Christmas Morning

Getting a Christmas Tree

About two weeks ago we went to get a christmas tree.  The boys were so excited!

Some cute things Jeremy said in the past few days

#1

I was laying on the floor in front of the fire place.  Lane was sweeping the glitter of the floor after the boys finished doing some crafts.  Lane told the boys, "Why don't you go give Mom some hugs!"

Riley immediately came and lay next to me and hugged me.  Jeremy jumped on top of me and hug me.  Then he got up and said,

"You're so beautiful!  I think you're the best Mom in the world."

Then he went and told Lane, "I told Mom she was the best Mom in the world!"

Lane affirms what he said and then Jeremy says,  "Yeah she's SO GOOD no one would hardly believe it!!"

#2

I had pointed out to Lane while looking at some pictures that I loved Jeremy's ears.  Then we took a look closer and came to the conclusion that Jeremy's ears are lower and stick out a little bit.  We also concluded that Riley has Lane's ears and Jeremy has my ears.  Then when we were at my Mom's I saw a picture of my brother Tom when he was little and pointed out to Jeremy that he has the same ears as Uncle Tom.  A few days later I told Jeremy that I got an email from Uncle Tom and he said that he was very handsome.  Jeremy was so pleased and with a big smile on his face said,

"Yeah and when he sees me, he will say 'Hey you have mine ears!!"

#3

We were all sitting at the table eating dinner.  Jeremy looks at me and says,

"You're face is ovaled."

then he looked at Lane and said,

"You're face is VERY ovaled!!

A New Tradition

Last year, while looking at all our ornaments (specifically the really kiddy ones), I decided it would be cool if the boys had a tree of their very own in their room.  So after christmas we hit the after christmas sale and bought a really inexpensive fake tree.  Tonight we put it up, strung popcorn, and let the boys decorate it just the way THEY wanted it.  Riley insisted that they decorate it in the dark, well with just the tree lights on.  Saying they were excited is an complete and utter understatement!  They absolutely loved it!!  I'm so glad we did it.  It was well worth the $10 I spent last year to enjoy this year and many more to come.

Visiting Pa at the Fire Station

Who is Pa?  Grandpa AKA my Dad.  When Riley first started talking he started calling my dad Pa instead of Grandpa and it stuck.

The Things Kids Say

Jeremy:  I like the look of Tyler's cheeks!!  I love Tyler's tummy because it's smooth.  Tyler's tummy is smooth like Legos.

I don't even remember what had been put out of reach but Jeremy decided he was going to get it.  Thank goodness we saw it before he actually climbed it!

Me:  Did you realize that you're backpack has lizards on it and you love lizards?!

Riley:  Yeah!  I use to not like animals that much.  Then Eizabeth(good friend of his) taught me pet shop and ever since my thoughts have been all mixed up.  I"m always thinking about lizards, bugs, pandas and all sorts of animals.  My head is just messed up now.

Trick or Treat

Tyler

Tyler loves stuffed animals!  When I say love I mean he REALLY LOVES them!!  He is always saying, "ooooohhhh!"  in a high pitched sweet voice.  Then he hugs them and rubs his cheek on their cheek.  On this particular day he slept with the stuffed animal pictured below at his nap time.  When he woke up like usual he pointed him out, said "ooooooh", gave him a hug, had me give him a hug, then we went down stairs.  It wasn't long before I noticed where he put him.  I thought it was sooo cute!

Tyler always puts his feet up when he eats.  It is so cute!

Finishing the Soccer Season

Thankfully it finished raining early this morning before the soccer game.  It was very wet and muddy.  Riley loved it.  He kept telling me that he loves to play soccer when it's like that.  He was filthy by the end of the game, but he had so much fun!

Oh and here's the trophy that he got!  He was so excited about that.

Pumpkins

Tyler loves to read.  I thought it was so cute when I looked over at him and saw him sitting on the edge of the chair, with his feet hanging, reading a book that is almost as big as he is.  

Jeremy was thinking...

Story 1-

Last week, after dinner, Jeremy put his plate, Lane's plate, and my plate to the sink.  Then he says to us, 

"Guess what?  Look what I did?"

me:  Oh Jeremy that was so nice of you!  Thank you!

Lane:  Jeremy that was so helpful!

Jeremy:  I was thinking about service.  I was thinking of you're lesson on service.  (Three days before that we had a family home evening on service and we did a small service project.)

Is always nice when you get those little pay offs that let you know things are sinking in!

Story 2-

The boys and I were in Borders and we had been in the toy area. When it was time to go I noticed that the boys had made a little bit of a mess.  So I told them that we needed to clean it up before we went.  They told me they didn't make it.  I reminded them how clean it was when we got there.  Then Jeremy says,

"I was just thinking we were at home."

And somehow that's suppose to make it better.  : )

We don't want to leave anyone out

Riley made Halloween costumes for his two favorite stuffed animals.  They both happen to be monkeys.  The small monkey on the top is a bat.  Do you see his wings?  The brown monkey on the bottom, goes by the name of Jelly Bean Rabbit,  well I"m not quite sure who he's suppose to be.  At any rate it is very cute.  He made them out of construction paper and tape.  Then he took the pictures by himself too.

Walk at the Nature Park

The Pumpkin Patch

So far this is the best pumpkin patch we have been to.  It was so much fun and the kids just loved it.

We took a train out to the patch.

They had tons of wheel barrows which was so handy.  

Riley spent a LOT of time looking for "the perfectest pumpkin!"  It had to be round on all sides with no spots.

The boys loved the hay maze!  They went through it 3 times.

This is Jeremy when he got through the first time.  He was so proud!
They even had pony rides.  I will say that the pony rides were way over priced.  Fortunately Riley was the only one who wanted to do it.

Then we rolled our wheel barrow onto a boat that took us back.  The lake had 2 dragons that came out of the water when we went by.  Then when we were almost there a shark popped out of the water and blew water on us.  The boys liked that part the best.  Well with the exception of Tyler.  He didn't like getting splashed.

Riley had his face painted with a spider.  Jeremy and Tyler opted not to do it.

Then came the ooooh so fun caterpillar ride.  All the boys just loved it.  I think Jeremy and Tyler liked it the most.



To top it all off they had pigs, a bunny, a pony, a cat, and some goats.  

We had so much fun!  We will definitely be going back next year!  Oh and in case you were wondering, it's called LakeView Farms.