This & That

Christmas post will be coming later this week when I get a chance to go through all the pictures.  For now, here is what we have been up to this week.

Miss Molly has finally picked out some tennis shoes.  First, she had those white sandals that she wore through the end of Oct.  I finally got her in her sparkly pink closed toed shoes that she has liked.  She wore her brown shoes for our Christmas picture and to church, but that is all.  Earlier this week, it was 40 degrees out, so I decided she needed some tennis shoes.  I took her to Payless, pulled out a few pairs and some boots.  She first picked these shoes because of the butterflies on the side, but then was sold when she found out they light up when she walks.  I'm happy to say it's been 3 days and she still likes them.

Tyler got a new camping book along with a sleeping bag for Christmas.  He and Daddy learned how to do some cool rope ties.  So far, he is a pro at the Figure Eight tie.  He can't wait to go camping this year. 

We had hot chocolate several times this week since it was chilly.

Molly went to her first Home Depot project.  She had fun, but I think we'll wait till she's older to do more. 

Fun with the Shobes

Grandmom & Grandpop Shobe, Uncle Brett & Aunt Carman, and Carman's brother were all here for Christmas.  We had a fun time with them.

Reading with Grandpop

Molly adored Uncle Brett.  She constantly wanted him and he was a great Uncle and played with her a ton!

We did lots of playing outside.  Oh, to be like my big brother!

Tyler with Aunt Carman

Reading with Grandmom.  Can you tell this girl loves to read!

Girl time with Aunt Carman

Tyler playing his new game with Uncle Brett

Tyler showed Grandmom how awesome he his at doing Lego's.

Carmen tried to take some family pictures of us.  This is the best we managed to get.  I don't think my kids will ever pose nicely for pictures. 

I will try to get our Christmas morning post out soon.

Christmas Eve

The Shobes were here for Christmas.  Since we'd have tons of presents to open on Christmas, we decided to open gifts from the Chambers on Christmas Eve.  The kids had fun!

When he opened this, he said, this is the exact one I wanted! 

 

Excuse the pained look, but he does like this.  It was supposed to be Lego storage, but he wants to put his tools in it.  I guess the other 3 tools boxes are not enough!

Ivy is helping Molly

 

Checking out her new baby doll

Molly loves pushing her baby around. 

The new  nesting/stacking blocks are a hit.  Plus, she loves to look at all the animals on them.

Sprinkling our reindeer food outside.  Molly dumped hers all in one place.

Christmas Crafts

Here are a few things we've been doing for Christmas. 

I thought these trees turned out cute.  It was Molly's first craft I've done with her and she loved it.  I put the glue down and then she'd put the strip on.  She kept telling me "more".  She refused to put a tree trunk on. 

This was Molly's first time painting and she loved it too.  We used toilet paper rolls to paint our tree.

 

After they dried, they used their fingers to make the ornaments.

 

Again, Molly did not want a tree trunk. 

This was our holiday breakfast.  Word of advice-make normal pancakes, then use the cookie cutter to make the shape.  I poured the batter into the cookie cutter and even though I sprayed it with cooking spray, it would not come out nicely to turn over.  Then you have to try to hold the hot cookie cutter and use a knife to push the pancake out.  Learn from my mistake.  :)

 

Our holiday lunch.  I rotated this in my pictures, so I don't know why it comes up wrong.  It did the same things on FB.

Both kids had fun decorating brownies.  We went to a cookie decorating party too.  Molly goes a little crazy with the sprinkles. 

 

Fun with G & G and Thanksgiving

My parents were here the week of Thanksgiving.  We had a great time with them.  We didn't do anything big this trip, just hung out.  My dad took the kids on several walks, him and Tyler went to the nearby worksites and played cars, and he read a gazzilion books to Molly.  Molly just loves my dad and wants him over me when he is here. She slowly warmed up to my mom enough to play a little with her, but didn't want her to hold her. 

Molly loved walking between my Dad's legs.

 

Digging for shells with Grandma

Thanksgiving was nice. The food was fabulous if I do say so myself.  We had our friends, the Barnes over and they hosted two airmen.  We all had a nice time. 

Wednesday night we all said things we were thankful for and wrote them on these pieces of paper attached to twine. 

My mom and Tyler made these turkey leg place settings.  Tyler wrote all the names. They turned out cute.

 

Tyler wore his pilgrim outfit he made at school while eating.

Projects

My parents were here for the whole Thanksgiving week.  We had a great time.  We didn't do anything big this trip, we just hung out, ran errands, took walks to the park, and my mom helped with with several projects!  They are all projects I go off of Pinterest.  Here are pictures.  I love how everything turned out.

She made this fabulous sign for my matel.  I love it!

We made these trees.  You put twine in fabric stiffener and then roll it around a cone, add some green raffia, and then glue on berries when it dries.  They turned out cute.

I love Molly's felt tree and ornaments.  Molly decorates it over and over everyday. 

I started this wreath when they came when  Molly when she was 5 months old.  My mom finished it for me.  It will look great on the door in the spring.

A big thanks to my mom for helping me with all these projects!  

I'll be posting pictures of their visit and Thanksgiving later this week.