Christmas Eve 2013

Family portrait - nailed it! :) 

Ok now that's better!

"dat twee is weally huge!"

Success!!!

At Nana's for Christmas dinner. My favorite!

excited about her new chair!

Loves his chair too!

Holiday Decorating

While most responsible families probably do normal things like keep live lights away from babies - we like to let the kids test them in their mouths first. 

Wow. Seriously superb parenting on my part. Hmmm.....Well the point was to admire the cuteness of my babies. Can we move past the other topic and do that? I hope so......eeeek!

Hello there Willsie boy. Whatcha doin'?

Oh you're a mouth tester too? Sheesh!

You look so cute here, you had a good time decorating and helping to untangle the lights. What IS IT with lights getting tangled?! Even when you straighten them out they get tangled!

You started to scold me and baby for letting her mouth the lights. Good call buddy.

And then you mugged the camera - LOL. This pic still kinda freaks me out - creepy face!

Sweetest xmas memory ever

Awwww - my sweeet baby - happy 1st Christmas!

You did a great job decorating the tree little man. Only 3 casualties. Yes our tree is on the homeschool table, yes I am trying to eliminate the 77 other casualties that would happen otherwise.

I love you little helper boy

How I get my holiday spirit

Two years ago I just wasn't feeling it in regards to holiday spirit. I was a tad cranky, tired of buying & buying presents, and just generally felt Scrouge-ish. 

"Ah-ha!" I said to myself. This calls for a dose of Santa!

So I dressed up the kids and hauled them down to the local mall for a little Santa action.

Last year I remembered this and again, and it did the trick. But since I procrastinated we waited in line for TWO hours. 

Not this year, I told myself. So on November 28th (woah!) I went down and did the deed. And I must say, it works for me like a charm.

I was hoping to not have to be in the pic this year, but William was NOT having anything to do with touching Santa. This has to be the best Santa likeness on earth. Go ahead, click on the picture to see a close up. It's the real deal I tell you.

Gingerbread house

Making the yearly gingerbread house. Thanks to my dad, all I did was snap some photos.