing letters and words with his magna doodle.
Our Elf on the Shelf continues to be a huge hit with Carter and our Advent Calender. Every morning with out fail Carter gets out of bed, goes on his search of the Elf and opens the door to the Advent Calendar.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Carter's Picture with Santa
We went to Zoo Lights and Carter got his picture taken with Santa. Mason has no interest in seeing Santa and I can't say that I blame him. So Carter got a solo picture. He did manage to get a candy cane for his brother though!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Christmas Tree
We got our Christmas Tree this past weekend and decorated the house. We had a few broken ornaments this year, but thanks to Gorilla Glue they were all salvaged :)
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