Decorations!!!

Merry Christmas

from our house,

to yours!

While decorating this year

Devin and I decided we don't have

enough decorations

but I'll take you on a tour of what

we do have!

A basket to hold our Christmas cards

Kaylie's pink tree

Cause, what 3 year old wouldn't want

their own tree!!!

Truth is.... it was a gift from some parents

while I was teaching and I couldn't

bear the thought of not having it so we put it in K's room

and she LOVES it almost as much as I do!

we need to work on getting ornaments for it!

Nativity's......

The kiddos Little People Nativity set

that they can play with

part of the Willow Tree Nativity that I am

collecting piece by piece

Advent calendar

each morning after finding Milton

Kaylie runs over to the calendar to open a door

and hang an ornament!

Our tree & train

with all the gifts

(I'm done shopping &

wrapping, YIPPEE!!!)

Firemen nutcrackers and

China Cabnet

Stockings hung by the fire with care

and of course a plate and cup

waiting for cookies and milk for Santa

Our dining room table set and ready for dinner!

And our Elf, Milton watching

our kiddos to make

sure they are good!

hehe....

I love Milton, our Elf on the Shelf!

Christmas time around here is great

and I love how the house looks.

Train

Devin has been wanting a train around our

Christmas tree for years

Recently Devin's mom said she had one in

her attic we could use

so yesterday Devin went over and got it down

isn't it cute!! As long as the kiddos don't touch

it it's a great little addition to the tree and gifts!

I'm going to do a tour of decorations soon,

what does your house look like for

Christmas?

Peek-A-Boo!

While I was in the kitchen making dinner

I heard "mama" coming from the play room

softly...

over and over again!

I went in and found this:

He wanted the race car track that was behind all the bags.

I'm glad he didn't want the helmet on top of the cupboard!

Rainy Day Schedule!

I think it's pretty fair to say that when I was

teaching I HATED rainy day schedule

The only time I didn't mind it was on Wednesday's

cause then I didn't have to wear a skirt....but that's

a whole different story!

Well.... rainy days still kinda suck....

but not nearly as much!

we can grab our rain boots and go play in the puddles

and do fun things like this:

Camping indoors!!!

I mean, who doesn't

love a tent and teepee connected

by tubes!!!

seriously, we have been having fun on this rainy day

that we again spent in our pj's!

T-Man's Bedroom

F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!!!

To say Trey's room was disgusting is a

HUGE understatement.

It was worse than disgusting, please trust me on that!

When we moved in we replaced half the floor but couldn't afford

to do the whole thing.....

and we thought it should be Trey's room since he wouldn't

be touching the walls

Please trust me, the photos do not do the room

justice on how bad it was!

The room also quickly became the junk drawer

Anything that didn't have a home

went straight into his room.....

and we shut the door and no body knew it was there!

Believe me yet?

SO SO gross!

I'll spare you any more pictures cause I think

you get the idea!

UNTIL NOW!!!!

Can I get a fist pump!

Trey has a new room!!

YIPPEE!!!!

The color looks similar, but trust me it is VERY

different and so clean I would lick the walls!

You have no idea how happy it makes me that my boy's

room is clean and suitable for him to live in!

Devin also replaced the other half of the floor that

we couldn't afford to when we moved in.

We are a few pictures and shelves away from being finished

but you get the idea....

Clean...Nice....New....Clean....Room!

Now I will leave the door open!

Oh Dear!

Don't judge me, we have spent the day in our PJ's

maybe its the time change

maybe its the weather

maybe its just me......

I don't know

but we have been l.a.z.y!

I'm not going to lie,

I like days like this!

Trey and his hat!

This hat is in our dress-up box in the playroom and I promise

Trey wears it most of the day

EVERYDAY!

I'm not sure why, but he really really loves it!

If he isn't wearing this hat he is wearing

his fire chief helmet....

why can't he just wear the fire helmet only?!!!

I wanted to get a picture of Trey and his hat and all Kaylie

wanted me to do was take a picture of her too! She even

smiled nicely!

Trey had enough of the pictures,

refused to say "cheese"

and started to hide his face!

And Kaylie could not get enough pictures taken of her!

Love my quirky kids

Love the lazy days

and I LOVE my job!

Babies!

Ever since my girlfriend had her baby Trey has been

obsessed with babies....

He put the diaper on her, rocked her and held her

Look how sweet he is being to the baby!

He walks around the house

saying 'shh' and rocking the baby....

such a good little daddy!

Silly boy! I told him to say "Cheese"

And he did! :)

Halloween at School

At Kaylie's school the

kids dressed up for halloween

and had a parade for the parents....

Kaylie wanted to be a butterfly

and I thought perfect cause Auntie Ro and Uncle Kyle

gave her wings for her birthday, all we had to do was

add a tu-tu and we have a pretty darn cute butterfly!!

Kaylie and her friend Liv

Here she is with Jackie, who I have never heard say one word...EVER

When the kids play outside on the playground Kaylie

makes Jackie follow her around and calls her "baby"...

Jackie does follows Kaylie around and does everything Kaylie tells her

My mom swears I did the same thing

at her age, so I guess she comes by it naturally!

The class posing for a picture

Finishing up their loop of the parade

Trey wanted SO BADLY to be a part of the parade...

so I finally let him at the end!

T-man

Trey got rug burn on his nose at church....

you have to fall pretty hard to get rug burn on your nose!

that boy!!! LOVE him!

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patches sure have changed since I was a kid

I sure don't remember rides and animals....

I just remember pumpkins!

We went to a pumpkin patch with Grandma-Ba-Pa today

The kids had a great time, who wouldn't

it was like Disneyland!!!

Ha, hay horses!!!!

the kiddos running through the pumpkins

picking out their favorites!

strong man Trey picking two!

Trey was too small for most rides, so he

only got to ride the car!

Kaylie LOVED the tractors

but she was one CRAZY driver, seriously.....

she will never be driving one of my cars!

she kept running into the hay bale

and the guy kept saying

"There is Kaylie again, in the hay bales!!!"

she didn't care, she thought it was the best

thing ever to be driving her own car!

the only ride Trey was big enough to ride was the train....

and he rode it well!

Kaylie and Grandma....

look at that HUGE pumpkin!

family tractor picture...

our little piggies!

Kaylie driving the boat,

this was on a track so she couldn't crash it!

We had a great time at the Pumpkin Patch &

I can't believe how much the kids are growing!

So very thankful for healthy, growing kids.

Man, I love them!