Monday, December 24, 2012

The Night Before Christmas

It was the night before Christmas and the boys were hard at work making cookies for Santa.  The flour was flying and brows were furrowed in concentration, as they rolled and cut and sprinkled.  

 He's got his tongue out to help with the rolling.

 They also made doughnuts (Cheerios dipped in frosting) for Fred the Elf.

 Such precision!


 The cookies are a go.  Santa, be ready to have your socks knocked off.


 One tired little guy.  Determined to wait up for Santa and he almost made it...until 7pm. Sooo close!


Thursday, December 20, 2012

Mount Poulsen

It's really not how big the mountain is, but whether or not you enjoy the ride down.  My boys immensely enjoyed their 1/60th of a second ride down their microscopic sledding hill in our front yard.  Hours of entertainment from a little bump of snow.  I love it.


 Yes, that's a box the boys are using for a sled.  We do it right around here.





Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Birthday Blizzard

Gannon's greatest birthday wish came true...on the eve of his birthday, high winds and snow arrived and school was CANCELLED.  He thought the blizzard was specially ordered just for him.  We partied in our pajamas most of the day. I love my seven-year-old!

 I should have used twice as many balloons.  Oh well, he thought it was great.



 A rousing game of Angry Birds. Must. Concentrate...


 Notice the black Angry Bird flying through the air here.  Finley was trying to bite it but it was going too fast.  Angry Finley. :)





Monday, December 17, 2012

The Mighty Tooth Yanker

Gannon will be 7 in 2 days and has been yearning to join the ranks of toothless children everywhere. He's been patiently working his bottom tooth back and forth for months, hoping that it would just give up and fall out already. We were sitting around the table eating lunch today, when Jeremy told Gannon to just get a tissue and "rip that thing out".  As per Jeremy's instructions, Gannon got a tissue, grabbed a hold and yanked it right out!  We all stared at him dumbfounded.  Mouths agape, we thought to ourselves, "Did our eyes deceive us?  Did we really just witness this act of sheer grit?  What courage, what heart! What a boy.  Truly inspiring, Gannon.  You've earned that gap in your smile.  To all the rest of Gannon's teeth I say...beware!


Sunday, December 16, 2012

Working Out

Who needs a Bowflex home gym when you have Bridger, 35lbs of pure boy?

 Feel the burn...

 Finley's on hand to be a spotter, in case Jeremy needs a little help. You never have to worry when a bulldog has your back.

 He's only too happy to help.





Friday, December 7, 2012

Decking the Halls...

 Decorating for Christmas has got to be one of my favorite things ever. It takes a good portion of the day to do it, but I look forward to it all year.  However, unlike me, my darling husband does not derive joy from stringing up the lights and unearthing reindeer and snowmen from their cocoon of packing bubbles.  Puzzling, I know, but I don't judge him. I've always done it myself and I've never minded.  I crank up Donny Osmond's Christmas album and I let the festive times roll.  This year, to my utter delight, my boys practically jumped out of their socks to help me, and now that they're older, it's been so much fun to let them.  Bridger was even able to help without breaking anything.  And drum roll please...this year was the first time in 8 years we've been able to decorate the ENTIRE tree, not just the top half.  Hooray for kids getting bigger and dogs that no longer yearn to chew on bright, dangling objects.  


My headless helpers





Finley wasn't about to be left out of all the fun.

Gannon was having a moment with the tree, but clearly it wasn't a good moment.  Doesn't he look frightened? Maybe one of the snowman ornaments were giving him the evil eye.