Treyson's first haircut!

We broke down and got Treyson's sweet little curls all cut off a few weeks ago. I was actually getting to a point where I was ready for it to happen....his hair (on the sides) always looked out of control. When we went to Houston in October, 4 people commented on what a sweet little GIRL he was....it was then that Jerry said the curls had to go bye-bye!!

.He started off pretty good. Trish was having to chase his head as he looked all aroundWe tried to keep him amused with his milk and yogurt covered raisins.....But eventually he had hadenough. Trish was awesome....she knows how to give a very fast haircut! Thank you Trish!

Breakfast with Santa

We went to the ACO for breakfast with Santa last Saturday. It was such a neat event. We went and sat on Santa's lap and got our picture made, then went and ate a yummy breakfast. After that we made reindeer food, an ornament, a frame for our picture with Santa, and a gingerbread cookie!

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Blue eyed girls eating breakfast!

Dadoo and Anniston working on her gingerbread cookie

Mommy and Anniston working on her Snowman ornament

Adding lots of "sparkles" to our reindeer food so they will see it really good!

Donut monster!!!! ............(just like his Dadoo!) After Breakfast with Santa, Mommy and MaMa left for Tulsa to shop on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks Dadoo for keeping the kids (and thanks Nanny and PawPaw R for driving up to go to the Razorback basketball game and also help Dadoo with the kiddos---I know it must've broken your heart!!)

Funday Monday!

We kept my friend Tarah's little boy on Monday. His name is Tage and he is 5 months old. He goes to the same babysitter as Treyson, and our babysitter is in Jamaica all week! (bless her heart). He is just the sweetest, chubbiest thing EVER! Such an easy baby to keep, and NO it did not make me have that "feeling" to have another baby. I do not understand how people have 3 kids at such young ages....it's exhausting!Anniston LOVED having Tage here. She was such a big helper, and I purposely gave her "special helper" jobs so that she felt really big. Treyson....well, I was just proud of him for not trying to wrestle with Tage the way he wrestles with Anniston!I had a sweet little laundry helper yesterday that thought he was really silly when he put sissies panties on his head. Such a little monkey!Have a great week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Christmas with Scott and Courtney over Thanksgiving break. They rotate holidays since they live in Houston, and her parents live in Dallas. So, the kids got to open their presents from them as well. Anniston was so excited to get 2 new outfits for her build-a-bear doll that Scott and Courtney took her to make for her birthday. She got a cheerleading outfit and a ballerina outfit. She was pumped!
Treyson got these magnetic building sticks/balls that both of the kids have spent lots of time playing with. Thank you both!

It was really nice to get alot of quality time with them while they were here. We also got to spend alot of time with Todd, Melissa, Taylor, Michael and Connor. Here was our attempt at getting a good group picture!
We hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! We are now looking forward to the Christmas season. Elfie (our Elf on the Shelf that Santa got us last year) dropped in on Sunday evening and left both of the kids Christmas pajamas to wear! Anniston was so excited, and Elfie has really been keeping her little "moments" at bay!

Church bracelet

Anniston has been wanting to wear this bracelet for the past few days. It is a bracelet that Uncle Todd and Aunt Melissa gave her for her baptism. I have been telling her that I needed to put it up so that Treyson couldn't get it. Smarty pants went and got her stool to reach it on top of the chest of drawers to wear it today. I told her it was only to wear to church. So now, the past 2 mornings, she has asked me if we can go to church so that she can wear her bracelet. (Fortunately she hasn't caught me on the technicality that she attends preschool at her church!! haha)

Here's the beautiful (and now tight) bracelet that is causing the heartache when I tell her to put it away!

Christmas Card Picture session

We were at Lake Ouachita over the weekend, and we decided to take the kids out to the gazebo overlooking the lake (where Jerry proposed to me almost 8 years ago!) to get some fall pictures to use for our Christmas card. I'm not going to post the actual pictures that made the cut for the card, but here's a sneak peek at our beautiful kids!! (I'm a little partial!!)

cupcakes

Guess what we're bringing for Thanksgiving??