No one peek......

'cuz Eema and Bumpa are coming up the steps with your Xmas presents!!

Magic wands and dress-up headbands....all have gotten a lot of use!

Very excited about her flannel sheets!

A new Car Movie 2 bedspread which he says keeps him "the most warm ever" at night!

Now Eva has a sleeping bag for movie nights....thank goodness! :-)

Such a sweet look!  She's wearing her clothes, the new ladybug dress-up outfit and her new robe!  Couldnt pick just one!

Modeling their new robes!!!



He loves his Corn Cake!!

The only thing that Dylan REALLY cared about at Thanksgiving, besides pumpkin pie, was his corn cake!  You know, the one with Jiffy Cornbread mix, corn, creamed corn, butter and sour cream in it!  He was determined that he could make it by himself and he pretty much did.  I got everything set out, he dumped it in and stirred.  The only thing I said Mommy had to do was get it in the crock-pot......I didn't want to be cleaning it up off the floor! :-)

He was so stinkin' proud of himself!



Just some cuteness.....



Can I sit by you Eema?

As close as I possibly can, on the same couch cushion and then can I flop my arm around you and grin???

YES!  He can!



Wacky Clothes Day!

Kira was so excited that her school was doing Wacky Clothes Day again the day before Thanksgiving!  She planned her outfit by herself....and what you can't see is that she had on 2 different socks too! :-)  And yes, those are pj's!



Decorating early for Xmas!

The kids were all really excited to decorate the Xmas tree this year.  Normally I start decorating the house the day after Thanksgiving but since we were planning on doing an early Xmas with my parents over Thanksgiving weekend, I got an early start this year!  It helped that Jason was out of town the weekend before Thanksgiving too! (Love you honey!)

Eva is really enjoying all the decorations this year and keeps asking if we can decorate the tree again.  I thought, very briefly, about taking the decorations off and doing just that but then decided it wasn't something I should probably start! :-)

As I was handing the kids ornaments to put on the tree, I realized I didn't see most of the candy canes I had given Eva to put up.......once I looked, I found 3 different spots where she was "piling" them!  She was so excited about how she had done it...I left them alone for awhile but after she was in bed, I did some rearranging!

Dylan's "cluster" of snowflakes........those have been left alone since when I would move them, they would magically end up right back together!  He LOVED that I had so many green ornaments!!

What I love about our Xmas tree is that a majority of the decorations were made by my Grandma.  The rest are either ones that I had a child or were given to me by special people in my life or they are ones that the kids have been given.  It's so fun to talk about where they all came from each year.  It's not how I always pictured the "perfect" tree but it's perfect for us!



Such a big girl!

Several weeks ago, Eva had to have an abdominal ultrasound due to tummy pain that she was having.  Fortunately, the results didn't show anything "bad" which was a relief.  As it turns out, we now think it was likely related to her food allergies and have made some changes which seem to have helped greatly!!

The ultrasound tech said that she was pretty sure she had NEVER had a 2 year old who was as cooperative as Eva was!!  Nice change of pace for me too! :-)