Spreading Christmas Cheer

We helped Mema decorate her house for Christmas this year. Bryce added his own decorator's touch to her tree (notice the gold beads). He worked on this for like 30 minutes humming and singing Christmas carols the whole time. His repertoire of songs is quite impressive!! We laughed and laughed at the final result saying Mema would have to redo later that night. But, when Gran came home he loved it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? So, this 'beautiful' tree has spread Christmas cheer at Mema and Gran's all season!





~j

Wisemen and Inn Keepers

I am loving a little wise man who looks just like his daddy and a little inn keeper who favors his mama.

 

Bryce and Evan acted out the Christmas Story in their classes at school. There is something about cute, little people dressed up in cute, little costumes acting out such a big, important story that just puts
life . . .  and this season of Christmas . . . into perspective!

Merry Christmas to you all!! ~j

Naughty or Nice?

Is this little boy naughty or nice? Hmmmmm . . . . . .

~j

I Melt!

I took the boys to there first church choir practice and was

 just videoing and I caught this . . . . . .

makes my heart completely melt! Catching a glimpse of that precious

brother bond fills me with some serious happy mama feelings!!

Have a Great Weekend ~j

Fall

We have been without Internet for a couple weeks and I had to send my camera off because it was acting up so I have not checked in in a while!! Here are a few snapshots of what we have been up too . . .

This is Evan doing his "pumpkin head" dance. He was naked and shaking it down and laughing hysterically . . .  and so was I!!

We had fun making a scarecrow for the front porch!

Bryce dressed up as the Train Conductor of the Polar Express for Halloween. And let me tell you, once that boy was all dressed up he did not break character!! Those glasses did not leave his face and I giggled every time I looked at him. Such a little man, he is! Evan was a "shiny knight in shiny armor . . . with a sword" as he says. They had fun dressing up for school, trunk or treat, boo at the zoo, and Halloween in our neighborhood. John and I have enjoyed all the loot they collected :)

Rocky, Bryce's "classroom bird" was with is on a trip to the zoo!

That cute little cheerleader is our sweet friend, Maggie!

He is all about trains these days!

ALL ABOARD!!

my handsome knight

i vant your candy!!

evan's storybook parade at school

Bryce's storybook parade at school

me and e

trick or treating with cousins

As the conductor, Bryce pulled Evan around the WHOLE neighborhood Halloween night . . . even though Evan weighs 2 more pounds than he does!! B slept well that night!

mister cute and mister trouble

It was a must that we ride by or take a walk everyday to check on this witch. They thought it was soooooo funny that she had not been looking where she was going and smacked into a tree. Every time we would go for our "witch hunt" walk they would get a little closer to her to check her out. Bryce, being the practical one just wanted to know where her broom was!

We met up with my best childhood friend, Kathy, and her 2 precious boys, Jake and Wade, at Edventure. 

We took Bryce to see the trains run at a local park. He was very impressed! They even let him "drive" a train around the tracks all by himself.

"foot" ball

So sorry, this is "completely inappropriate" (as I hear myself tell my boys quite often), but everytime I watch it I am in stitches!! This is Evan around 16 months old saying "foot" ball as best he can!

hope it made you laugh! ~j

Five on Friday

Here Are Five Reasons I Am Loving My Boys This Week . . . . .

1. We recently went to the beach for the weekend. I let each boy pack their own book bag of toys to take. Bryce carefully chose several trains and some train tracks. This is what Evan ended up with . . . . very interesting . . . . .  he makes me laugh!

2. Mema pulled out John's old school Lite Brite out of the attic. We took it home and plugged it in and it still worked!! The Lite Brite was definitely a hit! (. . . .  and a great fine motor activity too!!)

I told Bryce I loved his lite brite snake. He said " Mama, it is actually a chinese dragon!"

3. We made playdough, but it was way to sticky, so we got some extra flour. The extra flour eventually turned into a massive snow storm for all the cars and trucks to drive through. It it was a holy mess, but well worth it!





Bryce has requested this activity every day since. I am still trying to convince him this is a once every 6 months to a year activity!!! I was cleaning flour up for hours!!! Big Mess = Big Fun with these two!!

4. Sweet Brother Love Makes My Heart Smile!!





5. We enjoyed a fun birthday party at Country Adventures! We climbed trees, rode ponies, picked pumpkins, ate hotdogs, and roasted marshmellows. Oh, and Evan found a donkey he was very fond of!

 

cousins

 

 

 

John is quite the story teller. He tells a story to the boys at night about The Three Little Donkeys and The Big Bad Wolf. I think this is were Evan's affection for the donkey may have come from! The donkeys names are Honky Donky, Bonky Donky, and Tonky Donky. They love the story and I must admit it cracks me up everytime I listen to it. There is something quite charming about a daddy than can tell a good story :)

 

the rough and tumble cousins

 

Cowboy Bryce

 

Cowboy Evan

 

finding the perfect pumpkins!

 

Happy Pumpkin Picking, Friends! ~j

 

 

 

Five On Friday

Five Reasons I Am Loving My Boys This Week . . . .

1. Sweet boys licking sweet batter off beaters . . .  yummy!




2. We enjoyed a fun play day with cousin Austin. I sure enjoyed seeing these boys all playing together and know my mama would have loved having them all under one roof playing and talking and laughing even more than me!







3. The boys first day of school with fresh haircuts!

4. We made a trip to the doc this morning to have an eraser that Evan stuck up his nose removed. Thank goodness it was low drama and he is fine!


This is Evan waiting in the doctor's waiting room with his favorite new accessory - head phones! They are from our car and no sound is coming out of them . . . .  it is just a fashion statement, I guess! Funny boy!


5. In true "Bryce Style", Bryce wrote his name for the first time all by himself. We worked on this all summer and I could not get him to write anything more than a "B" and then he busts out the other night and writes his whole name! This is the way Bryce does everything and you would think it would not suprise me anymore, but it does . . .  every single time!!

He wrote it with a dry erase marker so it got a little smudge as we danced around and celebrated how awesome he is! I think it is perfection!

Enjoy your weekend and the wonderfully cool temps! ~j