Holy moly, I can't believe we have less than 2 weeks until Christmas. As you can see, I have gotten pretty lazy when it comes to blog posts. I think that's because Facebook is so much more convenient for me to take a quick picture or write down a funny quote the kids say that I want to remember. My goal is still to keep this blog updated and turn it into a spiral family journal for the kids to have when they go off to college, or whatever. Hopefully college though. So far I have no worries about Braedon, but Adi on the other hand. Well....she's so pretty...;-) Yeah, that was really mean. Adi is doing just fine!
Since I last posted, we have gone trick or treating, celebrated Thanksgiving, and have been knocking things off our Christmas bucket list. In addition, there obviously have been millions of little things in between!
Before Halloween we spent a day at Remlinger Farm where we rode lots of rides, picked out pumpkins, and ate hot donut holes.
The kids love this place and they always leave happy but exhausted.
Braedon has been Star Wars obsessed for the last few months. Oh my goodness. When this kids falls for something, he falls hard. I have never been a Stars Wars fan, but let me tell you, I now know all about Anakin and how he turns into Darth Vader, how Padme had twins Luke and Leah before she, "lost the will to live," that the jedi's have blue light sabers and the bad guys have red...all about the Death Star...yeah, I can pretty much go on and on. You may think that he has convinced me to like Star Wars. Well I can honestly say... I DO NOT. Maybe its the fact that I get nailed with a light saber on an almost daily basis. Let me tell you, those things are no joke and it hurts when you get clipped. Peyton can agree with me. She's been sleeping with one eye open for months.
Was I surprised when he said he wanted to be Darth Maul for Halloween? No. Now on the other end of the spectrum I have Miss Adilyn. She is the girliest girl I know. She would live in this Sophia dress if I let her. I constantly see her checking out her reflexion in the oven, she is always properly accessorized, and she definitely has the capabilities of turning into a complete mean girl. She has an opinion about everything, especially every outfit I pick out for her, which usually ends up with me storming out of her room in a huff to avoid doing something that would have CPS knocking on my door.
Most evening look like this.
Oh wait, wrong video:-) Derek is going to kill me when he sees this;-) I meant most of our evening look and sound like this!
Anyways, we had a nice quiet Thanksgiving at home where we enjoyed a mix of lots of down time and time to get some unfinished projects done. Last weekend we got our Christmas tree and decorated it, which the kids always love. Adi spent the rest of the night rearranging it to make it just perfect.
Every year I make a list of fun Christmas related things to do and we try to do one each night. Some of the things on our list include decorating cookies, making a gingerbread house, drinking cocoa in front of the fire, listening to Christmas music, getting a picture with Santa....and a whole bunch more. The kids love this little tradition and so do I!
So even though my posts and updates have been lacking, I can tell you we have still been busy having fun and getting into all sorts of Shenanagins!
Until next time...
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