5 days until Christmas!!!

Today was finally Annabelle's last day until next year yayyy! We finished up shopping today and I can actually say I am shopped out!
When we got home Tinker the Elf was taking a bubble bath ;0) with some Baby Magic lol. We sure are going to miss him when he returns to the North Pole!
Santas beard is getting very full! We decided Thursday we will make some reindeer food to leave out. cookies for Santa and doughnuts for the elfs!
We watched repeat Christmas movies tonight and read a story about Baby Jesus :0)

Bubble Bath :0)

That pretty much sums up our night lol Oh we did start some special handmade presents we will be finishing those tomorrow! But other than that every one went to bed early! We have a very long week!!

December 19th:

I can not believe Christmas is so close!! This week is going to be busy! But we still will make time for Elf fun :0)
Today I had to get cupcakes done, then we worked on Rudolph Cookies for Annabelle's school party and tomorrow is her last day yay! Then while I wrapped some presents the kids watched Santa Baby.
Tinker went cruising with Barbie today lol. Annabelle really enjoyed that one and has told everyone! lol She can not wait to see what he will do tomorrow!

cruising :0)

Christmas cupcakes

Rudolph cookies!

Well it has been a long day so I am going to cut his short :0)

December 18th: Snow Angels Elf Style :0)

On December 17th Tinker the Elf took a break and hung out on the shelf due to Annabelle picking him up when she was not suppose to do that! So he was rebuilding his magic while we work on her teacher gift for school!
Today when we got home we found him making Snow Angels in flour on the counter tops! It was pretty cute!!
We have been busy all weekend every one is sleeping but me! So I think I will go to sleep soon...
We finished a neat teacher craft, a wreath made of crayons we worked on together! Today we went to Georgetown for Christmas lunch, Annabelle had fun playing with the other kids and was pretty tired when we get home , so we have not done much but watch movies!

Teacher gift :0)

Elf Angels :0)

Well I guess maybe I should catch up on sleep while Clayton is sleeping!

December 16th: Elf In a Shower

This morning Annabelle woke up at 6am to find her Elf! lol She was in the bathroom twice getting ready for school and still did not see him in our all glass shower haha! She was almost in tears because she picked him up last night and Elf magic only works if you do not touch them ;0) So we gave her a hint and there he was in his little towel and even a towel on his head :0) Seriously if you do not have an Elf on the Shelf it is a Must Have! The giggles and excitement of the kids makes it so worth it!! Can not wait to see what he does tonight :0)
Another busy day today! I am happy to report I am done Christmas shopping!! Well down to one person and details!! So back tomorrow to finish up and then it is wrapping time! The kids are spending the day with their grandpa because he is taking them to see The Nutcracker play!
So hard to believe Christmas is almost here! Where did the year go?!

How cute is he really!!

Well I know these blogs have been short but it is supper time, then some nice warm Nutella Hot Chocolate with some of the Rolo Turtles we made together after school and a some Christmas movies to end the night! We have a busy day tomorrow and since they will not be going shopping with me it is together time right now! :0)

10 Days of Christmas with Our Silly Elf!

Tinker Sparkly Toes made his arrival this evening! When we arrived home our little Elf had toilet papered our Christmas Tree! We did have a note from Santa with Christmas jammies for Annabelle and Clayton maching jammies at that :0) Watching Annabelle's facial expressions and Clayton mocking them.. Very Priceless!! Looking very forward to each night of his different pranks :0)

Matching Mickey Christmas jammies Tinker Elf brough with him :0)

Seriously how cute is he?! lol

Silly Elf toilet papered our tree!

Pretty tired tonight, we shopped all day and I am just about done with gifts yay! So the kids had a a bath and of course we read The Elf on the Shelf story! So that pretty much sums up our day! We did not even have time for a Christmas Movie which feels completely wrong lol Oh well we will catch up this weekend ;0)

December 14th of Our 25 Days of Christmas!

