Tuesday, March 24, 2015

December Highlights and Christmas!!

These pictures are out of order and unorganized, but the pictures are documented with captions so the memories can be remembered.


Paxton performing at his Christmas Program at We Care.


House progress!




A tiny bit of snow this winter, but we made the best of it.  After we made the snowman we walked inside, took off our snow gear and Paxton looked out the front window and the snowman toppled over.  

Christmas at Dad's and Denise's!

Christmas at Dad's and Denise's!

Aunt Mikayla graduated from MU.

Just because two sweet boys snuggling in their sleeping bags is sweetness.

Bennett ringing the bell outside of Macy's to raise money for  The Salvation Army.

Sweet boys and man!

Paxton lasted the whole 2 hours of bell ringing (with some encouragement).  Being a bell ringer was his idea.

Paxton's letter to Santa. I wish I could remember what it says...

Christmas morning for the boys.

Paxton enjoying some of his toys!  His headset, police uniform and whistle.  Pretend play is one of his favorites. 

The boys are in the Explore Room at the Praire Fire Museum.  


This is a picture of Christmas morning.  Unfortunately I was sick, really sick Christmas morning, so I opened presents with the boys and then went right to bed.  But this picture of Bob and Bennett is.the.best.

Just because I capture every picture of the boys sitting still,  next to each other.


Dinner out with my boys.

Happy New Year 2015!!

Bennett at the Explore Room at Praire Fire Museum opening and closing the display of drawers with different rocks, minerals and fossils.  This was definitely his favorite part of the Explore Room.


Happy New Year!!!

Laundry helpers. :)

Digging for fossils at the Praire Fire Museum.

Where's Bennett?  Normally hiding in the corner of his room, reading books.  

Bennett enjoying watching the WE Care Christmas Program.


Snow bunnies.  Toddlers in snow suits is so darn cute!

B, Auntie and I at Christmas at my Dad's.

Paxton was inspired to cook after he got a Chef costume for Christmas.  The kid loves to cook and make up recipes.  For example he made a peanut butter, shredded carrot and spinach sandwich.  He often makes a side for dinner and serves it up.

There is a book called Even Firefights Hug Their Moms and we read it often.  In the story a boy pretends to be a construction worker driving an excavator using golf clubs for the levers, a plate of the steering wheel and wearing a hard hat.  Paxton is mimicking the boy in the book.  

Another light snow!

Christmas at Nana's.


B loves trains.  At Aunt Nancy's house she had a toy train and B loved it.


Another picture of Christmas Day.  Paxton has become inspired to be a diver like Grandma D and Dewayne!  So for Christmas he got goggles and a snorkel (Pax calls it a snarkle).

T-rex and little P at Praire Fire Museum.

One of the best highlights of December was the birth of our twin nieces!


Paxton waiting to go on stage for his Christmas performance.  

Sunday, March 15, 2015

December!

This perfectly captures B, reading in his room by himself.


The boys love the sand park at Early Beginnings Playground.  We always pack he sand toys and P and B play for hours  digging in the sand.  It's messy, but it's fun.  In this picture P is making concrete.
Christmas crafting with beads and play dough at Ashley and Uncles with Sutton, Paisley and Chloe. :)
Auntie's work had Breakfast with Santa.  Bennett got sick on the way, so B and I didn't make it, but Auntie took P and Madilyn.  The sweat band around P's head is so random...

The foundation for the new house is in!







Madilyn and Paxton at the waterfall!  Our annual trip to Crown Center.

Crown Center Santa.  Paxton told Santa he wanted a car tent for Christmas.  

Bennett loves trains.  He could have watched the trains all night at Union Station.




Union Station!