It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....

but it is still 80 degrees outside!!! That is just crazy! We still managed to get into the Christmas decorating spirit around here... even though we were putting up our lights in shorts! The boys really got into "helping" this year. We broke out the Christmas music, put on the Santa hats (which cause us to break into a sweat), mixed up the hot chocolate (again, sweating...), and decorated the tree, hung the stockings, even put up the lights outside.... what fun!! We topped it off with a trip to IHOP for pancakes for dinner.... cant beat that!? Of coarse, here is the evening in photos...... I only chose a few so that blogger would not kick me off!!

They each got to hang their stockings on our special little hanger. We have no chimney, so we have a special key that hangs on our front door to let Santa in.

Cason loved the 'pretty lights.' He has to say nite nite to the tree before bed every night!

Micah was the ornament natzi.... he made sure that no one hung the breakable ones too low within Bryson's reach... and only one per branch.... and try not to hang the matching ones side by side.... he is so my child!

Maybe too many helpers???

The Jolliest Santa I know!

This is the "silly pose" I saved the good one bc it may be my christmas card... so act surprised when you get it! :-)

Just for fun

We have been cleaning off the hard drive on our old computer so we can get rid of it, and we are loading all our old pictures onto CDS and putting them onto our new computer. The boys have enjoyed looking thry all the old pics. So here is a little "test"

Who do you think this is???? Looks like Lil' Bryson doesnt! It is really Coby at about 10 months old!


Now... here is Bryson!!
Crazy, huh?



















Now for some Best Family Happenings... Clint and I were visiting while the boys were playing in the back yard, we heard a loud bang and looked out into the back yard to see Cason holding a baseball. I poked my head out and told him, "Cason, y'all need to be careful with the baseball. It just hit the window and that's not ok! Baseballs can break windows!" "Yes ma'am!" was his reply. As I turned back around to go back inside and close the door, Cason looked at Coby and said, "We better not throw the ball into the fan anymore... mommy said it might break the window!" They were evidently throwing the ball up into the ceiling fan and watching it fly! Where do they come up with this stuff? Boys, boys, boys!!

twas the night after halloween....

and in the middle of the night (about 4:45am to be exact), Coby was at my bedside... right in my face. (He was using one of those 'holler-whispers' where he knows he is supposed to whisper because it is pitch dark in my room, but he was kinda frustrated that he had been saying my name a few times and I was out cold, so he got closer and louder.) I startled awake and sat up wondering who was going to throw up because that is usually why they wake me up in the middle of the night. Just before I snatched him up to run to the bathroom, he said, "No mom, I dont need to throw up. I just need one more sucker... just one more sucker.... that would make my tummy feel just right... just one more."
"No, Coby, it is dark outside and that means it is nite-nite time." As I carried him back to his bed, I noticed the stickiness of his cheeks and the black cherry small on his breath, so we made a detour to the dining room, where we keep their candy buckets. Lo, and behold, on the living room floor was about 8 candy wrappers.
"Coby, what are you doing up eating candy? It is nite-nite time!"
"Mommy, my tummy needed some more candy, and it was so yummy in the dark. I will share some with you because you are my favorite mommy. Here is some chocolate for you. Or do you wanna pick a piece?" He knows just what to say, doesnt he??


the sweetest spiderman ever
Micah loved passing out the candy!
To Infinity... and BEYOND!!
SUPERBABY!!

More Candy!!

We survived trick-or-treating... AGAIN! We made our trip around the block trick-or-treating... Coby picked up on what others were saying and he started telling everyone that we passed on the sidewalk, "Hello! Happy Halloween!" I was kinda fearful that the boys might be a little shy or afraid (especially at the houses with 'spooky' decorations), but the only thing that freaked them out was a huge dog that looked them in the eye thru a glass front door. They all 3 took off running before the lady even got the door open. I apologized and headed after them! One house we visited handed out handfuls of quarters!! I was impressed! I remember getting pennies as a kid, but quarters would really add up in a hurry!! That is some serious inflation!

Anyways, then we headed back to the house where we passed out candy (which Micah loved!), and then headed to Souper Salads in our costumes (our halloween tradition). Several strangers had to come over and meet the Best superheros. The boys thought it was so cool to go to "a place" in costume. Cason tried to eat with his mask on, but he eventually gave it up and took it off. He did, however, put it back on to visit the bathroom. I am sure you can only imagine being 3 years old and trying to 'aim' with no peripheral vision! Clint brought him back to the table trying so hard not to laugh out loud.... because "spiderman" is a bit sensitive, and he is totally aware when we are laughing at him, and he calls us on it! They did not make it to bed until about 10:00, but it was a fun and eventful evening!!

I can rest easy with these guys around!

I thought this one was sweet the way Coby was trying to 'include' Bryson in the picture by patting his head!