O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree....

We found a new spot to cut  Christmas trees and it was an adventure. We didn't know how far exactly it was from the main road so when we started slipping on the road we decided to park and walk....well lets just say is was a nice day for a walk with the ice cold wind and snow.  We walked about 1 and 1/2 miles to 2 miles until we reached where we were suppose to start looking for a tree. The kids had tons of fun on the road, sliding and sliding and sliding. We finally reached the spot and we were ready to be done so luckily we were able to go off the road a bit and find a tree close by.

  Here is what we found and we had so much fun finding them. The BEST tradition ever!!!

This is what our tree looks like all dressed up......

LOVE IT!

Thanksgiving fun....

So I have been so busy I have not had time to update and today I am still in my candy cane pjs and I am updated my blog because I will be able to check it off the list and then I can continue on with my check list....
So I love fall because of the colors of the leaves and making a huge pile and jumping in them was one of my favorite things growing up. My kids love to do it to and I love looking at the photos I caught because they make my heart melt and make me smile.

 

Can you see them? Jeffery and Miley are hiding in the leaves, I THINK?

They have so much fun together  playing and making things. 

Here are some of the things we made for thanksgiving time.....

Frozen Hot chocolate and it was amazing by the way.

 Turkey Sugar Cookies.....

 Turkeys to put by the place setting for Turkey Dinner.

 

This one Miley wanted to give hair....there was a lot of licking the fingers on this one.

We have made some fun things the last couple of weeks and we had a lot of fun as you can see.

The Stroll'n Roll

So every week for the past couple of weeks we have gone to the local rollerskating fun place and they let us play for an hour and a half the kids love it.

The love playing with the neighbors too. They have so much fun together.

They love to run, laugh, get into trouble and get dirty. Kids....you just have to smile and think they are only this way once. They are so fun to watch.

Happy Halloween!!!

So Miley loved watching and helping carve her pumpkin. Jeffery carved his own this year. He was so excited to do it himself. Dad's was the baby pumpkin. Miley kept saying that his was so funny because it was so small. Jeffery carved the only pumpkin our garden grew. It got to a good size but didn't get to change colors. They were fun to see lit too.

Look at those cute smiles and those amazing jack-o-lanterns.

Miley was.....

 Tinkerbell

 Jeffery was....Iron Man.

Getting ready for trick or treating. The night before Miley fell asleep saying "I want to go trick or treating right now." It was a long day of waiting for the exciting hour of walking around the trunk or treat. They got lots of treats and when we got home we dumped out their bags and let them go for it.

CANDY!!!!

Decorating for Halloween

Here are the kids making ghosts and pumpkins to decorate the house and then we made money jars. They loved coloring and coming up with different faces for the pumpkins. The said they wanted to carve their pumpkins just like them.

We made a treat too. Chocolate ghosts. They were not so cute but they were pretty good to eat. The kids loved making them and licking the bowl.

Every last lick was licked and yummmmmm.

The Finished product.

All this fun with the kids, mom gets running around crazy. I thought I plugged in the computer and it turns out I plugged in the Iron. This is what happens when you leave the Iron on a bucket and turn it on.....

Whoops! It went through the lid and then through the bottom. Luckily I found it before it did anything to the floor.

Chocolate Pudding, What a mess!

We are having so much fun having school and doing new things. Something different to learn how to write letters and numbers. The kids loved it.

We were practicing E. They were doing awesome. After about 5 minutes Miley told me she was tired and asked if she could be done and if she could eat it with a spoon. The finger just wasn't cutting it.

 Jeffery is learning so fast and does so great at writing the letters and numbers. He is learning to read and is so excited. He does amazing at sounding out the words. I am impressed daily at the quickness he picks things up.

The kids wanted to take a picture of Mom because "I always get to take pictures and not them." I sometimes....well most of the time I am in my workout clothes for school because they just can't wait to get started.

We have made some fun friends and we have gone to the "amazing" mall for a change of scenery. This is their friend Cam....

He couldn't put the camera down. Oh well, my Jeffery and Miley were doing their cute pose for the camera. They make me smile!!