Christmas

Sugar high

Rubbermaid tote-boat

The highly coveted hedgehog

So proud of my nephew Kyle...

 

 

And hope that my own kids follow suit!

The ever elusive Christmas picture

 

These pictures make me smile...

 

 

Meagan takes one for the team

guess who's not happy

Ok so maybe sitting Ethan on Meagan's back was not such a great idea

*yawn*

And here are a few of my faves...

ice skating

As I dropped the ten bucks on admission and tiny skate rental, I was hopeful Ethan would enjoy himself.  He most definitely did not.  Spent 5 minutes clinging to my legs until daddy rescued him for a trip to the snack bar

 NiNi on the other hand was thrilled, in spite of falling (hard) at least 50 times.  Each time she would get up and say, "I'm ok!" 

 Incidentally, ice skating also happens to be the best way to trick your pre-teen into holding hands with you!

Pictures with Santa

 

 

 

 

 

 After we cut down a Christmas tree, we headed to the mall for pictures with Santa.  We prefer to knock out all holiday traditions in one day, whew!

O' Christmas tree...

Discovered this lovely little tree farm, Dull's Tree Farm.  Not sure what prompted us to cut down our own Christmas tree this year.  Maybe because we are in a new house.  But more likely it's because our sad skinny fake tree is looking pretty worn down.  These guys actually sold out of Christmas trees by Dec 11.  We highly recommend it...open fire pit to cozy up to, fresh roasted peanuts and a wreath barn.  That is if you are the type that likes to spend 90 bucks on a live wreath, which I am not.  Very pretty though.  It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the first really cold day of the year.  If you look closely at the pictures you may be able to see that Ethan was shivering uncontrollably.  The boy needs to put on some more body fat if he's going to survive Indiana winters!

 

 

 

We all took a turn sawing

7.5 ft white pine