Christmas Rest of the Day

I am in total love with the green glasses. I hope they get passed down to me. We had Christmas dinner at my grandparents house. It was very yummy and nice to be with family. I also lost my voice this day as well, from a pretty bad cold. I could still whisper at least. I totally felt like Mrs. Brady from the Brady bunch when she needs to sing at church on christmas day but looses her voice.



My Grandpa Spisak carving the roast beast.



I made a cake. It tasted yummy, but the frosting job is not the best.



We usually take family pics outside and so we did again this year.



Later that night we went to my Grandmother's for breakfast. It was nice to see more family and my grandmother gave me some beautiful dishes and rings that I can't wait to show on here! I also met up with my best friend from high school, Serena. I hadn't seen her in a while and it was fun catching up, even though I could only speak in a whisper.

Christmas Morn

Nathan asked for a batman book, a globe, and a "skelescope" (a microscope, so he can look at germs) from Santa this year. He got lots superhero and star wars items. Blake loves Lion King, so he got some Lion King figures, a new tricycle, and a motorcycle like Nathan's, plus more superhero and star wars stuff.



Nathan also wanted a slap watch. This one ended up being a bit too big. So big in fact, it could fit around his neck!

The Night Before Christmas

The boys putting out milk and cookies for Santa. Blake would have eaten those cookies if they weren't for Santa. Also, Blake gave a whole new meaning to the name Cookie Monster this weekend. He was also candy crazy. I didn't even know what to do with him and his madness.



We also made reindeer food last week and we poured it in the yard before bedtime. Nathan also has a sweet bruise on his head from falling on the concrete outside our house. But that happened last week.







We always go to my Grandma Spisak's on christmas eve. Nathan had a long day and was scared of a dog there. So long story short he fell asleep in a chair. After an hour we were going to open presents and I woke him up. He was not happy. Once we got him to stop crying he was then grumpy and didn't even want to open presents. Blake was having a blast with everyone's presents though.

Frosting Cookies

Blake's first time frosting Grandma Mary cookies.



Nathan was pretty into it this year, if you can't tell. He also used up an entire thing of sprinkles on like 10 cookies.



You know Blake is really focused when his tongue is sticking out!

The Nutcracker Night to Remember

Nathan had a nutcracker play at his preschool on Thursday night. We had a lot of family there and even a few surprise family members showed up. Nathan was loving life!



His roles included and were not limited to: a candy cane dancer, a clown, and a "fighter".





In other news, Blake has decided that every night he needs to sleep in his chair rather than his bed. I have to go in every night and move him to his bed... I just don't get it.

Gingerbread House/Stuffing Face Full of Candy Night

This year I decided to go all out and make my gingerbread house from scratch. I also decided to add a porch. This is the result. The gingerbread is actually really really good too. I didn't use hot glue this year either. 100% edible y'all!



Nathan obeyed the rules of only eating a few pieces of candy...Blake...not so much. He just kept popping the m&m's in his mouth. I would continue to tell him no more. One time I was looking the other way but I could still see him out of the corner of my eye. He looked at me and then put a piece in his mouth and I said, "Blake I can still see you" and then he put it down. We rocked out to Christmas music and a fun time was had by all!

All the Stockings were Hung...

Last year I made these fun stockings out of old shirts I had in my closet and some felt. This year I needed a place to hang them and seeing that we don't have a fireplace, I needed a place to hang them. So, I went online for ideas and I came up with this one. Has anyone else hung their stockings from a clever place besides the fireplace?