Cooper story

I wanted to write this in my blog so one day when he looks back he can read about this.
One day we were driving somewhere and Cooper was in the back talking about Christmas. He kept saying I want Santa to bring me this and me this and me this.... You get the point. Well I felt that we needed to have another talk about the true meaning of Christmas. So I started to explain to him about the birth of Jesus and that we are celebrating that God put him here on earth. Then I told him that it is Jesus Birthday. When I said that his little brain just jumped into overdrive and he told me that we needed to have a party for him. Then he paused for a little bit and said well wait how are we going to get to Heaven. As I was explaining that we can not go there right now but one day we will be there, He said oh I know. We just need to go to the store and buy a really tall ladder then we can get there. And then in all seriousness he said and we should bring some ice cream.
Such a sweet story that I will never forget.

Giddy Up

We did something new this year. we went on a horse drawn carriage ride through some neighborhoods in highland park to look at christmas lights. What great memories we made. Loved every moment of it.

Tis the Season

CHoooo Choooo

Trey just celebrated another year of life, so to help him celebrate we went out and spent the day has a family. The morning of his birthday Cooper was asking why we were not having a party like his parties. He said we could invite his friends over and have it in the back yard. (that is what we did for his this past year) He was so worried that his daddy was not having a paryt. I jokingly said well maybe we should have daddy a party at chuck e cheese. Oh man was that the wrong thing to say around a 3 year old. He said that was a great idea. As I was trying to do damage control we loaded up and went to see the trains at north park and then did a little shopping. The whole time Cooper keeps asking us about chuck e cheese. A little later after naps Cooper let us know that he was ready to go to chuck e cheese. I apologized to Trey and said looks like that is where we are having your dinner. We did convince Cooper to go to Gatti town instead and he was fine with that. We did have a great time eating pizza and playing games just the 4 of us. Maybe next year we will get a bounce house for Trey's birthday. lol
We did have an adult night out thanks to Alcia for babysitting and got to go eat and watch the cowboys game with our good friends Robert and Steph.
Happy Birthday Babe. here is to many many more

First Gingerbread house

Cooper, Ryleigh and I built a gingerbread house this year. Cooper spent a lot of time decorating and Ryleigh would just come up and still some candy and run. Such a stink. Our roof pieces broke so our house has a sky light.

just a cute pic

Santas Village

One day last week we went to Santa's Village and let the kids play. The kids had fun going through all the buildings that make up his Village. They have a bank,fire house, police station, bear hospital, and several other little buildings. This year was better than last year because it was not so crowded so the kids enjoyed it a little more, oh and it was a bit warmer. here are some pics of the night

I thought this picture was funny with Cooper's silly face and Ryleigh on the verge of crying. This is not our annual Santa picture that is to come in a later post.

Please bring me....

a riding toy, a scooter, gum, bounce house. This is what Cooper wrote on his letter to santa. Ryleigh she justed thought it was fun to play with a pen.

Annual Girls christmas night

This year we did a cooking class at Central Market and it was one of the best nights we have had. It was so fun to learn new tricks on cooking and laughing through the whole night. We also got to drink while we cooked what could be better. Our dinner turned out Yummmy!!!! After we stuffed ourselves we headed to a late movie and were the only people watching Footloose. Can you believe that nobody else wanted to see that movie at 10pm. A great night that I will not forget

And Jingle is Back

Our Elf on the Shelf has returned for another season of fun. Cooper finally named him this year. His name is Jingle. If has been fun having Jingle around. Cooper loves to first thing in the morning to get up and go look for him. Ryleigh does not get the big deal about this doll thing but she loves the candy he brings every day for their advent calendar. Ha ha