But I'm here now to catch everyone up!
November:
Not much to tell about this month. It was the busiest time for me with 2 really big craft shows. And since Cam also had to work the entire week of Thanksgiving (yes even Thanksgiving day), our family time was spent at home watching movies or playing in the snow. We got our first snowstorm of the year early on in the month. That was fun! The boys had a blast playing in it, even in the super frigid temps. Amara went out a couple times (dressed as a pink blob) but wasn't too thrilled about the cold. I was able to get a few snapshots of the boys pulling her around on the sled though.
Trista and I went shopping to celebrate her birthday, all the way down in Castle Rock, to the awesome outlet mall down there. But we also did one of our other favorite things - Painting!! She picked a great picture and both of ours turned out awesome! It is now my favorite painting I've done from Picasso and Wine. (and hanging in our dining room).
Like I said Thanksgiving wasn't anything special this year. Cam worked ALL DAY Thursday, so we did our Turkey Dinner on Friday. Luckily he was able to come home from work that day early enough to get the turkey in the oven. Other than the yummy paprika turkey that is Cam's favorite to make, we just did a few simple dishes: Stuffing, mashed potatoes and crescent rolls. The kids don't eat any of the fancy stuff when we make it anyways, so I didn't bother. I ddi however put my time and energy into pies! This year at MOPS again we did another pie crust making the week of Thanksgiving. So I had 3 homemade pie crusts ready to go for Friday. I made 2 apple pies (one was mini-sized) and one Pumpkin Pie - ALL FOR ME!!! I like that no one else in the house is fond of pumpkin pie, because that means I get it all to myself!
But we did take another trip to Trista's Farm for a barrel train ride and some animal play time.
December on the other hand, hasn't been so fun.
We've spent most of the month sick. Started out with Jayce and Amara. developing some nasty "other end" issues. They lasted for nearly two weeks. Jayce missed a lot of school, and we even had to push back their birthday party. Things got better for a little while. And Jayce was able to make it to school for his birthday celebration, and Christmas program. It was really cute! He loves school, and his teachers. So getting to bring in his choice of chocolate cupcakes for his birthday was super special to him! His program was a weird surprise for us. He's so outgoing, and loves being the center of attention, but when it came time to walk down the aisle to sing in front of everyone, he clammed up like Riley would have! You can see in the photos that he hid his face the entire way down the aisle, then when he got on stage he had his hand over his nose and mouth almost the whole time! It was adorable! That is usually not him at all.
Since we pushed back the Birthday party, we did a little celebration at home on his birthday. We had a few chocolate cupcakes left over from his preschool treat, so we used those to sing to him and let him blow out the candle! Thankfully, Grandma & Grandpa Louie's cards had arrived, and Unkie Rodgie's gift came that morning. So with the gifts from us and them he had plenty to make it a great little celebration.
We were hoping to be able to celebrate Amara's Birthday and have the joint party for them this weekend, but low and behold, I got sick. Nothing major, and I'm already feeling better, but with all the germs going around and all the scary talk about the flu, we thought it would be best to push back the party again. At least until after the holidays. Hopefully, everyone will stay home and away from all the germs and stop this crazy epidemic. At least that's our plan!!
So not much else going on right now. We will probably do a little Birthday celebration for Amara on Monday like we did for Jayce. Other than that is just Christmas prep. Needless to say, I'm glad I had all my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving!! I would have never finished at this rate! I was really proud of myself. I planned ahead, thinking about the perfect gifts for everyone, then waiting around for deals. And thanks to everyone leaking their black Friday ads, I was able to get everything for a better deal!! Yay ME!! I need to remember that for next year. With all the people we buy for and now 2 birthdays, this is an expensive month for us. It was really nice to spread it out this year.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention our Christmas tree (partly because there isn't much to tell.) We ALWAYS go in the mountains and cut down our really Colorado Christmas Tree. Except for this year. It was really sad. We had a few issues with acquiring a vehicle capable of getting a Christmas tree this year (more on that in a later post). And with all the sicknesses and Cam working almost non-stop, there just wasn't time to make it happen. So, we drug out the fake one that hasn't seen the light of day in 9 Christmases (the last time we used it was in Indiana!). :( But it's alright. It's sturdier than our live ones we usually get, so we were able to load it up with ornaments and decorations! The kids loved that! It was nice to let them put the ornaments where ever they wanted, instead of us telling them, no, it won't work there. We added more than usual, and it looks great! I guess I can't complain too much, it's just that it's not the same.
We also went to see a Santa. We don't usually do that, we don't make a big deal of Santa in this house. (No elf on the shelf here!!) Hopefully that will lay the foundation of the real reason for CHRISTmas for our kids. Anyways. Amara does not like Strangers. Especially Men Strangers. And Even More So BEARDED MEN STRANGERS! So I just knew that she was going to scream bloody murder when we stuck her on his lap. And I thought, I don't have pictures of the boys doing that, and every mom needs that "screaming child" picture. So I wanted to take them to see Santa. Plus, now that we are a complete family of 5 it would be nice to have that official Santa photo. So we found a Free Santa where you take the pictures (bonus!!! I prefer taking photos, and not paying a bajillion $$ for a single photo.) And he was a really good one! He even curled and put glitter in his beard! That's dedication for ya!! So we dressed them up, and headed out to see Santa. There was no line thankfully, and we went right in. I set Amara down in front of him, expecting her to turn around and cling to me. BUT, he reached out to her and she walked toward him!! Timidly, mind you, but she did!! She then let him pick her up and set her on his lap!! So much for my screaming child photo. But I did get a really nice one! I guess that's just as good!!
Well, that's about it for now. I'll try to update again after Christmas. We also have a very fun Surprise for the kids happening tonight!!! So I'll include that one in the Christmas post too! :)
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
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