December

Here are a few of the things we've been up to this December:

A few weeks ago Addyson and Braden "sang" in their Christmas Program at church. Here's some video if you'd like to check it out.

Obviously Braden was NOT impressed. It threw most of his day off. He was terrified that we were going to make him stand in front of a bunch of people again or that something out of the ordinary was going to happen. Addyson on the other hand was super excited and kept asking everyone if they watched her and if she could sing again! She even asked me the next Sunday if we got to watch her again. Oh, how different these two are! They didn't do much on stage but they have been singing loud and clear at home for us. 

Other stuff we've been up to:

Eating candy canes

Decorating our Christmas tree and the house:

and getting kisses from daddy too

One of our family Christmas gifts was a globe. Now we can see where little brother is. Braden and Addyson ask where he is so now we can show them. They point it out . . .

and then Braden gives him lots and lots of kisses!

Making Christmas goodies - sugar cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, and cinnamon candy. 

We all had fun cracking the candy. Unfortunately it tasted burned because I took a moment to take care of a certain little girl's temper tantrum and overcooked it. Oh well, it was still fun even though we didn't eat it. And that's just life around here lately.

Playing with the Little People nativity set and learning all about Christmas and Jesus' birth.

And Braden is loving looking at all his "mail". Thanks everyone for the Christmas cards. It has made this little boys season!

Oh, and if you were wondering about Addyson's potty training - well, there is no training going on. We quit for now. Instead we're focusing on stopping sucking her thumb at night. So far so good there. At least we're making some progress, right?

Sorry about the goofy lines and poor picture quality. I have been fighting with Blogger for hours and this is the best I can come up with. Anyone else have this problem and know how to avoid it??