Friday, December 14, 2012

Wreck-It Rhett

 This sweet, calm, happy, content, little baby has left and I would really like him back. Whoever has him, please send him home, we ALL miss him! His nickname for the last few months around our house has been
Wreck-It Rhett.
 
He is climbing impossible things and then falling, pulling food out of the cupboard and turning it over and dumping all the contents out on the floor, refusing to eat in a high chair and now stands on the kitchen bench while shoveling food because he won't let someone feed him. He pushes me out of his way when I'm holding him and when I put him down he cries because I'm not holding him. He empties all the toys out of the toy bins constantly, he loves to pull every one's hair, if someone is sitting in a chair; he will then go sit in it and steal it, he tries to squeeze through the stair slats, he steals the remote and then presses buttons to change channels and just laughs, the list could go on.
 
Sometimes, I think Audra was a piece of cake(which she wasn't) because she was a hard baby but then got easier as she got older. He was an amazing baby and when he hit about 1 year, he flipped the script. I guess he just became a toddler!
 
When he gets mad, he will try to pull at his hair and sometimes I want to pull out my own hair with some of his shenanigans. He is our happy, mischievous, Wreck-It Rhett but man we still LOVE that kid!

Monday, December 3, 2012

some of our Christmas traditions

 
Hanging our stockings/ Our Elf 'Jack' arrives at our home on December 1st
during our North Pole Breakfast. 

 
 
We trim the tree with our favorite ornaments we collect on all our travels throughout the years. Here are a few - Cancun/Bahamas/and Mickey from our December Disneyland trip last year.


 
We have started a tradition of leaving a bag of old toys that the kids pick out to donate. We leave the bag for Santa on Christmas Eve and when he leaves their goodies, He takes the bag of their toys to give to some other deserving children. 
 
 
Our Christmas Advent keeps things fun. Each day is a scripture about the birth and ministry of Christ, a hymn/Christmas song to sing and an activity to do. Some are as simple as putting a wreath on the door, others are to go ice-skating, gingerbread houses, go see Christmas lights, make cookies etc. I'm most looking forward to having a little Mother/Daughter Date at the Nutcracker Ballet. It may be a little young for her...but finally, I have a date to the ballet!
 
Our humble and unbreakable nativity set