December 2017

Al had school the weekend of the annual Cragun ugly sweater party so I talked Jessica into being my date and wearing the same sweater as me, haha.

I took Alex to the Nutcracker in Dallas.  We bought some M&Ms and Topo Chico for the first half, he got a little restless after intermission, but it was fun.  I think I'll probably Cole too next year.

The moments and things you want to remember forever, thank goodness for iPhones.

We put our other tree upstairs this year and let the boys decorate it with all the non neutral ornaments, haha.  Mostly my childhood ones and any I've bought them over the years.  There were sections with a lot of ornaments, but thats what made it so great.  They loved doing it especially creative Alex.

I wanted to do some fun Christmas activities and heard about this drive thru light place in Grand Prairie.  It was 1 hour away but in the middle of it they had rides, more lights, food, and a little Christmas market, so fun.  

Alex makes me laugh in this picture because he looooves wearing sweats and has since he was 2 or 3.

Horrible family picture, but here we all are, my favorite kind of days when we are all together.

Christmas Parties 2017

Cole had his Christmas program at school which was hysterical.  He made funny faces the entire time, his shirt was untucked and his hair was a mess which was not how he looked when I sent him!!

We celebrated afterwards at Braums with a Limeaid and ice cream.

Probably one of the funniest days ever......Al and I had been calling Target and Wal Marts every night and morning for a Hatchimal, the toy of the year.   We had read all the forums, got text updates about shipments, and Al had even waited in line a couple times for some, but no luck.  Well one day I forgot my id at Target and realized it at lunch that same day so I ran back to Target, parked in handicap, left my kids in the car, saw a friend from church in line and started telling her about the Hatcnhimal hype while they looked for my id.  When I took my id I looked at the return pile and their was a Hatcnhimal sitting on top so I immediately asked can I buy that?  The girl said sure and since I made a big deal she went and asked someone if it was ok, haha.  Anyway I got one and I was sooooo excited, I tried calling Al a couple times, and then sent him this picture, a Hatcnhimal high for sure.  Then a friend had bought a bunch that fall so she sold me on her extra ones so both kids would be happy on Christmas, yay.

Cole's Christmas party

Lunch dates at the mall

Please don't grow up, sweet sweet boys.

Alex's school Christmas party

Alex with his sweet teacher Ms Stevenson, she's so great.

Brady's 1st Fiesta

It's not ideal to have 2 kids birthdays close together, something I wanted to avoid, haha.  We ended up throwing Brady's 1st Birthday party in December since his was when we went on the cruise.  I went with a Mexican theme this time and we had a FIESTA.

My friend Teris, daughter Kendall made these amazing cookies, so so cute.

His awesome birthday cake

Lots of food, colorful drinks, diet coke and cute balloons, BAM!

His Birthday banner from newborn -12 months

My sweet birthday boy

Cole and Alex in their Fiesta t shirts

Hats and mustaches for our guests

An attempt at a family picture.

Brady loved his cake!! At one point I forgot he was eating it and I was afraid he would get sick from all the sugar, haha.

My Korean friend Jen (her husband Sonny is in Al's MBA class) did the traditional 1st birthday game for Brady. She helped me pick some items to put in a line and then we let Brady crawl to them to see what one he picked.  The 2 were rice which means long life and the toothbrush for Dentist!!  Afterwards we broke the piñata and then had a Fiesta Mannequin challenge while all the kids were upstairs playing, hilarious.

 

We opened the presents after his nap.  I think Cole and Alex enjoyed it more, but we got a ton of fun new toys that he'll love to play with.

Monogrammed Jammies

Matching is one of my favorite things to do with these 3 CUTE boys.  It usually happens with pajamas and church clothes.  These pajamas were so adorable with their monogrammed initials that I had to take a few pictures.

A few ornaments may have been broken this year, haha.

Our First Jimmy Johns

Cole had his Thanksgiving feast at school and I think at one point he asked me why I was there, lol. He definitely loves his days at school with his friends.

After about a year of lots of work, phone calls, and money our first Jimmy Johns in open!!  

Cole had a end of season soccer party at Urban air.  This picture is with Coach Jeff, who was seriously the best.  At the end of every practice he would let the kids all tackle him.

He would also let Alex practice with them every week so he gave Alex the extra trophy at the party, so cute!  It was a fun party and they all had fun.