Saturday Before Christmas

Saturday night before Christmas, John and Kara came over for dinner! My mom and I made turkey chili and then we all made Christmas cookies. It was SUCH a fun night. It is always a blessing to have my family all together!!!

We took a group pic, Jack was not interested.  Then he got injured by the stocking holder! Rough night :)

After his stocking injury, we let him relax and watch Toy Story 2. 

After dinner, Kara and Will worked on a few Christmas cookies.

John and Jack were really into the movie....

 Silly Will! He loves his auntie and uncle!!

 

 

 Such a fun night with my family.  I wish they all lived just a little bit closer :)

Christmas Program and Parties

The boys had their Christmas Program at school on Friday, as well as their Christmas parties!!

Here they are before school, all dressed up and ready to go!

Will's Pre-K group sang 3 songs and then the entire school sang a song together at the end. 
He did a wonderful job!

Waving to all his fans, haha!

Jack's class didn't sing, but the teachers pulled them through on red wagons during one of the songs.  We got it on video, pretty cute!

 

 Will's party was right after the performance.  We had cupcakes and did a gingerbread man craft.  Then they played Christmas bingo!
His class also did a little gift exchange, and Will got a U.S. map puzzle. 

 

Jack's party was in the afternoon, right before pick-up time. 

We had cute snowman cookies, treats and a special visit from Santa!!

 

Here is Jack saying "cheese".... 

Santa!! Jack wasn't too sure about him.

Party time!

 

Jack's class made the cutest gift for us!!!!!!!!!! I love this and will treasure it forever!!!

 

 Here are some videos from their big performance!

 

Sick Little Boy

This weekend turned out to be an interesting one. My parents flew in on Friday for a wedding. We had all types of fun Christmas activities planned. We were able to do a few fun things, but Will ended up getting pretty sick. 

He had a rough night Friday night, so Mike took him to the Urgent Care down the street on Saturday morning.  He ended up needing breathing treatments and chest x-rays to confirm he has viral pneumonia.  Luckily, that is not the bad kind of pneumonia and he is already doing MUCH better.

He was a champ at the Dr.'s office and wasn't scared at all! He was so good and got to go to Toys R Us to pick out a toy! :)
 
I let him wear his "special" ninja turtle shirt to the Dr.  He was excited. 

Here he is showing off his Spiderman stickers.

X-ray time!

Recovering on Saturday night.



 

While Mike and Will were gone, my parents got to play with Jack, take him on a walk, and we worked in the yard a bit while Jack played.

Then we made gingerbread man cookies!

Will even decorated one!

 

Sunday we laid low and did a few fun things around the house......We made salt dough ornaments!

 

Hopefully things will be back to normal asap!!! But of course, I am just thankful to have my sweet boys with me. 

Trains at NorthPark 2012

Wednesday night we went to dinner at NorthPark and went to see the trains. The boys loved them as usual. They especially liked the Thomas train!

 

And they loved the ducks too! :)

Weekend

This past weekend was a busy but fun one!

 

On Saturday we met John and Kara for lunch and gave them the marathon goodie basket we made! The boys were so happy to see their aunt and uncle! and so were we :)

 



After lunch, I took Will to a birthday party at a gymnastic center.  He LOVED it!

On our way home from the party, a hot air balloon flew right over our car! We waved to the people up in the balloon!

After the party, we went to dinner at a friend's house and Will and Jack got to play with their school buddies.  Fun night!

Sunday morning I drove down to Turtle Creek to watch John and Kara run in the Dallas Marathon.  It was an awesome experience.  The energy of the runners and people cheering along the street was amazing!  I was standing along the road between mile 5 and 6.  I saw the elite runners come through first and they were REALLY fast! It was neat to see them.

Then I saw JOHN! I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to find them in the crowd, but I did! I think my big green sign helped!

GO JOHN!

Then I saw KARA!  I was so excited to see both of them run.  I am VERY proud of them!!!!
GO KARA!

After the marathon, I picked up Mike and the boys and we went to lunch for Uncle Bill's birthday. 
The cousins had a great time together!

While Jack took his nap, Mike and Will went down to Operation Kindness to drop off donations for Christmas.  Mike collects a bunch of money and donations from his office and takes goodies down to them every year.  Will got to go and help! He loved all the puppies!!!!

 

 And Sunday night we light the candle for Peace! Will is much more into the advent wreath this year. 

:)