Love

I love this boy in my life too.

Just us Four

Just the four of us had our little Christmas celebration on Christmas Eve. It is so fun each year to see how much more fun we can have with the boys and as we establish some of our own traditions. This year we started the night by making our own personal pizzas and lighting the Advent Wreath.
A side note about this picture that I want to remember: Cameron had gone down for a nap and we had to wake him up. I can tell by his face he is not quite awake yet and making pizzas was the last thing he wanted to do as soon as he woke up but we had to eat to get to church on time. He eventually came around ;)

Haiden was excited about his creation!

Of course Cameron perked up when he got to use the lighter to light the Advent Wreath.


Then it was time for presents! We did not get the boys anything too specific this year. Just some odd and end toys that we thought they would enjoy. Dart guns, trucks, balls, slippers, books, and boots.
Cameron is in to Toy Story lately so he was SUPER excited to get Buzz Lightyear. He is always looking for something to put on his back so he can have wings like Buzz. He has never been in to any type of movie toy so it was fun this year to branch out on some toys.

This boy just likes to open things no matter what it is. He usually wants what his brother has anyway.


Haiden in the background trying to snag a present while I open the gift Cameron shopped for at school ;)


Inspired from Jill to get a cute pic of the boys with their stockings.....not so cute but I tried.

On Christmas morning the boys woke up to this:
Rescue Heroes!

Where to Start

Oh my, oh me! Where to start for what to post about this time! SO much has happened in the past week that I don't think I can fit it all in. BUT, I will try just because we have had so much fun! This very well might be my longest post ever!!

First I need to show you pics of Cameron's little school program. It was so cute...and short! Just right for little ones. he dressed up as Joseph(or a shepherd depending on when you asked him)

His small little class of 9 ;)

Isaac, his cousin, is next to him in the brown outfit.

Then we had my family Christmas last Saturday. All boys opening up trucks, cars, blocks and ride 'em on toys. So fun!
All the boys waiting to open their stockings. Well, the 2 littlest ones had already started. My parents do the BEST stockings and they are our favorite part of the night(and my mom's homemade goodies!)

Haiden was so fun to watch this year. Much more into the whole unwrapping part than last year. He sat so good waiting and unwrapping.

New farm trucks!!

Then Cameron had his Christmas program at church. The little ones do such a nice job. You could tell they had not practiced with the lights off because when they put the spotlights on them and dimmed the rest of the church they couldn't help but look at them and then get all starry eyed when they tried to find mom and dad!

Can't you just hear them singing this part?!

Looking all around at each other instead of the music teacher.

Now we're focused!

This past Monday morning all the girls and the cousins got together to carry on the tradition of decorating Christmas cookies. Usually the adults end of finishing but as the years go by the kids have that much more patience to finish the job.

Just couldn't resist licking the spoon!

Not looking at the camera but at least I got a good smile on record from my oldest!

Torrey has been taking some time off of work(loving that!) so we ventured off to the children's museum too this week.
Shopping for groceries for our parties;) It really was fun to play with the grocery belt, cash register, phone and calculator they had ;) Cameron was into this for awhile!

Can you see the concentration on his face? ;)

And who can resist a big bowl of water and bubbles! Ellie, Will, Levi and G and G Vruggink came with us to join in the fun!

Making some bird feeders(or at least having a nice snack of cheerios while Daddy and Grandpa made the feeders of what was left in the bowl!)

And this isn't even all that we did! But my babe is waking up and I still have some things to do to get ready for tomorrow. Tonight we are making homemade pizza, going to church and then home to have our own little family Christmas as we have done ever since Cameron was little. Cameron was already waiting by the tree to open "just one" and Haiden got his mitts on one and tore off a piece of paper before I got to him! I can't wait!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!!

If you can't see me....

"If you can't see me, mommy, then I am not really in time out."

And now look at this sweet little innocent face peeking out at me!

Doesn't it just look like he is sorry?!
Precious, boy.

Oh Christmas Tree...Finally!

We finally got around to getting our Christmas tree this year. I just couldn't bare looking at our old deformed fake tree one more year so decided to give the real tree Christmas feel to our house. Cameron was all psyched up to chop down a tree but it actually was a quick trip(honestly about 15 minutes) to pick one out.

The boys had more fun finding twine and sticks. We pretty much picked the second tree we found and loaded it in the trailer. So it wasn't quite what I pictured in my head about getting the boys all bundled up, taking a wagon ride into the woods, spotting just the right tree, having Cameron help Tor shop it down while I captured the kodak moment and then sipping some hot coco when we returned. But hey, lunch and nap time were fast approaching and the fields were a muddy mess. So the one laying on the ground was the one...HA!
Cameron was so excited to help put it up and I was curious as to how long his attention span would endure and he actually made it through the whole thing with me! It was honestly the BEST time I have had in a long time. Haiden was napping(maybe next year little man can help but for now he little patties are best not touching the ornaments!) so it was just my big boy and me. After finding some gloves to wear to put the lights up ;) Cameron was in charge of putting on the ornaments and I can say that this tree is my most favorite that I have ever put up. I LOVE the color lights. Before it was only red or maybe red and white but for some reason I felt the need to do fun color for the boys this year!

Checking out the assortment. I have an ornament for each boy for each Christmas so far so it was neat to tell Cameron about each one. Of course I got teary eyed when I pulled out his 1st Christmas one that was his hand print in clay!

I could not put the hooks on fast enough for him to hang them. There is no rhyme or reason to where the ornaments are and they only go up as high(except for a few I was able to put on) as he could reach.

I absolutely love how it turned out.
And I love that I got to accomplish something fun with my son, get excited with him and allow his childish anticipation for the season to fill my heart with joy.