We took a few craft days off with School stuff, Basketball practice and our family pictures we had some late nights! We still enjoyed stories and Christmas movies though! Last night was even the 12 days of Christmas book haha very fitting I think!
Our Santa's beard is filling up and Ananbelle gets so excited each time she adds a cotton ball!
Annabelle decided on The Christmas Donkey for her story tonight. Our craft of the night A Popsicle stick Nativity Scene! It turned out so cute! I let Annabelle be in control of painting the manger, baby Jesus and the Angel. Then let her attempt to use the hot glue gun so we have glue strings hanging in some spots lol.
Tonight's movies are Merry Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, not my choice..and if home work is done Frosty's Winter Wonderland.
I will catch up on my sappy Christmas movies when it is quiet! :0)
Tonight ends our every day crafts! Because it is time for mischievous Elf behavior to start with Tinker Sparkly Toes Elf!! Yes Annabelle ha a strange imagination lol. Funny thing is she named her Elf and does not even know she has one yet lol she was just hoping for one haha! We decided to give it to them early since she did so well on her Social Studies test!

Clayton is moving faster every day and today the Christmas tree was his target, I have to keep rearranging ornaments! Well that's it for tonight it is movie time :0)

December 11 of our 25 Days of Christmas!

<==Baby Steps

Up early again today! Did not make it to church due to our little teething monster! Annabelle helped make pancakes for breakfast, she even made us a pot of Coffee all by her self lol! She had the idea of making Christmas pancakes so we made Angels and Gingerbread boys :0)
Day Two of her Chore Chart and I am so happy with her progress! Her room is staying as tidy as an 8 year olds room can when they have every toy and doll made lol.
Day Two of no bottle for Clayton! I wanted to cry this morning watching him eat pancakes like a big boy and using his sippy!
After breakfast clean up we did the chore chart and I organized Clayton's room while we listened to Christmas Music of course :0)
We practiced walking with Clayton for a while. He does so well with his walking toy and takes steps alone when he does not think you are watching! But never lets me catch to many on video!
After lunch it pretty much turned into a lazy day at the Bear Den. We started off watching Polar Express my favorite Christmas Movie! Then while Ananbelle helped her Daddy with cows and Clayton took a nap I watched a Christmas Kiss, good movie! We watched more of our Christmas movies we had recorded before story and craft time!
Craft of the night.. yep Salt Dough lol I am very pleased with Clayton's hand print do over! I let Annabelle go wild with her glitter tonight on the others we made! We love salt dough ornaments. Tomorrow night we are changing it up a bit though.
Story of the night-a Golden Book: Baby's Christmas. It went very well until Clayton decided it would make a better snack!
Our new Elf on the Shelf should be here any day! I am so excited! I have so much planned for that little guy haha! Annabelle has been begging for one so it is going to be their early Christmas present and mine too ;0)

Story Time

Clayton's new Handprint!

Annabelle's glittered out ornamet

One we did together :0)

Our Christmas Pancakes!

Well it is time to get everyone  ready for a movie and bed time!

December 10th: 15 days until Christmas!

Early Blog because we are having an early bedtime! These kids have been up since 6:30am and we have been going every since then! Clayton went all day with no bottle! He did very well with a sippy cup, bitter sweet I want to cry because he is getting so big! We started a new chore chart with Annabelle who was actually very excited about her own checklist and point system! She feels grown up! So far so good though! She got a lot done with out complaining!
Santa's beard is filling up quit nicely!! Only 15 days until Christmas!
Guess what kind of craft we did today?! Okay I will tell you ;0) Salt Dough ornaments of course! This is my new obsession! Give your kids cookie cutters and let them go! I enjoy them too! Usually I am very Ocd about paint lol but today I let Annabelle and Olivia be free to paint with any colors they wanted to use! This was very hard for me! But I did my own ornament and stayed quiet!
After our ornaments we watched Tangeled, very cute movie, The Santa Claus 2 , the Miracle Maker and Veggie Tales! We created Candy Cane Popcorn and even added candy canes to our hot chocolate! The girls enjoyed that! The kids had a video chat from Mexico tonight while watching the IU & UK game which was fun! Annabelle is yelling at the TV because she is an IU fan tonight lol.
Bed time is soon, but I have some Christmas Movies recorded to watch and since I was nice and let TR go hunting he will be watching those with me although he does not know that yet!
I do enjoy these litle moments.. Clayton is waving and laughing at his reflection in the window, Annabelle yelling and jumping about a basketball score and TR trying to explain basketball to Clayton who is not listening :0)

My Gingerbread his name is Edward hehe

Annabelle's ornaments for Kelsey, Haley and Ethan

His beard is filling up!

