Forget it

Well as you can see I haven't posted every day like I wanted to, but I have good reasons. I've been in the hospital twice since Thanksgiving for these stupid kidney stones so I've just been trying to do what I can. I'll try and play catch up but I have no idea what days these are from.


Our little horse drawn carriage rideLogan painting his cup for Santa

Jacob painting the plate for Santa's cookies

Snowman pancakes (Logan ate everything but the M&M's) ha

Jacob at his Christmas program next to his best friend Kaiden

Logan opening his Christmas gift from Greyson

Jacob open his Christmas gift from Ayla

Logan writing his letter to Santa

Jacob's letter...in which he wrote his own name!!!

Day 6-10

Hmmm, I got a little behind so let me see if I remember what we did ;)

Day 6- We woke up and painted our yearly ornaments. Jacob just wanted to hurry up so he could sprinkle glitter on it. Logan had such a great time! He loves anything artsy this was right up his ally. Jacob painted a snowman and Logan painted a Santa. After they dried, they both picked spots on the tree they wanted their ornaments to go. I can't wait for them to look at their yearly ornaments when they are older....

That night we went to the Lights Before Christmas at the zoo. Nana, Papa, Misty and Alex joined us. Logan LOVED every minute of this! It was a bit chilly, but the boys did awesome! I think Jacob's favorite part was the Hot Cocoa!

Day 7- We did our gingerbread house Monday night after dinner. I hot glued it this year so the boys wouldn't pull it apart. It worked perfectly! Jacob had a great time decorating it and I think Logan put one gum drop on the house and 10 in his mouth :)

Day 8- Mama was lazy this night so we watched Christmas movies!! The boys didn't mind a bit :) Oh yah and we ate Christmas cookies! That counts right? :)

Day 9- Ok ok mama had another lazy night! I made chili for dinner because it was FREEZING and Nana and Papa came over and watched a Christmas movie with us!

Day 10- We painted paper plate wreaths after nap time and the boys decorated them with gems. Again, I think Logan had the most fun! He just loves to paint and color. After dinner we went to this little museum and saw Santa and Mrs. Claus. Jacob went right up to him and sat on his lap and told him just what he wanted for Christmas. Logan wouldn't go near him so I had to inch as close as I could to get him in a picture. Afterwards Mrs. Claus gave the boys a candy cane and Logan decided it was ok to give Santa high five! We went and looked around at all the Christmas trees in the museum! It turned out to be a great night!!

Whew.....now I'm tired ;)

Day 3

Please remember Day 4 was void since I was in the hospital.

On Day 3 I was in a lot of pain so we did a quick and easy craft. The boys decorated Christmas trees that I cut out. They had a blast with the stickers and I am still finding glitter in their hair. We also watched Polar Express that night so I suppose it counts :)

Day 5

So I'm being polish and doing Day 5 first :) Tonight we went out to eat with Papa and drove around looking at Christmas lights for a good hour. I don't know who enjoyed it more, the boys or Papa :) When we got home we made our Santa's and at this moment the boys are watching Mickey's Christmas special! It was a perfect Saturday evening :)

ps. Please don't mind how crappy I look, please remember I passed 2 kidney stones today...:)

Grrrr

Well My 3rd day of Christmas project will be up later tonight when I upload pics but my 4th day is well...no exisitant. Although I do have a good reason, I was in the hospital with kidney stones...AGAIN! So we'll do a re-do and I'll upload all the pictures tonight after the boys go to bed.
:)

Day 2

Yesterday we made our footprint/ hand print reindeer. I was going to use paint but Logan would have freaked out! And surprisingly he let me trace his hands and his feet for the first time without a fuss so this craft was fun for all of us!

I also gave them their Christmas Jammies. Of course they were matching and the boys loved that Santa was on them!

25 days of Christmas

We decided to start a new family tradition this year. We are going to do some kind of Christmas activity or craft every day until Christmas. Along with that, we will be reading a different Christmas story before bedtime every night.

Last night we made our foam Gingerbread house. Logan didn't get into it at first, but slowly caught on. Jacob loved it. He loves all things Christmas. Every morning he goes to the window and asks if it snowed yet. Luckily for him, we should have flurries tomorrow ;)

I'm going to try and post everyday, but we'll see how that goes.

Mommy and Jacob

Logan trying to help