Loving this weather

Man I feel spoiled by this weather.  We haven't even put away the summer toys.  It has been nice to kick the boys outside to play in the sandbox, hit the ball around the backyard and ride bike.  At Christmas we even got to play in a pile of leaves out at the farm at grandmas and grandmas.  I am imagining a lot nicer spring clean up in the backyard since I have been able to keep up on the piles of land mines back there.

   

Great weekend!!

I had a great birthday weekend!  My parents came on Friday and brought me a yummy cake and we went to eat at Happy's and drove around and looked at Christmas lights.  On Saturday my sister and brother in law watched the kids and we went to our first play at the Guthrie.  We went to "Charlie's Aunt."  It was pretty darn funny.  That is one gorgeous building.  Sunday was the big church Christmas program.  Collin was not so much into participating this year.  We also made a ginger bread house today too.  So it was a busy, fun filled weekend.  Now I am realizing how much I have to do this week.  I am going to have to force myself to stay up late each night.  I haven't wrapped one present.

In full swing...

of the Holiday season.  We are just a little over a week into December and I feel like it is flying by already. I wish it would slow down so can make sure I have time to enjoy it.  I am already feeling the rush of it and am starting to panic as I feel I have a lot to do yet.  Well we got the tree up early and partially decorated with the boys.  I hope to do the rest today.   

We had our first Elementary Christmas Program last night.  The kids did a really great job.  Tyler is in the top row on the right.  We were up in the bleachers so I don't have any close ups.  

Yesterday the kindergartners make ginger bread houses.  Tyler did such a great job. 

Silly Faces of Collin

I found Collin making silly faces in this glass ornament candle holder I have sitting on the back of the toilet.    He is so silly

Well the Christmas shows have begun.  The kids are all tucked in watching Rudolph.  Tyler was so excited.  

Mohawks

My goal for the next year is to do more creative lifestyle/candid shots of the boys.  Maybe try to take the camera out once a day to capture them being them.  Tonight Collin wanted a hohawk (mohawk) and to look at it in the mirror.

The birthday boy turns 6...

I can't believe we have a 6 year old now.  Tyler had two great birthday parties.  He had a friend birthday party on his actual birthday and his family birthday party up in Thief River Falls.  Well the friend birthday party was on a much simpler scale this year for my sanity anyhow.  Tyler had a great time friends and I must suggest trying a DQ Blizzard cake.  It was much nummier then the regular DQ cake.  Tyler wanted a army themed birthday party this year.  Last month my parents took him to the museum at Camp Ripley and he thought that was pretty darn cool so when he saw the army stuff he wanted that.  Maybe a little had to do with his best friend had the same theme last year.  So we were all decked out with army trinkets, tattoos and pinata.