Lights Before Christmas at the Zoo

Our annual trip to the lights at the zoo. It was a pretty warm evening, but not too crowded. 

Reindeer games

Star Wars and Advent - Together!

The boys were able to pull themselves together and George brought them a Star Wars lego advent calendar! It was a pretty awesome advent calendar and a good way to count down not only to Christmas, but to seeing the new Star Wars movie. I called dips on the Ewok that came in the calendar. 

Welcome Back, George? Or not?

Ugh. George had a rough welcome back party. George came back to our house for the Christmas season the weekend after Thanksgiving. He made a pretty cool message out of pearler beads. Unfortunately, the Be Good part was missed by Ben and Nick. Nick even purposely touched George on the face!! In order for George to regain his magic after being touched, we had to perform a sprinkle ceremony. The boys had to write notes/pictures to George saying they were sorry and then sprinkle spinkles on him to help him get his magic back. It seemed to have worked because George was in a different spot the next morning. 

Tower Building

Tower building at Grandma's house

Elaina and the Ruff

Elaina isn't a big fan of dogs, not sure why, it's just her thing. Kind of like Ben was with cats when he was 2. After almost 24 hours in Monster's company, Elaina got up the courage to not only get within 2 feet of the dog, but to also touch her!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Grandma made some head-dresses for the kids.

Ben under the watchful eye of his brother and cousins. 

And Nick was out! 

Lego Creations

Ben's lego creations. Photos by Ben. 

Pirate Nick

No words...

Happy Birthday, Lexi!

For Lexi's 8th birthday, I made her a Shopkins birthday cake. Shopkins are little figurines, shaped like food, with faces on them. Don't ask me why or what the big deal is with them, but kids love them. Lexi was pretty excited about her Shopkins cake. 

Cub Scout Bobcat Ceremony

Ben's Cub Scouts had a Bobcat ceremony at the November pack meeting. Unfortunately, Adam was out of town for the meeting and he was really bummed. Dziadziu came to be his stand-in since it was a ceremony that you did with a parent. Ben was very excited, particularly when he got to put paint on Dziadziu's face.

Scary Show??

You never know what you're going to get when you take selfies with Nick...If I had to guess we were watching Octonauts (because that's all Nick watches) but he was acting like it was a scary show. 

Ice Cream Date

Adam was called out of town last minute for a week and a half, so it was just me and the boys. Over the weekend, we went on an ice cream date. Ben chose to not sit with Nick and me. 

Jump! Jump! Jump!

The Cub Scout pack had an event at Sky Zone for the scouts and families. Because Ben sold over $500 in popcorn, he got to jump for free. Adam, Nick and I joined in the fun and paid to jump, too. I'm not sure who had the most fun - Adam, Ben or Nick. Adam got pretty into the dodgeball. So did Ben. Nick loved jumping in the foam pit. While jumping in was fun, getting out, was not for me.