December Crafts

Since it has been too cold and wet to play outside in the mornings, I've been trying to do lots of crafts and activities with the boys. There are endless craft possibilities with the holidays so that helps since I'm not the most creative person. I let the boys help me cut snowflakes and then tell me where to hang them around the house.

They made these snowmen out of cotton balls, glue, construction paper and pretzel sticks. Even Jarin could do this craft easily!

We used popcicle sticks, paint, glue & beads to decorate these Christmas trees. I got this idea from a magazine.

Dress-up Time!

A friend of mine gave me a great idea recently about using old Halloween costumes for dress-up play for your kids. I was happy to find a way to get more use out of all the adorable costumes we've collected over the years. The boys have really been enjoying it.Jarin the frog

Mr. Frog and Brady the turtle

Family Picture

We took a family picture this week while visiting my grandparents in Arizona for Thanksgiving. It was extremely difficult for my brother-in-law to keep everyone smiling. Jarin fell right before this picture and was in no mood to smile. So here is the best we could do:

My sister Hannah and her husband Anthony and their two kids McKinlee (5) and Vida (1)

Soccer

We signed Brady up to do a soccer league put together by some friends of ours. They made the uniforms and organized game days. It was very casual which was good for us because Brady would go but then never want to practice or play. We went to a little over half of the 6 games but Brady never actually played. I still had fun taking pictures and the team and individual photos came out so cute, I couldn't resist putting them on here. So even though Brady never officially contributed to the team in any way, here are some adorable pictures of him in his uniform. Jarin actually wanted to play more than Brady so he got to be in the team photo:)

Good Morning God

Halloween

The Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George

While they are little like this, I can't resist dressing them up in pairs. Last year they were Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss. This year I did the characters from some of their favorite books. They also love the new tv show. They loved their costumes!

Harvest Fun Fest at church

With Grammie who is all dressed up for the Hill Billy band. Grandpa and Grammie are so silly!

The boys with their cousins Mick (football player) and Vida (cheerleader).

Brady enjoying the blow-up slide.