Buddy the Elf

Buddy came to our house the weekend before Thanksgiving.  Harper was really into him this year,  Carson would also look around in the morning to see where he was at. He did do some creative things this year, but there were many nights that he hung out on a shelf or in the tree.

Playing Trouble...he is not doing very well!

He brought the kids each a decoration.
 Harper said the elf is his girlfriend.

Nerf gun...there were a couple bullets stuck to the tv!

Reading a Christmas book

TP'd the tree, he is sitting in the tp roll up on the shelf.

Snacking on cookies that the neighbor made.

Sleeping in

Snowball fight

He also brought the kids Despicable Me 2 one night and brought PJ's on Christmas Eve. 

Christmas PJs

I love getting the kids Christmas pajamas! They usually only get them on Christmas Eve but this year I got a set that they wore today too. Reece and Carson have matching Santa ones and Harper has reindeer.  We did a photo shoot, Carson wasn't too into it!

HO HO HO!

Not sure what he is doing here!

She loves having her picture taken!

Reece kept saying..."Santa's in the HOUSE!"

Would rather not get his picture taken

Only one of all 3

Winter Concerts

Reece and Harper had their winter concerts a few weeks ago.  They sang songs from Disney movies, it was pretty good.  They both really liked singing and dancing!

Reece...really excited before the concert

They were to wear a black shirt, jeans and extra sparkle. 
She had on a sparkle headband, jeans and boots.

She is on the front row, third from right with a green tie.

Reece

Tonight we made Snickerdoodle puppy chow.  Harper and I thought it was really good!  Reece preferred to eat the Rice Chex plain, he said it has no taste but is delicious!  He really doesn't eat too many sweets but to prefer plain Rice Chex is a little weird!

Reno Has Started!

We started a kitchen reno last weekend.  We knew that we wanted to upgrade our appliances, countertops and add a backsplash but were not sure when. The Lowe's ad came in the mail with appliances on sale, I put our old appliances online for sale and they sold within an hour!  We were now committed to buying new ones!  We are going to pick out countertops and backsplash next week. My goal is for this to be complete by Christmas!

BEFORE

AFTER!...I am so excited to have a huge fridge! The kids
LOVE the water and ice in the front.
It fits in the spot very snuggly!

BEFORE

AFTER!...I was a little nervous to use this for the first time,
so different from our old one.

Halloween

We have had a busy day with Halloween activities.  Carson's daycare had a parade and went to all the businesses around the center.  Reece and Harper had a parade at school so everyone could see all the costumes, then they had snacks and played games.  We handed out candy at home for about an hour then we went out and got too much! 

First Tooth

Reece finally lost his first tooth!  He was eating a strawberry and said it felt loose.  My mom was here and pulled it out!  He got $5 from the Tooth Fairy. 

He said he had to make his eyes like that,
don't know why!

My baby is 1

My baby turned one yesterday.  Everyone says time flies and it really does.

He likes:  his brother and sister, getting into their stuff,  eating about anything

He doesn't like: being in his stroller very long, drinking from a sippy cup

He is a pretty happy little guy, he is always on the go.  Clint asked if our other two were as active as he is?!?  He is trying to walk but will only take a few steps at a time.  He has decided to sleep thru the night, finally! 

Birthday Cake

Carson loves his brother and sister

Cake everywhere!



Birthday Photo Shoot

QB

Reece played quarterback for most of his game today, he did a really good job. 

getting ready to hand off

waiting for the ball

passing

These are the pictures that he had taken.  I am not sure what is up with
his smile, he looks scared!  I have a button, don't know if I will
be wearing that.

DIY- Cozy Coupe

I have seen where people have updated the look of their Cozy Coupes, thought we could try it.   I started checking on Pinterest for ideas and directions on what to do.  Our neighbor is cleaning out their garage and had one they didn't want, we got it FREE!  I picked up some spray paint and we started the process.  I think it turned out pretty cool, I hope Carson loves it!

Before

During: 2 cans of black spray paint, 1 can of yellow and
1 can of clear

After!

After!

Harper's Party

We had Harper's Candyland party at her dance studio. 

Harper with her best buddies from school.

Candyland cake

opening presents!

We are the Chiefs

Reece started flag football today, we weren't really sure what to expect.  Clint is helping coach and he felt like the kids would do pretty well.  They were pretty nervous at first but then started doing good!  Reece did a good job grabbing the flags..."tackling"...the other kids.  I think that we won, we scored a couple touchdowns.  He said that he had fun and I think Clint did to!  It was hard to get pictures of him on offense, I will try better next week.  AND we have the ugliest colors possible...red shirts with yellow writing!

getting ready to block Jack

blocking

blocking

action shot...getting his flags!

Harper is 5!

Harper was up bright and early (not normal for her!) to eat donuts and open presents!  She got some random gifts, but was pretty excited about all of them.  I think the biggest hit for her and Reece was a CD player and Kids Bop, we have been jammin' all afternoon!

Yes, that is a Christmas nightgown! 

She was excited to get her own bat,
 now she doesn't have to use a "boy" bat. 

They are all checking out Harp's new stuff.

Stompeez...just what she wanted!

Molly's Cupcakes for her birthday cake. She picked
strawberry shortcake.  We also got some mini
cupcakes for home!