Well my daughter is convinced IU won because she was cheering for them lol So I think I will end on that note lol!

December 9th: of 25 Days of Christmas!!

Not Perfect but I like it :0)

Well I did a craft alone tonight. :0( Miss Annabelle came home sick after school! Fever and Stomache Bug how fun! Clayton is cranky from teething sooo it is a family movie night! Every one needs to know the true meaning of Christmas so we are watching The real Christmas Story, not the "you will shoot your eye out story!" lol. Then we are going to watch some of the ones we recorded on DVR. So we are pretty boring tonight! Hopefully everyone will feel better tomorrow! Upside my house is staying pretty cleaned up since no one is playing lol. Craft tonight more Salt dough Ornaments! Love that stuff!

December 8th I love Handprints :0)

Yes I know I am late ;0) But we had a busy day and night! First Clayton borrowed Baby Jesus from my manger and It took a while to find him lol! I needed to catch up on some work outs while My little teething monster took a nap! I still can not believe he has Molar teeth in!!
So I did a craft also when the kids did! I loved the idea but last night I dropped my frame so now we will be redoing it :0(. We did peppermint hand print keepsakes! I love doing hand print crafts! I will always have those little hands to look back on and of course cry haha.
Annabelle read us Twas the Night Before Christmas, we had left over Hot Chocolate and watched all the Christmas Cartoon Movies on Abc Family! We recorded some to watch over the weekend! TR's 7 days off started sooo guess who has time to help with crafts now? :0)

<==Craft Poem!

<==Kids craft!

<==My craft!

<==and I did this with Clayton's pic Erin took

We had a pretty calm night besides the meltdown Mr. Clayton had when his sister tried to move his toy he was walking with lol.  I love having all this Family Time! I dont think there is anything better and there is no place I would rather be!

December 7th: Hot Chocolate and Handprints :0)

Got alot done today! We listened to xm radio Christmas music on Dish lol while we picked up toys and finished up homework. Annabelle helped get our Crock pot Hot Chocolate ready which was very yummy! Thank you Pinterest!!Our new Scentsy scent White Out really made it smell like winter! Weird right? lol. We made Peanut butter Chocolate Bars recipe from the Cake Doctor, but we used sugar free ingredients :0) Still good by the way! After I cleaned up messes and had supper going it was craft time!
We made Salt dough Hand prints! Ours did not look a good a the picture on Pinterest but oh well we are going to try again onetime soon, but the giggles while doing it was fun to hear! We even made Lucian one! Annabelle's idea is we should take one of Lucian's paw and one of hers and her brothers to her Uncle Greg's grave, that way he knows Lucian is happy with her! She is a very sweet little girl and so strong for what she has been through! So this weekend we are going to go take one to the grave yard with her!

<==Lucian's

<==Clayton's&Annabelle's

After we started the baking process of our crafts we did bath time, play time and supper clean up. Had some Hot Chocolate and dessert. The kids talked to Mamaw Kathy who was rubbing in the temp in Mexico lol but it i okay we want snow!! We added another cotton ball to Santa's beard, which still excites Annabelle each night! Then watched some TV before bedtime. Both kids were out by 8:45! I guess I wore them out this afternoon! Well I guess I will catch up on Dvr while they sleep! Same time tomorrow :0)

December 6th:(yes a day late! These kids keep me busy!)

No craft today :0(
Due to Annabelle's school Christmas Program we had to skip a craft tonight! Annabelle did help me make Homade Veggie Soup though! Then while getting her massive head of hair curled lol we watched The Sanat Claus 3! Very amusing time listening to Clayton try to sing Fa la la at the top of his lungs along with his sister, even Lucian covered his face lol!

<---Lucian had to have a picture too!

<---He look like a little man!(kind of blurry from my phone!)

The Christmas program was cute! They did Twas the Night Before Christmas. Best part of the night was when Clayton spotted his Sissy on stage and very loudly continued to yell Sissy and clap and laugh! he waved once then tried to hide behind another kid haha! I love watching both of them together! he i a very good sister jut want to try and play mommy sometimes! I hope they always stay this close! Oh he even let him wear hi sweater that matched her dress! Very impressive :0) Yep we are very blessed to have these two with us!

