What No Fudge???!!

It's not Christmas without Aunt Deb's fudge. Oh well. As you can see the boys were totally stoked to be getting a Christmas package in the mail. Lil B kept repeating "Oh Wow!" Maybe I should have had B put up a tree this year. It was sweet of Aunt Deb to remember our boys this year. Thanks Aunt Deb.

Holiday baking has now officially started. Meet my cookie tasters with their crumb covered faces. We started off with peanut butter cookies and is still deciding on what to bake next.

Big Brian took clippers to both his and Lil B's hair while I was on the phone. Granted it needed it but I just wish I got a before picture. He said the length of hair kept him warm. I decided not to post the picture of all his locks in the sink but it was a ton of hair.

Some Pirate Birthday fun

As soon as Big Brian got home from work we headed out the door for Ammon's Pirate Birthday Party. They are like extended family so it was great to visit and join in the festivities. Stacy had put together fun pirate goody bags that were both unique to fit the boys ages. Lil B got pirate dress up garb with army men and Lucas was given cars. So sweet. I hope she posts her invitations. She pulled off a great party. Ammon shared his new toys so nicely. We hope to visit again soon.

Saturday morning with my Lil Guys.

I bundled up the boys and took them over to down town Dothan while Brian worked over time. They were having a Christmas celebration with snow brought it from Georgia and vendors coming in from all over. The line for the snow was extremely long and we passed up seeing Santa. (We'll see him next week) I found some jalapeno jam for Grandpa Mitchell and nice to see all the goodies for sale. It made LB's morning when he was able to decorate a Christmas cookie. Red frosting was everywhere. I felt bad for the little guy when wiping it up with a wet wipe with it being absolutely freezing outside. They offered free roasted marshmallows but Lucas just munched on the non roasted kind.

We finished our Mommy and Son time off with a stop at Cinnabon. It's a blessing and a curse that they are new to Dothan. On our way out we saw there was train rides but the choo choo as Brian calls it was not stroller friendly. He whined alll the way back to the car. It didn't help that it was during the boys nap time.

I will never again look at a Mom with a screaming toddler and judge.

This has been how it's been over the past couple of weeks. Just really laid back. Everyone was healthy in time for Thanksgiving so we went out to Cracker Barrel and had Jerry and Kristy over for games later that evening.
I guess one big thing was that we started Lil B with Potty training. We had a really great start but went down hill from there. I'll make a chart with a treat at the end and see how that goes.

Thanksgiving cheer from Grandma Mitchell

The boys look forward to their holiday cards from Grandma Mitchell. Note to self: Turn off the cartoons when opening cards. LB had the tearing open the envelope down pretty well whereas Lucas wanted some help. Thanks Grandma.

Demo Derby at the Peanut Festival

We headed out to the Peanut Festival on Saturday night. We watched the motorcycles go around and around in the large metal dome, the lady hulahoop 100+ hulahoops at the same time, and the guy walk on top of the circle spinners. My favorite part of the night is always the demoliton derby. I usually can't stand the sound of car crashes. Maybe it's because you don't hear the high pitch screeching of the breaks. If you've never experienced the demo derby. I reccomend it. It's so fun. There was cars being pushed up on top of cement barriers and cars being tipped on their sides. Some cars would get entangled with each other and you can't tell who is winning. It's all in the process of elimination. The last car moving wins. It was a fun way to spend time with my boys.