Brad's Work Christmas Party

We went to Brad's work party & had a fun time. There was tons of good food & treats. I was so excited that there was fudge. I love fudge & it seems like the only time I get it is at Christmas time. The employees played a game of Yankee Swap/White Elephant gift exchange. That's always fun to watch. Brad ended up getting alcohol...funny cuz we don't drink but he was being nice. We also had a surpise visit from Santa!!! I'm so glad because I don't make a big deal about going to see Santa. The last time we did was when Sonny was 2 months old. Not a top priority & besides...Santa is scary to little kids as you'll see in the slide show. I love Christmas time.

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Christmas Crafts with the Kids

Well...my friend Jaime & I got together on a weekly basis & did Christmas crafts with & for the kids. Sometimes we ended up doing everything...hahaha...but the kids really had fun. We had Christmas stamps & think the kids liked those the best so I will have to get more that are not themed. I also let the kids paint. It was finger paint but they only wanted to use the brushes.

The brown paper is actually supposed to be used for covering school books but it works great for projects. I picked a bunch of it up @ Target when they have all the back to school stuff on clearance. Great stuff.

On another day we made Rudolph with cutouts of their shoeprint & their hands & then added googly eyes & red pom poms for the nose...Of course. We also made Christmas tree pictures by drawing the outline of a tree & then shredding green construction paper & gluing on (thanks again Brandy for the idea). Then you just add on whatever decorations you have on hand to make it all fancy. Then we decorated foam stockings with foam stickers. That was so easy & fun. We also had an assortment of wooden ornaments for the older kids to color & then decorate with glitter glue. Blake made of ton of them & I even made a few one night. We sent some to our cousins who live out of state & attached them to presents. I really hope they enjoyed them. Now we have a stash of stuff for next year too & I think I will bring them out in November (the wooden decorations) so we will have them done in time instead of scrambling around.

I had fun with the kids & I hope they did too. Oh..the snowman stockings are from a FREE craft day at Michael's. I took the kids on a rainy morning & my friend Jaime took her family & when we were done we went shopping. It was fun.

Gingerbread Houses with Naunie

This was a fun rainy day. Before we went to Naunie's & Grandpa's house I took the boys & met up with Bryan, Kimi, & Libby & Lisa to go see the new Disney Princess movie. The boys & I got there about 20 minutes early & it was the 1st showing of the day so the price was going to be even cheaper than a matinee. Woohoo. Well....the computers in the Box office weren't working so they let us see the movie for FREE!!!! Yes....FREE!!! Awesome!!! I was so excited that I called the others to make sure they got there quickly so we all wouldn't miss out. We had fun & the boys did great & Sonny only had to go to the bathroom 4 times during the last 45 minutes of the movie....ahhhh!!! Oh well. That's what you get when you let him drink & drink & drink & he's potty trained. It was a cute movie & I highly recommend it & it's not just a girly movie. Ask Blake...he'll tell ya.

After the movie we went to Naunie & Grandpa's house to decorate Gingerbread houses. We did this last year too & I'm hoping that this will be a tradition to be carried on forever. April & Robert were there with their 4 kids too. Maybe next year Mason will be ready to participate. So here's a slideshow of the construction on the houses. Enjoy!!!

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Show me your Stars Sonny!!

Towards the beginning of the month I had to take Sonny to his 1st of many dental treatments. I've been taking him for cleanings since he was 1 because of what happened with Blake. I was hoping that he would get used to the dentist by taking him in at such an early age. Well....let's just say that cleanings are NOT his fave!!! I found out that he has some cavities....awww crap!!! I was hoping he'd have the good teeth. No such luck but at least we are catching it early so he hopefully won't have to have the same stuff as Blake. Hopefully just fillings & no pullings. I had to take him in for his 1st visit on one of my babysitting days so my awesome Sister-in-law Kimi said she was available to go with me & sit with the kids while I was back with Sonny. Thank goodness because I don't know what I would have done if she wasn't there with me.

We took Sonny back & he played for a little bit & then it was time.

Let's just say he FREAKED out!!!

And boy is he a STRONG little boy.

Thank goodness for the awesome staff at

Weideman Pediatric Dentistry!!!!

Anyway we got through it....

I didn't cry but I sure could've &

I'm not a mom that cries when my kids are at the doctors.

I laugh because I don't know what else to do.

I know weird.

Well...he survived...the little trooper...

I mean...he's 3 & wouldn't you freak if somebody put something in your mouth to keep it open & then started doing weird stuff in there?!!

Probably.

And we still have to go back a few more times.

Dang cavity prone teeth....and...whatever sugar crap I let him eat.

Here's a picture a few days later of me asking him to "show me your stars".

That's what the dentist calls them.

Ahhhhhhh!!!!

I love this picture.

So now I'm always telling him to show everybody his stars & then people show him their stars.

It's pretty safe to say that most people have stars in their teeth too.

Dovewood Court

Lisa got these tickets to ride a little train around Dovewood Court to see all the decorated houses. It was soo fun. The boys loved going on the train & so did I. After we rode the train we decided to walk around again because it was so exciting. Boy was it COLD!!! Another one of the FREEZING nights!! Bryan, Kimi & Libby were able to join us too. I also saw my good friend Bonnie & some other friends too. These pictures were taken by Lisa & Blake.
Just in case you were wondering.....
Dovewood Court is one of those neighborhoods where every single house decorates in themes for Christmas. It's so fun to see how festive people can get. I love it & secretly wish that one day I will have all the stuff to decorate my own home that way.....sigh....someday.


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Christmas Catch up

I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas!!

I know I did.

I have lots to post from way

back to the beginning of the month.

We did lots of crafts & stuff at home & with family so please be patient with me...there's a lot coming....:)

And away we go........

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