Christmas Card Pictures

I decided to dress the kiddos in their Christmas outfits to do a picture to send with our Christmas Cards with the dog lol. Wow what fun that was lol. I will be sending two pictures after I was looking over them and found teh best picture ever lol! It shows the true them! Annabelle making kissie faces, Clayton pulling at the tree and Lucian playing with Clayton! I love those 3! They make me laugh atleast once every few minutes!

First 5 Days of Our 25 Days of Christmas :0)

So this year for our 25 Days of Christmas we are doing crafts every day! In the past years it was one every few days, but Annabelle is old enough to help clean up now haha. So lets play catch up!

December 1st:

We made our beardless Santa as we do every year to count down the 25 days! Along with that we did Reindeer hand print pictures. We then had hot chocolate and watch Hallmark and ABC Family Christmas Movies. Then when the kids fell asleep I continued my movie marathon with Water for Elephants because we all know my EDWARD obsession ;0). So that sums up Day 1!

December 2nd:

Today we did Handprint Snowmen ornaments! Love these things and Clayton's little giggle while playing in paint PRICELESS :0) Then of course Movie time! The little poem with the Ornaments is so sweet too!

These aren’t just five snowmen

As anyone can see.I made them with my handWhich is a part of me.

Now each year

When you trim the tree

You’ll look back and recall

Christmas 2011

When my hand was just this small!

December 3rd:

Today was a busy day! Basketball practice for Miss Annabelle then we cleaned before starting our craft! But we did make a pretty neat craft :0) Annabelle wanted to do a cookie plate for Santa but did not want to share with Clayton lol. So Clayton made a plate for Reindeer food! So much fun!

Then we watched movies with Daddy :0) Oh and Annabelle's plate is rather funny! She swears Santa fell over eating way to many cookies!

December 4th:

Since it was Sunday we did a few extra crafts :0) We started with a Thumb print Reindeer ornament, watched some movies while lounging around on the couch lol. Then after lunch we made a very special Wreath using Annabelle's and Clayton's handprints cut out of construction paper and Annabelle went a little crazy with the glitter!! Then after supper we did our Family Handprint Tree and yes added a very special Doggie :0) I can not wait to pick up my frame for it! Then we finished the night with Christmas Movies!

December 5th:

This morning I had one sick little Annabelle! Once she started feeling better we made some Melted Snowmen Cookies and she loved every minute! After she took a nap we made an Annabelle snow girl and a Clayton snow baby! We had some cookies after supper and watched Justien Bieber again on the So Random Christmas Special again for the tenth time lol.

So we are now caught up! Yay!! Hope you enjoy our 25 Days of Christmas! We are ;0)

Wow I promise to Catch up just for you Tristan ;0)

So this is my promise to catch up really really soon!! Some time this week I will get on here and start again! Trying to lose weight has consumed most of my time, plus spending time with the kids with our 25 Days of Christmas Fun! And planning Christmas and Claytons Birthday party , Yes my Baby Boy is turning the big ONE!! :0( How did this happen so fast?! So I will be back I actually miss it here!!

Catch Up Time!

So it has been awhile!! So much to tell I guess.
Well actually left Clayton for a few hours last weekend!! It was very hard to do but TR actually took me out on a date! Joy and Jason came and ate too so nI guess it would be a double date :) It was so much fun to get out and visit with friends!! So then last week we went to their house for dinner and Clayton got to meet Malia who Annabelles say is his future wife lol. Pretty neat they are exactly a week a part! I think they hit it off until she tried to kiss him hehe. Annabelle got to play with the boys who are so stinking cute!! And Joy gave me a baby sling yay!!

Clayton got his first shots this week :( Yes I cried with him it was a very fussy sad day! But he is becoming such a big boy!! He was only half ounce from ten pounds!!

So we went to Erins for pictures and dinner Thursday! WE did well she did lol pictures of all the kids together! Plus our first family of four picture!! Odd but there was not one single picture of all four of us together! lol. She did get some good shots she always does of course! But Clayton was quite the fussy butt(potty issues!)

Busy week to come! Tuesday is coffee day with Erin and Sarah cant wait to catch up with them!! DRs apt Wednesday and Tristan and T-A are going to try and get here one day!! I hope we can get a day figured out! We need to catch up on our girl talk :) I have gotten so use to them coming every week and last week they didnt make it! So hopefully we get a day!!

