365: Week 50

Monday, December 17th:

 Day 2 of Christmas Cookie Baking: The Icing. Here is I-man's progression.

 K gets a lick of the icing first:)

They both did a great job and love the cookies!

Tuesday, December 18th:

Picnic lunch outside in mid-December. Crazy!

Wednesday, December 19th:

Big kids sitting at the big table. How are they this old already??

Thursday, December 20th:

Playing with trains while Daddy works late. I-man's track....

 K and Mommy's track......we need more straight pieces:)

Friday, December 21st:

We hosted a Christmas party at our house and the attire was Christmas sweaters......the kids didn't have any so we went with sweaters they don't wear much:)

Saturday, December 22nd:

Opening our family Christmas presents before heading to Auburn for the Christmas holiday.

Sunday, December 23rd:

K found a scrap of wrapping paper and put her own gift under the tree.

365: Week 49

Monday, December 10th:

These kids love a good basketball game!

Tuesday, December 11th:

This is our first year to use an Elf. "Elfie" is our elf and, starting December 1st, he brings the kids a Christmas book each night before bedtime to read. He is in a different spot each night, so they have to find him and then Mommy or Daddy helps him back to his sleigh. K was scared of Elfie at first but now both kids love to look for Elfie each night. Makes the fight to put on PJs much easier:)

Wednesday, December 12th:

 Adorable ornaments a very sweet family from church made for the kids. They watch them at the church on Tuesday mornings while I go to Ladies Bible Class. Such a blessing to my kids!

Thursday, December 13th:

I had a dentist appointment early this morning so Josh stayed home a little longer to watch the kids. He even fixed K's hair........and tried to get a picture. Looks like she is enjoying Daddy being home in the morning!

Friday, December 14th:

 We took the kids to the Zoolight Safari at the zoo after Josh got off work.

 Waiting in line for the Holiday Express train. Both kids were PUMPED!

 Trying not to lose her hood by the gingerbread men

Standing by the blue tree...his "favorite."

Saturday, December 15th:

Snowman pancakes

Sunday, December 16th:

 We divided our annual Christmas cookie baking into 2 days, to accommodate our 2 little helpers. Day 1 was making the cookies.

They helped for about 5 minutes....until things started to get a little messy:)

365: Week 48

Monday, December 3rd:

We decided to put up a tree this year for our ornaments (we didn't last year) but we did it in shifts. Josh went and picked up the tree tonight and set it up while the kids were in bed:)

Tuesday, December 4th:

 Very excited to begin

 The only shot we got of K putting on the star

 They were so wound up it was hard to get a decent picture...but you can see the excitement:)

 Not sure why K is hiding!

Wednesday, December 5th:

Another building project involving a lot of pillows

Thursday, December 6th:

Our mantle

Friday, December 7th:

No pictures from today but it was a busy day! The kiddos went to stay with their grandparents for the weekend, I visited with my college friend and her new baby, Josh and I went out to dinner and did A LOT of Christmas shopping. If I had to use a picture for today, it would be me with a big fat smile on my face:)

Saturday, December 8th:

This morning marked the end of my "Couch to 5K" training.  I ran the Jingle Run this morning (a 5K) for Juvenile Arthritis, in honor of K & I's little friend, Allie. My unexpected surprise today was that I got to run with my 9 year old nephew. Proud to say we BOTH ran the whole 5K! Mission accomplished!

Sunday, December 9th:

A small taste of our family photo shoot, in preparation for Christmas cards:)