SANTA!!!

Michael and Logan made out their own list to Santa this year. They came up with some pretty funny things for Santa to bring them....

Michael:

1. race track and cars

2. a monster

3. a teddy bear and puppy for Aiden

4. a roller coaster

5. a train

Logan:

1. race track and cars

2. a hippo

3. a dog

4. a bag

5. a train

Aiden (with help from M and L)

1. a puppy

1. a teddy bear

3. a train

4. race cars

Santa did a pretty good job being creative to come up with everything on their lists plus a few surprises of his own. Unfortunately he waited till the very last minute to finish assembling and wrapping the gifts so it was a late night for him and his elf:) Luckily the boys slept in a little and we had a great time watching them open their gifts. Santa even brought breakfast and made coffee before he left! This year was my favorite Christmas with the boys so far.

Aiden's favorite gift from Santa.....it's bigger than he is and he now sleeps with it every night!

Santa saved the biggest surprise for last.....

a pirate tent for the boys new pirate playroom in the basement.

Christmas Catch Up

We had a great time celebrating Christmas with the boys this year. We attended a special Christmas Eve service where the boys gave a gift to baby Jesus and then headed to Brian's parents to have our first of many Christmas celebrations.

Aiden is 2!

December 20th my baby turned 2 years old! I can hardly believe it.....he sure is growing up fast. He really tries hard to keep up with his big brothers and had a lot of fun celebrating his birthday with family and friends. Here are some photos from his Dinosaur Party.

Santa!

Yesterday Brian's mom hosted her annual Christmas Tea for the ladies, family dinner, and visit from Santa. It was a lot of fun and great to visit with everyone. Logan was really excited to see Santa and was first to jump in his lap! He told him what he wanted for Christmas and even got to take a peek in his bag of toys. Santa gave him a little pack of race cars and Logan has not parted with them yet.  

Poor Michael! There is a funny story behind this picture. Earlier in the day the boys were not sharing their toys with each other so I told them if they didn't start sharing their toys I would have to tell Santa they were being bad. When it was Michael's turn to sit on Santa's lap he didn't want to and said he was scared. I offered to take him over so he didn't have to go by himself. In the picture below he is confessing to Santa that he was bad that morning but had been good all year. Once Santa told him it was okay Michael ended up sitting on his lap and having a long conversation with him. It was so cute!

 

Aiden was not too sure about Santa but thanks to his older cousin Nick he finally went over to see him without shedding any tears.

This was our first year for a family picture with Santa! Aiden wanted to stay as far away as possible:) Maybe next year he won't be as scared. We had a great time and are now looking forward to celebrating Aiden's second birthday and Christmas with our families!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It has been a busy month at our house so I am a little late in getting these pictures posted. We had a great Thanksgiving visiting with both of our families and also visiting with the newest member of the family....baby Olivia.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

This time of year is so busy for me and I am loving it. I have been printing Holiday cards, taking Holiday orders on my new website for Busy Bee Paperie, and spending lots of time telling the boys about Santa. I think this may be the year they are actually excited to go see him and not be scared. We have already been making their Christmas Lists and I think Santa may have a special suprise planned for them. Brian and I have been busy lately going to Colts games, painting the basement and picking out a few new things to spruce up the house. With Thanksgiving, Aiden's 2nd Birthday, and Christmas we have a lot to look forward to over the next month or so....now all we need is a light dusting of snow and it will really start to feel like Christmas:)

Trick or Treat!

This is the first year Michael and Logan really understood trick or treating. They loved ringing all the door bells and saying trick or treat!!! It got even better for them when they realized how much candy they were getting to take home. Aiden had fun tagging along with his big brothers. It was great for Brian and I to let him eat the candy this year....so happy he has outgrown his food allergies! Both sets of grandparents came to visit the boys in their costumes and Brian's parents walked around with us in the freezing cold weather! We made it all the way around our mile loop this year before heading home to warm everyone up. It was such a fun Halloween....I am a little sad it is over!

Halloween Fun

The boys had a lot of fun attending our annual twins club Halloween party. It was a little crazy with so many kids running around in costumes but everyone had a blast!

Apples!

Last week, a friend and I took our kids to pick apples. The apple orchard was really busy with school tours so a very nice man working at the orchard took our kids out to the apple trees on his special tractor. The boys loved riding the tractor and had a lot of fun picking apples with their friends. We brought home 9 lbs worth of apples thanks to my three little helpers!