Today I made TRs favorite cupcakes, Cappucino Chip with Mocha Buttercream frosting :) Think I made myself sick liking the spatula lol. Well guess I will sign off for now but If something new happens I will post again lol! OOhh wait! I did get some awesome new coffee creamer! Almond Joy candy bar creamer!! So good I recommended everyone try it out! lol. Ok now I am going to wait for Erin to finish editing our pictures yay!!! :)

Those Bibs...

Exactly those bibs... At one week old I tried these cute little Old Navy bibs and flannel shirt on our little man and they were so big you can see in the picture. The flannel shirt looked like a dress lol and the bibs had to be folded and still was long! Well I decided to try these on him to wear Sunday and they fit! Just a little big but he could wear them. Ahhh my baby looked so big in those bibs. But did I mention he was pretty cute in them :) So I think every month I will take his picture in these little bibs until they dont fit anymore :) Just to watch him grow...

Blah Blah Blah......

So Friday night I got sick yay what fun not! :(. Still did not feel good Saturday so had to cancel plans for the Erin gang to come up, which really sucked. So Annabelle stayed the night with her grandpa last night because there was nothing fun here lol. Clayton slept and I watched Tr watch history shows ya he is that boring. Sunday which it is still Sunday to me since im still awake :) we went visiting which was kind of nice sinceI have been a prisoner in this house for quite sometime now. Not to pleased with my husband right now since I have to remind him that atleast once in awhile he could tell me he loves me andtry and do something nice and he makes a joke out of it! I guess he does not understand the hormones are still on high alert and he makes them mad lol. But oh well I know one special little guy who loves me and will tell me everyday when he can :)
I am running on coffee and little sleep Saturday I stayed up until 4am then back up at 6 am for feeding time! NOw I am staying up tonight because Clayton projectile vomitted earlier and that scares me!! Once agan TR does not understand why I am so scared but hello he sleeps on his back what if he does it again and jokes DUH!! Wow I am moody lol!
Watched a very good but sad movie!! Lost Valentine with Betty White! Wow what a tear jerker! But I had to watch her since to Erin and Sarah I am Rose haha dont know why I am the dumb one but hey Sarah aka Dorthy and Erin aka Blanch are not so smart either lol. We will seriously one day be the Golden Girls. We already have an early start seeing how we sit around drinking coffee and get super excited about coupons and recipes wow we are so wild ahhaha. Ahh all I can say is Girls Thank you for being a Friend lol. Hmm lack of sleep can really make a person crazy for example ME!!!
So I will stop rambeling now and continue listening to my husband snore lol. Good night......

1 Month really?!

How time is flying already!!! I still cant believe our little guy is a month old!! Annabelle asked if we could make him a cake lol. I explained he can not quite eat cake yet so tonight her and her Daddy will be making homade ice cream! :) I have the 2 most wonderful babies well according to me :) and a wonderful husband! But I wish he would learn a date is not a trip to Walmart lol! Yes I love Walmart but still not a date!! I could not imagine not having this amazing little boy in our family! Big Sis is still a little jealous but she loves him so much. She could not resist trying to wake him up after school today. She is such a good big sister and I am so glad they will have each other :) Well off to spend time with the babies and wait for TR to create us some ice cream lol.

Baby Blues...

So today I am having a little touch of baby blues! Its so hard to believe 1 month ago tomorrow that I was just meeting my sweet baby boy. That this picture was one of his first!!! Hes getting so big already. His sweet little smile gets bigger every day and melts my heart so much :). Annabelle is already discussing what she should get him for his 1 month birthday lol. So our plans for tomorrow are to take a picture of him with a sign saying Happy 1 month Birthday hehe. Erin gave me the best idea also, to take his picture in a basket and use that same basket every month until he turns one year old! Great idea indeed! Then we can watch how he grows *sigh* .... As of Tuesday Baby Clayton is 8 and a half pounds and 21 inches long. When he was born he was 8 pounds and was 19.5 inches long. Although I have the baby blues I am looking forward to the many changes as he grows and I am already working on his first word which will of course be mommy :)! Hey the saying goes " The first girl a little boy falls in love with is his Mommy!" Well more crying tomorrow when he actually turns 1 Month!!! :)