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Dear Santa.

Dear Santa,

For Christmas this year we want a dog.  (true story). 

 

Love,

Cam and Sully

 

P.S.  To be continued....see future posts to see if this came true.

 

 

 

More pictures from our fun day having breakfast with santa.

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

I feel bad for Thanksgiving...

I have a lot to be Thankful for...however....I am just skipping a thanksgiving post and going straight to CHRISTMAS!!!

 

We started off the season right. The whole family loaded up and headed to the North Pole...on the Polar Express that is! We had a great time! Here are just a few of my favorites!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safety.

Happy Halloween...a bit late.

The boys were spiderman by day (thanks to their creative teachers at school) and a team of true heros by night.

I love my fireman and police officer.

They make a mom very proud; those are noble choices to "pretend" to be!

 

 

 

scientist or chef?

I hope that one "gift" we give to our children is the notion that they will truly believe that if they put their mind to it...they can be anything that they want to be one day. So, with that ideal in mind...I think it is our job now to give them all of the experiences that we can...so someday they can decide what they want to be (or don't want to be).
So....they might be a scientist (playing with worms) or a chef (baking with mommy in the kitchen)...these little guys like to try it all out!

 (just happened to get more pictures from our baking extravaganza today....They LOVE cracking the eggs!)

 

 

Phones.

I know that technology can be a distraction. I know that there are times when I should not be on my phone (aka talking, emailing, texting, pinterest, facebook, etc.) and instead should be spending time with my family. I am trying to be very aware of the time I spend and really make sure that I am "with" my boys when I am with them- for (as so many people told us would happen) they really are growing up too fast!!!!

 

But.....amidst all of the negative things that a "smart" phone can bring....I can definitely find a positive: I can take lots of pictures and capture memories of our daily lives.  So...to that I will choose to be grateful! Thank you, smart phone, for helping me to caputure memories!!!!

 



Some pictures over the last few weeks. 

 

 

We started having "game time" while we wait for dinner to be ready or after naps. Playing "connect four" (Cars theme of course!)

 

 The month of October was birthday month around here! What a sweet hubby...and a great way to wake up!

 

 

Cold(er) weather sometimes brings snuggly mornings! Cam decided to snuggle in and enjoy some cartoons.

 

It was fun to celebrate with some friends. Love ya, Brit! (sorry I dont have any others to post right now...eek!)

 

 ...and another new game. Hungry Hungry "farm animals". They loved it!

 What could be better than blue-bubblegum icecream? YUM!

 And pumpkin carving time!

 (I just love this one! It was a great night! We carved pumpkins and lit a fire in the backyard.)

 

 

I love a nice fire in the fireplace!!!! 



 And...lastly...how cute is this? He loves to wear his fireman hat.....especially when we go to the "man store" (aka HomeDepot). 

Chores.

I recently had a conversation with a good friend who has a great family rule/system. Her girls must each do a chore because they are part of a family (aka they dont get rewarded for doing it. They just do it as a way to learn responsibility and team work). Then, they have other chores that they can do to earn stickers.  I loved this concept.

Saturday morning, Cam was doing his chores...just because he wanted to be just like daddy.
So cute!