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Never Enough Lights, baby!

Because I never did a post about last weekend, I’ll go ahead and wrap up this week with a few pictures before I write about our big cookie making extravaganza!

We visited the “Never Enough Lights” house in O’Fallon. This guy totally goes all out with his decorations. It’s all programmed to Christmas music. It’s always really fun to watch.

Afterwards we went to the Harrelson’s house. We learned some very amazing, exciting news!! Tim and Stef are having a baby!!! I thought it was exciting when she got married. But things just got kicked up a notch! I’m already dreaming up some homemade baby gifts for Baby Pip 🙂

The boys are loving anything and everything craft related lately. I’m not big into putting a lot of time or money preparing things for them to do–which forces me to try to be creative. And let’s just say that my creativity gene isn’t too big. So we made some snowmen pictures. They loved it.

Liam’s has a “nightcap” and two ice cream cones on his head.

Kai’s looks punk rock. I love his coloring style lately. Just random colored scribbles.

Kingston enjoys it–even if I do most of the work for him.

In the meantime, someone is getting big and thinks it’s great that she can pull herself up.

And she found a new facial expression that I love!

By the way, if you’re looking for a great cold weather meal, try making this pretzel bread bowl recipe and filling it up with your favorite soup. I made them with some delicious cheesy potato soup. The combination was amazing! And if you have leftover bread bowls, you can broil them in the oven the next day to revive that good, fresh taste.
Coming up next–cookie decorating pictures galore!

December 14, 2013

Blog, boys, Family, holidays, kids

Winter wonderland

From the time the snow started falling last night, the boys were asking to go outside to play.

As much as I wanted to be inside and warm, I decided to take them out this afternoon. So as soon as Kingston and Evangeline were napping, we started layering and layering. That’s the part I do not like about playing in the snow. Finding enough clothes to keep us warm. Or even worse, the aftermath; shedding all the wet, cold layers while you’re shivering and confined to a tiny area (so you’re not tracking snow everywhere.)

We lasted maybe 30 minutes, which was plenty for me. I was actually the one to convince them to come inside because Kai’s exposed arm was turning bright red.

Kai looked like he should be in “A Christmas Story.”

His favorite part was throwing snowballs. This is when he was throwing one at me.

It was hard to take pictures with frozen hands and gloves.

Liam had fun making snow angels and running around

I got one lame picture of all 3 of us before the boys ran away to play some more

I taught them the art of catching snow on their tongues

Liam found it easier to just pick up the snow that had already fallen

And then we attempted the whole “blow the snow for a cool picture” bit. Didn’t turn out too well

And because I think red lipstick and snow just go together

We followed it up with some more hot chocolate, a space heater, and a couple of warm Sherpa blankets. Now as long as they keep the roads clear, I can deal with the snow for a while longer–from the warmth of my living room.

December 6, 2013