Sunday, November 27, 2011

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

My favorite time of year.




 Matching Christmas pajamas from last year 
that still fit.    I looked back at last year's Christmas pictures and can't believe how much both of them have changed.  Take a look here.
 Our first Christmas movie of the year by the fire and the tree...Polar Express.  One of our favorites.
Now I need to start Christmas shopping.  

Sunday, November 20, 2011

HOME


We have had 3 days at home.  Home.  We only left for the grocery store and an hour or so at the local Christmas Bazaar.  So seriously, we have been HOME.  Ahhh. It has been so nice.  Both kiddos were sick all last week and by Friday they were either vomiting (all over the bathroom), had a fever, coughing, had a sore throat or had a crazy rash all over.  Fun times around here.  So that is why we have been HOME, our favorite place to be.  

We cleaned out the playroom and now have 5 bags of toy donations.  I organized all of the winter clothes and hand-me-downs by size.
We cleaned.  
We painted.  








We read stories.
We watched the snow fall.
We played in the snow.
We baked cookies. 
We drank hot cocoa by the cozy fire.
"Cuddled up by the fire is my favorite place to be Mom." ~Seri

The kids actually had time to PLAY.  It seems we have been so rushed with everything lately that they don't have big chunks of time to PLAY.  

They played with the trains.
They built a home out of blocks for Jett's toy turtles.
They turned the coffee table into a city for their cars.
They dressed up and pretended to be kitties.  Jett made a nose, ears and whiskers.  (He wore this for at least two hours and every time he would breath the tape would make a noise.  Love him.)



They created a home for our cat Edna.  



Have I mentioned my dear son LOVES tape?




They ventured outside today and made a snowman all on their own.  They have been watching out the window all evening to make sure it is still there.  


I started laundry this morning at 7:00 and I have been doing it religiously for 13 hours.  
Yes, that is how behind I was.  
I can see my laundry room again. 
We have clean clothes, socks, sheets, blankets and stuffed animals.  


Well, it worked.  HOME.  
My sweets went to bed tonight clean, happy and most of all healthy. 

 


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Love song

My boy sat at the piano playing a love song for 
Gus and God.  
He melts my heart.




First Grade

Seri's first grade pictures came back today and  
we had her parent teacher conference.  We were so proud to hear she is doing a marvelous job in school and it was so fun to see some of her best work so far this year.     
We are so proud of our beautiful and smart girl!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Our Favorite Park

We have a local park that we all adore.  
It is one of the reasons we live where we live...to be close to this park.  





Henry loves it too.
 My little explorers collecting acorns and different kinds and sizes of leaves.  



 Fall is definitely here and winter is on it's way.  
Brrrrrr!  

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

397

That is how many pictures are on my phone. 
397. 
 Here are just a few of my favorites from the last 10 months or so.