If you can't tell, I haven't been on the computer much lately. Life is passing by quickly and December has arrived!! Today we started our Christmas chain countdown and the boys are puzzlin'. We are almost finished with our annual 1000 piece and we may just start another one today, if the baby sleeps long enough.
I thought it was high time to change our Halloween header and threw the kids on the couch for a quick photo. Last year's header was so cute and Christmasey...
This is what I got today. Obviously no one was taking me seriously... oh well. this is what life looks like today. messy hair and silly faces.
So much has changed in a year. Simon fits in the pajamas that were Zack's last year (size 4-5T). Life with a toddler is crazy. This morning while I was washing dishes after french toast, Simon opened the pantry, took out a quart of olive oil, poured in on the tile and started ice skating around in his footsie pjs. I stopped him just as he opened up a jar of peanut butter (which would have made the clean up much worse.) He can now open the fridge and freezer as well as our shower door. A few times, he's surprised Daddy while in the shower-- and got really wet himself! He's a lot of fun, alright, but he's always into something. I am having all sorts of deja vu from a few years ago.
Zack needs an update of his own. I think it's been a month since I've recorded all the funny things he's said. I am ashamed to admit that many of them are forgotten. Last night, I asked him to play a game with Simon while I finished dinner. Zack took him in another room, but Simon quickly escaped. Zack chased after him screaming, "Intruder! Intruder!" Simon was running away fast! Zack finally cornered him and said, "You get back, young lady!" Ben said, "He's a man!" Zack said, "He sure isn't acting like it!" There's more where that came from, but I have boys who are telling me it's puzzle time, not computer time. And they're right.
I miss updating my blog and reading others, but this time of year only allows so much. I can't believe Christmas is only 24 days away!
not this cute anymore!
I thought I would be funny and add pictures of our Christmas tree. We've been married ten years and we still use an old (small) tree given to us by Aaron's parents. Every year we say we'll get a real tree, but when Christmas rolls around, we're either too busy or too lazy to actually do it. And so the little tree goes up. I find it completely amazing that people have "themed" trees with new ornaments each year. I would love to have one set of nice ornaments that kind-of-somewhat match. But I am practical (white trash) and tell myself it's better this way because expensive tree decor will get broken. And because it's ugly already, I allow the kids to make (& hang) whatever they please. Eventually I will have a nice looking color-coordinated wonderfully-smelling tree. For now, these ornaments make us happy.
To go along with the "the best things are homemade" theme, I thought I would post pictures of our favorite Christmas presents. Ben is the king of homemade gifts and started making toiletpaper roll "statues" in 2007.. I can't even count the number of statues he's made (grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, snowmen, Santa, etc.) but Aaron and I were the first. We've had them on our nightstands for a couple of years, but when Simon joined the family, we had to display them out of reach.
They've definitely faded over the years, but we love them so. (daddy's statue is playing tennis, btw.)
Yesterday we put lights and garland on the banister. The string of lights were brand new! As soon as we were finished wrapping it, half of the lights stopped working... so the top of the stairs (where no one sees anyway) is the prettiest part. I should take them down and back to the store, but who has time for that?
You might be a redneck if only half of your banister is lit up (and you leave it that way). You might be a redneck if your boys never comb their hair.
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